A walk in The Regent's Park.

London is made up of 32 boroughs, and is populated by 7.7 million people. When we first learned we were moving here, I stressed a bit about how much our relaxed, fleece-wearing Northern California lifestyle would be changed by the urban bustle of London.

I was not prepared for the huge connection and exposure to nature we'd encounter here - the new pairs of heels I bought sit safely in their boxes still, replaced by multiple pairs of trail-runners.



The KCWC did a walk and tour through Regent's Park. It is one of the Royal parks and hosts an outdoor theater, huge rose garden, football, rugby and cricket pitches and amazing formal gardens.





We walked through the neighborhood surrounding the park and saw where Wallis Simpson lived up until her affair with Edward the VIII broke in the press. She lived in relative peace until then, and enjoyed the posh outer circle neighborhood adjacent to the park. After the press broke the story of their affair, her windows were broken by rocks as the local people expressed their anger and she had to leave the neighborhood.



There is so much history here and I never tire of getting out into the parks and enjoying city life.