From June 15 through June 22, 2002, I went back to London and its environs for a vacation. As promised, here are the pictures from that trip with a little description and commentary. You can click on the pictures for larger views (just click on "Back" on your browser to return to this page).

We actually arranged this time to stay awake for most of the first day we were there (which is hard to do after such a long flight. We went to Kensington Palace for a short tour and dinner/tea at the Orangerie.

This is the Orangerie at Kensington Palace, where orange trees were kept in a sort of a promenade or indoor garden for the cooler months. Now it is a small restaurant used primarily for tea, but is available for breakfast through dinner.
Inside the Orangerie, you can see what the people see as they sit and eat. Each end of the Orangerie had these large plants in them behind huge arches. One can imagine what it was like when the whole building was like this.
A selection of the foods available at the Orangerie.
The Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, which is the the far western extension of Hyde Park. Behind the trees you can see the skyline of the City of London.
On Kensington High Street (and actually all over London) the tops of the buildings have rooftop gardens. I wasn't fortunate enough to know anyone with access to one of these gardens, but here is what they look like from street level.
Something for Cheryl to aspire to, managing the Talbots on Kensington High Street in London. If I remember correctly, the year on the cornerstone of the building was 1894. One thing I couldn't get a picture of because it was moving too fast, was, about a block from this Talbot's, a taxi with advertisements for North Carolina all over it.