Author: Heather

Falkirk Wheel:

 

Stratclyde Park:

Stirling Castle:

The kids section had hidden mice.

Wallace’s Monument:

They were selling these medals to celebrate making it to the top.  Made her day as much to make it to the top as to have a medal to show for her efforts.

Walk beside the River Forth:

 

Double Decker Bus Ride:

Paddington Station:

Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station:

Trafalgar Square:

Kensington Gardens & Peter Pan Statue:

Soho Pakette:

Science Museum:

Baba got a lot of loving as we walked around to the various museums.

Natural History Museum:

National Gallery:

Only kids drawing in the whole museum but they can up with some really nice pieces.

Brass Rubbing Museum (located in St Martins in the Fields Church beside Trafalgar Square):

You did the rubbings beside the crypts and could then go inside for tea.

British Museum:

Admiring the Rosetta Stone.

Holding British Roman artifacts.

 

We spent a lot of time looking at birds because Elspeth loved them.  She would hold full conversations for pigeon pairs who we passed on the street.

“Mommy where you going?”

“I going to the museum.”

“What will we see?”

“Stuff.”

My all time favourite

At Kensington Gardens we saw more birds as well as a little ramp so that the ducks could climb in and out of the fountain pools.

Then at the Science Museum Elspeth even got to be a bird!

First a glimpse at our hotel and the girls’ favourtie hiding place.

Gotta see Buckingham Palace.

We had to buckle in Elspeth’s chips because it was such a windy day.

Then off to Green Park.

Now some familiar sights.

“Mommy!  Where the rich people got married on television!”  “Yes Katrine.  That is where the prince and princess got married.”

Oh how these small signs drove us crazy.  They are quite difficult to see on the sides of building, especially when multiple streets go at angles from each other.  Made navigating an adventure.

These stalls lined the banks of the Seine river.  I wondered what they were on the first morning until I saw them opened up.

Water bottle filling stations:

Gardens:

Also, happy Mother’s Day as well as Happy Birthday Glenn!

Versailles:

Mommy why are all the people naked? (Giggle giggle)

Inside:

PetitTrianon or Marie Antoinette’s world:

One heck of a fancy toilet!

There was also the largest pool table that I have ever seen.

 

After a train ride back with muscial accompaniment and a yummy dinner we stopped at yet another park to ride yet another merry go round.  This one had dangling ponies and riders were given short sticks to try and catch hanging rings as they rode around.

Eiffel Tower:

There was a small playground just to one side of the Champs de Mers which was a nice break for the girls.

Tuilleries Gardens:

The fun began just outside the gates to the gardens at the obelisk and first of many fountains.  (The girls LOVE fountains.)

There was a merry go round with a beautifully painted ceiling.

Another huge playground.

Oh no!  Mom is getting tired.  Now what?  Why are they so happy?

As well as the lovely gardens themselves.

Oh! There was also one of the fanciest, and cleaniest (likely because you had to pay to use it), bathrooms I have ever seen.  The girls and I were ushered into the wheelchair bathroom because of the stroller.  There was a large alcove off to the side which served no purpose but to house a window, a small candalarbre and a floral arrangement.  As you can see from the photos, it was quite a large decorative space.

Louvre: