Harrods

Fans,

Just a short blog, as we didn't do much at the weekend, and there will be lots to say after our trip to New York next week.

We engaged in some true British fun on Saturday when by heading for Harrods, hard to believe that we had not made it there until now. As many of you will know, it is massive, we only really conquered the ground floor (4 more floors to go). We had lunch at the pizzeria, which was quite grand if a tad on the expensive side. However, there was value for money in that the chef was actually Italian, and he started singing while flipping pizza dough in the air. He was very good, much like Pavarotti but not as large. We were extremely impressed by the varieties of "food stations" on the ground floor, with sushi, general seafood, oyster/champagne bars, a rotisserie, a gelato counter, a bakery, a doughnut emporium and an "afternoon tea" area from what we could see. Quite remarkable. And all heaving, obviously.

After eating our pizzas we strolled around the rest of the ground floor, which consists of mainly food but also very expensive jewellery, watches and handbags, which Megan seemed to like! Turned out the confectionery and chocolate departments were more within our price range. We bought some beautiful Belgian chocolates, all packaged up in a little carry-box (no expense spared at Harrods). We also had a wander through the bakery (awesome doughnuts!!!), meat, fish and produce sections, before eventually finding our way to the Dodi and Diana memorial shrine, via the life-size statue of Muhammed al-Fayed. Very fun trip, and I imagine we will be back again before long.

On Saturday night we headed to Putney for Guy's 30th birthday party. The weather wasn't kind to us, which meant the garden bar idea went out the window, but it was a really fun night. We had planned to go to Richmond Park on Sunday, to try to spot some deer or foxes, but the weather was so awful we decided to stay indoors and watch DVDs, although Megan did venture out to do a little shopping!

This weekend we are off to New York for 5 days, exciting times. And more good news, we have booked flights and accommodation for Christmas time. We are flying to Prague on Dec 22, and we will have Christmas in the Czech Republic before catching a train from Prague to Zurich (through Germany) on Dec 26. We will have 4-5 days travelling around Switzerland and then fly back to London from Geneva on Dec 31. It will be a very white Christmas, guaranteed snow!!!

Harrods