Sunday, October 03, 2010

Ross & Joan hit the Big Smoke

It took a while, but we finally managed to get Mum and Dad/Joan & Ross over to visit the big smoke.

Our first day tour of London managed to take in quite a few of the sights:
Wandering down the river towards Tower Bridge and the Tower of London
A boat trip down the Thames to Westminster
A quick stroll under Big Ben, down Whitehall, through Trafalgar Square, and then through Leicester Square where we stopped in Chinatown for some yummy yum char.
We also managed to squeeze in a trip to the National Portrait Gallery for the Portrait Prize.


Mum and Dad amused themselves during the week with a day tour to Oxford and the Cotswolds, the Imperial War Museum, the Tower of London and Design Museum.
On Friday we celebrated Dad's 65th birthday with a great night out at the Wimbledon Dogs:

The birthday celebrations continued on Saturday with a quick trip to Borough Market, and then on to a football match (Fulham v Everton at Craven Cottage). We finished the night off at Jersey Boys - a fantastic show which had everyone up and dancing by the end of it.


Sunday was rainy and miserable, but we did a quick drive and walk around Richmond Park and then finished off the day with a (slightly disappointing) tour of Wimbledon.

Ross hanging out on centre court and Joan trying to take shelter from the rain with her Wimbledon gift shop bag:

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