Hina Matsuri
Saturday 1st March 2014
Breakfast at the Regency Cafe and a visit to the lovely children's play area next tot he Houses of Parliament in the morning. In the afternoon we went out to Ashford in Surrey for a hina matsuri (girl's day) party.
London March 2014
John's Pictures

08:22:21
Erika looking slightly piratey in the morning.

09:07:59
Breakfast at the Regency Cafe.

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09:44:56
The lovely little children's play area in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to the Houses of Parliament. First the tyre swing.

09:45:30
Note the view in the background.

09:49:23
Erika's footprints in the sandpit.

09:49:37
The slide.

09:55:40
A sort of roundabout thing.

09:56:38
The foreshore of the Thames.

09:56:44
Across the river to Lambeth Palace.

09:57:23
This is a water fountain which runs into a little stream.

10:01:05
The swing.

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10:08:30
Time to head back.

10:10:21
Erika taking in the view.

13:28:38
On the train to Ashford (the one in Surrey, not the one in Kent) for the Hina Matsuri party.

16:24:12
All the kids at the hina matsuri party.

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I thought the set of adults taking pictures of the kids was also interesting to record.

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The whole scene.

16:28:02

16:29:09
Kids plus Mums.

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18:37:53
On the way back - some slightly surreal views from Vauxhall Bridge.

18:39:09
The camera exagerated this quite a lot - it wasn't quite this bizarre looking in real life!

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