26 Nov

On arrival at the apartment, we realised that the German Market had already opened even though it was only 5pm (someone earlier had told us it opened at 7pm). We briefly went around to see what food there was. It was mainly hot food such as sausages, crepes, various potato dishes, alcohol and chocolate, trinket stalls and stalls selling gingerbread and German Christmas cake, which has marzipan and raisins in it. The other part of the market had rides including a ice-skating rink. At a lower level there...

18:12 / Bread / Edinburgh / German / German Market / Scotland / Travel / United Kingdom
25 Nov

Around the old part of town some of the roads were quite narrow and mainly for foot traffic. From a small bakery we bought rye and caraway bread for ₤1.60, and later got a traditional (beef and potato) pastie for ₤2 from an ‘award winning’ cornish pastie shop. The bread felt quite heavy for a 10cm x 20cm loaf and tasted a bit strange; a little minty. It also put me off caraway for the rest of my life. The pastie had big thin slices of potato inside. The pastry...

12:48 / Bread / British / Cornish Pastie / England / Food / Restaurants / Travel / United Kingdom / York
24 Nov

Cotswold is apparently famous for its sandstone houses. It seemed like quite a nice town. At a local bakery A2 bought a ricotta and spinach pastry, dad had a pie and I got a granary cob, which was a multigrain wholemeal loaf. All of them were between ₤1 and ₤1.50, which was really cheap compared to Melbourne. [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2"]...

12:41 / Bread / Cotswold / England / Travel / United Kingdom
error: