This is the view we have from our rooms at the hotel. The gate into Kensington Gardens is in the center of the picture, and it's a short walk through the extensive park to Kensington Palace.
Here's a view of our walk as we approached Kensington Gardens' Round Pond.
Enroute to Kensington Palace we walked past the Round Pond where we encountered a large flock of mute swans. Like all swans in England, they are owned by The Queen.
To the left is mom outside the front gate of Kensington Palace. What a beautifully sunny and warm day!
And of course, Mom on her throne in the Throne Room.
Then we went to Kensington Palace's Orangery, which was built in the early 1700's. Today The Orangery is used as a setting for Afternoon Tea. Of course, we had a Champagne Afternoon Tea. The perfect meal after an extensive tour of the palace.
While leaving the palace grounds we made a quick walk around the formal garden and discovered "Britain's favourite bird", the Robin! Quite a small, yet perky bird.
Then we had a nice walk back to our hotel so we could have a rest before our very busy 2nd half of the day. Somehow mom caught me in a non-smile in the photo below!
And we just returned from Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the River Thames opposite St. Paul's Cathedral. Wow! What an incredible performance!
Here's a view below at sunset outside The Globe Theatre looking across the Thames to the City of London.
And inside the theatre we had front row... well, we didn't have seats. We were "Groundlings" who stood for the performance. But we had the best viewing in the theatre as the actors were either on stage just feet away from us or they were amongst the Groundlings in the "Yard". We highly recommend The Globe's "Henry VIII".
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