Shepherd’s Bush Market and the BBC

Today we went to Shepherd's Bush Market. It was another cold, drizzly day. We all had our umbrellas, so we were prepared. The tube station at Shepherd's Bush is closed for work, so we had to get off a station before and walk, which was no big deal, except the street is under construction as well, and the sidewalk was pretty torn up. We walked through the Shepherd's Bush Market; I finally found a fat curling iron to replace the one I melted, so I was a happy camper. This market reminded me a lot of the flea market at home, but lots of fabric stalls and several meat stalls. I will be so glad to see Publix meat, on Styrofoam trays and wrapped in plastic. We went for lunch at a Lebanese restaurant – I had chicken soup. Everyone seemed to enjoy their food. We did have some baklawa (not baklava – I didn't spell it wrong!) for dessert that was incredible. It was absolutely delicious. The service at this place was incredible, the guy was really going out of his way to make sure we enjoyed out food.

We did find a "Everything's a Pound" store, and I found some really great stuff. I got this really huge bag, because my laundry hamper from the Dollar Tree is down to one handle, so I figured that for a pound, I would get this really big bag to hold my laundry. Well, we ended up shopping a little more that we intended, so I had to stuff all my bags inside the giant bag. When I say "giant," you'd really have to see it to appreciate it. It is monstrous. I bet I could put my niece inside of it. We found this mall, sort of, and there was a store in there that was having a sale. It was so cool outside; I bought a sweatshirt, and another shirt and 14 pairs of socks. It was a really good deal. We also got 10% off, by showing our student ID cards, which was just an extra bonus. There was a grocery store in this mall, so we wandered through there, and bought a few more things.

Our tour at the BBC was at 4:15. We had a wonderful tour, very informative; we actually go to see inside the news room and inside some of the studios. We got to go into this interactive studio, where Jonathan was part of the news and Lindsay, our Graduate Counselor, got to be on a game show. It was pretty cool. We came back, had a fire alarm, and now I'm off to pack for Scotland. The cab is coming to pick us up tomorrow morning at 5:15!!!
By the way, I am not taking my laptop with me to Scotland, so I won't be doing any more posts until I get back late Sunday night. I'm sure I'll have tons of pictures and stuff to share!