sunday morning

It's sunday morning and I am really happy to be checking out of the hostel and moving into my new place this afternoon. I've rented a small-ish room in a house with four other people around my age (23-25) which is just a few meters of Gloucester road which is the main strip of shops in the Montpellier area of Bristol. Anja, one of my new housemates is picking me up at the hostel in a few hours so that I don't have to take a cab to my new place.

This morning I went to the Bristol "slow food market" which is sort of like a farmers market. There seems to be a movement for a slower lifestyle pushing its way around england, europe, and also north america, and its roots lie in the slow food movement, which pushes fresh ingrediants, home cooking, supporting local suppliers, organics, etc... I guess to support the movement the city made a once a month market, which is sort of like a farmers market but also attracts vendors from further out of town because its only once a month, and you can also find wine, cider, cheese, meats, preserves, and not just veggies. It was a nice market, though I didn't stop to buy anything. Check out this link to see more about this slow food business...

Last night I realized that I hadn't had a real hot meal for about a week (everything I eat is pre-packaged sandwhich and salad, and the occasional fast food) so I treated myself to a cheap dinner at a place called Double Dutch Pancake House to celebrate my finding a place to live. It was a strange place, they make these huge thin pancakes which are a bit like crepes but not as sweet and fill them with all sorts of things... I had the chicken curry which came with rice and salad. It was a bit like my Grandmother's roti in flavour, only not folded up so that you could eat it with your hands. It was really good regardless, and it felt nice to eat a meal that hadn't been pre-prepared and sitting in a fridge/under a heat lamp. Once I get moved in it will be great to be able to buy real groceries and cook for myself every day.

I'll post again later today and hopefully be able to put up some pictures... I just had a few minutes because I realized that at the free internet place with the metal keyboards which are difficult to use actually had free wireless and so I am able to plug my laptop in and get connected much more easily. And so I thought I'd log in before I ate my lunch.