Sleeping in a little, we have breakfast and get dressed up for the day ahead.
First stop is at Harrod's. We spend a while there wandering around this ridiculously large store. Think Macy's only with actual customer service and a far better selection. It takes almost 2 hours to get through the store, but that's not a problem since our next item to go to is not far from there.
Next up, afternoon tea at the Chesterfield Hotel in the Mayfair section of London (http://www.chesterfieldmayfair.com/dining/conservatory/afternoon-tea). It was a very relaxing afternoon and truly an English experience. I actually liked it better than when I had tea at the Plaza Hotel last year. The scones were very good here and London hands down, has the best jam in existence.
Good scones, now in our bellies.
From there, we headed up to Oxford Street, a very very very busy street full of shops along the lines of 34st Street in New York City. We headed here to experience it, and to satisfy 2 mini quests I had:
- Pick up a copy of the UK only Sci Fi magazine Sci Fi Now.
- Find the DVD of the British Series Edge of Darkness, a show that was on back in the 80's.
For those that are curious, (and I'm sure this mostly no one) DVD's bought in the UK cannot play on players in the US and vice versa (something apparently our President didn't know), but there are ways, and I have the software that lets me do it, so that's why I got the DVD. Also, Playstation Portable (PSP),Playstation 3 (PS3) and PC games bought around the world work on all of their respective systems. The same is not true for the other systems. So, on this trip, I've been picking up some unique games for the PSP and soon, the PS3.
After walking around a bit, my friend Bernd, no stranger to this blog, called to let us know he had made it in. We meet up at the Marble Arch station and walk the long distance back to the hotel. Since we have the apartment while we're here, we get him an extra rollaway bed so he can crash here for a few nights.
Dinner is literally 10 feet out the door at a tiny little sushi place where you pick your dish off a conveyor belt. It's quite good, and since it was close by, is a nice rest for our feet.
Tomorrow, Regent's Park?
