I love wandering through the stalls in Camden. There are always really cute shirts and dresses to be had, and not very expensively. The other side to that of course being that they aren't the kinds of shirts and dresses you expect to last for very long. But I like walking around there and walking to the Lock.
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| The World's End--Famous pub right next to the Tube Station. |
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| T-shirts for sale. |
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| Shops on the Main Road in Camden |
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| Food stall right near the begining of the shops by the Lock |
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| Camden Lock |
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| Camden Lock |
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| Camden Lock |
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| A boat in between the locks as the water rises. |
After walking around Camden for a bit I headed to Hyde Park & Kensington Palace. I love walking around Hyde Park. On all of my other visits (except for when I lived there) I always stayed in a hotel or rented an apartment near Hyde Park. I walked around Hyde Park taking pictures then went to the Palace.
Tina had given me a ticket to go in and walk around. It's much smaller than Buckingham Palace and doesn't seem like a "palace" at all. It's hard to imagine it as somewhere people would live, now that it's a museum. There was a room dedicated to royal fashion. So it had all of these glitzy dresses in a glass case. And there was a wall with lots of drawings on it that for some reason reminded me of the wall in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" that you could lick and it tasted like whatever you'd licked.
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| Can you imagine trying to get through a door in that dress? Or sit or do anything? |
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| They had embroidered pillows for the kings, queens, princes, and princess going back a couple hundred years. |
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| The garden at Kensington Palace. |
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| To help you keep fresh on your journeys. |
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| I've alsways stayed in the Bayswater area when I've visited. It's relatively centrally located and has a lot of inexpensive hotels, hostels, and apartments. And Queensway has lots of stores for food and pubs for drinks. |
Then I walked over to Piccadilly Circus, which is a bit like Times Square with all the bright advertising signs.
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| Piccadilly Circus=smaller Times Square. |
From there I walked over to Trafalgar Square where the National Gallery is. I didn't go in this time but they do have some great artwork in there. Trafalgar Square was known as the place to go to feed the pigeons, although that has been greatly curtailed.
When I was there, there was a giant electric blue rooster on top of the fourth plinth. Apparently the plinth was supposed to have a statue on it that never got erected and since the early 2000's various contemporary art works have been placed there for 18 months. I got the rooster. It's an interesting juxtaposition. The very bright, modern piece of art that is the rooster next to Nelson's column and the famous 4 lions.
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| Hahn/Cock (the blue rooster) and Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square and the London Eye in the background. |
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| National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. |
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| Famous London double decker bus. |
Paris is just so beautiful and elegant and mysterious. I just can't help but be in love with the city aesthetically. And I love listening to people around me. Even if I don't understand nearly as much as I would like to. Paris is like that girl who just seems to have her shit together. She's just really cool and confident and a bit intimidating. But also you feel like if you can break that shell, get to know her, she's just super sincere and amazing.
London is like the most fun chick at a party, but not in an attention seeking way. She just loves to make you laugh. She wants you to have a good time. She can be a little bit cheeky, but that's what you love about her. She can be a bit of a whirlwind.
I just love them both. I could go back once a year and still be excited every time...discover new things everytime...and revisit cherished old haunts everytime...
When do I get to go again?
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