The Gardens on top of Kensington Highstreet in London, et al

First, they ARE real pelicans, not plastic statues behind me.  Second, that was not a dramatic heading from moi; these gardens are really on top of a building on Kensington High Street in London.  They were a folly built back in the 1930´s.  A gorgeous folly and a very expensive one.

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They are presently owned by Mr. Virgin himself, Richard Branson.  It seems that as a young man he wanted to attend a function there but was not allowed in because he had no tie. So he went home.  A while later he receive a phone call from a lady to apologize to him for his not being admitted to the Rooftop Garden because he had no tie; then she went on`...by the way, would you like to buy the place?´   And he did.  I kid you not!

 Should you want to find out more about the Roof Gardens you can check out:
The Roof Gardens  at   http://www.roofgardens.virgin.com/en/the_roof_gardens.

And you are asking why am I including this boring photo?  This ladies and gentleman, is the street level view of the building on which the gardens are situated.  See the photo below, where you can look up and see the trees.

From here on in, there are just nice photos from a day of wondering around London, albeit a wet cloudy day, so not always a ´sunny view`.

This beautiful fire place is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.  A beautiful place to browse about.

Because of the rain, you may not recognize this photo is of Buckingham Palace.  This was weird for me; less than 24 hours earlier I had seen this same location on T.V. in Germany when it was packed with a full stage of world famous entertainers, the royal family and throngs of people celebrating her majesty´s 60th year on the throne.  Tonight all you could see was a few wet raggy tourists, including moi, a half a stage and throngs of Porta Pottis.

The door from Westminster Cathedral.

For the romantics reading, Prince William and his Mrs. came out through this door way on their wedding day.

Moi standing before Big Ben which is adjoined to the Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. the House of Parliament in England.

This is King's Cross Railway Station from where, on platfrom 9 3/4, trains leave for Hogwarts. As all Harry Potter readers know well.

Drats, I can´t turn this ´up ways´.  None the less,  I am including these few pictures on their side, as  I was only able to take a few photos at the  Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. the House of Parliament in Britain.

Full of history is this Palace of Westminster.  And lots of history, the sort of yummy history that is full of gossip and intrigue.  I wrote about my ´seeing´ St. Patrick here in my last blog post.