Exploring locally

Today we decided to explore our local area, as this is the area that Jill lived in just after the dinosaurs left! We set off to explore the main street of Earls Court and I was very impressed with the area and could imagine living here as it is close to all amenities and has the charming London dwellings of which we have taken a number of photographs. Wimbledon is not all that far away and it is a 15 minute ride on the tube into the city. Jill then suggested we pay a visit to Knightsbrige which is a rather upmarket area. We went into Harrods, a very exclusive department store. It is divided into speciality rooms that are decorated with different themes. I was fascinated by the various food halls that were exquisitely set out with a huge array of beautifully presented foods some of which I have never heard of. Another thing that surprised me was the quantity of staff and security staff around the place. They obviously must make money to employ these sorts of numbers.

After Harrods we walked the length of the Knightsbridge shopping precinct and then back again visiting several other shops. Jill then decided to retrace her past by visiting South Kensington, which was only one stop away on the tube and we found another of the places that she had lived in during her stay in the UK. From here we walked back to Earls Court and decided our feet were too sore from all our walking, so we called it a day and returned to the hotel. That was Jill’s first opportunity for retail therapy this trip, though she didn’t end up buying anything!