Richmond lies just next to the Thames and is so beautiful and bucolic. The city is just big enough with a few fancy shops. It is small and we get into some afternoon rush hour traffic on the back to the tube station. We took the bus but we saw a beautiful park and decided to get off to walk the rest of the way. This was a wise decision. We passed this beautiful hotel.
The park was placed on a rolling hillside and at the top was this cute cafe. There were families playing on the grass and people having tea at the cafe.
September is still a wonderful time to visit, it was still very warm and the flowers are still blooming. Come later, maybe 3 weeks later, the chill would have killed them all. I do recommend visiting in September when the crowds of summer are gone.
There were chestnut trees every where and ripen chestnuts were falling on our heads. The squirrels were having a field day, collecting all the chestnuts they could find.
This is the England we came to see.
No comments:
Post a Comment