2017-01-06 Our UK Tour - Part 2: London

We got dropped off by Grandma and Grandpa with all our luggage for London, Amsterdam and France - we don't travel light!

We got to London, and then took the Underground to Caledonian Road where Toby's place was - he wasn't expecting us unfortunately, and we caught him by surprise. We moved into our room, and then headed out to town. Lucky we could use our credit cards on the trains!

London was not quite the same as we remember, and it was soooo crowded. We also missed Winter Wonderland, and it was pretty dreary the whole time we were there.

Highlights:

1. Mexican with Lizzie, Nick and Bella
2. Poker with Toby
3. Walking along Embankment
4. Dumplings
5. M & Ms London store
6. Shopping in Primark

We still can't believe we paid sooo much money for some disgusting pies in the train station - how disappointing!

We left our luggage at the train station just before leaving to catch the boat to Amsterdam. It was all a new experience for us catching the channel ferry, and it was soooo cold walking out on deck! It was so fun though, apart from waking up in the morning with the cheesy wake up call...

Next stop - Amsterdam!

2017-01-03 Our UK Tour - Part 1: Perth To Leicester / Our Second Christmas

It was amazing to be finally back in England after 3 years!

Bob picked us up from Manchester with some snacks, but we could not help ourselves and bought a load more Walkers and chocolates! England do junk food really well!

It took forever to get home - the traffic was awful, it was sunny but the freezing fog held things up - it took us around 3 hours on top of our plane journey. But we didn't mind, as we were finally back.

We all went to Lowbarn, and it was lovely to see everyone - Sue, Arthur, Lizzie and Bella. Grandad Brian arrived a bit later, and we all had a lovely dinner together and gave out a lot of presents - it was so nice!

Highlights:

• Bella! And Lizzie and Nick of course!
• All the Grand folk!
• Shopping at Fosse Park
• Run on New Years Day - Rox and Daddy
• Seeing Leicester play Saracens at rugby with Paish, Daddy and Nick! Very cold!
• Rox and Paish staying in the usual attic room - they loved it!
• Sitting round the table with everyone at meal time
• Red Leicester cheese!
• Dancing away on New Years Eve!
• Staying the night at Lutterworth - we didn't go for a night time walk in the end...
• Feeling cold again
• Saying hello to Desmond

Rally nice to see Grandma Sik again, and she was unable to join us for any activities. We went to visit here a number of times though which she liked.

It was soo much fun, and wish we could stay for longer! Next - London!