London

We have just spent 4 nights in the big smoke and have had a fabulous time

We wanted to show our girls some of the sights of our beautiful, historic capital - and show them we did.
We stayed in a hotel in Docklands, right on the river, one of the highlights for all of us was having to catch a little ferry over the river each morning and evening.
We have planned this trip as a family for several months planning which sights we most wanted to see, so of course a must was a hop on hop off trip on an open topped bus - or if you are 6, a bus without a lid!
This was a great way to see the city, I even managed to climb all 311 steps of the monument at Pudding Lane  (I did need the aid of an oxygen mask and had to be airlifted down - only joking!!)
Another must see, have a go on, was the London Eye.  We all loved this and the experience was made even better by Elvis!  I kid you not Elvis was alive and kicking at the London eye - he is now about 25 and black but he was fab and got us into a pod with just 2 other people.  Who says people in London are not friendly?  I don't, we met a few really warm and generous people who made our visit really special.

Each night we arrived back at our hotel happy, tired and in need of a shower and a large of glass of something red!  I got to see China Town and Brick Lane and have plans to do an adult trip to see lots of other places that would not interest either my husband or 6 year old!  A great start to the summer hols and a trip that we will all remember for a very long time.