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5.07.2010

a stroll in the garden

kensington gardens might just rival hyde park in prettiness, but far be it from me to start picking favorites this early in the trip
to your left you have kensington palace thanks to william III & mary II
 queen victoria was born in the palace so she gets a statue too...gosh, i obviously had it all wrong, i should have been born in a palace
queen vicky was in love with albert.
he wanted a simple obelisk as his memorial.
she wanted a huge shrine.
she won.
i had to leave something to go back for
the orangery is supposed to be darling
it's on the to-do list as well
the loveliest of tulips grow here
the locals are very friendly, when and if you feed them crumbs
 and my favorite part of the gardens?
the Peter Pan statue
{fun fact} this statue was set up in ONE night to make it seem like fairies did it
i love it

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