LONDON WEEKEND

I have 20 minutes before we have to go get Abby from school so I will give you the condensed version of our weekend past. IT WAS WONDERFUL ! Freaking cold on Saturday, not as bad yesterday and today is just beautiful! Saturday we left Windsor by train and it was COLD, windy and nasty, nasty, nasty ! We all had on 2 and 3 layers of clothes with hats, gloves and scarves and it was still cold. Then we got into the train and roasted! WE got into London and took the tube to the London Eye where Ger and I had been this past summer. Roman had never seen anything like it so he just stood with his mouth open staring at this huge Ferris wheel. We walked over to a place on the Thames for lunch and a warm up before walking along the river to the London Aquarium. When we first went in it was mobbed with families but as we progressed through it the crowds did thin out. Unfortunately there was no place to check our back packs and coats so we had to drag them with us. We were all glad we had packed for our overnight in back packs because there were any number of people walking through the aquarium pulling suitcases. What a pain that was bumping into them at every turn. We spent well over 2 hours there and even got to walk over the sharks who were swimming in a tank beneath us. The kids were hesitant at first to walk across the Plexiglas floor but once they tried it we had to go round for a second trip. From there we ventured back out into the cold for a ride on the Eye. Thankfully the lines moved quickly and it was nice and toasty in the Eye itself. Roman was nervous about this whole venture but he just went along with the crowd and had a great time. The greatest fun of the whole ride to view London from the air was a rousing game of "I Spy" between Abby, Roman and Grandma that got a bit out of control so that Bridget had to ask us to quiet it down a bit. I think the other riders were quite jealous of us because they couldn't spy the things we were picking out! Once we were off the Eye we made a bee line for the hotel because by now the sun was going down and it was REALLY COLD! Back onto the subway, (oops- Tube) and a short walk to the Travel Lodge Hotel. It was so good to take the back pack off and relax those tired feet.
Sunday we packed up and went to Westminster Abbey for church. (I will be burning in hell as this is the Church of England and not the Catholic church) but is was lovely service and it did  give us the opportunity to see this magnificent structure. Did you know that Charles Darwin and Isac Newton are buried there?
From there we were off to the Royal Albert Hall for Cirque de Soile after a quick lunch at a small pub. The theatre was HUGE and just amazing. A theatre fit for a queen. The show itself was fantastic! This particular show is called "TOTEM" with a theme of Earth and Native American Indians. The costumes, stage sets and acrobatics are just wonderful. At one point we looked over at Roman and he was sitting forward in his seat with his mouth open, glued to the scenes below.
The entire weekend was one great thing after another.  We all came home bone tired and happy happy happy. Everyone slept great and went off to spend the day doing our own thing. Ger and I walked into town for lunch and a little shopping before we head back to the states on Wednesday. The kids went to school and then we baby sat tonight while Kyle and Bridget went for their evening in Buckingham Palace. It is almost 10 PM and they still aren't home so I guess you will have to wait to hear about that adventure.