Last weekend in London

I had a very busy last weekend in London doing everything I still wanted to do before I leave. I went out to see the botanical gardens in Kew, a town outside of London, on Friday. The gardens were huge so I didn't get to see it all, but I did see a lot of nice plants, trees, and flowers and it was very pretty and peaceful out there. Friday night I finally made it to the theatre to see The Lion King. It was AMAZING! I loved it! The show was awesome and the costumes were outstanding. It was so cool how the actors played animals, they looked and moved like the animals would. I'm going to see another show tonight so I'm really excited for that too.



On Saturday I went on a London Walk around the Holland Park and Notting Hill areas, they are both within walking distance from where I live, so it was nice to see the area from a different perspective and learn a little about the history there. I saw lots of homes where famous people lived or used to live, an artist house where the Sex Pistols once recorded, and the hotel where Jimmi Hendrix was found dead in. Since it was around Notting Hill, we heard a lot about the movie and saw some of the places made famous by the movie. I went into the Travel Bookshop, the store where Hugh Grant's character (from Notting Hill) worked was based on. It was a really nice shop and they had lots of newspaper and magazine articles about how the store became famous after the movie. It made me really want to watch the movie again and look for the places I saw. The walk ended at another famous London market, Portobello Road Market, so I walked around there for a while. If I haven't already said it, I love all the markets they have around here and I enjoy spending the afternoon wandering the markets and shops.



The main thing I saw on Sunday was The Tower of London. It was a cold and rainy day, but that didn't stop me from exploring the Tower on my last Sunday in London. I took a tour with one of the Beefeaters who work there to learn some history of the Tower. I also saw the Crown Jewels...

I didn't have time to finish all of this, but I want to post it anyway because I'm leaving London tomorrow and don't have a computer with me. I'll try to post when I can get access to a computer and update everyone on how my travels are going.