London part 2

The girls and I arrived a Victoria Station on a mission. First some lunch then we were going to be hopping on and off a double decker bus. The girls were thrilled to find a MacDonald's around the corner. I feel like I'm making a confession when I say that! Anyways, after a fantastic lunch we stumbled across the ticket sellers for the buses. They made it very easy for us to pay them, after that things got a little complicated. Finally we found the bus route, and then the correct bus, who knew it could be complicated even in our native tongue! I must say they do a great job we saw it all. We only hopped off once and that was at the National Gallery, it was fantastic. Shannon did an audio tour and Olivia picked a few different paintings that really spoke to her and sketched. I had dreams of this when we toured the art galleries in France when Shannie was a baby!

Pause... Olivia just barfed on the bed. Seriously, she ate lunch, then lay on the bed with her head hanging over the edge and then sat up to barf on the bed!!!! I sometimes think that I am being tested. THEN she used her only clean sweatshirt to clean her foot up!!!So I've just yelled at a kid who was just barfing. Very nice! I'm sure there's a mothering award for that! Can you sponsor me for Mother with the least patience 2009?

Back to London... I don't know if this has got any press over there but there is this human art exhibit going on just outside the National Gallery, every hour on the hour for an hour a person is lifted onto a pilth(their word not mine) and they do whatever for an hour. It is going on for 100 days. We say 3 different people, none of them doing anything interesting but still kinda cool to be there to witness it.

While we were on the tour the skies opened up over London and the heavens drained! It was so bad that both the underground and the railway stations flooded. Needless to say my plan to catch a cab was dashed and we ended walking a fair distance getting back to the hotel about 2 hours late.

We had dinner at the hotel because the girls were shattered, all three girls! As luck would have it there was some great deal and the kids ate for free and Bruce and I each scored a free glass of wine. If I speak of the price of things alot in London it's because it has got to be the most expensive city in the history of the world.

The next day, yesterday was pretty much spent in transit, first the subway, then the train, then the car.

Reims is a really nice little town we spent yesterday afternoon and today discovering it and taking lots of pics. Bruce is working today and out for a dinner! Yikes, can you say long day with the girls?!?!!