A day of shopping...

On Friday night I began to feel what I thought (hoped) was simply allergies. It was possible that there was something in the air causing me to sneeze and sniffle, because there was no way I was getting sick.

And then I woke up on Saturday morning. And I was sick. Yes, only two days in England and I have a head cold!! Not really the way you want to spend vacation. The Westwoods kindly went out to the drug store and picked up some ibuprofen and decongestant which I quickly accepted and then prayed that I would feel better. Steph and I had planned to spend the day out in London with her friend Emma and then see 'Much Ado About Nothing' that evening. I was feeling a bit better after I had a shower so we decided to head out.

I wish, looking back, that maybe I had stayed in and slept till later in the afternoon. But I think I had really been looking forward to going out, and didn't want to stay in.

We took the Tube to the Portobello Street Market. A huge open air market where you can buy anything and everything. I found it far to crowded for my sick self to enjoy. It was neat too look at though. I took a few pictures which I'll try and get up soon.

From there we went to Westefields which is a HUGE mall. And when I say huge it is bigger even than Lennox. And it was packed with people. It was as busy as an American mall can be on Black Friday. One end of the mall was normal types of shops you might could find any any mall, and the other end was full of designer shops like Prada, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. So it was quite a mix of shops.

We ate lunch there which was an adventure because the food court had no recognizable restaurants. However the were serving all kinds of food, from English pies, to Vietnamese, to Mexican. We finally settled on Chinese and I had some delicious chicken fried rice. (it seems I can't get away from it even when I'm not at work!)

Then we wandered around the mall, Steph and her friend Emma looking in various shops and making a couple purchases. I didn't buy anything as most of it was too expensive or I didn't need it. I did end up however buying a couple of books. I still needed books 1 and 3 from the Harry Potter series in the hardback British Editions and I figured I might as well go ahead and pick those up. So glad I can finally finish out my collection!

We relaxed for awhile and then took the train to Leicester Square where all the theaters are to make sure we had plenty of time before the play.

And that really needs a blog post of it's own...