Central Parks

For my London Walks class I went on my 1st walk Saturday called "Central Parks." We have a great London book called "Walking London" that will serve as our guide in 12 walks we get to do throughout the semester. I'm really looking forward to these walks as it is a great way to see the area and orient ourselves to where we are. So after we did the changing of the guards and Buckingham Palace we first went across to St James Park-the oldest and most intimate garden of the royal parks in London. There was a beautiful lake around the park we took a big group picture right in front of. As we crossed over the bridge-there was a great front view of Buckingham Palace and then right when we went across we saw the Horse Guards coming just in time.

After heading out from St James Park we made our way into Green Park. Green Park was much plainer with no lake or flowers around. We saw the Wellington Arch as we made our way over to Hyde Park. Hyde Park is amazing and so much bigger than I expected. We went around the pond, saw people roller skiing and then made our way up to check out the Serpentine Gallery for our Fine Arts class. It was a beautiful walk (although quite cold) and a great way to see the parks London has to offer and how closely we are connected to Buckingham Palace.