Tales from London # 35-37

Friday

Holiday arrived here from France today! She is visiting until the middle of next week, so we are showing her around to all the awesome stuff in London while she is here. I worked on a lot of stuff for my internship during the day, and then we went out to dinner at the Hare and Tortoise (again) to celebrate Holiday's arrival. We are pretty much addicted to that place...
Afterwards, we went out for gelato in South Kensington. I got Banana sorbet and Milk chocolate hazelnut flavored gelato, which was amazing.

Saturday

We woke up early this morning and walked over to the Portabello Road market, which is a huge, outdoors and indoors market, with food stands, antique stores, and lots of people. We got quite a bit of amazing food to eat then and in the future (we got chorizo sausage sandwiches for lunch, which were awesome), and then headed back to Metrogate. We then commenced to cook a big pot of gumbo, with the same sausage from the market, for several hours. We had tea, and chatted as it cooked, and when it came out, it was amazing!
Afterwards, we all split up, and Holiday and I went over to the Southbank Centre to see the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform. They were pretty good, especially on the Poulenc mass. It was great to hear a choral performance, since I have mostly been going to orchestral music lately!

Sunday

Today, we woke up early and went out for coffee, and then over to St. Paul's cathedral for a church service.

Part of the service was Mozart's Mass in C major, which was beautifully performed, although we were sitting a little too far away from the choir. The inside of the cathedral was enormous, classical, and very ornate, with many statues and gold plated regions. It was a very fun experience.
Afterwards, we went out for lunch and got fish and chips, so Holly could try some typical English food. We then went over to the West End and walked through the theater district and China Town. Next, we went back to Metrogate to make burritos for dinner, which once again were amazing. Finally, we watched 2 movies, "Speed" and "Jurassic Park: The Lost World" in an epic cheesy action movie night.