"HAKUNA MATATA" - No Worries

Our last day of an incredible vacation was relaxing with no worries, - some sun, mild temperatures, not too crazy traffic, new experiences yet again. After our last full UK breakfast we walked from the hotel to the Eye. I wanted to get a photo from that side of the Thames looking back into old London and Westminster because that would have been the vista Great Grandpa John probably viewed. Big Ben was built 2 years before he arrived, the Houses of Parliament had already been under construction for 20 years and Whitehall had been built many years before.





After a stroll along the Thames promenade we hopped on the bus and headed to Harrods where we pretty much wandered around with mouths agape.


RP first noticed this cute little pink handbag, which he really wanted to buy for me. When he learned it cost £895 he decided he would no longer look at price tags.


The store is indescribable with everything from exotic foods, wines and cigars to clothing, jewelry, housewares, toys and on and on. We spent about 3 hours there and never even got to the fourth or fifth floors. Each floor has at least one eatery, sometimes more. There are food bars, quiet corner cafes and full restaurants. We stopped for tea and crumpets served in a silver pot and on fine china. Very fancy with appalling service. Nevertheless, we had Tea At Harrods and RP finally got a picture taken with a bobby, once which comes at a cost of £2000. Everything is expensive and quite mind boggling!





If up look closely at the Harrods window display honouring the new OO7 you may recognize the weary travellers.


We had planned to visit one of the fabulous nearby museums but wisely decided there was not enough time. We needed to return to the hotel for some packing up before our pre-show dinner. Since our first meal 31 days ago was Indian we opted for that again. It was a short walk away through a different part of Covent Garden. Lo and behold, what did we find but an Apple Store located in one of the historic buildings.





Just down the archway is the Royal Opera House.


Tucked in behind the opera house was Masala Zone. Coming to London? Put Masala Zone on the must do list. It is trendy, very popular, has an incredible display of Indian dancing dolls suspended from the ceiling and the most delicious food. RP was thrilled they served Premium Kingfisher Beer.





Dinner over we wandered towards the theatre once I got hubby out of the Sketcher Store. Wow! What a selection. Good thing we had already packed and weighed the bags. No new shoes coming home on this trip.


We opeted for a theatre within walking distances as we have an early wake-up call tomorrow. The Lion King is playing at the Lyceum Theatre; present theatre built in 1834. Great performance, amazing costumes, lots of laughs, very talented performers all made for a wonderful finale to our once in a lifetime vacation.


The wake-up is 5:30, the airport car arrives at 7:00 and we bid farewell to the United Kingdom at 10:25 which should put us back in Victoria at 13:53. We hope our readers have enjoyed the blogs. As Timon and Pumbaa would say, "HAKUNA MATATA" & CHEERIO!


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