London day 8

I actually can't believe we have been here for 8 days, well its not we anymore as Katie is now in Dublin :(
This morning started off at a nice slow pace as we had nothing planned other than to get her packed and off to Ireland. Kayla arrived about 10.30am and after Katie did a bit of packing we wandered up to the markets at Covent Garden so Kayla could buy a jumper, which she found fairly easily, so that was good. On our way back we called into our favourite pharmacy to buy some more cold and flu stuff, this time mine is called All in One, supposed to cure the following symptoms......headache (tick), stuffy nose (tick), fever (tick) , sore throat (tick) and chesty cough (tick). Hopefully we both will be fine in a few days......it is just annoying, nothing major!
As Katie continued her packing she kept throwing more things at me to bring back for her, so after I had done my packing this afternoon so I could weigh it, I think I'll end up with about 45kgs......which may be 5 more than I am allowed, oh well. Guess I'll find out tomorrow how much I really have.
Katie, Kayla and I then jumped on the tube and whilst they were going all the way to Heathrow I decided to go visit Harrods......
I gave Katie a big hug before we got onto the train at Piccadilly, which turned out to be lucky because when we got on it was so crowded that she ended up half a carriage away and not within reach of another hug goodbye. So as I got off we both had tears streaming down.....which we would have regardless I imagine.
I watched the train leave and then wandered into Harrods drying my eyes, I'm thinking not many folks cry on the way in.......maybe on the way out when they see how much they have spent!!
I'm glad I made the effort to see it, Londoner's hate it as far I as I can tell, but it is worth a look. I didn't spend too much time there and probably didn't see half of it, but enjoyed my visit. I did like the door men, but maybe I am still used to the 6 star service from the cruise....
Came back to the room, packed all my stuff (well nearly), had a lovely soak in the bath , first time for that in a while (shower only on the ship!), and waited for a text from Katie to say they are safe and sound in Dublin.....and they are. Gosh I won't see her for 4 months, which even though she has lived in Melbourne for 5 years it is still the longest I have gone without seeing her .....
But I do get to see my beautiful granddaughter Scarlett very soon and she might have a couple of presents from her adoring absent Grandma and Aunty to enjoy. And I get to see the rest of the loved ones as well, yay.....
Tomorrow I'll visit the British Museum and then get on a plane and spend quite a few hours making my way home.
No pics today my photographer has left with her camera and I forgot to take any with the iPhone .........