Sightseeing in London

There is a lot that I have seen and a lot that I haven't.  It's a few more weeks in and I feel as though the sightseeing list is ever growing.  I've looked at my lists and I feel pretty confident about ticking all the major parks of London.

1. Watched the sun go down on Primrose Hill

2. Stolled passed the flower beds of Regent's Park

3. Lunched on a bench in St James's Park

4. Watched the runners in Hyde Park
5. Crossed into Kensington Gardens

6. Enjoyed the out-of-city feel of Richmond Park

The wonderful fact about London is, during a time of unpredictable growth in the 1900s, people were quick to save parks and gardens from becoming development plots.  Although we are in the U.K. capital of concrete jungles, greenery is not without reach.

What fascinates me is the depth of history that London has to offer.  I cannot help but wonder how many people have walked on this same street I was walking on today.  What were they wearing and what was "modern" to them at that time.  It could just be me and my education of Australian history "one day there was spears and dreamtime, then one day there was white men and guns".  When I look at the streets of London, I can see the gradual development of this city and the influences from so many decades.  You cannot see that back in Oz, unless you really like 70s architecture.

I'm definitely keeping my eyes open and spending a lot of my days looking up.