After forgetting that I am now a responsible adult, and having stayed up far too late sipping gin martinis with the young ones the night before, we all set off to Hampstead, NW London.
One of the things I love about London are the myriad of enchanting parks across the city. Well, on
Hampstead Heath, you forget you are in the city at all, and can tromp over the nearly 800 acres of magical parkland: England's green & pleasant land, indeed!
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| The Bucolic & Soothing Green |
Before our walk, we had the most lovely lunch at
The Spaniards. If you click on the link, you can read all about it. As their website will tell you, Keats wrote there, and Dickens wrote about it!
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| Doesn't it look romantic! |
During our time in England, we had a lot of very fine food, but the Prof's favourite of all? These Scotch Eggs!
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All the food was fab - just the thing for the afternoon after the night before.
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After thanking Tom for our wonderful lunch, we walked over to the Heath, passing
Kenwood House, which you might recognize from the 1999 Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant rom-com, Notting Hill. (Apologies for the poor pic - the house was undergoing repairs.)
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| Kenwood House - under renos |
After about an hour and a half of walking, we made our way across the Heath, spying a couple of London's famous
green parrots. It was now time to head back for birthday tea.
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| Heading Home Across the Heath |
Thanks for dropping by...what's your favourite city?
London and LA, I used to live just along the road from here, Spaniards was my local, Hampstead is so lovely.
ReplyDeleteMy father was born in Hampstead - it is lovely, isn't it. I've never spent much time in LA...but, you have me intrigued. I've always heard that it's a city that is dead after 8:00 pm. I do want to explore Santa Barbara. Can't believe we didn't do it when we lived in the Bay Area.
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