Big spend up in Harrods £ £
// April 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Trip information
Photo-Shoot for BBC
Tuesday (7/4/09) was another really nice day. Mel had an interview at a Nanny agency in Notting Hill, so Mel, Teneale and I went with her. Teneale and I left Mel at the agency and walked a little bit further down the road to find a place to grab a morning coffee. (Geez I miss my morning ritual coffee in the morning whilst working back in Australia). We managed to find a place just down the road and we had one the roughest latte’s yet. YUCK! Anyway moving on. Mel rang shortly afterwards and we went and collected her.
Our plan was to go to the Natural History Museum for the rest of the day. We walked from Notting Hill through a part of the lovely Kensington Gardens, and popped out at the King Albert Statue. Whilst we where there, we caught the shooting of a new BBC show “Fashion”. There was a car on top of another car just out the front of the statue. We hung around a bit to see if anything would happen, and just when we were about to leave they let loose with the flames and they begun the photo shoot. I took a few photos of the cast with flames bellowing out of the cars behind them. We then continued on to the museum.
Well little did we know that it was school holidays in London, and the line to get in was absolutely massive. It pretty much went across the front of the building; there was no way we have gotten in before they closed.
So, we had to reschedule for another day when the school holidays are over.
We decided that since we were close we would check out Harrods.
Harrods
Upon arrival I felt very under-dressed for the occasion. I knew I should have brought my tux with me.
Well Harrods is massive! I couldn’t believe the awesome array of clothing to furniture to music to restaurants. It is about 5 times the size of Myer. We ended up in the CD/DVD area and I bought a game for the PC. I bought PES2008 for the massive amount of £2. I thought it was an excellent purchase. Who says Harrods is expensive…
After we had finished wishing we were millionaires we ventured to the food hall, which is funny because even in the food hall you are not allowed to eat. Mel, Teneale and I splashed out a whole £2 each on 3 miniature cupcakes. We consumed them across the road in our favourite coffee place (NOT!)Starbucks. The cupcakes were very sugary and rich for such a small thing, so I ate the rest of Mel’s.
Picadilly
After our snack we went to the massive sports retailer in Piccadilly, LillyWhites. We managed to squeeze our way around the store, and I resisted temptation and bought nothing. All the Premier League shirts were on sale, but I’ll hold out until I make it to Old Trafford.
Once we finished there we made our way home and stopped off at a local pub for a quick cider.
