My first week in London has been really chaotic trying to disengage myself from english lessons to the babysitter role for my cousins. My first afternoon off was last Thursday and I decided to go to Kensigton Gardens, that are really close to our house. Kensington Gardens was originally the western section of Hyde Park, which had been created by Henry VIII in 1536 to use as a hunting ground. It was separated from the remainder of Hyde Park in 1728 at the request of Queen Caroline and designed by Henry Wise and Charles Bridgeman in order to form a landscape garden, with fashionable features including the Round Pond, formal avenues and a sunken Dutch garden. Bridgeman created the Serpentine between 1726 and 1731 by damming the eastern outflow of the River Westbourne from Hyde Park and the part of the Serpentine that lies within Kensington Gardens is known as "The Long Water”. The land surrounding Kensington Gardens was predominantly rural and remained largely undeveloped until the Great Exhibition in 1851. Many of the original features survive along with the Palace, and now there are other public buildings such as the Albert Memorial and the Serpentine Gallery which holds architecture and art exhibitions that I've particularly appreciated.
Acne jeans / Balenciaga bag / Isabel Marant leather jacket, sweatshirt and boots
