My mom LOVES flowers. She smells them and admires them and even takes selfies with them. So when I heard that she and I would have a couple days to ourselves in London I knew I had to take her to a garden. After researching the many gardens in London, I chose Kew Gardens in Richmond.

To be honest, I hadn't heard of Kew until a few weeks into my internship and even then, I stumbled upon it while doing some research for work. Kew Palace is a British royal palace on the river Thames. Surrounding the brightly colored orangey/red palace are gardens with beautiful glasshouses, a treetop walkway, and even a Japanese pagoda. Mom went ballistic. To be fair, it really was very beautiful and well maintained. My favorite was the waterlily house. It had these HUGE waterlilies with smaller flowers surrounding it. I had no idea waterlilies could grow that big!

After Kew Gardens, we met my mom's maasis ("maasi" means aunt in Hindi) for a traditional high tea... if champagne with tea is traditional? I am very close with my maasis so I loved watching how my mom interacts with hers. I am also very close with my nanima ("nanima" means grandmother) so it was so cute to see the similarities and differences between her and her sisters. This really was too much fun. We even took a selfie upon my great aunt's request.

Will post some photos later. Love to you all!