Recent Goings-On

No, we didn't spend the weekend at the beach - although the weather was perfect for it. We, instead, spent another Saturday in the city: London. These photos are from the Peter Pan Playground (aka Princess Diana memorial playground) in Hyde Park. This is within close walking distance of the BYU Centre where I lived over 9 years ago (can't believe it's been that long already!!!) The playground turned out to be an excellent ending point for another one of our London day-trips.

We came into London the usual way - by train from Peterborough. The Express service takes only 50 minutes and includes an all-day tube (underground) pass.Above: Grandma and Amy at London's Kings Cross train station.

First tourist stop: Tower Hill for the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

Next, over to Westminster to see the Abbey, Houses of Parliament, London Eye (ferris wheel), and of course - Big Ben.

From Westminster, we hopped the tube (again) over to Notting Hill - my old stomping grounds - and had lunch as we walked Portobello Road.

After finding a few small treasures - and a few larger ones that we decided we couldn't afford - we "tubed" back to Kings Cross and rode the Express back to Peterborough. We spent the evening eating pizza and watching movies together (and resting our feet!)

The night before we went to London:

We took Grandma for a traditional English tea (dinner) at our local village pub - the Blue Bell. Coincidentally, the pub owner's wife is from Canada. No wonder it's such a fine establishment!

Also this week, Grandma tended Emily during the day so that I could accompany Amy's class on a school trip to Central Park here in Peterborough. We did research on playground equipment, visited with a police officer and enjoyed ice cream cones, courtesy of Mrs. Stevens, their teacher.

We also explored a "sensory garden" which was fabulous for little kids who love to touch everything (as these kids did).