Covent Garden for the Day.

It's a bit strange to chat at dinner about what we want to do the next day, and have our options include things like going to Notting Hill or Covent Garden on the tube; and to feel like we can do what we like but not need to cram everything in to one short week in the city. I like these options.

Today was Covent Garden to wander around, poke through the shops and stalls, and enjoy an excellent vegetarian lunch at Food for Thought- http://foodforthought-london.co.uk/

We also got in some great culture when Steven and Franny headed off to the London Transport Museum and Greta and I marveled at the Courtauld Institute in the Somerset House. It was amazing to see so many famous paintings by well known artists in this beautiful little Gallery, and we loved the building itself. It's free on Mondays, and well worth a visit.

Franny was impressed by the old London buses and trams at the London Transport Museum, and Steven liked the Museum so much that he became a member! So I guess that we'll be going back to that one over the year, and it sounds like it was a hit.

Walking up from the Tube station at Piccadilly Circus is almost overwhelming, with people rushing everywhere, tourists snapping pics of everything, and the huge billboards overtaking the skyline. Once we got our bearings, we loved walking around the area and there was so much to see. We spent hours wandering around SoHo, too, and had the most amazing gelato (perhaps even better than D'Ambrosio!). The sun was shining bright all day, and it got quite hot- it definitely feels like summer has hit London. It was a really fun day, but I'm sleepy tonight, so will have to add more later.