Our 2nd Day-Kensington Palace

Our second day started off a little late. We all slept in recovering from the Saturday travel day. I thought we still might be a little jet-lagged, so I had us visiting Kensington Palace since it was pretty close to our hotel. Our hotel had a buffet breakfast every morning, so after we fueled up, we were on our way. It was about a 20 minute walk from our hotel to the Palace. 

We came across this pretty field on our way there, so I had the boys jump in for a photo op.

Actually the grass was really only about knee high. I had the boys kneel down so it looked higher to create a pretty picture. 

Here I am in front of the gate to Kensington Palace. They were doing tons of renovations, so there was scaffolding on the building. I think this is to get it ready for William and Kate to move in.

At this point, we realized that we did not have our tickets with us to get into the Palace. We had pre-purchased the London Pass and it gave us admissions to a number of different sites. So Chris and his dad, Pete, said they would go back to the hotel to get them. They decided to take the Underground back thinking that would be faster. It would have been, except that the line that runs between Kensington and our hotel was not running that weekend. They ended up having to get on a different line and it took over an hour for them to get the tickets and get back to us. 

So we waited for them outside the palace exploring the grounds. 

See those dark clouds in the background? It started raining shortly after this picture was snapped. It was cold rain too. Thank goodness the Palace had a gift shop/cafe right inside the front door. We waited for Chris and Pete inside until they got back.

I didn't take a ton of pictures inside the Palace, but here are some that I thought were the most interesting. 

I like how the lanterns have crowns on them. 

Outside the Palace is a beautiful garden. We were amazed that there were Palm Trees in England. We even saw them in Ireland. 

This was Father's Day, and I thought this was a great picture of the four guys together.

One last picture looking back at the Palace and garden.

After the Palace, we walked around exploring. We ended up in the Notting Hill neighborhood. The next few pictures are of different streets that I thought were pretty. And at this time, the weather cleared and it turned into a beautiful afternoon. 

We ended up here at the Windsor Castle Pub so Chris and Pete could enjoy a pint on Father's Day.

We originally thought we might eat dinner here as well, but the menu did not look very appetizing to the boys and me. So after the pints were finished, we went searching for a place for dinner. We came across a pizza place. I know that is not very British, but it was really good. 

We ended day two back at the hotel bar for a nightcap and headed to bed kind of early. I think we were all still running a little slow from the traveling and excitement of day one.

I hope to have day 3 adventures posted in the next day or two. 

Thanks for visiting me!