Our Day in London

After over a week of snow, the cabin fever was at an all-time high!  So, we took the train to London for the day to alleviate the boredom.  We had a great time, and we even navigated the tube with our stroller.  That involved a lot of us carrying it up and down steps with A in it and EC holding on to the side.  

When we first arrived in London's Paddington station, we took the tube to the Charing Cross stop, where we looked at Trafalgar Square.  With the help of my handy iphone, we found our way to the UK's only Chipotle.  It was heavenly!!  It tasted just like Chipotle in the US.  We sure have missed good Mexican food, and Chipotle is my favorite!  

After Chipotle, we walked to Regent Street to go to Hamley's Toy Store.  They claim to be the "world's most famous toy store," but I think they should change it to "world's most expensive toy store."  All 7 floors were totally crammed with people shopping.  They had demonstrations of the toys going on, and EC enjoyed checking things out.  Luckily, our kids are not the type to beg us to buy them something, and we got out of there without dropping 80 quid on a stuffed bear (seriously!)  

As we were walking down Regent Street (the big shopping street in London) I see a line of people snaked down the street.  I wondered if it was a celebrity book signing or something really important.  As we walked by, I saw that the line was actually going into a store: Hollister has arrived in the UK!  haha

We made our way back to the tube to take a ride to Harrods.  The tube was very crowded, and we actually didn't get on the first train that arrived because there was no room.  We had to cram ourselves into the next train.  EC did a great job on the trains, and A stayed put in his stroller.  Harrods (in case you don't know) is an enormous department store.  I just wanted the kids to experience it.  It was just as crowded as the tube had been.  We made our way into the food halls, and EC got a big bowl of chocolate gelato.  

After we left Harrods, we took the tube again to Waterloo station to see the London Eye.  The London Eye is the giant ferris wheel in London that has become a city landmark in the past 10 years.  EC has wanted to ride it since we moved here.  Unfortunately we arrived to find the line to buy tickets and the line to board were hours long.  We asked EC if she would like to ice skate instead, and she said yes.  They had a miniature skating rink set up at the Eye.  We even had to wait an hour to do that.  Jones took EC skating, while I pushed an unhappy A around in the misting rain.  

By the time Jones and EC had finished their ice skating, it was time to take the tube back to Paddington station and board the train for Oxford.  We had a great time in London, but we left lots of touristy things to do when our families come to visit!