Today (despite some cold weather - we woke up to snow!) we decided to take a longer train ride and do some sightseeing in London. We walked to the train station (close for grown-ups; very far for small children!) and took a train into Paddington station. After a ride on the London Underground, then a bus, then another long walk, we arrived at Buckingham Palace. Brad had been talking to Susanna about this and was excited for her to see it. I think she wasn't quite as impressed as he expected! After looking at that for a few minutes (we missed the changing of the guards - will have to catch that another time), we walked though some nearby parks and found a cool playground. This was much better! We played for a little while, but it was just too cold. So then we set off for Big Ben, which Ben has been talking about for quite a while now. Again, not much to do but look at it and snap a few photos (which I can't post now because I don't know how to put them on Brad's computer!)
Then we took another short bus ride and another walk, and ended up at the London Eye, which is like a huge ferris wheel with big glass pods. We decided to go for it and bought tickets. That was really neat - a 30 minute ride around with birds-eye views of all of London. Certainly a bit more exciting for the kids!
We ended with another ride on the tube (Underground) and another train ride, and another long walk back to our place. Susanna was really great about all the walking - I must say that I was impressed with how she kept up and didn't complain (much). Ben, on the other hand, prefers to be carried, so Brad got an extra workout carrying him.
Tomorrow Brad starts his job here, so I'll be on my own with the kids. I'm not ready to drive yet (have yet to try! our rental car is too big!) so we'll just go for a walk in the town were in, feed the ducks, and relax a bit after our busy weekend.
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Hi Ann!
Sounds like you are jumping right into life there in London! Good for you. Paddington Bear Station, how exciting, and Glass Ferris Wheels!! Sorry about the snow. It was 65 degrees and sunny in Lancaster! Actually, that's not true at all. It was cold and windy and a bit dreary -- you're not missing much at all, weather-wise!
We spent the day looking for the Wacky Zingoz Webkin, and finally found it at Park City. Gabriel decided to use his birthday money to buy this maximally-priced, minimally-sized little yellow fuzz-ball that spouts six different sayings when you press his tummy. In sort of a whiny, hard-to-understand voice. Oh brother! I told Gabriel we might have to set limits on how much it communicates with us.
Yesterday, Gabriel attended a party at the climber on the bouncer. There were about thirty extremely sweaty, red-faced little monsters when I picked him up. I did about 30 very luke warm minutes on the elliptical. It's just not the same! : )
We got the pictures back from Gabriel's party. Very many are of Susanna and Laurel hugging!
Thanks for keeping us updated. It's amazing that you've done so much and seen so much already. Good luck on your first day alone with the kids. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun! It will be an adventure to see how much you can explore and experience without the car.
Tracey
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