After eating our salt beef sandwich - where Gill had to go: wait! you aren't making it right! We hit a couple of departments, but made no real purchases. They were having a shoe carnival, but neither of us saw anything we must have...this is unusual.
We wandered down to Liberty, which is my favorite store in London. It is a wonderful old fashioned wooden structure, and they have the best stationary. We checked out the home section, and there were some amazing unique things in there.
By this point the salt beef was gone and we realized we were ready for our cream tea. It took a bit to locate the cafe, and we finally found it by sound, not sign. We each got 2 scones, and we really only needed 1, but when you have clotted cream in front of you, it must be eaten, so we did our duty.
When the bill arrived, I told Gill we were paying with change. She stopped for a second and then said okay. We see Gill's wallet was bursting with change.
The waitress was good natured about it - at least to our face and we left feeling quite pleased with ourselves.
We wandered around the streets until we found an interesting wine bar and had a glass and great chat before going back to the apartment for takeout.
It was a blissful break with my good friend and could not have been a nicer treat for my birthday.
I need to see the scones and the saltbeef sandwich..clotted cream. Enjoyed that when teddybear bought our HIGH tea on Victoria island.
ReplyDeleteLovely shots of two crazy ladies judging by the fact they walked away from a shoe sale with zero shoes.