
granary square @ king’s cross
after a great brunch at sunday, wife decided to go walk in holland park as there is a japanese garden, maybe we could catch some sakura? ^^
we walked past granary square to king’s cross station. there is a huge multi-billion redevelopment of king’s cross. granary square fronts central st martin university of the arts london.

granary square @ king’s cross
and cross the regent canal.
i had a nice walk along regent’s canal to camden market & to regent park & primrose hill. that was aug2014.

9 3/4 harry potter’s platform
& no one gets tired of taking a photo at the 9 3/4platform in harry potter’s realm.

road to holland park
we took the circle line & exited at nottinghill gate station & walked along holland park ave.

road to holland park
nice trees overcast sky, a mysterious, magical appearance.

road to holland park
we turned into holland park road.

holland park
it’s a good size park, 22 hectares, about the size of st james park & larger than green park.
by comparison hyde park though is 143hectares & kensington gardens 111 hectares.

holland park
there wasn’t much to see in holland park

holland park
we came here though to look at kyoto gardens.

nice flowers
spotted some nice flowers for a good composition.

japanese garden @ holland park
found kyoto garden. very limited though.

peacock
took a photo of the peacock.

squirrel
& there was a squirrel.

squirrel
nifty fella which made a reappearance later.

japanese garden @ holland park
a water feature.

japanese garden @ holland park
peace & calm.

solitary sakura @ japanese gardens
nothing to show for sakura, just one solitary plant.

solitary sakura @ japanese gardens
that’s all we got.

japanese garden @ holland park
kyoto gardens were constructed in 1991 with funding from japanese conglomerates.
but didn’t look particularly well maintained.

squirrel
this fella came back.

squirrel
quite a show-off

squirrel
strutting around. 🙂

gelato mio
exiting holland park, we found a gelato place down the road & stopped to have some ice cream didn’t think much of it.

covent gardens
daughter & i were going to watch a musical this evening at prince of wales theatre, & son & wife were going to have their own tete a tete.
so we decided to go & walk around covent gardens, then have early dinner at burger & lobster.

covent gardens
we exited at leicester square station & walked to covent gardens.
there were the usual street baskers. this guy was standing on air & he could flipped 90deg to horizontal….probably had some metal platform & braces in the boots & uniform. 🙂

covent gardens
it’s quite fun living in these places. the street scenes just like in movies.

covent gardens
we walked through the building.

covent gardens
the jamie oliver outlet union jacks.

covent gardens
& the apple market.

covent gardens
then to the piazza.

covent gardens
not too busy.

covent gardens
quite a number of tourists.
children did some shopping, daughter bought a dress at zara.
we then walked to burger & lobster at dean street for early dinner beofre 2 of us went to theatre.
c.h.e.f andy
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