One of the thing that we love in London is its big and green parks. There are lots of them here and the few famous ones among the tourists and even the Londoners are Hyde Park, Regents Park, Kensington Gardens, St. James Park and Holland Park. We have been to all of it and they are all lovely and have a great playground. Adam loves coming to park, it's a total freedom to him because he can run around, chasing birds and squirrel and meeting new friends in the playground. Our favourites are Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. These parks are where the exciting places like Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, Princess Diana Memorial Playground and the Round Pond located. Oh, all of these parks and playgrounds are free by the way =) except one, Serpentine Lido. Even so, it's not that expensive around GBP 4 for adult if I'm not mistaken and it's quite small and sort of exclusive. So it's perfect for an outdoor birthday party or small family gathering where the kids can enjoy playing in the wet and dry playground. However, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens are quite far from our house, about 20-30 minutes by bus.
There's another park which is relatively closer to our home, Regent's Park. Regent's Park is huge and it's about 20-30 minutes by walking. This is where London Central Mosque or Regent's Mosque located. When I'm at home on Friday, this is where I do my Friday prayers with thousands other Muslim and sometimes I do bring Adam together with me. He also likes to come here because he loves eating at the canteen. The briyanni rice and lamb curry are so delicious and Adam's favourite is the roasted chicken.
Can you spot Adam enjoying his roasted chicken tikka with chips in this picture? hehe..
There's a playground which Adam loves so much. It's always hard for us when we want to go back because Adam refuses to stop playing.
Near to the playground, there's a big lake where you can rent a paddling boat to go around. Unfortunately you have to pay to for a ride, I don't particularly remember how much but I'm sure it won't drain out your pocket just to enjoy yourself paddling in the lake while watching birds and the beautiful surroundings.
In Regent's Park, there are also a huge field which can accommodate for rugby and football fields and even for cricket.
Not that far from the huge field, there's London Zoo. We have been there twice and both we went by taking water bus from Little Venice.
When the weather is great, the sunset is just so lovely.
