Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, and Kensington Palace

I am glad to report that the tube system does get easier. Today was a very cold and windy day. The sky was overcast and the sun finally peaked out around 2:30 but the wind continued and it was still chilly. Today I was not running around town I stayed pretty stationary compared to yesterday. I took the tube to the other side of Hyde Park by Round Pond and the Kensington Gardens. There I had lunch and watched a group of kids playing what I assumed to be cricket. Just like yesterday I saw people walking their dogs, joggers, bikers, and children out with their nanny's. I then walked around and admired the park before heading towards Kensington Palace. There is a sunken garden next to the Kensington Palace that is gorgeous. This was a very fun day.

Hyde Park is so big I just had to go back today. This time however I went to the other side of the park. I saw a lot of kids with their uniforms on and were doing relays. A group of older kids not in uniforms were playing cricket which seems to have similar rules to baseball. I decided to have my lunch there again but the weather was not as enjoyable as yesterday luckily I had taken my sweatshirt so I was not to cold.

After I walked around a bit and traveled down The Board Walk which runs right to Kensington Palace. I first had to check out the Kensington Gardens and they were gorgeous. The Sunken Gardens were my favorite with a square pond with floating flowers and two fountains on both ends. This was completely surrounded by flowers and it was an amazing sight. I then walked through the courtyard that had around eight giant hedges four on each side.

Soon I was done seeing the gardens and it was on to the Palace. When I walked up to it it was huge. The building has been around since the 17th century and is now the residence of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (Glaw-ster), The Duke and Duchess of Kent, The Prince and Princess of Michael of Kent, and is sometimes used by Prince Harry. When you enter the Palace you must pay 12 pounds to go through the tour. You then get an audio tour guide that explains the objects you see. As you walk through the exhibits you feel as though you were back in time. Although some of the items are replicas, there are some objects that are original to the house. If you look up at the ceilings you can see gorgeous paintings that were made for the Kings and Queens living there at the time. There is a section completely devoted to debutantes' and the kind of things they had to do to be a part of society for example dress properly, act very proper, and follow the rules of society.

Tomorrow will be a fun day I will let you know where I am going and the things I will be doing. Keep checking in for more details.