Kew Gardens

Keiko, who I met last week at Finsbury Park, invited me to Kew Gardens which was on my list of places to see! My French house mate Claire also came, so in total it was 5 Japanese girls and 1 French Girl. It looked like and English school field trip, me being the teacher! haha. Kew Gardens are the huge Botanical Gardens in London, and they have various plants and flowers from around the world. They even have some Australian species, but it was a very small area – probably because they don’t get enough sun to survive here!

There’s a couple of conservatories with controlled temps and high humidity, with upper observation walkways. There’s also a treetop walkway which is quite high up and you can feel the structure swaying a little as you walk around, so people were quite cautious walking along it! It’s pretty cool, but there needs to be monkeys or at least some birds to look at, rather than just the tops of some rather normal looking trees!

I know nothing about plants, so don’t expect me to know what any of these photos are actually of. Except of course the infamous Venus Fly Trap! And Trumpet Pitchers, thanks to David Attenborough.

Ai Wei Wei’s Zodiac Heads »« Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons

Arcade fire were playing in Hyde Park, and while I am not their biggest fan I don’t mind them. Mumford and Sons were supporting them and I DO quite like them! So when someone at work was selling a ticket cheap, why not!? I took my new GoPro HD camera pure to test it out. I recorded a bunch of Arcade Fire too but managed to cover the mic for most of it.

So below is some video of the Mumford and Sons set!

Kew Gardens »« Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park

It’s a rare sunny day here in London! So what better way to spend it than joining my friend Hiroko for a picnic in Finsbury Park!? The irony is, that its actually so hot we were sitting in the shade instead of the sun! I guess I’ve been living in London too long hahaha. I made some inari sushi which went down well

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Highgate Cemetery

I’ve never thought of going to a cemetery as a tourist sight before, but it seems a popular spot in London, and an interesting place to take some photos, so why not?! Notable persons include Karl Marx (the German Philosopher who developed Marxism which largely influenced Communism) and Douglas Adams who penned The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. its odd that its a tourist spot (entry fee, guide sheet and all) as people may still be buried there, and there were some very recent additions.

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