Monday, September 26, 2011

Chamberlain Clock in the Jewelry Quarter

Typical tourist picture with the phone booths at the top of New Street!

St. Paul's Square

Birmingham Assay Office


The Assay office was established in Birmingham in the late 1700s used to assay gold and silver for use in the jewelry quarter. The current assay office pictured above has been in use 1877. It is the largest existing assay office in Europe.

Sunday Dinner


Roast beef dinner and a pint for 6 pound....yes please!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

It's been a little while since I updated this! We went on a skating adventure with a South African, a Swede, a Hungarian, and a German on wednesday! It was really fun although the skates were pretty horrible and their indoor arena was even worse. Over the weekend we didn't get up to much but managed to get out for some fun. We headed to the gay quarter of Birmingham for a lady gaga night which was pretty fantastic! Tomorrow we will finally get to move into our flat (we were waiting for the carpet, tile, and kitchen to be installed). So I will update and post some pictures when we get settled in!