Sunday, July 20, 2008

This City is a Zoo.

I went to London Saturday and met up with my friend Miranda and her mom, Sherri, who were visiting for a few days. We went to the London Zoo in Regent's Park, then had dinner and went shopping. I took a train from Hook to Waterloo Station, hopped on the Underground Bakerloo line, then walked past Madame Tussaud's, through the park and arrived at the zoo. Needless to say, the maze isn't too difficult if you have a map and know what you're doing(not that I did, but now I do).

These are the window mannequins at a store called TopShop: to those who have made fun of me for wearing dark tights, please take note- everyone wears tights or leggings here, with shorts, dresses, skirts, and overalls, so now I feel vindicated.

My inner city shopping radar leads me to Urban Outfitters no matter the state or country; this UK store is huge, we barely had time to get to the fourth floor.

Regent's Park; 410 acres of park that is home to ponds, sports fields, picnic areas, cafe's, an outdoor theater and 30,000 roses(400 different types). Henry VII choose the spot as his hunting ground but it was later turned into this amazing park.



Here were are on the Underground.


The carousel at the London Zoo. 


Here we are at a nice italian cafe near Oxford Street.
And YES ! All this weekend fun could be yours if you only come and visit me. SO there.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The carousel reminds me of Mary Poppins. I'm glad your shopping radar works overseas, I think my wife's does as well...

Sarah said...

Oh I'm quite sure Sarah's will as well- if not I have an American adapter.