On November 19 I flew to Houston and then overnight to London. I took the express train into Paddington Station and then walked ten minutes to the Orchard Hotel. I then walked to Kensington Gardens and spent the afternoon wandering through the many acres of the garden - which is actually a large, beautiful park.
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| Kensington Palace |
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| Diana Gardens |
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| The Orangery |
On Friday, I visited a floating mini park near Paddington Station, walked through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, the British Natural History Museum and the skinny building.
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| Floating mini park |
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| While the skinny building does get wider, from this angle it does not |
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| A brief visit to the Royal Geographical Society Museum |
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| Futuristic museum in Hyde Park |
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| Sculpture in Hyde Park |
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| Allotment gardens in Kensington Park |
On Saturday, I visited Regents Park, Rembrandt Park, Paddington Basin (basically a canal), and more of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. I also saw things of interest as I was walking between parks - artwork in tunnels, cactus signs, birds, people riding horseback, etc.
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| Planters in Rembrandt Gardens |
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| Roses in Regents Park |
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| Allotment garden in Regents Park |
Ben arrived Sunday morning but that is in the next post.
