Hyde Park

After more than 4 weeks with no rain Hyde Park looks like any Sydney suburban park in mid summer without water - brown and dry.

Hower there are stil many people and activities including a Playground for Seniors see pictures below. I did try one piece of equipment. Not as interesting or brightly coloured as playgrounds for junmiors.

Serpentine Cafe being build for the 10 year as a summer cafe.


playground for seniors,

More - The Streets of London

Michelin Building and tiles on wall.



Oysters and Champagne



Brick Lane

Hereford

After Banbury I visited Julie and Stuart for the weekend. The hectic schedule of events was more than I could fit in but I had a lovely breakfast in their garden(picture below), bought sandals with Julie, visited the College and met her colleagues and learnt about her project.

We then went to see Bobby Crush - whom all in England know of from many years ago, and had a fun time at a Liberace show. He finished with Julie's request of Delilah.
Sunday we visited work friends of Julie for great lunch and watched the football where England went out of World Cup.

Banbury and surrounds

Emma, Harry and I visited Veronica in her house swap in Hook Norton, 7 miles from Banbury. A lovely house especially for babies with a huge array of little things at baby reaching level.

We visited a local organic farm and food producer and Boughton Castle which had a moat and beautiful English walled garden.

Picutes of, Banbury Cross, us in the garden of the Hook Norton house and pictures of the garden of Boughton Castle. A place where they met during the Civil War.

Streets of London

People and mostly police outside Harrods waiting before the first day of the sale.




A garden of plants from South Africa in front of the British Museum where I had just seen the rest of the Acropolis.







There are lots of decorated elephants around London, a whole row in Green Park as a fund raiser for protection of elephants.

Walking from baby swimming to the bus stop we went through a cemetery and passed the graves of R Cromwall, Daniel Defoe, John Bunyon and William Blake.

Australia vs Germany

We did our bit at a barbecue held in German friends' house for the football match between Australia and Germany.

Fortuinately we left at half time as Harry had to got to bed.

Palazzo Pfanner

While in Lucca I visited the Palazzo Pfanner built in 17the century but occupied until mid 20th century. It has been used as a set infilms such as Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady.
Pictures are of the garden and the kitchen and the stove.