Saturday, June 29, 2019

Saying goodbye to London

We thought we had said good bye to London but my Nephew Saurabh thought otherwise. He told us we can rest in the flight and so off we went to explore more of London. We went around seeing many other places and London by night before we said our final good byes. Saurabh has now been in London for thirteen to fourteen years and knows it very well. I enjoy going around with him for he can give me many details which are not very well known. He showed me the most expensive apartments in the world, the Ecuador Embassy where Assange took refuge after wikileak and the balcony from where he addressed the press. We started at Knightsbridge and visited Harrods, the shopping areas with all famous brands in one place. I was fascinated with their purse collection.Harrods boasts of having the first escalator in London in 1898, and customers were given brandy when they reached the top to revive them of their ordeal. It is spread over five acres and has 330,departmental stores and is a shoppers delight. Around this area there is a large  number of population from Qatar who come with their expensive cars and stay in the nearby apartments, all owned by them and shop in the area with the famous brand names. Then we walked towards the various gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park and enjoyed the views of the Buckingham Palace and the surrounding gardens. We saw London by night and had a lovely Italian dinner at a well know restaurant. A lovely evening  Saurabh and thanks a lot for showing us around.














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