Sunshine and retail therapy

After a week of dreary grey weather, Saturday — finally — was gorgeous.  Since I was weary of house-hunting, and since all of my sunglasses have long since been stolen and/or misplaced, I decided to go sunglass shopping near Covent Garden.  I may have come home with more than one pair…

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The Covent Garden market is nestled amid a bustling shopping district just being the Royal Opera house and not far from all the West End theatre.

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Remember Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady? Well, this is where she was selling her violets and got “discovered” by Professor Higgins.

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I may be in London, but that doesn’t mean I can’t go to Le Pain Quotidien for a Belgian take on a Vietnamese sandwich for lunch!

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One of the prettier rows of facades leading away from the market.

One comment

  1. Cindy Davis · · Reply

    What a gorgeous day!

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