Walking tour and retail therapy

Yesterday we had a pre-arranged time to meet with Genie at Victoria station, a friend of mums, who does walking tours of London.  We were given our own private tour which was great. Her wealth of knowledge on London is staggering. She's like a walking encyclopaedia! Knowing that we had been to London before, Genie devised a tour which she thought would provide us with information that we wouldn't necessarily know about, or have been to previously. It was  totally enjoyable, and it was 4 1/12 hours later before we said good-bye. We left Genie at the Tower of London, and then headed to some shops we had seen along the way for a spot of retail therapy. Our retail therapy continued this morning by heading to Westfield Shopping Mall in Shepherd's Bush. Reb had put us on to this venue, and I can see why. This Westfield's makes the one in Lower Hutt look like a pimple on an elephants bum. It is much classier as well. We enjoyed a lovely Lebanese lunch. We then spent some time in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Back at St Pancas we had a final red wine in the Booking Office bar (so named because it was actually the original booking office for the train station). It really is a lovely bar and makes drinking wine all the more enjoyable!

This is my final entry as we are only here another day. Trish and Grant are already on their way home and we fly out tomorrow night. We are planning to go to Convent Gardens tonight as there are lots of different restaurants to choose from around there. Tomorrow, providing the weather is an improvement on today, we might go for a walk in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. We did a detour through there the other day but it would be nice to spend some time enjoying it. It has been another great adventure, with great memories, and great friends. Meeting up with Rebecca on this trip has been a bonus as well. Over and out. Kirsty

Post script. Our final day was overcast and cool. Instead of heading to the gardens / park we instead went to the Transport Museum which is located at Convent Gardens. Convent Gardens is a great place to browse around, but better on your own rather than with Michael who isn't really into browsing in the same way I would.....