We decided to walk the 45 minutes to Mayfair, which is the most exclusive shopping area in London (think of Rodeo Drive). Our trek began by crossing the (new) London Bridge....,in rain and high winds....barely able to walk! We made it about 15 minutes and then happily boarded a double decker bus for a portion of the trek. The sun came out and off we went. Finally, after quite a hike, we turned a corner and saw this
I thought we were in another government offices area, but no. This is the beginning of the Mayfair area. The exclusive shops are along the bottom of these buildings. Shops like Chanel, Stella McCartney, Lamborghini, Bentley (yes - the cars), on and on and on. We walked and walked and walked. We both thought about having clothes personally designed for us at one of the 100s of tailors, but kept walking. Finally, we reached the Mayfair Park and collapsed on a bench. We sat for awhile, and each of us admitted we considered hopping on a train to get back, but decided to walk.
But heading back, we went through Soho - a funkier, more familiar area of shopping. Lots of shops that are in the U.S. - H&M, Gap, JCrew, etc. etc. But the architecture is nothing like in America! This made the walk so much easier, because even though we never stopped, we really were amazed by the buildings! .....for instance here are JCrew & Anthropologie.
We walked through Piccadilly Circus (again) - just like Times Square!
Look closely - Geof is in the crowd!
and then ran into the National Gallery of Art for a 2nd visit. Geof wanted to check out one more piece of art he missed the other day. We actually were there for closing - they told us we had 20 minutes before having to leave!
Such a fun day, but exhausting -- here's the proof - :)
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