Back To London, August 31 2007

This morning we said good bye to the beautiful Paris. Our train departs at around 3 pm, so we had the whole morning to kill. We went to the Bon Marche to do some last minute shopping, but we ended up didn't buy anything, except we packed a whole bunch of ready-to-eat stuff from their hot food center for our train ride. Because Paris's subway is not as easy to navigate with luggage from prior experience, we decided to take a taxi to the Eurostar station. First time on a French taxi, May had to do all the talking since I can't say a word. The taxi is a Citroen, I've never been on one before, kind of small car, feel like a Saturn. Anyway, the taxi driver is a woman, she keeps trashing or making gesture at the cars in front of her, occasionally she would say something to May, I thought that's kind of amusing. On the Eurostar. we started eating the food from Bon Marche, they are all delicious,. So now I know, next time, it would be a good idea to just go to place like this or Fuchon and pack a picnic basket, and pick a spot under the Effiel Tower, we can have a wonderful afternoon there! We finally got back to London Victoria Station. When we got out, we went to the theater that's showing the Wicked to check if they have any tickets, it is right next to the station. We got 4 tickets to the next night show!

For the dinner, we decided to try Indian, I guess Indian restaurant must be the most popular ethnic restaurant in London, they are everywhere, from neighborhood restaurant to very high end one. We read the review from Where mag and picked a place called Marsala Place. It is in Covent Garden. At around 7 o'clock, the whole place is packed. Mostly young crowds. Most of the people were having some kind of combo plate that has different kind of curry in it. May and I both had that too. All the curry is very spicy, so I enjoyed it since I like spicy food, but May thought they are too hot. The waitress said their kitchen never hesitate to put out real authentic spices. I am not sure if they are really authentic, cause the menu seems very tailored to the western style. Anyway, I thought the food is not bad but May didn't like it.