- Was their house really under the flight path to Heathrow? I didn't notice. :-)
- London is way too big and fascinating to try to do in one or two days.
I slept till around 5am, woke briefly, then went back to sleep till something like 1pm, effectively getting in two days' worth of sleep.
Anyhow, I knew to take the tube to Knightsbridge for Harrod's. I like the Underground; it reminds me of New York's subways in terms of convenience and ease of use. I only wish they had bigger maps. With the Maughans' copy of "London A to Z" hidden away in my pants pocket (mustn't look like a tourist!), I set off.
Harrod's was cool. I mostly hit the food area. I picked up gifts for various folks in the states, a mangosteen for myself, and regretted not buying some other weird fruits i'd never seen, including one that kind of looked like it could have been a space alien from some movie. I also did tea with a cheese biscuit, scones, and clotted cream at the cheese bar. Mmmm....
As Harrod's was closing, it was time to get back to the Maughans', where I'd meet up with
The restaurant, Saigon, was a Vietnamese place that did an all-you-can-eat dinner where they'd cook up the food as you requested it. This worked extremely well from a mushroom-avoidance standpoint. We ate well and had a lively conversation. In fact, I felt kind of bad for
After dinner,