Kew Gardens

Hey everyone!

So today we had a bit of a lie in. Kahn still pretty jet lagged and I'm always tired so it was nice!

Had some brekky and then set off about 11am for Kew Gardens. Got the tube for approx an hour and walked from the station. Got a bit lost along the way so saw some of the Kew area by mistake - was good!!

Got to the gardens and has to queue for about half an hour. Hate to think what summer is gonna be like here. It's already nuts!! It was pretty good weather today so people were keen to get out and about. 

Kew gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London. It has the world's largest collection of living plants and was enlarged in 1759 by princess Augusta once her husband died. 

We started off on a one hour walking tour that basically - wasn't very good! The lady was hopeless at talking to the big group and she wasn't full of very interesting information. But it helped us get our bearings so that was ok!! 

Afterwards Kahn had a bit of a nap as he's still so jet lagged. I sat and enjoyed some chill time in the sun. We spent the remainder of the afternoon walking around looking inside Kew Palace, a lot of which had its interior walls exposed to show historical markings and things which was pretty interesting. Saw lots of cool plants including palms and desert plants housed inside greenhouses. My favourite was the treetop walk! It swayed a lot in the wind though. Finished up at the pagoda and then headed out. All up we spent about 4-5 hours and the weather held up fantastically! The temperate house is closed until 2018 though unfortunately. 

It was really nice so easily being able to do something in London and look just like a local. I had a great day!

Got the train back to Angel and then took advantage of having Kahn here to help with the grocery shopping. The nearest massive supermarket is in Angel which is a 20 minute walk from mine. So he helped me carry stuff! Should be set for a while now. 

We made peri peri chicken wraps with veggies, cheese and salad and they were yummmmmm!!!

Now we are heading out for a drink in Shoreditch with ace cilia (my housemate) and her friend who is also visiting. Kahn is currently asleep so hopefully he wakes up from his jet lag and feels ok to come haha. 

GO PIES! I am getting up at 6am tmro to watch and cheer us on. I have a good feeling about tmro!

Love to all

Claire

Xoxox