Skip to main content

It's a beautiful night.

Tonight I enjoyed a lovely evening walk with my two roommates Dezi and Ariatna. We first took a stroll around Kensington Gardens, directly across the street from our flats.

It was slightly chilly, but the wind was very refreshing. I feel like I was in genuine greenery, not the fake kind that is in Utah. Those those plants really naturally grow there and the air feels so fresh and has the perfect level of humidity. Just enough to make you take a deep breath and go "Ahhhhhhhh." When the wind rushes through the leaves of the trees, it's a very soothing sound, and much quieter than in the Utah mountains with the quaking aspen leaves.


By this time it was really beginning to get dark. The frantic British police were driving around in their puny cars telling us the park was closed and to get out. I was afraid my camera wouldn't be able to get any good pictures this late, but I think this picture really captures the mood. It was gray everywhere, the pond reflecting the late, overcast sky. It wasn't completely silent, but it sure felt quiet, and very serene.

Then we went out into the city to get groceries. I took night city pictures on the way. I may have been catering to my little brother Dain, who I know would really appreciate the red double-decker buses.

Isn't this wonderful?!? It's Goats Tavern!!! I think that is just great.

Comments

  1. ParkerApril 29, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Beautiful pics! I especially love the one with the blurry double-decker. Very artsy. :) And everything is so green!

    ReplyDelete
  2. BradApril 29, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    I am still so jealous but glad you are having fun. The goats head sounds like a harry potter/ english place. Keep posting, I look forward to it. London Meg

    ReplyDelete
  3. LoreeApril 29, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Kensington Gardens right across the street from your flat?!! It's all so beatiful. Reminds me of a combination of all the English novels we've read!

    ReplyDelete
  4. NatalieApril 30, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    It all just seems so magical. I love how you describe everything, the wind in the trees and the feel of the air. I am SO enjoying reading your posts. I hope you keep it up!

    ReplyDelete
  5. BreeApril 30, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    The blurry double decker is so Harry Potter!

    Also, I love you with your cute umbrella! Thanks for posting so frequently!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years. Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years.

By this time in our trip, our group has already seen Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well at the Globe . . . which was superb. Today, we got to take a tour of the theatre itself. Might be one of my favorite sight seeing things I have done. It's just that I have spent so many school years learning about this theatre and the time of Shakespeare. I feel like all I had learned didn't really stick until today. I was there. I was in the space where it all happened. It's true what my English professors say, that if you really want to major in English, your life wouldn't be fulfilled to you come to England. Everything I have learned just gels together all of a sudden. It's beautiful. A wonderful event in earth's history. A stunning creation wrought by humankind. For instance, I learned that the people who watch from the ground are called "groundlings." Makes sense. They were also called "penny stinkers" because they paid one penny to get i...
4 comments
Read more

In the spring I shed my skin and it blows away with the changing wind.

And so begins my Brighton Beach Memoirs. Most of our group took a day trip on Friday to Brighton. After taking the train out through gorgeous green country, we reached the coast. Can you see the ocean yet? How about now? And there it is. It was a tad chilly and pretty windy, but there was sun and ocean, so we were happy :) It was such a relief to be able to leave the rushed city of London and go to Brighton. We were able to take it slow and just relax. A pebble beach isn't nearly as comfortable as a sand beach, but it is something to look at. Here it is ladies and gentlemen. Legit fish and chips on the sea side of Brighton. It was good, except I didn't have nearly enough tartar sauce. This is a lovely pier that goes out a ways and has treat shops and a mini theme park. It's adorable! We then basked in the generous sunlight right beside King George's little vacation palace. Don't ask me which King George. I wasn't enough in the touristy mood to take note! Then c...
5 comments
Read more

Yeah, I went to Spain.

So this is naturally where our journey begins to Madrid. But I've never had to climb up a latter to get to my plane before. That was a brand new experience for me. I felt like I was in the movies! Can you believe this view from my plane window! Gorgeous! It was refreshing to rise above the overcast London sky and pop out into this sunset. The sky was bidding us welcome on our journey to Spain. So we arrived to our first hostel around midnight that night. To be honest, we were all a bit nervous to be staying in the part of the neighborhood we did. There were a bunch of men out, with hardly any women on the streets. But as you can see here, this view from our hostel seemed much friendlier in the morning. This hostel was the worst, so it was good to get it over with. My group was terrified at the possibility of bed bugs and the beds felt like they were made of cardboard. The street in front of our first hostel. Yeah. A little shaddy :) To be honest, not really. Cuz you see tho...
4 comments
Read more