Please help me organize these 2 days!

Between Covent Garden and the National Gallery is a 10 minute walk, so what you do om what day is much of a muchness.

Piccadilly Circus (not square) - not something I'd go out of my way to see. Busy (there's a reason for the expression 'it was like Piccadilly Circus!). But you can just walk along Piccadilly and Regent Street if you like smart shops (Fortnum & Mason is in Piccadilly and Liberty is on Regent St, Carnaby St runs parallel) and see Piccadilly Circus as part of this walk.

Buckingham Palace is at the far end, but still walkable. It's worth walking past St James' Palace and then up the Mall past Clarence House (the King and Queen's residence) on the way.

The National Gallery is on Trafalgar Square, do that's taken care of.

It's busy but possible.

Are you planning to see Westminster Abbey?

Thank you. Are you then saying it doesn’t make a difference what area I do when, as it’s pretty much altogether?

Yes, we will do Westminster later that week when it opens.

In my view, a sensible route would be something like;

Walk to Covent Garden from Bloomsbury,
Walk along the Strand to Trafalgar Square where the National Gallery is,
Walk through Admiralty Arch and along the Mall to Buckingham Palace.

From there walk through Green Park to Piccadilly (the street) and walk towards Piccadilly Circus passing Fortnum and Mason.
From Piccadilly Circus go up Regent St turning left before Oxford Circus to get through to Liberty and Carnaby St. (the big toy shop, Hamleys, is on Regent Street but it’s overrated in my view).

Walk up to Oxford St and walk/bus/taxi back to Bloomsbury.

I’d be interested in others’ views.

What Johns719 wrote could be done on Sunday when you are visiting the National Gallery.

If you want to do things on Saturday as well, then I would start at Covent Garden, walk via Leicester Square through Piccadilly Circus and turn right on Regent Street. Visit Carnaby Street, Liberty, and Hamleys if interested.

Then return back down Regent to Piccadilly and keep walking west. You'll pass Waterstone's--the largest bookstore in Europe--pass Hatchards--the oldest bookstore in London--to Fortnum and Mason.

If you are tired at this point, walk west just past the Ritz Hotel and you will come to the Green Park tube station. You could get the tube back to your hotel.

Lulu, first of all, now you’ve got a Forum blue star!!

In London, will you be walking everywhere those first two days? Things aren’t miles apart, but Trafalgar Square (with the National Gallery on it) is west of Covent Garden, and everything else is west of that. I wonder whether you’ll have the same amount of energy both days, and also wonder how long you’ll be at the National Gallery. Still, consider this:

Day 1: Covent Garden, then head west to Piccadilly Circus. Fortnum and Mason is just up the street. From there, you’ve got Carnaby Street and Liberty.

Day 2: The National Gallery sits on the north end of Trafalgar Square. When you’re finished there, head southwest on The Mall to reach Buckingham Palace.

I also wonder whether you’re considering the London Pass for attractions? The Go City company sells multiple-day passes (look Online), and the more days on your passes, the bigger the discount you get, and the better value you receive. A pass for just 1-3 days is relatively expensive, even with all the discounts you get on entry fees. If you’ve still got five days in London beyond your first two, it might be worth looking at getting London Passes. Pricey things like Westminster Abbey are “free” when you’ve bought the Pass. Consider how many things you want to see over how many days, and see if the savings with the Pass offset its price. We got a 10-day Pass earlier this year, and it more than paid for itself. Savings will vary depending on what you see, and how long a pass you buy.

I agree with all the advice above.

Just one thought since you are heading to Trafalgar Square. There is a nice cafe located below St. Martin-in-the-Fields church called Cafe in the Crypt. Food is served cafeteria style and is very good (I had a delicious beef and ale pie here served with a salad), reasonably priced, and you eat surrounded by tombstones that are hundreds of years old. It's a fun place to eat and right off Trafalgar Square.

To enter the cafe, you can either take a flight of stairs down from the church entrance or use a separate entrance to the left of the church. There's also a very nice lift on the street next to the church that can be used to access the crypt. It's been around for decades (I was first here in the mid-90s).

Cyn, she is only in London for 1 1/2 days according to a previous post, so I doubt the London Pass would be a good fit.

Everyone! Thank you so much. This is exactly what I’m looking for. I love discovery new cities, but feel so much better with guidance so I’m not wasting time.

I will look into the London Pass for sure!

So I have star! What exactly does that mean?

The Blue Triangle [Star] means you have over 1,000 posts

Lulu, it looked like you had 7 days in London. As Mardee says, if it’s only 1 or 2 days in London, the London Pass is pretty expensive. Over three or four days, it can be a better value. With five or more, it’s even more of a deal.

After somebody posts 500 times, this Forum puts a green triangle (sorry, not a star) next to their name (you used to have one, prior to yesterday). Once 1,000 posts are reached, the triangle-in-a-box gets changed to blue. Orange stars (now it’s not a triangle) are for 2,500 posts, and a yellow star in a navy blue box signify 5,000 posts or more. Not that any of those will actually get you anything in England, or at home, but you do now have a blue triangle, and not everybody does! :-)

I think I just need to travel more so I have a need to ask questions and offer suggestions, also! I want that star in a box!