Posts tagged Harrods
"Unwrap the Magic: London's Top 6 Christmas Department Stores You Don't Want to Miss!"

'Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to soak in the festive spirit than by exploring London's iconic department stores decked out in holiday splendor?

London often makes the Top Ten Lists of Most Christmassy Cities, and for that, I say Ho Ho Ho. Although I think next year I’ve got to check out Vienna, New York, Montreal, or Munich as they never fail to trump London according to the lists I’ve read.

But what I love about London at Christmas is that not one well-trained waiter or department store elf is afraid to wish you a Happy Christmas (they rarely say Merry), rather than the North American generic, "let’s-not-offend-anyone" Happy Holidays.

I have shown you London at Christmas on the outside, and I do that because it dazzles, and every year there is something new.

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Shopping, Places I Love, Things to DoChristina FordChristmas on Oxford Street, christmas, Department Store, Harrods, Selfridge, Selfridge's Christmas Windows, Peter Jones, Fortnum and Mason, Covent Garden, Santa, Piccadilly, Valentino, Harvey Nichols Comment
It’s A-Broad In London’s London Quiz 

How well do you think you know London? Take the quiz. You are 25 questions away from impressing me.

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Things to Do, ExploreChristina FordBetween The Buttons, Lord Nelson, Quiz, Trafalgar Square, Winston Churchill, Admiral Nelson, Royal Albert Hall, Eric Clapton, Cliff Richards, Samuel Johnson, Tower of London, Great Fire of London, The Gherkin, Wimbledon, 1666, The Clash, The Tube, Tower Hill, Kensington Palace, Sketch, Olympic Stadium, West Ham, Columbia Road Flower Market, Rosetta Stone, British Museum, Grngott's Bank, Harry Potter, Australia House, Blackfriars, Bag O'Nails, Annabel's, Amy Winehouse, Camden Town, St Pauls, Fortnum and Mason, Harrods, Liberty Department Store, Big Ben, Elizabeth Tower Comments
Harrods. The Little Known Secrets Inside The World's Most Famous Department Store

…..Aaaah Harrods

I call it the Mother Ship, Mecca, the indisputable centre of the glam retail universe. Harrods is London's most iconic and beautiful department store and one of the top tourist attractions in the U.K. estimating 15 million visitors annually. It is the 7th most Instagrammed place in London where at any given time you will see tourists taking selfies outside its majestic exterior or inside the world famous Food Hall. This beautiful Grand Dame of London occupies over a million square feet in prestigious Knightsbridge. That is over 5 acres of shoes, electronics, toys, make-up, jewellery, books, furniture… and of course fabulous, fabulous clothes making it the largest department store in Europe. 

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Places I Love, ShoppingChristina FordHarrods, Knightsbridge, Charles Henry Harrod, Sigmund Freud, Clement Attlee, Noel Coward, King Zog, Queen Geraldine, Ronald Regan, Rene Caovilla, Winnie The Pooh, Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi Al Fayed, Princess Diana Comments