Saturday Shopping

Saturday 4 August I went into Oxford Street and experienced the insane shopping crowds. The streets were absolutely packed with people, which wouldn't have been so bad except that the day was very warm...the hottest so far this year apparently...a whopping 30C (insert condescending Aussie snigger here). Inside the shops wasn't quite so busy, and I had my first taste of English department stores. My enthusiam quickly waned and I ended up kicking back in the Marble Arch park feasting on the juiciest, reddest, most delicious strawberries I've ever eaten. The Marble Arch part of the park was chosen because going across the road to Hyde Park seemed far too much effort! The highlight of the day was when a strange man sitting nearby came and gave me a bunch of pink carnations, which was very sweet, until he said he had stolen them from the shop across the road...excellent, accepting stolen goods is the way I like to end all Saturday afternoons.