Sunday, April 20, 2008

The Hamptons

At the moment I am living the life of leisure. We only have a few weeks till we leave on our big road trip so no need for work. Jasmine, an old friend of mine from home has just moved over so as soon as the sun come out we made the most of the nice weather and headed down the Thames to Hampton Court Palace. The famous home of King Henry VIII, and to a lesser extent, a lot of other royals. I was quite blown away at how beautifully kept the gardens and grounds were. The pond gardens were like a rainbow of colours! The palace itself is also very spectacular.Jaz and I down at Richmond about to head off to the PalaceYou would not think this is London! Some areas of the Thames are picture postcard.Hampton Court Palace Spring!!60 Acres of perfectly manicured gardensOne of the pond gardens. Amazing display of color.

2 comments:

Jazz* said...

what an immaculate place eh lachie!? thanks for a great day, its a place i wont be forgetting soon (especially the number of times i got told off in the queens apartments!) lol

Dragonflydownunder said...

I see you had a great pre run of our excursion thru those gardens...thanks for taking us. Loved them! especially the scent of hyacinth!