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Two nights ago I was lucky enough to stay with a friend Maddy. It was absolutely wonderful. Saturday night, it was. She invited me to come serve dinner to homeless people in Central London. The program that puts it on is really great. The not only serve dinner and offer a safe friendly place to go on Saturday nights, they also plan day trips for them to go on so they can see different parts of the city and form bonds with the others who go. It was a great experience. There were probably 60+ people there including the 9 or 10 volunteers.

Yesterday me and Maddy decided to walk to Canary Wharf which is the financial sector of London. They have their own police and it's all privately owned. It had a strange vibe. But very interesting. The architecture was fascinating because you could tell the buildings were fairly new, but some of them were designed to look like older more historic parts of London. The weather was perfect for walking around.

Just past Canary Wharf is Greenwich. I really liked Greenwich. There were tons of funky shops and antique stores and vintage clothes and fedoras and bowler hats and I found a bell I wanted to get my grandma, but it was one of those barn bells: Huge brass horse's head that attaches to a wall and a huge brass bell that you ring when you want kids or animals to come inside. It was too heavy to cart around for the next 4 months. Sorry Grandma. I'm on the search for another, more practical bell.

Greenwich has a food market where there are dozens of stands selling delicious food from every country imaginable. Wish Josh could have come with. He would have LOVED it. Fresh bread and pastries and candies and sushi and funky crafts and cool gifts too.

The park was beautiful. I've only got 8 minutes right now so the next post will contain lovely details of the day in Greenwich. Until then, here are some photos for your viewing pleasure.