after a 13 hour coach trip from dublin, i was back in london at 8am. rather than take myself and my heavy pack back home, i made last-minute plans to catch up with a friend from back home - anna. she's passing through london for a few days before jetsetting off to ghana for three months, as a volunteer worker in an orphanage. wanting to catch her before she left, today was the only day possible.
so, i strapped my considerably huge pack to my back, ready for a nice, somewhat relaxing day in a quiet part of london...
well, anna had other plans. "hey steph, let's go to camden!" ...imagine trying to casually stroll in and around market stalls with a big pack on your back - that was me. don't worry though, i made anna carry it too ;)
despite threatening grey skies, we didn't get any rain - so we whiled away a good 7 hours at the markets, both warm & dry. originally walking into the markets telling myself that i would. not. buy. anything. ...i walked out that afternoon with a new ring to add to my collection - a silver treble clef. in my defence i did barter the price down four quid...
eventually, our exhausted legs found their way to chin chin laboratorists. it's a nitro ice-cream bar, where they make the ice-cream on the spot, using liquid nitrogen to freeze the mixture. we shared a valhrona chocolate, with caramel & honeycomb, which we ate just outside the 'ice-cream laboratory' on a few wooden swing chairs.
it's things like this that make camden such an exciting, loveable place - there's always something new to discover. although next time i'll definitely make a point of leaving my backpack at home...
good luck with all your ghanian adventures anna, see you in the summer!
S.
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| platform elastic sandals...enough said |
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| massive pack to the right.. |
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