Everyone thinks it rains all the time in London. In fact, London has some great weather during late spring, summer, and early autumn. For these reasons, Londoners all know that on a sunny day,the perfect place to go is the parks across the city. Here I’ll share my list of the best parks in London.

Alexandra Park

This 196-acre park is a heaven for North London,with families,dog owners,and runners exploring its winding paths in search of a break from city life.Visitors will find sports facilties(设施),a skateboarding park and a children’s playground.The park also hosts an excellent farmer’s market most weeks on Sundays.

Chelsea Embankment Gardens

Located between Cheyne Walk and Chelsea Embankment, the Chelsea Embankment Gardens are little-known to most visitors to London. The beautiful gardens opened in 1874.There are all kinds of lowers in spring and summer, especially dahlias(大丽花),plus bench(长)scattering and plenty of trees to provide shade when the weather is sunny.

Finsbury Cireus Garden

While all London parks have a fair share of history behind them,Finsbury Circus Garden stands out for being the fig public park in the city,dating from 1607.It is also the largest public open space in the Square Mile. However,the present garden sill keeps the original(最初的) look designed by Charles Dance the Younger in 1815.It’s well known for its London plane trees and fine Japanese Pagoda tree——the only one in the city.

Holland Park

Not only is Holland Park onc of the best London parks,but it is also one of the finest.What stands out the most from Holland Park are the lowers.It was the Earl of Holland’s wife who first successfully grew dahlias in England!The dahlias are still grown within the park’s SS acres.in summer, open-air theatre and opera are staged in the park.

Oxford and Cambridge Tour

What included

Walking tour of Oxford and Cambridge

a visit to Christ Church College

Free lunch pack

Air-conditioned buses

Walking tour of Oxford

Follow the footsteps of Oxford’s famous students, from C.S. Lewis to Bill Clinton, as you walk the beautiful college courtyards of this historic university town. See the Bodleian Library, which is one of the oldest libraries in Europe on your visit. You’ll be attracted by the squares of this naturally beautiful town.

Christ Church

Christ Church is known as one of the major places for the harry Potter films! You will be surprised at the magical grandeur (壮丽) of the Great Hall, used as the setting for Hogwarts.

Senate House

Once you’ve left Oxford, you’ll make your way to the beautiful city of Cambridge. It’s here that you will visit Senate House at the world-famous University of Cambridge. It used to be the Council of the senate for important meetings, but it is now the chosen place for students’ degree celebration. You’ll get to travel this special place and discover its important history.

Please Note:

You must bring the e-ticket to enter this tour.

Bookings which are made after midnight for the same day will not include a free lunch pack.

During busy periods, buses without Wi-Fi may be used.

Time

April 1 to October 31

Days of departure Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Check-in: 8:00 am

Departure: 8:30 am

Return: 7:00 pm

Most of us travel with our parents as children and teenagers. For some of us, during the travel, our parents are our inspiration. These trips are normally full of rental (租借的) cars, beaches, and hamburgers. My family would go to Galiano island every summer, and we spent a week in Mexico in 1995, and then we took two different trips to Anaheim to experience the magic of Disney, Universal, and Knott’s Berry Farm, the US.

But all of these are childhood experiences and memories. I didn’t truly travel with my parents until I’m an adult when I got the chance to travel with mom and dad.

I was in New Zealand for a study abroad, and invited my parents to come down for a 2-week road trip around the North Island and then 10 days in Fiji. Why not? They said as if this was something they were invited to do every day. I didn’t really plan anything, but my mom had done some reading and I knew some highlights (亮点) after living in New Zealand for 5 months.

I had booked a hotel for their first night in Auckland. The only other preparation I had done was to book a rental car. My parents immediately reached an agreement that I should be the driver, for the whole two weeks. The main reason for this, understandably, was that neither of them had ever been in a country where you drive on the left hand side of the road and on the right hand side of the car. This led to me driving my parents around the entire North Island of New Zealand for 2 weeks! But still, everybody had jobs. Dad had the maps, and mom had the guidebook, and I just took them where they told me to go.

Sometimes as two kids’ father, I was asked who I was traveling with. When I said “my parents”, the response was, “Ohhh, older people.” Actually, I have some tips on travelling with parents happily.