The Kids' Top Ten Lists

During our last days in London I asked the kids to write down their own "top ten" list of our trip.  Each list could be its own post but there was a fair amount of overlap, so I will combine them here.

1. Everybody included the London Eye as a favorite.  It is such a large landmark, they got used to spotting it while we were out. We thought of skipping a ride on this large ferris wheel, but one day while sight seeing, Austin & I surprised them with tickets to ride on it.  They were all so excited!

Your tickets are for a specific day and time, so we watched the weather forecast before choosing to get tickets - it would not be as fun during rain or fog. The glass pod/capsule holds maybe twenty people and takes 30 minutes to go around the circle.

The capsules are white metal and glass but there is one orange one. If you watch where the orange one is, you can mark time with it - thirty minutes around to the same spot.  Our capsule was next to the orange one.

2. Food - these are girls after my own heart!  They all included some kind of food on their lists. Some of my favorite sightseeing occurs during mealtimes. 

Fish and Chips

Lizzie - Randoms "gummies" We found these were nice to have on hand in a pinch.

Avery - fish and chips, bakery donuts, fresh bagels, hot chocolate

Abbie - "Drinks, fish and chips, cheese, crackers, cookies, everything! Grocery stores were cool!"

 Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Katie - included food as 4 different items on her list of 10! She loved fish and chips, Haagen Daz, Thornton's Toffee, and Pizza Express (kid's menu)

Pizza Express kid's toffee fudge sundae and bambinoccino

Katie and Abbie both had:
3. Regent's Street

 

All Lit up for the Holidays

 

They were excited about Lush

4. Harrod's

5. West End Shows

 

Katie & I went to Les Miserables. Abbie & Austin went to The Railway Children



Other items only on KATIE's list:
Phrases (Mind the Gap, Why not try..., wonky wheels, trolley park, cooking directions etc.)
Transportation - The Tube, double-decker buses, London cabs

Only on ABBIE's list:
Big Ben
Shops/Stores
TV Shows - they were there long enough to find favorites, "Copy Cats" & "Britain's Best Dish"
Afternoon Tea
Museums


Avery's List:
1. Our Park
2. Hamley's - (giant toy store)
3. Natural History Museum
4. Big Ben/Parliament
5. Collecting Train Tickets - (used train tickets)
6. "Down Days"
7. Fresh Bagels/Hot Chocolate

 Our typical backpack lunch included bagels or plait rolls

8. Scarves - (bought at Portobello Market)
9. The Crown Jewels
10. Tower Bridge

11. New Bedding - (she got new sheets on her bed when the cleaners came)

Lizzie's List:
1. Big Ben
2. "The Button" (on the bus - that one that we had to keep her from constantly pressing!)
3. Randoms or "gummies"
4. Chocolate