Today was a completely free day, the only thing on the schedule was our high tea at 1pm so we basically had our pick of what to do. Around 8 am we watched the sun come up over Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, the orange and yellow trees where so beautiful I feel like I was in a romantic comedy! Kensington palace in undergoing huge renovations right now but we could still see the beautiful gate and part of the back where there is a maze and some cool gardens. Since we were so close, we went to the Natural History Museum (best part is, it's free!). This was Ryan's favorite thing. He was like a little boy, it was so adorable. We saw huge dinosaurs, ancient fossils, whales, wooly mammoths and much more. I felt so awful telling him it was time to leave "the best museum ever" but we had to. I recommend this place because it has so much to see it is totally worth it and the building is so spectacular!
High tea was at Fortnum and Mason in Picadilly Circus. They pretty much needed to roll us out of there! We started with eggs benedict over smoked salmon for me, and a cheese soufflé for Ryan followed by a fantasia like flow of scones, madalines, cakes, and cookies. The plain scones are so good, nothing like I have ever tried. You can eat as much as you want so Ryan and I would take a bite, sit for a few minutes, take a bite, etc. We didn't want to get full too soon! A small part of us liked to pretend we were on "Top Chef: Just Desserts" with the tiny little cakes. When the disgusting display of gluttony was over, we waddled I mean walked to St. James Park to see Buckingham Palace during the day.
The parks are everywhere it feels like New York, just less crowded. Maybe that is why I love London so much. Another great free museum is the National Gallery in Trafalgar square which we saw after the tea. Renoir, Van Gogh, and Monet galore! It was really cool to see so many amazing paintings in one room. I'm glad we took the time to go see it. It was such a long day that we ended with a walk down Embankment pier with a cool view of the London eye and Big Ben, then a quick trip to see the London Bridge and Tower Bridge. Now we are back getting everything ready for our day trip to Dublin tomorrow. We have to be up at 4am, ugh!
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