Zoe, mom, and I went to Camden to go to the London Zoo. The Concierge (at the front desk where we're staying) was right. There was only one lion. Lots of walking. Not a lot of animals. Zoe had a blast though. I will admit, the penguins looked pretty perky and happy. All I really wanted to see was the reindeer. We got there and they had their butts sticking up in the air the whole time, since they were digging into the ground to eat food. It was disappointing. Nose was running. It was too cold. Camden Town, by the way, is very freaky.
Holy crap though! We were directed by this punk dude named Stitch to the original Doc Martens store from the 1800's! My eyes immediately drew to all the colors. I love the pastels and florals. The store was a lot smaller than I expected.
Of course, my mom immediately asked about some Doc Marten store with a shoe on top of it(something she'd seen on Pinterest). Two dudes got offended and started swearing about how that entire street of markets is owned by one guy. His stuff funds terrorists and it's all fake stuff. I saw a pair of plastic fake Martens for twenty pounds. It had a zipper, which is a definite no-no for a Dr Marten shoe.
As soon as we left the shop, one of the dudes let me take a pic behind the counter. Here I am:)
These are some of the signed shoes by famous people. Blink182 actually had the store closed when they came in and spent about $8,000 on shoes one time.
I wanted my pair to match with everything and last a long time, so I got a pair in a color called chocolate. It happened to be a pre-production pair, so it's the only pair like that in the world! It has yellow and brown striped laces. Also, the guys gave me free cherry scented wax. I'm too afraid to wear the new shoes in London since I don't want them to be rained on-no matter how much Zoe claims they're waterproof.
P.S. Yellow tags means the shoe is made in Asia. Blue Solavair tags means it was hand-made in England.
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