Riding on a hire cycle (rental bike in Canadian-speak) I headed for the Regent's Park area. If the hire cycle theme is beginning to sound familiar, it's because I rode one at least 5 times a day every day. I think I should advertise the Cycle Hire service; I went almost everywhere on the saddle of one of these bikes.
On the way to the park, I passed some lovely old buildings and churches.
Also this adorable pink car.
If I were about 20 years older and knew how to drive on the left side of the road, I would like to have this!
After docking the bike, I wandered around the streets near the park and stumbled on the London Central Mosque -- open to the public. I did borrow a headscarf from the security guard before stepping inside.
This is a beautiful building with a shady courtyard, and they even have a restaurant downstairs.
Not far from the mosque is the Abbey Lodge apartment building, where you too can own a condo for £2,750,000 to £5,000,000. Of course, that almost certainly includes the doorman!
The Francis Holland School for Girls caught my eye -- it was built in 1915. School fees are surprisingly modest here, at about £6,200 per year.
Also near the park, there is a roundabout with this statue of
St. George and the Dragon in the centre. Somehow, it is also a memorial for both World Wars. This roundabout was extremely annoying, because there are sidewalks running across it, but no crosswalks. You simply have to stand and wait for a break in traffic before you can cross. Even in a cosmopolitan city like London, cars rule, it seems.
And now some scenes from Regent's Park itself, where I had a warming cappucino in a little cafe.
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