Gretchen's Blog

I started out the day headed toward Buckingham Palace and "Changing of the Guard." I went to the spot outlined by the guide book to get a good view and there were too many people. I would have been better off being where the guards marched in rather than around the statue. One lady was about ready to slug it out with some poor guy who got in her line of sight. I guess she waited about an hour and it being a public place, could not control where other people stood.

I headed down the mall to the 1/2 price ticket stand to get the "official" half price tickets for the theatre. It was slim pickins' and I got tickets to a relatively unknown Andrew Lloyd Webber "Whistle down the Wind."

The area around the ticket stand was really cool with a lot of small restaurants, so I got a bite to eat before I headed to Harrods.

I made the pilgrimage to Harrods with about a million other people and headed for the chocolate and tea section to pick up a few gifts. Next up the famed Egyptian escalator and off to Cafe Punch for another tea. You'll notice most of my adventures are centered around food. This tea was not as good as Fortnum and Mason but it was cheaper.

After tea I took the escalator down to the Di and Dodi memorial to view the "shrine." The guide book said it was creepy and I agree. The wine glass was never washed and it looked like there was a little fuzz growing on the outside, some type of biological experiment. My advice? take the DNA off the glass to prove it was Di's and give it a good cleaning.

Later that evening I went to the musical and it was OK (not great.) I feel like I made a donation to the arts plus the male star was quite nice to look at.... I digress.