Quick update.

Today my friend Mike and I explored all of Hoxton area, and a little bit of the city. We found this really old church with wood and stone floors, and when we came out there were two homeless men sitting on the front steps and another man on a bike. We asked the man on the bike, Chris, what religion the church was and he believed it to be the Church of England, and told us that it was bombed during WWII. He told us that the homeless use the church to worship, and he is part of an organization that works to help them. He asked if we were interested in seeing some old churches and then told us about this other one that was right near where he was about to go and offered to lead us in the right direction. It was about a 20 minute walk and the entire time he told us everything he knew about every single part of the area. He moved here from Canada 12 years ago so he knew quite a lot and he really helped us get a good feel for the area. On the way we passed Spitafields Market and spent a good hour in there. They had fantastic clothes and jewelry and scarves and everything! We ate at Chop'd, a chain around here .. I had a delicious mozzarella, pesto and roasted red pepper wrap. Then we walked through the city and got on the tube, which we took to St. Paul's Cathedral. I can't believe how massive and beautiful the building is! To enter, we needed to pay 15pounds so we are going to wait until we can get in for free during a service. When we walked out, the sky got really dark, and with a single flash of lightening the rain started coming down torrentially along with hail. There is a picture of me standing on the steps of the cathedral looking out over the city right before all of this started. After that, we came home .. I cleaned my room, and then had some people over to my flat. Everyone just went out but I'm staying in tonight to get some sleep because I think I'm getting sick. Overall, it was a great day. I'll write tomorrow .. I have some fun things planned. Goodnight <3