London Day 1, Part 1

First off, thank you to Laura for her impromptu blogging for me last night as we were on the way home from London and I was already exhausted.


We drove to London Sunday morning and began our tour going through Richmond Park, which is this huge park in the middle of London.  Scads of bicyclists, walkers, joggers horseback riders and cars tour through the park on a daily basis.  The park is also shared with many herds of deer. 





From the park we headed to Adrian's place.  Ade, the party animal he is on weekends had been out the night before, so he was racing around getting ready to be our tour guide. We purchased day travel tickets which enabled us to work our way through London on trains, tubes and buses. 

Our next stop was Harrods.  I had advised the kids before we ever got there that they would not be purchasing anything in this store...because they don't have eight figure incomes.  I looked at a purse that was over 1000 pounds and a bottle of wine that was 8000 pounds (about $12,000).  I mean how could one pay that much for wine and then actually drink it?  Harrods has everything though; clothing, toys, accessories, coffee, sushi, a bakery...you get the picture and if not, well, here's one:



Just one of the many food halls, on one of the many floors of Harrods.

We left Harrods and hailed a Black Cab, the most reliable cab drivers in London.



Anyway, Black Cab to Buckingham Palace.






I've always loved this fountain, but probably only Robyn knows why.




Stay tuned tomorrow for London Day 1, Part 2...but for now it is late here and I'm bushed!