London!

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

Since Santa brought tickets to Harry Potter World a trip to London was in order.  Travelling with 12 people isn't simple but we pulled it off splendidly. But really could they put a few more people in immigration in London?

To say we had hungry people when we got to the hotel would be an understatement.  There was a pizza and wings place across the street - immediately sold, no time to look for anything else! The beer flights didn't hurt.

We walked over to the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park. It was a Christmas market and a carnival, fun to be had. It was really cold though.  So after some treats and a ride on the dodgems it was time to head back. Not many photos taken - except of Jack, back on Dom's shoulders.

After we got the kids settled and our kids babysitting their cousins Todd, Abby, Steve and I headed out to meet our friends Lana and Marc. Favorites from Munich who happen to be living in London. So great to catch up with them for the evening!

Missy & Lana

The next was busy and fun. While the Mowinski group took a bus tour, we walked around the waterfront, toured the HMS Belfast and the Borough market.

AJ always finds a great photo op.

Afterwards we met the rest of our gang at the train station for Harry Potter Studio Tour.

The next day we spent the morning at the Natural History Museum. London is crazy crowded at this time of year. While it took forever to get in, the kids enjoyed the exhibits once there.

Spent the afternoon having tea with Granny while the boys swam and worked out, the girls think they win! Thanks Grandpa Teddy for the treat!

Best laid plans of the evening led to a only so-so dinner at a pub. We had the hotel make reservations for us at a supposedly great Fish and Chips restaurant called Seashell. However when we arrived they had "lost" our reservation. They were completely unwilling to help us, they wouldn't even call us a cab.

So we found a nearby pub and although the food wasn't what we expected we did have a super fun night! And really how awful could a mac and cheese burger with tater tots be?

Todd is psyched about a mac and cheese burger!

Steve, Granny, Missy, Grandpa Teddy, Todd, Abby

Dom, AJ, Rachel, Nathan, Stefanie 7 Jack

The kids created this fun drawing with a folded piece of paper They could only see the photo right above.