Medical Museum, Tower Bridge, and a Musical

     I woke up at 5:00 AM energized and ready to go but told myself that nothing was open and that I needed to go back to sleep. I woke up again around 9:00, less energized, but ready to go. My first stop off the day was E Pellicci, an Italian British breakfast stop in the Bethnal Green neighborhood. It was super far away, I took a bus and two different trains and then walked a good ways, but finally stumbled upon the tiny, easy to miss entrance. It was pretty stressful because it was very small, crowded, and the accents were so thick that I could barely understand what was going on. I found a seat and it was not long before two old men decided they'd share the tiny table with me. They were a delight and finally I ordered the traditional English breakfast and an iced coffee. I started eating it before I realized I needed to photograph it. See below:

   
     Once I was sufficiently full, I paid and attempted to leave but couldn't escape without being grilled on whether Atlanta was near Nashville and if everyone talked with the southern accents that they do on the show "Nashville" that they gladly demonstrated for me. It was really funny and the people were super sweet. I headed back to the underground station and made it to the Wellcome Collection, a museum of modern medicine. The most notable exhibits were those on Obesity and Schizophrenia. See below:

     After the museum, I got back on the tube and made it to Mother Mash, near Oxford street. It was extremely good. I had mashed potatoes and a butternut squash and cheese pie accompanied with some sort of fermented lemonade. The weather was really nice so we ate outside and got to people watch while we ate. See below:

     After lunch we went to Tower Bridge and did the exhibition. We took an elevator up to the top of Tower Bridge and walked through both sides. The floor was glass at some parts so it was an interesting feeling looking down on the city from such a height. We could also see for miles and recognized landmarks such as the Tower of London and the London Eye. It made for some great photography and we learned about the history of the tower. At the end we passed through the Engine Room which had some neat locomotives. Feast your eyes:

     When we got out it was sprinkling so we contemplated taking an Uber but we decided to tough it out and made it to the London Bridge tube station to complete our journey back to the bus stop and then back to the house where we changed for the musical, Guys and Dolls. We ate dinner at a place in SoHo called Smack Lobster Roll and it was amazing. I had this lobster avocado sandwich on brioche that will appear in my travel guide but I am too tired to connect the camera to the computer at this point. The show was really good. We elected to take a taxi home after the show because we were tired and we thought it would be faster but it ended up taking almost an hour when the tube would have taken no more than half an hour. Live and learn. I'll be back at it tomorrow. Peace n blessins.