Day 2: Grandma goes to Liberty

Museum and Shopping

Today was dreary but the rain held off and only slightly misted for some of the day. That being said we decided to spend the day inside since it was colder and the rain threatened us.

We spent the morning in South Kensington, with a 4 hour visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. We spent our time wandering the exhibits of Japanese arts, the sculpture hall, new acquisitions, the Spider Silk cape display and the Glass exhibition. I wish grandma and mum were staying another week so they could have seen the ball gown exhibit that opens after they leave. After the museum fatigue started to ail us we retreated to a cafe for lunch.

Next we made the short walk to Harrods to check out all the hype. We stopped quickly in a fully stocked kitchen store, which I am happy to report did not put a dent in our wallets. The foodhalls of Harrods were filled with tourists, picking out which tin of goodies is the hardest part. After the browsing the various levels of luxury goods and the always impressive Egyptian elevator we decided to let take grandma to our favourite department store….Liberty!

I love checking out the beautiful everything that Liberty has to offer. From the designer clothing to the silk scarves to the woodblock prints and used furniture everything screams take me home! We let grandma browse the scarves before heading up to her bliss, yarn and fabrics! Like a kid in a candy store so to speak her grin was ear to ear. Luckily she was able to choose something that she will be able to make into something fabulous. We had a lovely salesperson who helped us and was very enthusiastic, he even convinced grandma to buy a little bit more fabric. He of course thought that Sandra was my sister… gee like I haven't heard that one before.

After we meandered through the some more of the store it was dinner time. Close by was a dim sum place so we were able to have some grub before heading back to the room to rest up for tomorrow's graduation day.

Lots of love
Alyssa xoxo