this trip's overview

Gran Canaria portion

First Day Back

Man-made Finery

Queen's Life Guard

Covent Garden Markets

London's Transport Museum I

Marks & Spencers

Natural History Museum

Science Museum

High Street Kensington

Bus Karma I

The Strand

Simpsons-in-the-Strand

Tower of London

Science Museum II

Worst Food Ever

Where the shops are

Neal's Yard Dairy

Seven Dials

Bus Karma II

returning home

Wednesday 5 February 2003, continued

As soon as we step off the Underground at the Knightsbridge stop do we see evidence of Harrod's. I suspect more people recognise those particular shades of green and gold as do the distinctive Tiffany blue.

Harrod's is a favorite stop of ours not for the retail flotsam that can be had elsewhere. (I mean, how remote must your kingdom be that a visit to Harrod's is your best way to get unimaginative popular fluff like Tommy Hilfiger?) It's the food court which draws us, with it's elegant ready-to-eat wonders.

I found out after the fact, by glancing at a sign on our way out of the store, that photography isn't allowed in Harrod's. I guess if you don't use a flash they don't notice. Everyone enjoy these for what they are and don't open up a luxury store on your own, okay?

Here are some of the delicacies which tempted us. In this photo it was the avocado with lobster which won out. We had some venison with local fruits, and some Indian foods, and of course some desserts. There are enough things in the Food Courts which are difficult to find; that's what makes it so much fun. Other things are uninteresting, such as Harrod's-brand coffee.

I took the Egyptian Escalator from the fourth floor Toy Kingdom (which really doesn't have enough things the children can actually play with) down to the memorial to Dodi al-Fayed (the late son of the owner of Harrod's) and Diana, the late Princess of Wales.

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