London continued

Oh where to start? The past few days have been incredible! 

Apart from me trying to get over a nasty virus and having to sacrifice one of my days out for a day in bed while the others galavanted through the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum, it has been so much fun being here! Getting used to navigating on the Tube, walking the unbelievably crowded streets and squares (Covent Garden, Picadilly Circus, sigh!), riding around on a double decker bus, wandering through the National Museum and seeing some AMAZING works of art in real life!!

So, to start off, we went one night and saw Billy Elliot, the Musical. WONDERFUL! 

What a great show. Really, if you go to London, see this show. Amazing artistry! That, and I'm happy to report that there are not nearly as many women who need to pee at intermission as back home. Thank you, London. 

Of note, we have discovered a rather interesting personality trait in our middle daughter. London, in all it's bustle and excitement, seems to have brought out in her a new energy, a confidence, and a desire for independence. While I love those things, I have to admit that in a city this busy and complicated, it freaks me out a bit. For one, drivers in this country are NOT friendly to pedestrians! And having a kid who wants to walk out by themselves into the street does not go hand in hand! She wants to walk ahead of us in the street, stand by herself on the tube (including dancing, dancing, dancing around the poles!), and seems to be itching to walk the streets of London without us! (Slow down, kid. You've got a few more years before we'll allow that...)

Also, her "tube dancing" has led her to decide she'd like to take ballet next year. :)

The streets of London:

We wandered the streets and different areas today and found many an interesting performance, and many an interesting shop. I can now refer any of my friends who are needing more friends to this place: 

...and that Chinatown is a great place for a lunge....

...and that St Martin's in the Field is a great place for a seductive pose...

...and that one day I wouldn't mind going to a pub that has golden cherubs on it.

Overall, it has been an amazing time in London! As you can see, at the end of today, many of us were tuckered!

We are having a BLAST.

Tomorrow, we set sail on an overnight ferry from Harwich, UK to the Hook of Holland! Stay tuned for a week of antics in the Netherlands, my friends! Yahooooo!