Bon Voyage: Kensington

The weather has officially taken a turn for the better- for the most part! It's slowly getting hotter (was 55 yesterday!) but the dreaded rain I heard so much about has started. It rained all day Monday and yesterday and is supposed to be pretty rainy all week. Luckily, today has been sunny and beautiful!

One thing about the weather that I'm not too fond of.. the wind. It feels like you are in a wind tunnel at all times and does horrible things for my hair.

Monday, we finally went to Kensington! I heard so much about Kensington High Street, which is right in front of Kensington Palace, so we really wanted to visit. Kensington Palace was home to Diana when she died (the place where everyone left the flowers) and will be the new home to Wills, Kate and the royal baby! Harry is also supposed to be moving to a cottage on the property, although we didn't see it (unfortunately) It was so windy and rainy on Monday that we didn't do much exploring on High Street, but we did get our share of Kensington Palace!

The palace was beautiful and the grounds were even more awesome. Tours of part of the palace were available, however, the exhibit they were offering that day didn't sound too exciting (think we are going to go back for the young royals exhibit) We even saw the apartment they are renovating for Wills & Kate! I think they use the term "apartment" loosely here, considering their 4 story, 20 room apartment doesn't resemble mine back in Wilmington, at all!

The gardens beside the palace were beautiful, but I think we will go back in the spring when everything is in full bloom. I can only imagine how breathtaking everything is then. There is a restaurant behind the palace, The Orangery, that offers proper tea. We are still on the hunt for the best place to do a proper tea, so that one might be the winner!

It was so unbearably windy and rainy that we ran into a Starbucks to hide out until we had enough feeling in our toes to walk back to the underground. But overall, a great day!

This week is all about school for me, I have had so much due and so much to read! Thankfully, tomorrow is my last day of class, so weekend, here I come :)

xoxo