Regent’s Park (from ashore) and The National Gallery

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Regents_park_2  Our kind of gardening — these pictures are from lovely Regent’s Park.  We strolled around it’s flower beds and ponds, then walked on the canal path past the London Zoo and to Camden Town. We saw some of the same landmarks from the water a week or so later when we went on the canal boat.  019 

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The Park, in the Hampstead borough of central London, is surrounded by some beautiful estates and Georgian homes.     Camden Town, though, on the other end of the park, is a market town that reminded us of a very large ongoing Eugene Saturday Market (same kind of crafts, same kinds of people).   So no pictures — pretty much anyone reading this will already know what it looks like. 

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  Natl_gallery_trafalgar_pigeonsmisc                          This is the National Gallery near Trafalgar Square.  It houses one of the largest and best collections of western European paintings.  This was my favorite of the three art galleries we visited.  You could spend days and not see everything.   We spent a whole day and would go back often if we had time. 

The pigeons of Trafalgar Square are famous.  They are one thing about London we personally could do without though.   

Here are pictures of two favorites from the Gallery — Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and Monet’s Water Lily Gardens. 

  Sunflowers Waterlily_pond And a link to see more:  www.nationalgallery.org.uk

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4 responses to “Regent’s Park (from ashore) and The National Gallery”

  1. sallie

    Hippies. Well, yes, I guess it was another way of saying that. I like the Eugene Sat. Mkt. though, once or twice a season! Just didn’t see much need to see it whilst in England. Apparently most people have never seen anything like it in their lives though. The Camden Market was jampacked with awestruck tourists. We got out quickly.

  2. sallie

    Some of our favorite people love sunflowers — we were thinking of them especially when we posted the picture.
    There is no charge for Regent’s Park or any of the Royal Parks. And it is amazing how quiet it can be in the middle of the city. We try not to go on weekends, so maybe they are more used then.

  3. maryjoburns

    hi! we have a print of VanGogh sunflowers in our house…our favorite, too

  4. Geoff

    “Same kind of people as the Eugene saturday market”
    Is that a polite way of saying “dirty damn hippies”?
    Hey — do you pay money to get into any of these things, like regent’s park or the zoo, or are they just open? Seems like they’d be packed solid.

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