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    • UK and Paris Sept. Oct. 2019

      London

      September 22, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Great day. We took the train from Abbey wood to London Bridge. Olivia and Sam did so well to walk the 17km along the Thames with us without complaint! We all loved visiting the London Eye, Shrek and our favourite ..the London Dungeon.Read more

    • BTheEPICEurope Trip 2022
      Day 8

      Got Hotel Room; Going Out Soon

      June 11, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

      We arrived at the hotel after the van ride. We got our room and trip info from the travel company here, as well as tickets to an excursion that weren’t already in the folder. The room is very fancy, as well is the whole hotel. We are going to walk around the city soon and explore what’s here.Read more

    • BTheEPICEurope Trip 2022
      Day 9

      Finished Guided Tour; Napping at Hotel

      June 12, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

      We finished our guided city tour, and are now at our hotel. Most of the main things we saw were on foot, but during the bus riding parts, I couldn’t stay awake. I was exhausted. We (my sister and I at least) are planning to take a much needed nap, and continue our day in an hour and a half or so.Read more

    • BTheEPICEurope Trip 2022
      Day 9

      Finished Walking Around

      June 12, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

      We finished walking around, and are relaxing at the hotel room.
      While walking around, we visited the National Gallery Art museum and Piccadilly Circus. We also walked through Chinatown.
      We tried to go on the London Eye ferris wheel, but they charged just under £40 (roughly $40) per person! We didn’t think that the view justified the price, so we passed.Read more

    • BTheEPICEurope Trip 2022
      Day 10

      Ate Dinner; Going to Mamma Mia Theatre

      June 13, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

      We ate dinner at Locale, and are preparing to walk to the Novello Theatre to see the Mamma Mia play! I ate lasagna.

      The restaurant had “Guest” WiFi, but it had a password. What is the point as a business to broadcast Guest WiFi with a password?Read more

    • TravelerEngland
      Day 14

      London

      June 17, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Spent our last day in London!! Took a train from Wokingham (where uncle Allen lives) to London and back. We went on the London eye and took a boat down the River Thames. We saw Buckingham Palace, Big Ben/Parliament, and Westminster Abbey.Read more

    • England '22
      1
      Day 10

      Sex und Plüsch

      July 13, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Abstecher zum London Eye, gefolgt von einem Spaziergang entlang der Themse und Erfrischungen im Park🥤🎡

      Zudem haben wir seehr interessante Läden entdeckt: einer ist zur Hälfte auf sehr private Aktivitäten spezialisiert und halb voll mit Plüsch-Esswaren 😂😂
      Direkt daneben: Londons erster P*nis-Waffel-Shop 😆🤪      Read more

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    • TravelerIngolds in Europe
      Day 3

      Early bird catches the…

      February 20, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      Nothing. The early bird catches nothing at 4am in London, except views of a very dark sky. But thanks to plane rot, that’s when our day started! Plans for the Abbey were put on hold as we heard the changing of the guard was happening at King Charlie’s place today. Off we trotted and join the cast of thousands at Buckinghuge palace, where we saw many men in ‘hilarious big hats’ (Olive) play some classic brass band tunes such as a ‘spoon full of sugar’ and ‘downtown’. Alas, Charlie was not lured by their unorthodox charm to give us a wave from the window. The girls seemed a little confused by the whole proceeding (aren’t we all…), but had fun being near the palace and a great atmosphere.
      After a quick lunch we headed to a shop (Hamley’s) declaring itself to be the best toy shop on the world. 7 stories of toys. SEVEN. Including a dungeon like Harry Potter section (me, pretending to be there for the kids), and a host of workers demonstrating highly over priced but extremely child luring toys (think Costco demonstrations, but with a lot more yelling and squealing). Suffice to say the girls had a BALL, and we felt like we were hit by a bus (full of toys) by the end.
      We explored Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester square (loved so much about these quirky little streets, BEAUTIFUL buildings and sheik Londoners dressed in tailored clothing).
      Finished the day with a very culturally significant landmark; The M&M shop- including the worlds biggest wall of chocolate. You could even have your face printed on M&Ms (Kay- Nick and I thought his face on a bag of m&ms would be a great present for you 😉)
      The watch says nearly 25000 steps, and the girls have passed out (hopefully for the night).
      Hope tomorrow brings more adventures!      Read more

