London's Sweet and Scary Pleasures!

Hello everyone!  As always I was quite busy this weekend here in London.  On Friday I went out to Notting Hill to explore the neighborhood and Portobello market.  Notting Hill is just as cute as I was expecting from the movie and the market was huge!  It had everything from antiques to new and old thrift clothes.  I spent most of my day out there.  On Saturday I decided to go for a walk through Hyde Park and attempt to go swimming and lay out for a while in the park.  However since it was about 85 degrees in London the lines to get in to the pond and pool were outrageous!  So I just laid out with the locals and enjoyed the beautiful day.  I also got to see Princess Diana’s memorial while at Hyde Park.  Sunday morning I woke up early and went to the Tower of London.  I spent a good 3 hours there going through a tour and through all of the different towers.  I really enjoyed my tour there and it is definitely a must see for travelers to London.  I even learned that the nursery rhyme hump de dump de was about King Richard III.  Surprisingly a lot of children nursery rhymes are about scary stories of the old monarchs.  The Tower tour was full of interesting history about the monarchs and those who were prisoners at the Tower at some point in time.  After my time at the tower I went back to Spitalfield market off of the Liverpool St. tube station.  I got a delicious late lunch there and spent some time going through the market.  Best purchase of the day… homemade cupcakes!  They were amazing!  This week will include a lot more sight seeing as well.  I am going to see Florence Nightingale’s grave, Stonehenge, the Imperial War Museum, and Churchill’s War Rooms.  I can’t wait for all the new adventures of this week!  I will keep them posted as usual.  Good-bye for now!