A Weekend in London

Well seeing as we only have a few weeks left in London before we head off on a big adventure we thought we should do the things we've been meaning to do for ages. So we've written a list of things we want to see before we leave. Last weekend was the Saachi Gallery, a contemporary art gallery near Sloane Square and Harrods as we hadn't done that either.

Although in true London style half of the trains weren't running due to the standard weekend engineering works. So one bus and three trains later we arrived a Knightsbridge . We couldn't even get off at Sloane Square because that part of the line wasn't operational! haha.

Anyway, thought I'd better get the touristy shots in too so here's a pic of Nathanael at Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes.

I can't say i was a fan of everything at the Saachi gallery. I'm not much of an art person anyway, but a few things were really cool. At the moment they have some stuff from artists from the Middle East. This one below is all made of aluminum foil. It was really cool but i got in trouble for standing too close to it!

This one I'd seen written about in the paper and it looked interesting. It's a selection of sculptures of aged world leaders in automatic wheelchairs. It was really cool and they looked quite real. And the wheelchairs moved!

This one is called 'The Bed" and is made or paper mache. It was massive. There is a watch you can't see on the ground and the band had door hinges holding it together.

We also managed to check out Harrods and i must say, what credit crunch? The place was pumping especially the food court which was packed with people eating oysters and drinking champagne. There were lines for every food place and it was about 3 in the arvo. Nate and i had a wander around. Checked out the toys and walked through all the designer baby and kids clothes. I mean Roberto Cavalli for babies?! Are you serious. Who buys this stuff? There was every designer brand imaginable.

I stopped by the Laura Mercier cosmetic counter and was served by a really nice chick from Melbourne. I was expecting Harrods to be expensive but it was exactly the same price as buying the stuff online so i made a purchase.

We also went to check out their wine shop. Nate spotted a bottle of red from the Two Hands winery in the Barossa. We've been to their cellar door in Barossa and they seriously make the best red wine we've ever had. Then he spotted the price tag. It was 13 pounds! Which is an amazing price even for Australia but especially when you consider shipping costs etc. Needless to say we bought it and drank it that night. This one is called the Canny Butcher and was a 2005, but they are all good. If you ever want an amazing red wine, then check out Two Hands. Worth every cent (or penny in this case!).