London Day 4 (Pt 2): Tea at Harrod's & the London Eye

After returning from the Harry Potter tour, we stopped at the hotel to change. Then it was off to Kensington. We had some time before our 4 pm afternoon tea reservation, so we went to a few of the museums.

First was the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) which features a lot of textiles, clothing and furnishings. I really wanted to see the famous Bed of Ware, but it was out on loan, so our visit was short.

Then we went to the Natural History Museum. We spent a lot of time in the dinosaurs exhibit which was pretty interesting.

It was a short walk down to Harrod's There we explored the amazing food stalls on the first floor and wandered around a bit. Harrod's is absolutely huge. It is the largest department store in Europe with over one million square feet of selling space. It's old (but not "old" with European standards), with the present building begun in 1894 and finished in 1905.

It took us a bit to find The Georgian Restaurant, but we had luckily allowed enough time. Our afternoon tea was lovely but the service wasn't that great and it was grossly overpriced. Yet it was a nice experience and well worth doing.

I enjoyed the Blackcurrant & Hibiscus tea while Adam had the Georgian Blend.

 There was an assortment of little sandwiches, scones with clotted cream & strawberry preserves, and pastries. My favorite was the macaron of course, yum! The scones were also delicious.

It was nice, but next time I'll take all the money we spent on afternoon tea and use it to indulge at the food stalls. Everything looked amazing down there.

After tea, we headed back to the room and relaxed a bit. Then it was off to the London Eye. I had been on the London Eye before, but never at night, so this was a neat experience. It was beautiful.

self-portrait awesomeness right by the London Eye

photo by Adam

photo by Adam

After the Eye, we took some photos along the Thames, and grabbed a quick bite to eat at McDonald's since it was getting really late.

photo by Adam

Back in the room, we packed up and got ready to depart London for Paris in the morning.

Highlights of the day:

Stef - Diagon Alley and butterbeer at the Harry Potter Tour
       - Seeing the city at night from the London Eye
Adam - Taking photos of the city at night (from the Eye and along the Thames)