Bull Ring, Birmingham [Thursday]
Initially, I had no desire to visit the Bull Ring (I did not come here to see the malls) but as you can see on Wikipedia, there is some neato architecture in the area, so I figured I might as well. It's pretty bizarre to see so many beautiful, old buildings situated *right* in the middle of commercial districts devoted to materialism. For example, here is the Church of Saint Martin, visible between the east and west wings of the mall, and with the Bull Ring public market (not seen) immediately behind it:
The mall/shopping parts are CRAZY! I am *not* exaggerating when I say there are like, five different H&M stores scattered throughout the mall and the side streets. I--of course--enjoyed checking out all the jewelry. And I really got a kick out of the first floor of this department store, Selfridges, which has a layout that is a little tricky to describe so I won't, and which sold fun, trendy food, and knick-knacks and housewares. In a candy section, there was a Bull Ring bull made of jelly-bellies!
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