We slept in again this morning, getting up to go to mass which we knew was either at 11 or 11:30 at a church near the hotel. We got there a little before 11, but mass was actually at 11:30. So we had a little while to wait but that was ok. It was weird going to mass in English and I really don’t know the new translation any more. And it just seemed different from what I remember at some parts. I don’t know.
After mass we did some souvenir shop perusing. We really wanted a tshirt from London but we just weren’t finding what we wanted. So we decided to give it a break and take a walk through Kensington gardens and hyde park. We set off to find the princess Diana memorial fountain and wound up next to some pond with some swans and ducks and other various birds. Then we set off for the fountain again. But we didn’t end up at that fountain, we came across the Italian fountain instead. Which was still cool. Then we walked some more and eventually wound up in the hyde park part and finally we found the memorial fountain. We also found this sculpture of this weird bird thing.
The next thing we set off to find was Kensington palace. On the way we passed a memorial of queen victoria’s husband albert. And some pretty flowers. And people talking in their fun british accents and saying things that only british people say. But we did come across the palace eventually and we decided to go in and take a look around. And then we decided we might as well pay the price and enter. Although this is the residence of William and Kate, the part that is open to the public is the part that queen Victoria and her husband and children lived in. Also there is the part that William and Mary lived in and a king that I can’t remember the name of. It might have been an Edward or a James or who knows. And the temporary exhibit was some of princess diana’s dresses. It was all pretty cool.
When we left the palace we got something to eat and then went back to the hotel with the intention of getting to bed early. But we had to use the internet and finalize some travel plans and pack. And pretty soon it was 11:30 and we had to get up at 2…
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