Double Decker Cruising

London, England

The stars (Southern Cross) must be in the boot?

For our second day the weather could have been a bit better, but undeterred, we sat up top in a double decker tour bus and travelled the red, yellow and blue routes. 

Tower Bridge under some blue sky

Overwhelmed with information, we hopped off at the Victoria and Albert Museum for a “lunch & loo” stop before popping by to see the huge Raphael cartoons (drawings) housed there.  Unfortunately, the Textile Museum (with a Kaffe Fassett exhibition) was closed – both Sunday & Monday… 

It's amazing who your neighbours could be....  Sherlock Holmes?

No chance there, so we decided to whizz passed Harrods, cross over Oxford Street, and pretend we had time to take in a show at one of the numerous theatres in West End instead.  (GS made a mental note for next time we’re in town though).  At least this time she did not come back with a Selfridge’s bag bulging with a purple fur coat (fake), a suede fringed vest or outlandish snakeskin high heels.  Well, come on!  It was the Seventies…