First week of March

We returned from Prague and Amanda's parents were in town.  This meant we were planning for serious touring!  We weren't disappointed.

Thursday, March 1st.  We travelled to where Dick and Tish were staying and went to the Tower of London.  We got the Yeoman's Warder tour, viewed the Crown Jewels, and poked around a bit before lunch.  Here are some pictures:

In the afternoon, we went to Shakespeare's Globe.  The walk took us over the Millennium Bridge (see above picture).  This may be better known to Americans as the bridge the Death Eaters blew up in the beginning of Harry Potter 6.  The theatre at the globe was closed, but we got to tour the museum, and that was fascinating.  There were two demonstrations - one on clothing on one on how the books would have been printed.  Both included our children, and kept them happy.  The self-guided audio phone tour (phone-type-thing) also were a hit with our kids.  More pictures:

Friday and Saturday - not too much - the kids caught up on homework, Amanda and I caught up on work, and Amanda's parents did some kid-free touring.

Sunday - A trip out to Windsor to see Windsor Castle.  It was raining, cold, and windy, so outdoors the camera wasn't out.  Indoors - no photos allowed, so ...

Monday - A morning trip to St. Paul's Cathedral.  In the afternoon, we brought the kids back home to rest a bit.  At night - a trip to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner followed by going to Les Miserables.  The kids all loved Les Mis - Jacob saying it was "better than the Lion King", with Allison and Zeke enjoying it too.  (Zeke loved everything except the scary girl who sings "Master of the House".

Tuesday - I was busy with work, but Amanda and the kids went to Hamley's with Dick and Tish.  Our family then came back here while they did some non-kid tours.

Wednesday, March 7 - We went to a local pub for a lunch, then went to Wicked as a family.  Amanda and I saw that just about a month ago.  I was skeptical about how much I'd enjoy it the 2nd time, but it was still really good.  Like Les Mis - the music is good enough that seeing it more than once is OK.  Allison thought it was the best musical she'd ever seen - so did Zeke.  Jacob liked it too (although he thinks Les Mis is better).

More later ...