Kew and Kahns

I feel like since the semester is winding down so are my blogposts.  The big trips are over.  I've seen most of the museums and done most of the touristy stuff.  But today we took our last "big" day trip to Kew Gardens.  It really wasn't big and it didn't really take all day.  We took the district line out at 10:30 and Kaylee, Christi, and I were back at 1:15.  The garden was ginormous but the flowers haven't bloomed yet so it was underwhelming.  It's apparently the most famous garden in northern Europe, so I'll take their word for it.

The sun was shining though, and we wanted to be outside so we headed back to Bayswater and got some take-away from Kahns on Westbourne Grove.  On the way we walked through Whiteley's and stopped at Cranberry.  You can purchase deliciousness in a bag for only a couple pounds.  Rachel told me about this stand and I purposely stayed away for fear of becoming addicted.  Good thing I held off until now because I definitely will be going back at least once before I leave in two weeks.  So with our curry and candy in hand we headed over to Kensington to have a picnic.  While the other two laid out, I finished my reading for Tuesday.  Since that's done, I can relax tonight.  I'm staying home because I've been out the last couple of nights and I just want to hang out here.  Plus, I'm performing in the talent show on Sunday with the Mason girls so we're going to practice.  I'll let you know how it goes.

Simon Seville - one of the chipmunks at Whiteley's

After practice:

Practicing a Disney song is hard with little girls, especially when one doesn't know it and the other one belts it.  Ellie got really tired by the end of it.  I just had to snatch these photos of her.  Just letting you know, I did not tell her to pose.  These are 100% candid.

But we made it through.  We celebrated by taking pictures after:

Hannah and Ellie

Rachel, Hannah, and Ellie