Part II: London and Paris

First, by special request, a photo showing my (and Marley's) entire outfits - including shoes:) Bonus: You get to see the back of Kristina's dress up close!

So, the day after the wedding, we left Cornwall and headed to London by train. We arrived in the late afternoon, ate dinner and then met up at the hotel with Tanya, Troy, and Jada (who had spent the first part of their trip in Brighton). The next day Jeff was really sick (we think food poisoning - Ick!*) so he hung around the hotel while the rest of us headed out for a boat ride along the Thames. You've already seen the photo of Mars with Big Ben in the background:) After the ride, we headed out in search of some children's museums. First up was the Natural History Museum. It would have been better for a little bit older kids, although on the plus side, it was free! Fine by me since Marley slept the entire time.

Here's Jada looking perplexed (and a little frightened) by the "womb room" - complete with a heart beat and a giant fetus! I thought it was cool.

After the NHM, we made our way over to the Science Museum. Since it was getting late, we headed straight to "The Garden", the very cool interactive exhibit for kids under 5. Marley and Jada loved touching all the different textures, making all sorts of sounds, crawling in various nooks and crannies, looking in the fun mirrors, and building towers with huge foam blocks.



But, by far, the most popular thing to do at "The Garden" was explore the water works. I highly recommend the Science Museum, if you ever find yourself in London with little kids - and it's free!

The next morning we took the Eurostar (the "Chunnel Train") to Paris. We didn't go to museums or even really try and see a lot of sites. We mostly just wandered around and enjoyed being in Paris.


The day we arrived was Bastille Day, so there was a celebratory mood in the air and we got to see fireworks.

We didn't actually go up the Eiffel Tower, but we were okay with that.


We loved our hotel, and its location. Jeff and I even got to go on a child-free date on the last night. (The weather was crazy that night! We were seated outside, but it suddenly started to hail, so we had to go in. Then the power went out! We eventually got our food, and the storm was over by the time we left.) Three nights was definitely not enough time in Paris. Oh well, looks like we'll have to go back!

Stay tuned for our final vacation episode, Part III: The Cote d'Azur.

*Jeff did eventually feel better and visited the British Museum. So, London wasn't a total loss for him.