Hurry and Do All the Things We Have Been Meaning to Do Before We Leave...

The clock is ticking and it is time for the family to see some of the sites that we haven't collectively ticked off our London sight seeing box yet.  

St. Paul's Cathedral

No pictures were allowed inside but here are a couple I found online to give you an idea of how beautiful the church is.  We walked the 259 steps to the Whispering Gallery which runs around the interior of the Dome about 1/2 way to the top.  It gets names from a quirk in the construction which makes a whisper against its walls audible on the opposite side.  We tried it, it worked and it was cool.

The Whispering Gallery is within this circle inside the dome. 

Next was the London Eye.  Each pod fits about twenty people and the trip lasts 20 minutes. 

Great views of London.

 St. Paul's Cathedral

 Big Ben and Parliament

 Trafalgar Square

 The Shard

On Good Friday the boys and I took the train back into London for some shopping (me - Brooks Brothers, them - Hamley's Toy Store), lunch (5 Guys Burgers) and more sight seeing (Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum for the Star Wars exhibit).

Carnaby Street 

Lego Queen (Happy 90th Your Majesty)

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The museum was absolutely packed.If you ever find yourself in London on Good Friday avoid Madam Tussaud's museum.

Before Star Wars, we walked through some of the other exhibits. The boys wanted a picture with almost every wax figure. 

Tom Hanks

 Charlie Chaplain

Henry & Oliver love the wax figures, even when they have no idea who they are standing with. I'm not sure what Henry is doing here. 

 Yippee Ki Yay

 Note, Oliver buttoned his own shirt. 

Usain Bolt 

Pele

Henry the VIII

I can't remember who this was but the boys seemed quite scared. King Arthur maybe?

Princess Di

 The Royal Family.  Quite a dodgy Prince Charles in my opinion.

Van Gogh.

Einstein

Sir Isaac Newton

Picasso. One of Henry's favourite artists 

Spider-man.  Oliver's favourite spider

 Now on to the Star Wars exhibit. 

Piloting the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca

A great day with the boys in the city.

P.S.  Here is Henry showing what we learned in a battle with our neighbors Olivia and Sophia