    • TravelerIngolds in Europe
      Day 4

      Kings and Queens

      February 21, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      4:45am wake up. Slightly better than yesterday… 🥴. Today was a BIG day. We started at Westminster Abbey. Over 3 hours later we walked out of there, more richer in knowledge and humbler in life. It really was inspiring to be in the same space as so many people who have changed the course of the world over the years. Thinkers and leaders, adventurers and poets, and importantly, the scientists recognised for their contributions to humanity. All in a big melting pot of amazing architecture, fascinating history and those who have inspired the world. The girls actually really enjoyed it and learnt a bucketload (Audrey learnt Roman numerals today… teachers will be happy some work is being done 😉) . I actually got a bit emotional showing the girls The resting place of Isaac Newton. The thought of sharing a space with a mind so significant in history and being able to share that with the girls (My dad gifted one of his treasured science books to the girls last year, with Newton being their favourite) was pretty special. I think the girls got to see a bigger picture of the world today; and how individuals can impact the world. Highly recommend- 10/10, 5 ⭐️!!
      With all that learning, the girls were STARVING (🙄) so we headed to the Borough markets. Ah-mazing place to feast your eyes (and your bellies) on food and produce from local sellers. Total hit. We ate too much (not really… Nicks legs are hollow) and had a fabulous time roaming through the markets. Olive found her happy place (cheese corner of the markets) and her dimples got her waaaay more samples than a 7 year old really needs.
      A stroll back along the Thames towards home, spotting some famous bridges (London bridge= super underwhelming; the millennial bridge way more appealing due to its presence in a Harry Potter film 😜).
      Past Shakespeare’s theatre, along to the bottom of the eye near our hotel. London is very quirky, which we didn’t anticipate- the girls joined in a random dance party on the bank of the Thames, after a ride on the worlds most speediest merry go round (it was like the guy operating it had fiddled with the controls and put it on the ‘make kids hurl’ setting. I suppose it must be a pretty tiresome job… good to shake things up a bit 😉
      Big day. Lots of learning, lots of eating, lots of random dancing in the park! Will
      Post more pics on another footprint.      Read more

    • TravelerIngolds in Europe
      1
      Day 5

      The world is a museum

      February 22, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      We woke up (in the 6’s!!!!) to what I’d always imagined a typical cold London winter morning to look like. I think it’s fair to say that London might be even more magical with its stone architecture swamped by thick fog and the threat of rain hanging in the air. I say MIGHT, but my cheeks that started to grow icicles on them would probably disagree. Even Nick was a tad cold by night, and the worlds hottest kid (Audrey) finally put her Kathmandu on.
      So we decided to have an indoor day going to the Natural history museum and the science museum in Kensington. It turned out to be a really fantastic day- the kids were engrossed in so much of it (as were we larger humans)- the dinosaur 🦕 fossils were fab, and the taxidermy and Charles Darwin specimen collection had us having unexpired conversations about the logistics of taxidermy 🥴
      ‘This Charles guy’ (Olive), ‘he was the scientist in the wheelchair right mum?’ … no sweetheart… that was Steven Hawking (so maybe not everrrrrrything they learn is sinking in! The museum is a gorgeous gorgeous building that made us feel like we were roaming the corridors of Hogwarts.
      The girls have actually told me I have to stop saying ‘look at that beautiful building’ and ‘ohh I love this architecture’, because they are right, it makes me sound like a twerp 😜
      We wandered next door to the National
      Science museum (another amazingly gorgeous building 🙊) where the kids spent hours in the interactive part of the museum. Hands on science fun- interactive chemistry lesson with potions, physics with fire and explosions, slides to test gravity… Nick and I were in our nerdy happy place- and it seems it might have rubbed off a little on our kiddies.
      Kudos to the Britts- both museums were free (with tap and go stations encouraging donations everywhere- good on them!)
      It was the perfect way to spend a wet London day.
      … and the teachers should be happy…. Much learning had 👍🏻      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    South Bank, Jižní nábřeží, ساوت بانک, סאות בנק, サウス・バンク, 사우스뱅크, Саут-Банк, ساوتھبینک، لندن, 南岸

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