Day Fifteen -Brownies

After a sluggish start to the morning, I decided to go and explore a new area of the city St. John's Wood. For the most part I had hoped to visit some religious sites and talk to various people to loved or worshiped there. I first went to the Christian church in the town which was named after the saint and got to have a peak inside the building but, was unable to find anyone to chat with. The church was decorated meekly compared to some of the other churches I have visited here but the gardens (and cemetery) were truly amazing. Moving on I walked towards the London Central Mosque but it was quite obvious before I even got there that I was going to be unable to go in at that time. The number of Muslims on the street had increased numerously coming to the mosque on foot, from taxis and the bus because it was the day of gathering (a Friday) when Muslims of the mosque come together to pray and hear a sermon. Due to my terrible timing, and security was being very particular to who was even on that block, their was no way that I could get anywhere close to the building (sad day). I next moved on to find the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, which is suppose to be a short walk away. To my surprise it was quite a hard building to find for,  it blended into the residential and business area that surrounded it. These religious building were all in a relatively close area (it was only a 10 min walk from the furthest buildings) also, when i was their it was unlike other areas that I went to as their seemed to be no religious affiliation of the particular town (for example, on tuesday when I went to the Catholic School it was quite evident that it didn't belong in the highly Jewish community) which was quite interesting. Also in the area were many restaurants, hotels and the Lord's Cricket Ground which was another interesting place to visit. 

I spent a good part of the afternoon watching Wimbledon mens single tennis (with an epic win by Andy Roddick) and I made some brownies. The brownie making was inspired by the picture here on my page (taken from my sophomore year when my girls lived in soundboard house (one night we decided to cook for dinner and had brownies for dessert and while some chocolate ended on my face the bekster decided it was a good idea to lick it off...)). Prior to leaving the states I went to walgreens and printed off various pictures of my friends and I and each day I change pictures and this was the one to come up today (thus why I made brownies). While as many of you know chocolate isn't one of my favorite things to eat, this small pan of warm delicious brownies just made my day!

Later that night some of us from the FIE program went to see Avenue Q (and coincidentally sat in row Q). This was my first time seeing the theater production and to be frank, I had an amazing time. The music was great and some of the scenes were just hilarious and it was the perfect end to the night.