Just returned from this fair city.
Don't you love this paper cut print by famille summerbelle. Available here http://www.famillesummerbelle.com in prints (which I have) of both London and Paris. I also see that they now also have laser cut versions which must look exactly like the originals. Awesome. A very talented artist.
We had a great time in England, visiting family, friends and both old and new places...
Some of the new things (all highly recommended) were
- seeing tower bridge with its Olympic rings on and doing a tour of it with great views of London both up and downstream
- St Paul's cathedral tour with iPods ( which greatly engaged my "not another cathedral" 9 yr old son)
- general wondering around the south bank of the Thames from the wobbly millenium bridge to Tower bridge. So much more accessible and much closer together than you would think looking at a map
- science museum, V&A, and museum of London. The launch pad area in the science museum was loved by the kids!
- Warwick castle which is a fantastic castle to visit. Brilliantly done. http://www.warwick-castle.com
- foxton locks which have an staircase of 10 locks which were really interesting to see barges going up and down and not an everyday sight for us! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxton_Locks
- tree top aerial adventure (kids only) http://www.aerialextreme.co.uk/page/milton-keynes
- doing a "spy mission" in Milton Keynes (not just kids and I do have the bruises to prove it... Not sure I have what it takes to be a spy!! But I zip wired out of the "helicopter" with the rest of them and made my way across a laser filled room... So very nearly like Catherine zeta jones!!) http://spymissions.co.uk/home.html
- fish nibbling feet (kids only)
- Althorp stately home and childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales http://www.althorp.com
Not quite a typical list of uk must do tourist attractions, but after 25 years living and working in London and the uk and many return trips from Aus there are still so many things we want to do next time....
I love London and England! And the bunting everywhere this time (jubilee/ wimbledon/ olympic fever) made me feel very nostalgic for the country I grew up in. But I do call Australia home and am so very fortunate to feel home here and there...
Do you have a favourite London highlight?
