Albertopolis And Beyond

From the Natural History Museum we marched on through that part of Kensington known as Albertopolis, the site of the Royal Albert Hall, the Prince Albert Monument, and other Albertian things. A stroll through some recent British history, then through Kensington Gardens to Hyde Park, ending on Oxford Street and the few blocks back to our apartment.

Rounding the bend to Royal Albert Hall

Thus

And thus, with tour buses for scale

The Albert Memorial: as good as prince consorts
get, I suppose; certainly contributed memorably
to his Queen's reign

Detail of the monument: Asia (from the four classically-
known continents

Apparently a favored site for pugilistic practice

Unforgettable scene

Not least of Albert's accomplishments was the
great British exposition of 1851, the centerpiece of
which was Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, which 
was built here, in Hyde Park

So now we are on the Princess Diana Memorial
Walk

Going to the dogs

Nearing Oxford Street, one of many such stations being prepared
for the crowds expected for the Jubilee

Ring twice at least one nano-second before over-taking
pedestrians...

The Marble Arch, site of the ill-fated Mound of yesteryear

Oxford Street, bedecked, as everywhere else, with the Union Jack

Art Deco BBC Broadcast House, near our flat, where
Penelope and I starred on closed-circuit TV back
in 2013