Big Ben....
Tower Bridge....
Black cabs....
The Houses of Parliament....
The London Eye....
The famous red telephone box....
The City (the financial district) from the air....
Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square....
The Natural History Museum....After a quick lunch at my mother's today, the children and I spent today being tourists in London.....it was so much fun....Big Ben, St James's Park, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, Piccadilly, Laduree, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Embankment, sushi and noodles for dinner, Covent Garden.....and home to bed....phew :)
My family moved to London from Wales when I was just 6 years old and, probably because they weren't from London themselves, my parents spent a lot of time taking us into town and showing us around.....I haven't done that so much with my two children and so it was lovely to be doing some of the same things with them.....we had a wonderful time....the children really enjoyed it....
My son on the bus: "Where's this Mummy"
Me: "This is Piccadilly Circus"
Him: "Police Circus?
Me: "No sweetie,Piccadilly Circus"
Him: "Where are the clowns?"
Me: "No sweetie, it's not that kind of circus"
Him: "Look, there are some policemen, it must be the circus"
The logic of a nearly 4 year old....my daughter and I had to avoid eye contact at this point!
By complete chance (honestly), we walked past Laduree.....their Burlington Arcade shop....it's small but looks like a small gold grotto, all wonky shiny walls.....absolutely gorgeous.....after going in to admire the shop, it would have been very bad manners not to buy any macaroons.....so we bought blackcurrant, rose, mint, orange blossom and bergamot.....A-MAZ-ING....we girls loved our....my son said his tasted like soap....clearly he has a lot to learn :)
As my husband was tucking my son in tonight, I heard my son saying that he had seen lots of castles today and that he had wanted to go in to the Queen's castle but Mummy had said the Queen was too busy....."I think Mummy was right Daddy because I heard the King calling her and she didn't answer him"!!!
Just a little rest for some tired feet....good times :)
My family moved to London from Wales when I was just 6 years old and, probably because they weren't from London themselves, my parents spent a lot of time taking us into town and showing us around.....I haven't done that so much with my two children and so it was lovely to be doing some of the same things with them.....we had a wonderful time....the children really enjoyed it....
My son on the bus: "Where's this Mummy"
Me: "This is Piccadilly Circus"
Him: "Police Circus?
Me: "No sweetie,Piccadilly Circus"
Him: "Where are the clowns?"
Me: "No sweetie, it's not that kind of circus"
Him: "Look, there are some policemen, it must be the circus"
The logic of a nearly 4 year old....my daughter and I had to avoid eye contact at this point!
By complete chance (honestly), we walked past Laduree.....their Burlington Arcade shop....it's small but looks like a small gold grotto, all wonky shiny walls.....absolutely gorgeous.....after going in to admire the shop, it would have been very bad manners not to buy any macaroons.....so we bought blackcurrant, rose, mint, orange blossom and bergamot.....A-MAZ-ING....we girls loved our....my son said his tasted like soap....clearly he has a lot to learn :)
As my husband was tucking my son in tonight, I heard my son saying that he had seen lots of castles today and that he had wanted to go in to the Queen's castle but Mummy had said the Queen was too busy....."I think Mummy was right Daddy because I heard the King calling her and she didn't answer him"!!!
Just a little rest for some tired feet....good times :) 
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