20th February 2011

Phil had been talking about going to London on the train to the Sealife Aquarium and Madam Tussauds.

We got up and Phil checked the train times, which was good as all the trains from Princess Risborough to Marylebone were not running due to them working on the line. Great so what do we do now?

Polly and Alfie were looking forward to going so we drove Amersham train station and got a tube direct into Baker Street on the Metropolitan line, we then changed to the Jubilee line which took us to Waterloo which is were we got off and walked to Sealife which is situated on the River Thames right next to the London Eye.

On the way there were lots of the street entertainers along the walkway. They are all so good but how can you stand still for that long without fall over? Polly and Alfie were not sure what to make of them as they were like statues until you put some money into their pot and they started moving which to start with Polly found a bit strange and would not have her photo taken with them.

 I wonder how much money they actual make standing there in the freezing cold weather?

The kids loved the aquarium, the best bit was the shark walk were you walk over a glass window which looks down onto the shark tank, so you could see them swimming around below, Alfie was fasinated with it Polly was a little unsure about walking over the glass but was ok when holding Phils had.

We left Sealife and as the weather was not great, it was cold and it was raining a little there was no queue for the London Eye so we decided to have a ride on that also, which was amazing, could not see much of London due to it being very misty, we will have to come back in the summer when you can see for miles, but it was good and the kids had fun waving to the pods below and watching the boats up and down the river.

By the time we got off the London Eye it was gone 4.15pm so we made our way back to Baker Street for some tea before we went home. We were going to leave Madam Tussauds for another day but again there was not queue so we decided to go in and have alook around.

They have changed it alot since i last visited which was about 10 years ago, it was great as you could actual get to stand by the famous figures and have your photo taken with them. Polly was not sure as they looked very realistic and she thought they would start moving like the street entertainers did. But she soon got used to them and then wanted her photo with everybody from Miley Cyrus to David Beckham!

Kids wanted a McDonalds before coming home so we had some tea then went to Baker Street train station to wait for the next train direct to Amersham which was 6.41pm.

The train we got on was a quick one which did not stop at every stop so we got back to Amersham at 7.30 then home for 8.10pm. Alfie got a bit peckish on the train and eat a Double Choco Muffin from McDonalds bit a little to big for him to handle!