4 May 2010

London Day 1

Hard to believe this was only 8 days OK, seems much longer.  On Day 1 we saw Big Ben, the river and I went to the one shop I wanted to visit – Liberty to get some fabric.

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“It’s Aslan” said DS!  “There’s another one!”

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This is the quietest we saw Trafalgar Square all week.  We called into the National Gallery (above) and it’s cafe to revive ourselves and had a quick look around the important pictures – Constable’s Haywain, Van Gogh (“It’s not swirly”) – including a swirly one at the end, Holbein's fantastic weird skull, Monet, Renoir, Leonardo, Seurat and other in passing.  Not sure what he remembers but at least I can say he has seen these famous paintings!

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Top of DS’s list was to see Big Ben.  “It’s huge!”

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I was interested in the gothic details.

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Anthropologie store – shot from the hip so a bit blurred….must return next time.

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A Anthropologie window - perfect for a C&G sample!

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Liberty – not the same as it used to be, but still has something special about it…..

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This was the department I was after – fabrics and haberdashery.  Though not a very satisfying shopping experience with a bored child and both of us with rucsacs on our backs and me carrying a large camera, it’s a tight space and hard to choose when you have a time limit.  But I am happy with what I did get – will take some photo’s later today. 

Yes, there is a Liberty quilt coming on….. how trendy is that?! 

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