This weekend was relaxing and wonderful. Saturday Alex, Tayler, and I went to Kew Gardens, which is also known as the Royal Botanical Gardens. This is a huge park (300 acres) which has the largest and most diverse collection of plants in the world. It was absolutely gorgeous. We literally spent the entire day in nature. Because we were outside all day, we ended up a little bit sunburnt, but it was still an amazing experience. We even got to see some trees that are native to Northern Minnesota, so for a brief amount of time, it felt like we were back home walking in the woods.
Here is a picture of Alex talking to some trees!
Today (Sunday) we decided to go to back to Trafalgar Square. We stopped in there for a little while in our first week here, but we did not get to go to any of the galleries around there, so that is what we decided to do today. We went to both the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery. Both are filled with works of art that are both magnificent and super old.
After the galleries we stopped by Buckingham Palace. There was actually a wellness festival being hosted in Green Park, and a marathon taking place down The Mall, which is the road that leads up to the palace, so we got to get really close. It was not quite the same as seeing the Changing of the Guards, which I have not gotten to watch, but it was still pretty exciting!
I love how bold you were to go travel in London during the weekend! I admittedly stayed in during the weekends because I was so exhausted from traveling during the week. I personally didn't wake up until noon every weekend day. I wanted to travel to Germany or Amsterdam, but after Dublin, my funds started to run low.
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