Blogs from Kensington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

The Kyoto Garden in Holland Park has reopened after extensive work by specialist gardeners, who flew in from Japan to work on the space.... read more

Friday 25th to Monday 28th March Friday morning saw us on an early-ish train from Exeter to London. John managed to get some work done during the two and a half hour trip while Ali enjoyed the scenic views of the countryside. In London, we stayed in a private hotel (essentially a B&B) in Kensington, quite close to Kensington Palace and Gardens (and Peter Pan). It's a very attractive area and nearly every house is 'three (or four) up and one down' and painted white. This gives the streets a very light and airy feel. Interestingly, in nearby Notting Hill, the houses seemed to be painted in contrasting colours (often pastels). Another thing we found interesting was the numerous shared (but private) gardens. These are enclosed (locked) gardens, only accessible to the residents of the adjoining ... read more

I can't believe its going so fast! We are just loving London. The food is fantastic, the people are great and everything is in bloom.....AND SUNNY!!! Today we took the Underground and a red double decker bus to the British Museum. It is ginormous and fascinating. Exhibits from Egypt, Japan, China, Afganistan, Greece.....and Many more. We had slept in a little bit trying to get caught up so we got there a little late. The British Museum is free to everyone so it was PACKED with people. The hardest part is getting a picture that doesn't have a tourist wandering through it. Then we went to a local English pub and had fish and chips. So good! The cool thing about Paris and London is the waiter or waitress won't bother you to leave. You have ... read more

My roomates (Alanna and Kristen) and I spent a few days in London visiting Sam.... We left very, very early in the morning on Thursday (think 4:30 from our apartment).... and arrived finally in London around 11 am. We took a bus into London, because we flew into some remote airport in the middle of nowhere, and we got off on Baker Street. This was a good place to stop because we got a few things out of the way early on, the Beatles store, It's Only Rock and Roll (classic rock store: The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, David Bowie etc....), and the house of Sherlock Holmes. Then we headed to our hostel... I guess it was a nice break to speak in English, but it made me miss Spanish a lot... Especially the way people ... read more

So the first three weeks in London have been quite the adventure! I moved into my apartment in Kensington which overlooks Hyde Park. They call Kensington the "Royal" burrough because Kensington Palace is located here, the home to Princess Diana. I have done the touristy things like Big Ben/ Westminister Abbey as well as the Tower of London to see the crown Jewels. I learned how royalty works by asking one of the men who worked at the Tower of London. Very interesting, if there is a family with a girl and a boy, even if the girl is older, the boy trumps her and becomes King. I saw the show 39 Steps, which in Britain, I found to be awful, I guess I just do not understand British humor fully yet. London is beyond expensive, ... read more