More touring at Kew

The Queen's Garden at Kew Palace. It contains only plants grown in Britain before and during the 17th century.

This is the Palm House. It would be nice walking around the Palm House and climbing up to the walk at the top of the greenhouse on a winter day, with a nice cup of tea afterwards. It's warm and humid inside the Palm House, and it's full of gorgeous tropical plants from all over the world.

The plantings in front of the Palm House are part of the IncrEdibles display. All of the plants are edible, including purple kohlrabi and tomatoes.

Tea time at Kew

A real cup of tea! Heaven! (And a bit of cake...)

The Scenery at Kew

Lots of trees, LOTS of airplanes overhead (Kew is directly under Heathrow's flight path).

Kew Gardens The Treetop Walkway - July 29th

Kew Gardens was fun. I could imagine becoming a member of Kew if I lived nearby. It would be fun to come back a few times, and really see everything. Here is The Treetop Walkway with some nice views...

It was not a good hair day...

Trafalgar Square - July 27th

The Blue Cockerel on the fourth plinth (which is normally vacant). To read more about this sculpture, go here: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/25/big-blue-cock-trafalgar-square

Nelson's Column

The crowds... Lots of international youth groups.

The iconic lions, and notice... no pigeons!

Party at Jack and William's Thatched White Cottage

Just about everyone came... And it was a lovely day and a lovely party.

The ride home on Eurostar - Standard Premier

Eurostar has three classes of service, Standard, Standard Premier, and Business. I lived it up a little on the return journey and booked a ticket in Standard Premier, which includes a light meal. As

You can see, it was quite nice. Salmon with a carrot-lentil side, a roll with butter, a bottle of wine, and a chocolate raspberry dessert. Coffee and tea were also offered.

It was not easy to capture the beauty of the French countryside, as the train was traveling so fast.