London Favorites Pt 2 Millennium Series 27


Lamb
highest structure in London.

Harrods

Harrods department store, besides being a fantastic place to shop has also become one of London's landmarks. It carries a large choice of quality goods and is especially known for its gourmet food hall. Just walking into these huge halls makes your mouth water. The food and drink presented there is exquisite. When staying in London we often buy special scones, raspberry jam and clotted cream for cream tea. There are also cafés in the halls. Harrods food halls are truly worth a visit.

Hyde Park

Hyde Park, especially the Hyde Park Speaker's Corner, is another favorite of mine. The speakers on their soap boxes are an eclectic bunch, who are for the most part, gifted speakers, intelligent, often controversial, usually funny, witty, sometimes wickedly so. They can hold their own with any hecklers. The hecklers and speakers are usually regulars, so they ae not strangers to each other. The repartee can be very interesting as each gets his or her point across. It is a lot of fun. Sunday morning is the best time to listen to this entertaining group. Hyde Park and the adjoining Kensington Gardens are also landmarks

Other well-known Landmarks

Green Park

Old Bailey

No. 10 Downing St,

Buckingham Palace

The Mall

Marble Arch

Millennium Bridge the first new bridge over the Thames in London in 100 years is already a landmark

Trafalgar Square

Nelson's Column

For the Gardeners and flower lovers

Royal Botanic Gardens, (Kew Gardens)

There are 40,000 varieties of plant in this 300 acre conservancy. Kew has a mission "To enable better management of the Earth's environment, with increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant and fungal kingdoms, the basis of life on Earth."

There is the Princess of Wales Conservatory with 10 different environments, with native plants grown in each.There is also the famous Palm House. Then, there are Aquatic, Azalea, and Bamboo Gardens. Duke's Garden, Grass, Hardy Herbaceous, Lake and Pinetum Gardens, Rhododendron Dell, Roack Garden, Berberis Dell, Conservation Area, Sir Joseph Banks Area, Rose Garden and Woodland Glade. It would take 2 or more days to explore this place properly. There is an admission charge.

Covent Gardens

The flower markets here might also be interesting to plant lovers but you will also find in this busy place "The Piazza." where you there are a great maze of shopping streets, street performers, vintage and discount designer clothing, restaurants and Whiter of Chelsea, which serves English tea. There are also

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