Woman in a green floral top and jeans holds hands with a young blonde girl in a white shirt outside a grand white building entrance with columns.

Our London trip is a lot different from our Summer of Love West Coast Road Tour. Notably, we aren’t on the road very much for London and with the exception of a short jaunt to Scotland for Tammy and I, we are staying put in London proper.

We rented an apartment for the month and have gotten settled in. We are in the Kensington area at Philbeach Gardens. The apartment is good. We have about 800 square feet and behind the apartment is a very large private courtyard where Mazie can play. I think the nicest thing about the apartment is the dining room with a glass ceiling. I’ve setup my computer in this area with great light.

On the downside we are missing some niceties. Mainly what was advertised as included Internet access is really a 3G HSDPA Modem (Huawei E220). It’s better than nothing, but you have to tip toe around the Internet and wait for long delays. We have a washing machine but no dryer, I guess we just hang our clothes to dry.

We went shopping for some supplies at a nearby Tesco. It took us over an hour to find what we were looking for. It’s great that London is English, but there is no doubt you are in a foreign country. It took us about 10 minutes to find baking soda.

Here are photos for a little virtual tour.

Modern living room with a small CRT television built into white fitted cabinetry beside a doorway leading to a glass conservatory Dark olive sofa with multiple cushions in a wood-floored living room, side table with lamp, doorway to adjacent room, sunset artwork on wall. Young girl in green pajamas standing in a open-plan living room and kitchen with wood floors, white cabinets, and toys scattered on the floor. Light wood dining table with six chairs in a glass-ceiling conservatory, laptop on table, abstract painting on white wall, garden visible through large windows Sunlit conservatory dining room with a wooden table, six chairs, a laptop, water bottle, and phones, surrounded by large windows overlooking a garden. Unmade double bed with white bedding in a bright apartment bedroom, with a colorful polka-dot artwork above, teal lamps on white nightstands, red tulips, and a yellow North Face duffel bag on the Tree-lined residential street in Kensington London with parked cars including a green Mazda MX-5 and white stucco terraced townhouses Tree-lined London street with white stucco Georgian terraced houses, black iron railings, and stone steps leading to columned porticos.