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London wandering, part two

London wandering, part one

June 25, 2022

We were in London for a few days earlier this month before and after a cruise. Ruth's first time and my last visit was in the 70's.  A lot of the time was walking around the Paddington and Kensington areas, including the two big parks, Hyde and Kensington.

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where Ruth had an audience with someone special. 
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Adjacent to our hotel, Paddington Station is a huge train station, more crowded than most US airports.  
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Paddington is associated with a rather famous bear, who Ruth got to sit next to. 
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Two bucket list items...

British ale/ beer (the one on the left is mine)
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Wilson... and Ruth in a traditional Brisitsh phone booth (they are only there to impress tourists like us... everyone uses cell phones)
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Walking the streets of London...

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Wall art


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Amidst all the beautiful old buildings, this was a bit of a shock.  
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Loved the view inside this old church
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Lots of Beatles things in London
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How does he get in there?
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Sign outside a Barber Shoppe
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Kensington Gardens- a Royal park


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Local Inhabitant. He didn't quack so I don't know if he had a British accent. 

 

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Visiting inhabitant

 

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One of the anomalies of London parks, amidst beautifully kept grounds are little patches left to grow wild.

Bees
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Hyde Park

The largest of four Royal parks in the center of London

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One of the huge number of inhabitants of the same breed.


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Kensington Castle framed by art

 

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Kensington Castle

 

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Wild Parakeets??

 

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Even the broken fences are protected

A beautiful gardens in Hyde Park
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One of many statues: Arthur, Duke of Wellington

 

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Another area left alone to grow slightly wild


The closing image is not really London. It is a view of the traditional English countryside on the road from London to Southampton. 
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Full-size images are at my Gallery site: https://billterry1.smugmug.com/Places/London-2022/

June 2, 3, 13, 14, 2022

 

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