As you know I went to London last weekend - I went to see the ballet La Fille Mal Gardee at the Royal Opera House- it was the best performance I have ever seen of that ballet - it was danced by world superstar Carlos Acosta and Marianela Nunez who just have that special spark which can make a ballet. It was superb!
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L-R: Will Tuckett, Carlos Acosta,
Marianela Nunez, Jonathan Howells
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| Marianela and Carlos |
The next day I woke early which gave me a head start on the day! So it was off on the bus to Oxford St for a quick pop into M&S......
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View of The Strand towards
Trafalgar Square from the bus.
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......and then on to Kenny High Street (sorry Kensington High Street!). There I went to mooch around a super foodie store - Whole Foods. I first encountered WF in New York near Union Square so I love to visit it when in Kensington. Anyway there was so much to see in there that I will have to blog about it separately!
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| Whole Foods Kensington |
After that I wandered back up to Kensington Gardens to visit the newly renovated Kensington Palace. There were some interesting things on display and I will do another separate blog on the Diana dresses.
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| The private entrance to the royal accommodation. |
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| The magnificent gates to KP. |
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William and Kate portrait by Testino in the
foyer (not me in the reflection!) |
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| A Testino portrait of Diana. |
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| HM Queen Victoria's wedding dress. |
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| Stormy skies in the gardens at KP! |
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| The new exterior portico at KP. |
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| Swans on the lake outside KP. |
Next I went to the Queen's birthday gun salute at Hyde Park, as I have already blogged, and when that was over I went to Trafalgar Square where there was a lovely celebration for St George's day (the following Monday).
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| Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Sq. |
The square was made over into an English garden and in a special indoor glass house there were some fabulous floral arrangements:-
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Any one for tea?!! What fabulous clever arrangement
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No you can't eat them! How clever!
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| A floral version of The Gerhkin! |
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| The Dragon - no sign of St George LOL! |
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| Beautiful garden ideas. |
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| Fabulous Foxgloves and Primulas. |
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| There was even a Sherlock Holmes alike man! |
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I ended the day by checking out The Mall. Getting ready for
the London Marathon the next day, it looked spectacular decked
out in the Union Jack flags - you can see Buckingham Palace at the end.
I really enjoyed my whistle stop tour of London but it made me really tired this week, but no matter I am off on my jaunts again with a trip to Highgrove Gardens, and then I will be going to Berlin for a few a days and Paris just for a day(!) - so things are busy, busy!
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I really enjoyed your trip. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Margaret! Glad you enjoyed my post. SA:-)
DeleteI should title my post "thank you for the beauty". Due to my gardening works, I have missed several posts(farmer's life is not easy, LOL)and enjoyed them today. The photos are beautiful, same as the items you bought (will post in the related theme). I envy you for the beauty you have taken photos of! M.
ReplyDeleteThank you M for the lovely compliments on my photos and so happy you liked them. SA:-)
DeleteVery much looking forward to the coming post about Whole Foods - due to distance, I have never eaten and have never even visited Whole Foods. Very much looking forward to that post! Hugs, M.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will like it! SA:-)
DeleteYou really did so much in your day , lovely images thankyou!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Wholefoods : we were given gift vouchers and went mad with clear conscience at the branch in north London .
Yes I did cram rather a lot in! No wonder I am tired! The shop is great so much to choose from and nice to find brands that are not in the mainstream shops. Lucky you getting vouchers that must have a been a real treat!! SA:-)
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