Cathy and I took in the Harrods windows after our afternoon tea at the V&A Museum Cafe’. It was quite dark by the time we stepped out of the Knightsbridge tube station and walked toward the famous store (that early London dusk in December!). My phone battery gave up the ghost at that point, so Cathy graciously shared all her photos with me:
On Friday evening, we took the bus up to Oxford Street. This was my first time there at night, and I got totally turned around and took us down the wrong way (right instead of left, in case you’re ever there stepping off a Number 12 bus from points south!). It was a long, long walk from Selfridges in the end. Oh, well. We got a workout and saw all kinds of things, including carolers, bands, and dance groups out on the sidewalks. All the trees on the street were decorated with silvery blue fairy lights that had an “icicle” effect with random “drops” falling — wish I could have captured a video!
When we finally reached Selfridges, we weren’t as impressed with their windows (Harrods definitely won the holiday windows award, in our books!). They followed a fairy tale theme, but some of them left us scratching our heads. Here were the ones I liked enough to photograph:
We walked back to Regent Street and boarded the bus for home in a light sprinkle of rain. My feet were dead tired, but the baby was sound asleep in my carrier, and it had been a fun evening. Next time I’ll share about our trip to Nottingham and Derbyshire from St Pancras!
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