Started the day with a wander round the Courtauld gallery as Nerida wanted to see the impressionist works on display. Some amazing works for a private collection, including Van Gough’s self portrait with bandaged ear. They also have a Gauguin exhibition on at the moment.
From here we walked back to the Convent markets for a look. Both Nerida and Dana bought leather jackets, Nerida a tan and Dana a black one. I thought about one too, but in the end decided against it.
Thursday has a food market and we grabbed an early lunch, Dana a fresh pizza, I had pulled pork with beans and slaw, and Nerida had a grilled chicken skewer with slaw and backed potato. Some really good food all round.
From here we took a long walk through the heart of London to Regent street and into Hamleys toy store. We’ll come back at the end for some souvenir bears and Nerida has her eye on a small collectible Steiff bear.
From here it was short walk to Oxford Circus and then a tube ride to Knightsbridge and into Harrods. Walked around for a while shaking heads at excess on display. There were things like genuine Andy Warhol works on sale for £20,000 .
We took the tube back to Covent Garden for some coffee and gelato, then onto the tube and back home. Picked up a little light rain on the walk to and from the tube. Not enough to worry about and our first since getting here, as the rain on Sunday night when we landed didn’t affect us. Tomorrow has more rain forecast throughout the day.
I was running the pedometer app on the phone today and we did over 15,000 steps. No wonder we all have sore feet and Dana has crashed on getting back.
Hopefully a bit quieter tomorrow with doing the Harry Potter tour at Warner Brothers. An earlier start than normal to get out there for a 10am tour start though. Will mean a 8:15 get away instead of our normal 9:30 . Shouldn’t be too much of a problem with sunrise at 4:45.
