Tea and Kensington Gardens

The three of us went for afternoon tea at a cute shop called Cocomaya in Chelsea. We got a pot of tea some baked treats to share - so good!

The best donut I've ever had

Since we were nearby we headed to Kensington Garden/Hyde Park and go for a walk as it was a beautiful day.

The Orangery 

Statue of Queen Victoria with Kensington Palace in the background 

There is a statue of Peter Pan in the park as the author J.M. Barrie lived really close to the area and used Kensington Park as inspiration. Unfortunately we could not find the statue but will for sure go back to find it. There's also the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain I want to see.

We were wandering around and saw a funny looking building so went closer and discovered it was the Royal Albert Hall and just opposite is the Albert Memorial. The Memorial was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband after he died of typhoid. The statue celebrates In the corners of the outer area of the statue are marble figures that represent Europe, Asia, Africa and America. While the buildings were quite extravagent, I was more interested in the street hockey game that was happening between the buildings. There were about 10 guys playing road hockey, a few of them wearing various jerseys (one being a team Canada and another player was wearing a Habs hat) which was nice to see!

Royal Albert Hall

Albert Memorial