A Comfortably Classy Tea at Harrods

Today we ventured over to Knightsbridge to visit the infamous Harrods department store. We went with the intention of solely exploring the store and the new area that we hadn’t previously seen. It’s my new favorite area of London. It was beautiful and upscale and much more visually appealing than Bayswater. We walked from the tube a few blocks to Harrods, which was basically like Macys Heralds Square. I just realized that I relate everything back to NYC! It’s my point of reference, oh well. We walked into the store and it (once again) reminds me of the Saks on 5th. Everything was just glowing and immaculate, it was just so pristine. We made our way from the doorway through the various halls of food where there was a formagerie room, a chocolate room, an imported foods room, a tea and coffee room. It seemed to go on forever. You really didn’t appreciate the size of the store until you went inside. It was huge. We basically skipped the next three floors because we were starving, but vowed to work our way back down after our tea. We arrived on the top floor of the store and walked into the Terrace Bar at the Georgian Restaurant where we were greeted by a pianist playing various tunes from the Sound of Music. It was kind of cliché, but a lot of fun. Overall, the whole experience was extremely elegant and I can’t wait to go back. We ordered the Traditional English Afternoon Tea that included a variety of English teas (so Mel and I ordered the Victorian rose petal and Rebs opted for the green mint), and a tiered presentation of scones, miniature pastries and five or six different kinds of delicious finger sandwiches. The woman at the Clinique counter recommended this restaurant if we wanted the authentic English experience and we were so happy we listened to her!







After we left Harrods we did some more damage at the surrounding stores in Knightsbridge and on Oxford Street. I was pretty thrifty though, I got a really nice jacket for $17 American and a dress shirt for $11 American so… not to worry Mom!

After taking my first double decker bus way farther past Hyde Park than we wanted to go, we got out in a not-so-great area and reversed our route back up the street. The bus was fun, and free because of our tube pass.

Possibly joining the Kensington gym tomorrow? We shall see, I thought it was a lot more expensive than it actually is. Ohmygod South Park is on again. Brits just love this dumb show apparently.