The East End (Assignment #2)

So, Matt, Ashley and I decided to travel to the East End. The main interest for me was the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, where the Liberty Bell was cast.

The passage their lead through the Indian/Pakistani shops...mainly barbers and restaurants. It was odd, because the places that we walked through were really sketchy...yet the restaurants that we saw were rather ritzy...

Here are examples to help you realize what the path sketch factor was like:

 Also, the food smelled delicious...but this was no time to stop and eat. I WAS ON A MISSION!







We got there and it was marvelous....in a petite sort of way.
The parts that weren't gift shops were very small and limited.

Yet, one of my favorite parts was the diorama
 of how bells were cast. It was quite interesting. Apparently they have to make sure they are carved out completely even after using a mold to make them.

I didn't get a lot of pictures because a good portion of the Bell Foundry was information and a lot of it wasn't for public view...which is rather depressing.

But just being in a place where American iconography was produced while in a foreign country was quite cool.