Rock and Roll Soup: A week in the capital

Sunday 23 October 2011

A week in the capital

Soup and the family have just spent a marvellous few days in London seeing the sights with our friends James and Angela and their son Sam. Got there on the Monday by train and headed out for Trafalgar Square by tube train - I love travelling by tube, its like being in a teleporter, you go in at one place and a few mins later you emerge somewhere completely different!

Three Lions

Next day we hit the museums, exhibition row is a great place with the Natural History, Science and V&A museums all beside each other, they are huge! you would take days to see everything each has to offer so we decided:

Natural History - Dinosaurs
Science Museum - Space

Great displays in all the museums and the buildings are amazing also.

Natural History Museum

The gang getting ready to go dinosaur spotting

What an interior!!

Sandy finally gets to see a Vampire Bat!! - MOST impressed!

Joe and Buzz

Sandy and Buzz

Joe and a Saturn 5 rocket

After that we were walked out, onto the tube again, as good as a rollercoaster for us. In the evening, Joe and sandy stayed with sam and his parents and Mrs Soup and I clambered the tube again bound for Covent Gardens, a walk round the West End to see theatreland, a most impressive view of London at night from Waterloo Bridge and then a nice Italian meal and to bed!

Next day was all about sightseeing and we trawled around Westminster etc ending in James, Joe and I leaving the rest for a cruise down the Thames while we scuttled off to the Imperial War Museum where Joe declared that he thought it would be boring but actually it was fab!

Lounging in St James' park

Went to meet the Queen but she was on holiday in Australia

Boys on the Mall

Sunning it up

Happy!

Stunning views

Attention!

Sandy was really impressed

Under the 'Eye'

Rheichstag Eagle

Time for the big guns!

Even Bigger guns!!

The gang on the south Side

Last day was the big one for the boys and off we headed to Legoland, what a place!! Sandy did his first rollercoaster and giggled forever. Then he passed his legoland driving test, very chuffed.