London Date

Blake planned a date in London, called a babysitter and everything! We picked up the babysitter and left at 9 in the morning to drive to the Epping tube station. We rode the tube in and went to see the houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey then Piccadilly Circus and China Town. Then we walked to Hyde Park and rode the Tube the Natural History Museum. Then we rode the tube back to Piccadilly Circus to get dessert at the restaurant and see the Christmas lights. It was such a relaxing day compared to last time we went to London. Lots of walking, but not pushing strollers and it was all at our own pace. 

We ate Chinease food for lunch by Piccadilly Circus, just before turning the corner to discover there was a whole Chinatown. Hmmm..... We probably could have had better food, but ours was good. At Hyde park we walked through the Christmas Market and checked out the ice skating. You have to reserve a time to skate:( This is the one thing I wanted to do is skate in Hyde park. Oh well. We headed to The Natural History Museum instead and same thing. All their skate times were later than we could stay. So we walked through part of the museum instead and just enjoyed our time together. 

For dessert I got some kind of layered pastry with strawberries and cream. I asked the name like 5 times, but didn't ever understand what it was called. It was delish the first half. Then it was just too much. It turned my tummy and I felt a little sick for about 12 hours. Blake had lemon cheesecake and was disappointed. Oh, well. 

We got home about 7:30 and the kids had been pretty good for the babysitter. They were all alive and so was she! They had sooooo much fun with her. They seriously love when we get babysitters. Now we want to go back to London to see a show. Hopefully Wicked!

Looking across River Thames at "The Eye of London"

Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

Westminster Abbey

Piccadilly Circus

Chinatown

Chinatown

Natural History Museum

In the Natural History Museum