Still in beautiful London !

Ive been having so much fun in England!

I went to Fullham Palace and met up with Sasha and her beautiful daughter Lilly, we had such a wonderful time.

Fullham Palace Gardens!

 Sascha and Lilly!

Kew Gardens
Wow the most amazing gardens

There are GIANT Lily pads and just so you can see how big they are there are little grade 1's looking at them with great excitement!

Lovely waterfalls

Gorgeous ponds

Windsor Castle was a day to remember and the exciting thing was that the queen was in residence, she didn't have time for tea though with all the Jubilee celebrations ;)

Proof that I was at Windsor ! A tad chilly but hey that's a London summer ;)

I had Scones with clotted cream at the tilted house of Windsor, at first I thought it was butter, I thought where is the cream, then I remembered its yellow yum yum

In real life the house is mega tilted the photo didn't do it justice!

The Queens Jubilee celebrations were amazing, I would like to say that I stood out in the rain all day like a faithful patriot to the queen, but I didn't this is a shot from the TV, but I think Lucianna and I had heaps of fun watching it in the comfort of the lounge, we had the best view!!!

Jaco is a fantastic cook Lucianna has definitely scored !!!

Dinner with Lucianna, Jaco her cousin Lauren and friend Catherine brilliant night!!

Cambridge Botanical Gardens

Famous Fitzbillies have the best chocolate eclairs ever!!!

Taking a Punt down the river, looking at all of the amazing colleges, it was the only boat ride that didn't rain that day -favour!!

I had a brilliant afternoon  at Hampton Court Palace visiting my intriguing distant relatives palace before she lost her head anyway- Anne Boleyn.

Erin and I freezing in the wonderful English summer weather at Hampton Court entrance ha ha !!!

The most beautiful gardens, I cant tell how cold it was, but maybe I'm a wimp, Erin kept saying, "this is summer".

So London is fun, fun, fun !!!!

Now in London

LONDON

From Russia a heat wave (for Russia anyway) of 28 to England megggggaaaa freezing I think my travel weathered body did'nt cope with it and I got the flu bad (1 1/2 weeks of it), not fun, but still very cool just chillin out with Lucianna and Jaco in Roe Hampton.

Lucianna and Jaco in their beautiful new apartment !!

 I went with Luch to a little town called Frant, we had lunch in a gorgeous pub.

Luch on the phone with work!

 The best food ever, my favourite, fried brie cheese with cranberry sauce and salad, Oh it was amazing!

One of my favourite days, Luch lives a 10 minute walk from Richmond Park, the largest park in England over 1000 acres, they have at least 300 deer there roaming free and they happened to be at the Roehampton entrace it was amazing!!!

The deer decided to cool down in a creek they were splashing around and rutting one another rather spectacular!!!

 There are people riding their horses all through the park amongst the deer, now I would love to do that :)

 Lots of sleeping, relaxing and dreaming !!!

This was my view, a bit wonky cause I was lying down and Im such a professional photographer !!!

I love the English countryside, actually I love any countryside and I Love God  for sending me here !!!! :)

Beautiful Russia Continued ...

Novgrod
I caught a 3 hour train south to a gorgeous quaint Russian town called Novgrod!

 I went to a Russian Museum a street made out of old style homes and cathedrals, it was so beautiful and the weather was perfect.

A very cute Russian horse!

 I asked the guide is this a Russian bomb shelter as I had seen bomb shelters looking similar and she looked at me with a strange smile on her face and said, "No these are the toilets". As you can imagine there was an eruption of laughter from the group.

We visited the Kremlin of Novgrod beautiful churches and sculptures!

The day was so perfect and we were given spare time so a couple of us decided to take a boat cruise, a great way to spend the afternoon!

Mosow

The beautiful and Famous Red Square

Another gorgeous cathedral the place is absolutely packed with them this one has a centre ceiling piece with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit very cool!!

I watched the changing of the guard, the goose step is very intimidating with 3 soliders let alone having a whole platoon of them!!

Tulips, Tulips, Tulips, everywhere my favourite flowers in the whole world!

Just outside Red Square!!!

Tulips at Gorky Park I spent the most relaxing afternoon in this park it was beautiful!!!

More Tulips!!!!

There were stands with fur hats and fur things everywhere, I got a fur scarf very cute!!!

I went to the circus what else do you do in Moscow? So bizarre  I walked into the foyer and they had a leopard and tiger just sitting on small podium and you could go up and get a photo taken for a price, no cage, no fence just a small rope (I did notice them holding the leopard tightly so that it wouldnt bit the lady as they took the photo, I decided to pass. I snuck a few photos and  then got a bit of a tongue lashing in Russian from the Usher opps.

How cute are these dogs :)

They had about 8 Lions and 2 white Siberian ones very fiesty !!

Beautiful Russia

St Petersburg

Oh wow what culture shock at first, hardly anyone speaks English so my first day on my own was a big challenge, they had sent my luggage to Switzerland (yes switzerland do you believe it LOL). But thank the Lord I had packed for about 2-3 days of clothes in my hand luggage, preparing for the cold.

St Petersburg is beautiful, full of beautiful churches,

Yes that is me flying through the air!!!

Beautiful Canals and Rivers everywhere,

Great meals with new friends (Michael a fellow Aussie)

Full of Military, I was there for Victory day, when Russia displays its might

Military ship!

Beautiful Ballet

Palaces that blow your mind!

St Peterov Summer palace except it wasnt summer, it was freezing (for me anyway, on my defense everyone else was freezing) I think I suit the Russian look dont you think!!!

Fountains at the palace!

Incredibly cute furry squirrel who was eating some of my fruit and nut, too cute, I wanted to pack him in my bag, but Russian customs wouldnt be happy :( (especially since I had the interrogation of a life time to get my luggage back that they lost, oh so much fun, expensive fun LOL).

Brilliant food with new friends from the tour Shelia, Tony (England) and Michael (fellow Aussie)

Borsh Soup rather good on a freezing day!!!

Spill the blood church Insanely beautiful inside and out

I went to a brilliant cossack and Russian dancing show, I just loved it and wanted to join them :)

 More Military Might  being displayed as Victory day approaches!!!

St Petersburg has a vibe and character all of its own a brilliant place to visit