A Wonderful London Adventure!!!

We finally made it!!!!!!!!! 3 cheers for the Meekers!!! London attempt 3 was a blast! Exhausting but a blast! We got on the tube in Epping where we almost had to turn back because we couldn't find parking but with a little scavenging we did. We rode the tube all the way to downtown London and only had to change lines once. Let me tell you if you have a stroller and are planning on riding the tube just carry your baby and carry the stroller cause there are so many stairs and  crazy amounts of people it's just not worth it. But, once we got out to the street level it was all good.

We started in Trafalgar Square which is beautiful and has an amazing fountain, a huge boat in a bottle, and lots of street performers. We saw a mime dressed as Charlie Chaplin, a man dressed as a statue and though it was boiling hot outside didn't move at all, and of course what street is complete without a man dressed as Darth Vader. Our first stop was to get some Gelato. I got hazelnut (YUMMM) and Matt got Strawberry (he's very predictable). Gus will be happy to hear their idea of Frozen Yogurt is that nasty stuff he gets all the time, original tart (bleh).

We got to explore the National Gallery which had the original Sunflowers by Picasso, Waterlilies by Monet and several other paintings that literally took my breath away. Since this was a belated birthday adventure for Matt he got to choose where we went. The Cavalry Museum struck his fancy and so we took pictures with the horses and saw all it had to offer (which wasn't much).

Matt and Ty petting the horse in front of the Cavalry Museum

The courtyard in front of the Cavalry Museum

I totally tried to make him smile and I swear he did with his eyes. He's too much of a pro!

Obviously Matt has control of the camera. These are some things from the museum.

Matt has made the comment that he wants to collect replica helmets and armor while we're here. (And where will he keep these dust collectors? No idea.)

More uniforms.

A bullet went through his cigarette case, journal and stopped in his bible, saving his life.

Matt outside the museum.

Then we went to the Churchill War Rooms which is a museum that's in an underground bunker where the British Government would conduct business and be protected during air raids during WWII. This was the coolest museum we have seen so far. An audio tour is included in your admission and they even include actual recordings of conversations between Churchill and other world leaders. It was thrilling!

The actual war room.

A map from one of the rooms.

 We got super tired but prevailed and walked to Buckingham Palace and we were in awe of how HUGE it is. I can't believe they used to live there!

The palace.

Ty and I in front of the gates to the garden.

We were exhausted by this time and starved. I REALLY wanted to go and see Harrods so we headed that way all the while looking for something to eat. We finally made it there and we saw all the crazy expensive things in Harrods and found a hole in the wall restaurant. Matt ordered a Pina Colada and it was the most vile thing I have ever tasted. It was like water with sweetened condensed milk that had been mixed to add foam on the top. Bleh!! But our actual food was pretty good (we were so hungry I'm sure it really wasn't but we couldn't tell).

One nice thing about living so close to London is that we didn't have to stress about not seeing everything. We know we can go back anytime. Can't wait to see all the neat museums. British Museum here we come!