Thames and Tea!

High Tea at the Orangery

Two big events I’m going to tie together were the Thames Festival and High Tea.

The Thames festival is a big weekend-long festival along the Thames river (not pronounced the way it is spelled). I have heard it started way back when to sell herbs and plants, and the festival became so huge people would hold their merchandise on their heads to sell. That’s why there are a ot fo displays of natural and plant life.

One evening, there was a huge display of fire! All over this area were flowerpots of lighter fluid that soon where lit and it created a hugely lit area with smoke all over and just looked so beautiful along the river. Somewhat ironic since London is a city where fire’s are illegal. The festival ended with a huge fireworks display, somewhat similar to our 4th of July celebrations.

Another day, we had a Temple Trip to High Tea at The Orangery at Kensington Palace. The place was absolutely exquisite! At my table were Alyssa, Ashlyn, Kristin and myself. It started, of course, with tea. Such good tea too!! (i ended up having about 4 cups!) We soon had cucumber sandwiches, which was followed by a scone with jam and butter, and concluded with some lemon cake. It was such a cute and classy afternoon in the place that was right beyond Kensington gardens. 🙂