Today was my first full day in London- considering how out of it I was yesterday. A decent continental breakfast is included in the price of the hostel- so I had that for breakfast. After breakfast I look a double-decker bus tour of the city- as touristy as double-decker busses are they still are a good way to get a layout of the city. So far I really like the architecture in London. Both for its more pedestrian scale (buildings average about 6-8 stories) as well as the common juxtaposition of old and new.
In the afternoon I went to Harrods, which I had heard so much about, and I have to say really, is amazing. The store really has everything, including fine groceries, more than a dozen restaurants; every kind of department store item of the finest quality- and the store is beautiful. The kind of department store you can imagine people used to get dressed up to go to. I ended up just buying some chocolates and going nearby to Hyde Park and renting a chair to sit in to eat my chocolate and enjoy the sun. The weather has been so much nicer here than in New York. Here everything is in bloom- in New York there aren’t even leaves on trees. After my chocolates and sun I wandered through a few areas of town, ending up back at the hostel.
I also like seeing dragons all over the city- what kind of city has the dragon as its symbol?
posted by Karen @ 18.4.07
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I think the dragon stuff has to do with St. Geroge slaying the dragon (he's England's patron saint). Other than that you see a lot of lion and unicorn imagery from the UK's coat of arms (the lion is for England and the Unicorn is for Scotland). Glad to hear you're going to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Be sure to go to the museum "snack shop" downstairs, its got gorgeous art nouveau architecture. Also, in Hyde park just north of there is a cool old "faerie tree" and a big pond full of gorgeous swans!!! There's also a garden dedicated to Peter Pan (though I never found it). Have fun!
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