We've done quite bit of shopping in the last 3 days. On Wednesday, we had a shopping day. . .first stop Jimmy Choo. We (sorry - I !!), had lots of fun trying on different shoes in this wonderful store!! I walked away with a bargain! After Jimmy's we headed down New Bond Street towards Covent Garden as Jamie Oliver has just opened one of his "Jamie's Italian" restaurants there. It's a walk-in restaurant only (ie no booking required), so we turned up and only had to wait fifteen minutes before we were seated and the friendly staff were very attentive and we were served our sumputuous pasta lunches in a flash!!! It was really kid-friendly and so delicious. . .we were really impressed and thought we'd like to go back again! After Jamie's we headed further down towards Piccadilly Circus and the lovely department store "Fortnum & Mason" to have a look and to wait for our afternoon tea booking - which was at 5.30pm. When I say afternoon tea. . .it's a high tea with petite sandwiches, cakes, scones, clotted cream and jam all served with some delicious pots of tea. Oh my gosh. . .we were all in heaven!!! The surroundings were also sumptuous, we felt very posh! After this, we rolled out of the restaurant, back down to the tube and our apartment to prepare for the next day. . .
Thursday was Andrew's day. . .hot on Harry Potter's trail, we took the tube to Westminster and exited near where the Ministy of Magic was and then walked down Whitehall to visit the Prime Minister at No 10 Downing Street. After another yummy pub lunch (and another Guiness for Steven), we headed towards Trafalgar Square, then onto St Pauls to find the Millenium Bridge (see opening scene of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"). Onto Fleet Street, past the Royal Courts of Justice to find Twinings. This particular store has been in this location for 304 years (older than settled Australia)!!! After some tea purchases, we headed towards "Australia House" - the Australian High Commission Building. Apparently, the interior of this building was the location for "Gringotts Bank" in "Harry Potter and the Philospsher's Stone". Headed towards home for an "early" night. Bed.
Friday, we decided to do something a little more relaxing and we took a River Cruise down the Thames towards the village of Richmond in Surrey. The village is very picturesque and after a 2 hour river cruise (including passing through a canal or "lock" as it's known here - where we pass through a section of the river and get locked into a walled area which they flood with water to allow the boat to pass through into the higher section of the river beyond the "lock". It was fascinting to watch!), we wandered around the village and did some shopping before heading back to London on the train.
Saturday (today), we headed back into London for more shopping. . .everybody with their little wish list. After another visit to the Borough Markets for more yummy taste-testing, I think we managed to get all the items on the list and see "Eclipse" as well (loved it!!!!!!). By the time we returned to the apartment it was after 9 pm!!! Waiting for Jamie and Tania to arrive tomorrow morning and another jam-packed few days before heading off to Scotland on Wednesday. Can't wait!!!!!
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