Two weeks in London: Day 11

Bank of England on the left, The Royal Exchange ahead. 

Shopping!  Shopping!   We took the number 25 bus from St. Paul's in the direction of Ilford right

The Monument to the fire of London

through the city and into the East End and got off at Stratford (East London, not On Avon!) and joined the crowd walking to Westfield, Stratford an enormous shopping mall on 4 floors.  Absolutely packed!  We started at M&S looking for trousers for Peter.  Eventually found what he was looking for in a nice dark grey, but in the wrong size.  We asked where we could order and were airily waved off into a corner where there were touch screens.  A laborious process ensued, made lengthy and tedious by the fact that the 'touch' on the screems was so slow and seemed to need so much pressure that it took forever.  There was also a silly business about creating a new password for their new web site, blah, blah!  In the end we succeeded in placing an order.   Then off wading through the crowds like salmon heading upstream in the direction of John Lewis.

The food hall!!!

We were waylaid by the food court having realised that the M&S screens had exhausted our energies!  There was food from every corner of the earth...all 'genuine' and all 'fresh'.  Peter played save and had a sourdough, wood oven pizza which he pronounced excellent and I had a Lebanese mezze plate, also very good.  Refueled we went in search of a new ironing board cover and kettle (success) and then decided to get the lining for Simon and Tania's curtains.  They wanted thermal, blackout lining which is sort of rubbery and very effective - we have it behind the curtains in the flat.  However, it is also very heavy!  Apart from the strain of carrying it home, Peter is also worrying about whether the plasterboard ceiling in their flat will take the strain!   But that's going to be tomorrow's story!!

Peter cooking tonight!  Spag bol!