A Really Long Walk in the Park

Today we went to the Keats House...what is the Keats House you ask? It's where the romantic poet John Keats lived! Imagine that. We've been reading some of his work in our literature class and what better way to spend a Friday morning than visiting his home? He wrote "Ode to a Nightingale" in this very place! I love poetry even though I don't know what it's saying half the time (okay more than half the time...) and I got to sit on the couch where he sat, looking out the window to his garden! What a beautiful moment.

Then we went on a two hour walk through Hampstead Heath to get to the Kenwood house. It wasn't supposed to be a two hour walk...we got lost. That's the problem with really small maps of a really large area. You can't really see the street names. Two positives about this situation: 1) It was a sunny day and 2) I love parks and being outside, so this was a happy accident! Good thing I wore my walking shoes!

We got to the house after everyone had already been inside, but who really cares? Not me! It had an amazing library...so many books! I've decided I'll have a room full of books in my house. There were a lot of portraits by famous artists I've never heard of (big surprise there) and we met this crazy British guy who worked in the gift shop who impersonated George W. Bush and a Canadian.

We didn't want to go back to the Centre so early so we went to...*dun dun dun*...Camden! A market area with lots of vintage stores shopping. And it's the home of the world's best donut. Really...me and Sarah almost died.