This was definitely a cross this off the bucket list trip. It was exactly as I'd imagined and so much more. I couldn't get over the accents, and of course we all spoke in our best versions, all the books we bought the kids from Harrods are read in only English accent, naturally.
We stayed in Ruislip about 15 min. outside of central London by tube, but it was very easy to get around from there.
The view from the train was absolutely amazing and the kids spent most of the time gazing out… that is when they weren't swinging on the poles.
This is the high street of the sleepy little town we stayed in, I loved the quaintness.
Being that we have a few Beatles fans in our family, we couldn't leave London without visiting Abbey Road. Oh my goodness, that was seriously a highlight of our trip. We thought we'd get a shot of the kids crossing the ever icon crosswalk. However, once we arrived, we realized we weren't the only ones with that idea and waited patiently in line. It was fun and our family got an applause because we were the only ones with a baby. Probably because we were the only ones that would actually place a baby on a crosswalk where taxis, and delivery trucks are zooming by.
The day we chose to do the Tower of London was obviously freezing cold and rainy… but we braved it and went into the exhibits to keep warm. We saw the crown jewels and took lots of pictures which we later found out were not supposed, oops. There were also live reenactments all over the grounds so the kids really enjoyed it.
The kids didn't know what to make of him… he was like Ainsley's size.
Good thing for hot chocolate vendors, if not for them she wouldn't have lasted another minute.
Ahh the guillotine… always exciting for a toddler to see.
I've never seen the London Eye during the summer, but I am so glad my first view was on a cold winters night… the view was spectacular.
