We dropped the car off without too much drama and seeing we were early to check into the apartment, dragged ourselves across Hyde Park, past the joggers and loungers and strollers, past the Albert Memorial and the Royal Albert Hall – where was Eric Clapton and Cream? – to South Kensington where we refreshed with a coffee. From there, just a short stroll to our apartment which is quite comfortable. We strolled down the Kings Road for the essentials, a bakery, a supermarket, some wine and a bike hire station. Sharon found a few dress shops. Are they wants or needs? We prepared a a plan of attack to hit the ancient city, I just hope the ancient legs are up to it. We should burn a little fat this week if they are.
“The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson