Beautiful Weekend in London

It was an absolutely beautiful weekend here in London. The Sun was out and it reached the high 60’s, so I made the best of it and spent most of the weekend outside. Saturday I went for a great run through Old Deer park which is about a half a mile from my house. The trail runs along the Thames river into Kew Gardens. I ran about 6 miles total, it was gorgeous, but it would be really muddy in the rain, so I will only be able to do that run when it is nice out. After that I went to the gym and them I went down to downtown Richmond and did some shopping. Seems like I go shopping every weekend!!! But I think that I have finally gotten everything that I needed for the house…so hopefully no more spending money. I did get some clothes too! =) I am freezing at work, and since I haven’t received my clothes from home yet, I went and picked up a couple sweaters for work.

On Sunday I spent the day with my Co-worker Di and her husband. They are a really nice couple, and they took me on a tour through the London Parks. We met up at St James Park and walked to Buckingham Palace, then we through Hyde park, which is a great place for running, biking and roller blading, so I think I will go out there more on the weekends for runs and other activities. Every Sunday a group of Rollerbladers meet up and go for a skate through the London streets. They close down the streets on the route every weekend…I thought that was pretty amazing that they would do that. We watched them take off for their skate and then continued through the part…I think I will definitely have to rent some rollerblades and do that one Sunday!

Couldn't Resist...Poor guy...everyone walks up to them to take pictures..Must get old really fast.

Picture of all the people meeting up for Roller blading through London.


We also went to Kensington Park where they have the Princess Diana Memorial. It is a great Memorial…I think…but I guess there was a lot of controversy over it when it was first built. They spent over 5 million pounds (10 million dollars) on it, and it is very simple looking. You can see below. But is was so nice for families…the kids were having a ball playing in the water and sliding around. I thought that it was a great tribute to what Princess Diana stood for….Peace and Family. I couldn’t help but think, Gianna would love it there! We wouldn’t be able to get her out of the fountain. It is amazing how many times I said…I wish Becca and Gianna were here…or I can’t wait for my Mom to see this…or I wish Gina could come visit…We definitely need to take more family trips!!!

This is a Picture of the Memorial Fountain.

We then went to the courtyard at the Art Museum that I visited last weekend for Tea and Coffee and Gluten free pound cake!!! After that we walked through Harrods, which is a famous department store out here…all the high fashion shops and a really nice grocery store. It was really fun, Di and her Husband started a tradition with their children when they were young. When they went on family outings they would stop at a grocery store and every one got to choose one item that they wanted to eat for dinner. You could choose anything. Di said the first time they did it her daughter said…”even ice cream”…she was so excited that she could pick anything she wanted. So they have carried the tradition on with their friends, when they take them out. So, in the Harrods grocery store (outrageous prices…but lots of good food) we each picked something that we would eat that evening for dinner. Di got a Middle eastern desserts, her husband got some cheese, and I got a chicken, avocado and mango salad….AND GUESS WHAT!!!! It was soooo good…..I even liked the dressing!!!!!

To Be honest...I forget what this building is. I will have to ask Di and let you know later!

It was suck a wonderful day…it was so nice of them to show me around and spend the day with me. I had a lot of fun.

Love you All!

Cheers!