Harrods food hall is everything they rave about and more. In fact the whole of Harrods is a palace of plenty and splendour. After wearing our feet out walking all day, we retreated to Harrods for Cream Tea, along with half of the other tourists in town. It did not feel crowded though because of the scale of the place. Their cheese counter is the length of David Jones food hall in Sydney, divided into countries of origin. Stained glass ceilings, enormous ornate chandeliers, carved and gilded columns and don't get me started on the chocolate hall. No photos as it would have been intrusive and bad manners. Their range is staggering. We had gone in search of a particular micro Jigzaw puzzle and came away with two. You could spend a week in there it is truly a shopaholics dream.
Michele
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Another day, another museum! The British Museum must be the premier museum of the world. All sorts of treasures lie within its walls. This close up shows the detailed bead work being carried out in the 7th and 8th century. These millefiore were found in a woman's grave in Norway.
As we continued on through the Museum of London, there were so many treasures that it was hard to take it all in. This is a photograph of a string of Baltic amber which dates from the 1st or 2nd century AD. The thing that is remarkable is that it is still on its original string!
A second visit to the Natural History museum, saw us in the "Vault". Here lie some of the treasures of their collection. I have pictured here a large aquamarine crystal (pale blue) which is completely enclosed in a crystal of morganite (pale pink), from Paprok in Afghanistan. This is one of the finest crystals of its type in the world.
The Museum of London is not as famous as its sisters, "The British" or the "V&A", but it should be! It contains objects directly related to the London area from prehistory, through Roman, Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance to modern times. It is organised in time periods, with a balance between interpretation and objects. 