London Welcomes Us - with Rain!

And so ends our first day in London - wet and cold to start although the sun attempted to come out later in the day. Today we took the train from Epsom, where we're staying, into London city where we saw the usual sights - Piccadilly, Carnaby Street, Trafalgar Square, Soho, Covent Gardens etc then went on to the theatre to see 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'. It was great. It's fun to be in London again, lots of walking and sightseeing and gorgeous accents, but I wish the weather was warmer! The shops were open til 8pm in Oxford Street so we browsed through them in the evening as it's still light here until about 9pm. We had a meal in town before catching the train back to Epsom. It's almost midnight here now so will go to bed as no doubt it will be another full day tomorrow. We plan to go on the London Eye and round the city again, maybe to the art gallery. It's Dave's birthday tomorrow and we've bought tickets to the Lion King tomorrow night after a meal in the city. Meals and clothes are very expensive here. The trick is remembering to convert in your head to Aussie money as it's very easy to think £2 is cheap for an icecream when really that's about $5. We bought the cutest icecreams in the theatre at half time - the old fashioned sort in cardboard containers with plastic spoons inside served on trays by ushers in the theatre - reminded me of half-time at the movies when I was a teenager. Fashions in the shops are interesting. It appears that cork chunky heeled sandals are back in fashion this summer. I wore those in the early 70s - never again. I don't think it's a very flattering style of shoe. I discovered a delightful shop on the way to the railway station in Epsom. It's a dolls' house emporium and wow, it has the most gorgeous treasures in it. The lady who was serving gave me a lovely fat brochure which I'll enjoy drooling over! I bought a universal battery charger for my mini ipod and two little t-shirts today - I am hoping for some warm weather in Europe!