I started off visiting an Icebar with Emilia, during a random wander in Soho.
She had just returned from seeing family in Finland and I from frosty Canada.
So the Icebar was kind of a funny place for us to end up. It was -5 inside and we were given space like pullovers with fur lined hoods and elasti-tached mittens to stay warm.
The day after Yunnie, Emmi and I went to the Clink Prison Museum.
On the walk...
Here's some info from Wikipedia:
"The Clink was a notorious prison in Southwark, England which functioned from the 12th century until 1780 either deriving its name from, or bestowing it on, the local manor, the Clink Liberty (see also the Liberty of the Clink). The manor and prison were owned by the Bishop of Winchester and situated next to his residence at Winchester Palace.
It was originally used for the detention of religious non-conformists (both Protestant and Catholic, as English religious winds changed). At one point the Clink was reserved for priests who refused the Oath of Allegiance, but came to be used for people who broke the peace on Bankside or in Southwark's numerous brothels. The prison probably fell into disuse after the English Civil War, though it was described in 1761 as being "a very dismal hole where debtors are sometimes confined, but little used". The Clink was burned down during the Gordon Riots of 1780 and never rebuilt.
The name of the Clink is the origin of the phrase "in the clink" (meaning "in prison"). The origins of the name are uncertain, but it may have been an example of onomatopoeia, referring to the sound made either by the prison's metal doors as they closed, or the chains the prisoners wore. The Clink Prison Museum is currently located on the original site in Clink Street, in the basement of a former warehouse. The Clink Prison was the first prison in which women were regularly confined."
It was quite tiny and very eerie - dark and smelly!
Not sure how this shot happened!
Methods of deciding who was guilty back in the day...
Check out this hot prisoner broad!
Yunnie checking things out in the Clink
Yunnie being whipped by Emilia as they used to attached to this device back in the day.
Sitting in the torture chair... eeeee!
This dude is looking a little roughed up!
Sometimes the prisoners ate Rats because they were so hungry! If they ran out of money, since they had to pay for their accommodation/food.
The execution belt.. wouldn't want to have that thing strapped around me!
"Off goes her head" Yunnie chopping me up on the cutting block.
Next we walked along to the Borough Market, full all kinds of fresh goodies! Some scenery on the way:
Looking at the end of the Green Market
Fish, bleh!!!
After my raving about sourdough bread Yunnie was curious... so we both bought loaves!
Mmmmushrooms!
The Green Market. I spotted a hummus stand with crazy flavours of hummus, including Beetroot! What's with these Brits and beetroot. I ran into Elle MacPherson at Wholefoods looking for some beets the other day.
Emilia decided to purchase some Baileys cheesecake with a brownie base. Mmmm.. too bad it wasn't vegan.
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