The coats, scarves, and gloves are back in their boxes because spring has finally arrived. The temps are in the high 60's, the sun is shining and there isn't a drop of a rain in the sky. You know what everyone does when the weather gets like this in London? People hit the parks! No one wastes a single moment inside and when you have a place like Hyde Park where you can soak up the rays, you go.
My natural inclination isn't to go to a park when it's sunny. I've always thought of parks as something people with kids to go to. But I've never had access to something like Hyde Park. Back home when it was sunny, which was all the time, you didn't necessarily do anything special. Yeah, you went outside, but you still hit the mall, or went to the movies, or did normal stuff. But here you make special occasion out of it. It was a whole new experience for me to spend a day at the park but that's what I did and so did every other man, women, and child in London. What do people do there? Let's see , I saw people rollerblading,riding horses, playing Frisbee, having picnics, making out (get a room!), rowing boats, sleeping, reading, even working. You name it, it was being done in the park.
I embraced my day at the park but found myself getting a little ancy after awhile. I realized that day I just wasn't a park person, but don't get me wrong I do enjoy the occasional stroll through one every now and again, you just won't find me there with my blanket rolling around in the grass with god knows who!
My roommate on the other hand could live at the park!
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