A Look into my Life

Today was another beautiful day in London. The sun decided to show its lovely face once again.  It was rather cool but there was sun! It was a good day to stroll through a park! So I set off for Regent’s Park on recommendation of a friend. I was originally going to head to Hyde Park. Many more days to explore that though. There’s a few photos of it. The grass is so green its unbelievable. Much better than that scraggly brown stuff that i left at home.

Today was also the continuation of the Thames Festival. The closing of the festival is always marked by fireworks. They were set off from a few barges along the Thames. I made my way there in what I thought to be enough time but the full moon had other ideas. There was a disabled train on the Circle Line going clockwise, the direction I needed to go. So I had to wiggle my way down to the river taking quite a few lines, getting mixed up but finally arriving slightly late to the show. Thankfully the show was a bit delayed as well. FANTASTIC! There were 15 minutes of constant fireworks, the sound of each echoing off the historic buildings. It can get much better than this I thought. 

Tomorrow starts my second week of classes. We have a scheduled theatre performance “The Woman in Black” tomorrow evening and I’m participating in a Jack the Ripper walk Tuesday. Other than that it should be a quiet week. I’ll update when I can and when I have material. Goodnight guys!

Today was a big day! One of the items to my to-see list was Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately it is only open until the 28th of September so I thought I should get that out of the way as soon as possible. I seemed to be the only one interested so I got up this morning and off I went. The tour took me through the state rooms used for guests at the palace. This is also included seeing the Ballroom. This year, and this year only I guess the Ballroom was set for a state banquet. It was quite extraordinary seeing the tableware set exactly. There was a short film on how everything was prepared and measured for perfection. The ceilings in Buckingham are fantastic. The detail and design in each is outstanding. Unfortunately photography was not allowed inside. I did get a couple snaps of the rear of the palace and the gardens in the rear. Be sure to check them out!

I moved on from Buckingham Palace to the Regent Street Apple Store. This was another item on my to-do list. Its amazing the size of the store and the number of people in there. There’s a picture of the outside and one of the inside in the Buckingham Palace album.

I forgot the mention that the sun had come out at this point in the day. It was very nice to see it’s lovely rays once again. I missed it!

Next was the Mayor’s Thames Festival. It stretched quite a distance down the river from London. There were many little stands set up selling everything you could imagine. I did snag a £4 hamburger (a bargain!) and quite a few sights.

After that I headed back north to my flat for some R & R! My feet are hurting!