Wander

Today, after class. Chloe and I ventured to the post office to send our moms Mother's Day cards... (shh, we're cutting it a little close but we hope they'll forgive us for being late.) I was informed that the closest post office is just down Exhibition Road next to South Kensington tube station. So, Chloe and I grabbed our coats and we were on our way. We walked over to what I thought was the post office... and on the door there was a sign that read, "We have relocated to Fulham Road." Okay... Fulham Road. Seems easy enough... for Londoners- not for two California girls who just arrived in England 4 days ago and have no idea where they are. So we asked a local and she directed us towards Fulham Road. Okay, cool. Except Fulham Road was a wee bit of a walk... a couple miles. We thought there's no such thing as a bad trip in London so why not try. We walked and walked and walked until we found this quaint little book store that sold unique greeting cards. The cards I bought were watercolor paintings of actual places in London- they were really neat! Chloe and I took our cards, ventured into a coffee shop and wrote our mothers some words of gratitude and affirmation. :) 

We hoped on over to the post office and sent them off over to the states! 

After wandering out of Chelsea, we worked our way back into South Ken and stopped for dinner at a wonderful Italian restaurant called Bella Italia. After dinner we got the famous Ben's Cookies and fell for their ever-so-smart marketing trick of buy 3 get 1 free. We only planned to buy 2 cookies and walked out with 4... Oops. (I may or may not be eating my second cookie while typing this... just maybe.) My goodness they're so delicious. I've noticed on multiple occasions now, that the chocolate in London is far less sweet than the chocolate in America. It's still sweet of course, because it's chocolate... duh. But! The sugar is much less overpowering here. The same goes for the sweetened specialty coffee drinks like white chocolate mochas and vanilla lattés. The American palette is so used to such processed, unhealthy foods that in order for there to be a large consumer base, things have got to be packed with sugar, salt, and preservatives. *Shaking my head now* Ahh things are just so much better in Europe - except prices and the value of the dollar. Everything else is just delightful! I am growing quite fond of this place... Another superb day in London down.