We forget sometime that we are country bumpkins. We live in a smallish town that borders the Cotswolds and although we are surrounded by hills and fields and quaint little villages, it is only when we go to a city that we realize how rural where we live really is.
Last weekend, we went to London for the weekend; a bit of a treat for half term. It was a lovely couple of days, but I think we are always slightly shell shocked by the pace of life in the city. From the minute you get off the train, everything moves so quickly, nothing and nobody seems to stop to take a breath.
I seemed to spend the whole time telling the children to keep moving, hurry up or move out of the way. But in spite of that we had an amazing time seeing the sights. We decided to do the tourist thing for their benefit and they loved it.
We bought a family ticket for one of the hop on hop off bus tours which included a boat trip and the boys were fascinated by the whole thing.
They have picked up lots of unusual facts about the city from the tour guides and it is lovely to see how the trip has made such an impact on them and the boys in particular are keen to go back to school to tell their teachers and friends all about the weekend.
It was a lovely weekend, but it was nice to come home to the slower paced life in the ‘country’.
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Fantastic photos! Glad you all had such a good time. We love a visit to London 🙂
My two are desperate for the trip to London and I know I am going to have to be so well planned – military operation style. I also like your comparison of life – we are looking ahead to where we might move to, I fancy a lg village south of a big city near here but the OH wants the fancy town life of a rather touristy expensive city nearby!! The battle continues 😉 Love the pics x
What lovely weather you had while you were there! My kids love visiting London too, but you’re right, planning is required!
wow i would love to do this trip with the kids. looks like you had an amazing time x
We haven’t done the hop on hop off bus with bob yet. I’m sure she’ll love it as she loves buses. Lovely photos! The one of the London Eye is brilliant! x
Sometimes we get so used to where we live we forget how special it is. I’m always complaining about london – mainly the busyness! I see big ben and the london eye out of the window at work, and at first I was like ‘this view is amazing’ and now I’m like ‘meh, boring.’ It’s nice to see it through the eyes of others sometimes 🙂 Glad you all enjoyed your trip – have you been to the museums yet? The science museum is amazing for children of all ages! xx
I love, love, love the city …. providing I can come home to the countryside after a couple of days. You’re right the pace can be immense and you’re almost swept up in the whirlwind. London is such a cool city though. I’ve not been for a couple of years and I miss it.
Lovely photos! I love London, lived there for nearly ten years, and I love going back to visit. Haven’t been for ages, would love to take the kids! Glad you had such a good weekend 🙂
awesome pics! you got up to a lot in half term!!
Glad you had a great weekend – and no trip to London would have been complete without a visit to M&M World 🙂
Looks like they had a fab time in the big city. I find London quite a contrast for me too even though I’m used to city life.
It is lovely to visit the big smoke and I can see how much fun you had being tourists, but, like you we find that it’s lovely for a few days but great to get home to the country. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
Great to have the best of both worlds!
Such a beautiful place for getting outdoors in 😉
Love your photos!! xx