Got up around 9 or so for breakfast. We left a little after 9 to head to Buckingham Palace. We were wanting to see the changing of the guards, which goes on around 11:30. It came to be 11 and Rachel had taken some pictures so we were just standing around. I eventually asked her if she would like to just go since we have a lot to see still. Turns out it wasn't even going to be happening today. We walked to Green Park Station where we got Rachel a day pass and then headed down to Waterloo Station to walk to Spring Gardens. A lot of books Rachel has read have had a place called Vauxhall Gardens in. It actually was a real place, but it was finally closed down in the later part of the 1800s, it was a middle/upper class place, seems quite extravagant. The only part of the park left is Spring Gardens; we walked through it and then took the tube up to Hyde Park. Once we got to Hyde Park we walked on the Kensington Garden side. We stopped at the Peter Pan sculpture, I do love Peter Pan, but it was Rachel's idea to see it today!
Rachel and I then headed farther down the walk way and came upon Princess Diana's Memorial. It was a very cool memorial, too big to fit in all one picture though.
After the fountain we headed over into Hyde Park, we were getting a little hungry so we stopped at the Serpentine Restaurant which was by the lake. We ordered some bread and butter and then a stone bake pizza. The pizza was delicious! After we were done eating we walked through more of Hyde Park towards Marble Arch, which I know is close to Primark. We got to Marble Arch, which is when I noticed the upside down horse head. I had first noticed the head when we were leaving London to Liverpool so I was pretty excited that I actually found it, since I had never really known where it was located.
We then walked over to Primark, I had to show her the ridiculous store! We kind of walked around the store and we both ended up buying some black tights. After we made our purchases we headed out and decided to head back to VH. It had been a long day. After we got back we set our things down and did some relaxing. The rest of the evening we watched some telly. We probably ate mac and cheese for supper and hung out the rest of the evening, relaxing. Over all, a very good first day! Cheers
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