We also went to Neal's Yard at Covent Garden, which is a richly decorated, beautiful neighborhood. The entire area called Seven Dials (I think) around Covent Garden may be my favorite in London.
Also on the agenda was the famous yet fake 221b Baker Street. They have done a good job of making a door on a street look and feel like it is part of a story. Sherlock Holmes and "friends" lived he in the famous stories, though not , obviously, in real life. They kept it fairly authentic, from having syringes for his drug habits, to glass vials for holding opium. There is a museum and a store. A whole selection of pipes and other memorabilia from movies and books, new and old interpretations were viewable and mostly for sale in the museum store. For those who like Sherlock Holmes, I highly recommend the modern series Sherlock. It is British but each episode of the season is basically a movie. Sherlock in this version is also known as the villain in the newest Star Trek movie.
Along with 221b Baker Street, we ate dinner at the Sherlock Holmes Pub. I had been there when I was last in London and liked it. This time we ate upstairs where they have their own "museum" which was pretty cool, but everything was behind glass so pictures just reflected. They had a mockup of the Hound of Baskerville and lots of other individuals displays along with the replica common room of 221b.
We have more pictures but they are on my phone.
On the way home we went by Regent Street where they a preparing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation.
Your beard fits the Holmes character very well to my way of thinking. Showed your dad the webcam footage last night.
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