Marisa and I got a little shopping in one day on Regent and

Bond Streets, with a detour to Carnaby Street.  

Carnaby St was fun to walk down. It still has many side 

avenues full of interesting and independant boutiques and 

is where all the 60's fashion originated. 

We visited Liberty, a very beautiful dept store built in the 1920's

in the Arts & Crafts style, and Hamleys, a five story toy store

with everything imaginable.  There was a film crew out front

filming something to do with the latest Harry Potter movie

and interviewing random people on the street. I don't remember

if we bought anything that day, but we had a lot of fun looking 

around.

Soon, it was time to go to tea, we had reservations a Claridges 

in Mayfair, and it was wonderful!  We'd worn our sandles for 

shopping that day, but changed into heels for tea, even tho we

had to lug them around all day! A harpist was playing in the 

restaurant and everything was so delicious!  The staff treated 

us like royalty and we were there almost two hours before we

realized it was time to go. Back to reality out on the street and 

into the tube for the short ride home.  We always manage to hit

the tube right at the busiest time of the day for the evening

commute!