November - On the Market

As November arrived, the temperatures were definitely getting colder so it gets more appealing to stay inside in the warm and not journey out to the tourist sites. So live has started settling in to a bit more normality, weekends at the shops, evenings at home, battling colds, finding a new flat and that sort of thing. So we don't have too much to report for November. We had a couple of nights out to celebrate Tree's birthday. One night having a few drinks in Camden and then another having a metre of Pizza in Fulham. It was HUGE but we managed to polish it off.

It was also time to start getting in to the Christmas spirit. We visited the Cologne market on South Bank with Tom and Gini and it didn't just rain, it POURED. Luckily the rain moved aside long enough for us to wander around the stall, sample some proper Gluhwein and ingest some tasty Bratwurst. The market itself was pretty small with not a lot of variety, but it has only been going for a couple of years so hasn't had much of a chance to grow. We did manage to pick up an idiot stick puzzle...That's the one where you have to hook the rubber bands inside the block of wood so that it snaps back. The McMillans will know what it is...

We also made our way to the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park. It is really big and impressive. It has a big market selling lots of Mulled Wine and Bratwurst along with other winter delicacies. It also has a load of rides which we didn't partake in but there were plenty of other people enjoying themselves. We did manage to find a place selling an english Christmas favourite, a Snowball. That's Advocat and lemonade with a cherry on top. Tasty but a bit chilly when you are sitting outside.

And that was about it for November. That much closer to Christmas...

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