Harrods

Harrods. I'll be honest, I didnt know exactly what harrods was when I first saw it on all the tourist maps. I then learned that I was a place where you can shop, so when I finally saw the giant building thant was harrods I assumed it was an entire shopping centre. Wrong. It's just one shop. First we were denied entry because we had Starbucks drinks. "no drinks inside"
So we finished them then attempted to enter again. "backpack off" no wearing of backpacks inside either.  By this time I was wondering what you CAN do at harrods. It didn't take long to work out that one thing you can do at harrods is spend money. A Lot of money. $270,000 AUD on a Rolex. $66,000 AUD on a pen. $300 AUD on havianas with gems on them. That kind of money. 

I wanted to buy something from Harrods, but I still wanted to eat for the rest of my trip so I started looking at pretty basic things like wallets and belts. One thing I learned at Harrods was that if Kanye West had ever rapped about a brand, you could find it at there, so when I saw the most basic plain black wallet at the Versaci area I thought I'd maybe found a viable purchase. $300.  No bingo. I didnt even like the wallet, I just wanted to buy something. 

Between the three of us, all we left harrods with was about 100grams of designer popcorn at a cost of about $4. But Harrods wasn't a total disappointment and besides taking photos of the ridiculously expensive stuff there (photos will be up soon), one of the highlights was using the bathroom. I walked in and found myself face to face with a smiling man wearing a suit who gave me a nod of approval as I walked to the urinal. Then when I went to the sink to wash my hands he reached over and turned the tap on for me, as if having a sensor operated tap wasnt convenient enough and then squirted the soap onto my hands and while I washed them he prepared the soft hand towel and handed it to me.   What a nice guy.

So basically if you're ever in London, even in you're not filthy rich and even if you don't like shopping, at least pay a visit to Harrods, even if it's for nothing other than to use the bathroom.