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We ate the breakfast provided by the hotel. It consisted of apple juice, corn flakes, milk, tea or coffee and toast we had to make ourselves served in a too small room. I figured out the old fashioned toaster (no help from the hotel staff) and made us each some toast.

We then left for the Camden Market. We used the Earls Court station of the underground. I love the underground. It is so easy; you can get almost anywhere in the city. We just rode the Picadilly Line to Leicester Square and changed to the Northern Line to Camden Town. So easy! We shopped for several hours. There are dozens of small places selling almost anything. We mostly purchased gifts for those at home but of course some for ourselves as well.

We got caught in a downpour. We were soaked and Chloe and Trista stepped into some puddles and had cold, wet feet all day. We ducked into a small restaurant and it was nicer soon and turned into a great day.

We also went to Leicester Square. We did some more shopping and checked on discount tickets to see “Lion King”. We hope to go tomorrow night. We ate dinner at an Italian Restaurant there in the square and then returned to the hotel.

After a little rest we gathered our clothes and went in search of a lauderette. The hotel clerk was of no help. She said it was somewhere off the high street. End of directions. After much searching and asking we found one a few blocks away. It took a lot of money but we finally had clean clothes. Trista exploded a soda there and we had no way to clean it up. We felt bad leaving it but we didn’t know what else to do.