London Eye

We decided to take Sydney to London one last time before she heads back to the states for school. And we did a very touristy thing by going to the London Eye. It's a really, really, large ferris wheel which it's size is unmatched by anything I could ever describe to you.

 

You can tell my family is trilled,  that I take so many pictures of almost the same thing.

We bought our tickets ahead of time on base and saved ourselves about an hours wait. There is an area to buy tickets inside a building near the eye and your ticket comes with a short IMAX type movie all about the eye. We decided to watch it and maybe get our moneys worth.
Then we went outside and got in line for our turn. The line was only about 20 mins and eye never stops, but it is goes slow enough for one to board while it's still moving.

The view is amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well the London Eye is officially checked off the bucket list. I'm glad that we did it but I probably wouldn't pay to do it again.

After we left the eye we headed toward Hyde Park and went into the Natural History Museum. It was such a warm day that we thought it would be nice to get out the of heat. That was a big mistake because it was even hotter inside. This building didn't have air conditioning and we managed to hang around for about 45 minutes before we called a day and promised to take Brody back another time.

This is the Natural History Museum, it was really beautiful inside and out.

My family hates waiting in line for anything. Honestly the line was short and we only waited about 10 minutes before we made it inside.

 

I think this was Brody's favorite day in London because he loves dinosaurs so much. I can't wait to take him back when it's not so hot and we can really enjoy it.

 

Finally, we jumped back on the Tube and headed for home. It was a great day and we will have to wait several months before we are together again in this city.

 

 

 

Museum trip that didn't happen

The thing you have to remember about Sundays, everything is either closed, or opens late and closes early. Our family is used to just getting up an hitting the road for adventure but that doesn't always work in this country.

I thought it would be nice to head over to Cambridge, and maybe go to the Fitzwilliam museum and maybe tour Kings College but it just didn't work out. The museum was not open until later in the day and we ended up just walking around Cambridge and enjoying the day away from home.

 

I absolutely love this city, the school are beautiful and there is so much history behind these walls.

Cambridge is a big city but nearly all the schools are located in a relatively small area. Which makes it an ideal place to visit. We only live about 30 mins away and I know we will make it back to tour some colleges and the Fitzwilliam museum.

Luckily the market was wonderful as always and we ended the day with some Belgium waffles.

We also went to one of our favorite malls and some musicians were outside playing music in the street.

 

Getting the last bit in.

In a few more weeks things will never be the same again. My kids will be separated and they won't see each other on a daily basis. So these next few weeks we are going to try and get the very last bit of family time we can.

This pretty girl is off to college soon and our house will never be the same again.

We visited the Abbey gardens in Bury St Edmunds. I love coming here, it's so pretty and peaceful.

Perhaps one day, I'll come on a Sunday and attend mass.

We forgot to bring bread for the ducks but they still came close, to check us out.

 

 Trying not to cry when I think of them being separated for several months at a time.

 I love coming to Bury on the weekends, it's when I really feel like we are living in an England. There are so many shops and things to try at the market.