Grocery shopping in Paddington Station

Bill writes: We woke up cold today. The heat had gone out on our flat overnight, so we got to shower using water from the kettle mixed in a saucepan with cold tap water. It turns out someone from the gas company was playing with the Russian gas and turned it off to our building.

To get warm, we went out to do some shopping for groceries. We walked over to Paddington Station, which had the grocery shops, yep, inside the train station.




We also went to the hardware store to buy some things we needed to seal up the hole in the wall Grommet found. Unfortunately, it turns out that British hardware is a bit pricier than we were used to. For instance, here is a picture of a $14 roll of duct tape:


We couldn't afford the $20 screwdriver or the $55 wire clippers. Oh well.

Here's the park we walked through on the way back to our flat:


Which runs alongside Little Venice: