Where to park???
by Jenniflower
Because Kingston is known as a shopping mecca, they have allocated good parking facilities as a result.
There is a big parking lot for Bentalls and for John Lewis (shared with Waitrose), plus a couple more slightly further out.
One we have often used is by ther huge Sainsbury's megastore. It's about a 5 minute walk into the centre. Not far at all I think...
They all use the 'pay per hour' system, so make sure you have paid your fee at the paypoint and have the new card ready for when you exit the parking lot.
Kingston flowers
by Jenniflower
I don't know why it is, but I have always loved these flowers at this stall.
There are tons of flower stalls all over London, with a wide variety of quality flowers on sale... but I always come back to this one as a favourite.
The stall holder is always bright and cheerful, the fresh flowers good quality, lasting at least a week.
I love having fresh flowers at home, and would rather buy them from fresh flower stalls than chains anyday, although Marks & Spencer DO have great flowers too!
The Thames River
by Jenniflower
The towns and villages of Greater and Central London, and the Thames River have had a harmonious relationship for many a year.
The river helps feed the city and the city helps feed the river.
We love walking along it, some places are nicer than others, most are really enjoyable!
This is a lovely part of the river, it (to me) gets prettier the further away one gets from Westminster.
There are always lots of things to see along the way, but the further one goes up the river, the more green it gets, and the prettier it gets I think.
Architecture
by Jenniflower
As one walks around Kingston, you can see a wide variety of architectural taste and style.
It is absolutely gorgeous how the olde England style juxtaposes with the new and modern, cleaner style.
I particularly love the way window frames and sills are skew and I wonder what is holding up the place! But then , it has been here for a couple of hundred years already, so is actually a lot sturdier than it looks!!
When all the newer buildings fall into disrepair in the future, these buildings will still be standing!
Feeding the swans
by Jenniflower
Even though this is frowned on by some people, it is something that many do. These swans have been here for many years and are an icon of Kingston.
If you stand by the Thames, in the Waterfront area, there are steps that go down to the river.
Here is a popular spot to feed the swans... and the ducks... and the pigeons come along too (fair warning!).
Things can get pretty crazy here with all the birds around, and lets hope that no-one leaves their calling card behind on you... but it's fun for the kids and worth it.
I wasn't feeding the swans in these photos, there was another young girl feeding them... but what a lovely photo opportunity!
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