A Pleasant Day

Today we decided to go into town to have afternoon tea with on of my mums friends from school. We went into town at about 12:30 after a trip to Waitrose (Coles but 10 times better) and had a nice lunch of salad and bread.

Afterwards we headed into town where we looked in a few shops the went to see my mums friend. Afternoon tea was amazing, I had an amazing mini cake and hot chocolate. My mums friend is an interviewer and she has interviewed Daniel Radcliffe, David Williams and Bill Clinton just to name a few!!

After an amazing afternoon tea we headed back home on the Subway.

Back to London

Today we are heading back to London after an amazing stay in Oxford. We had a lovely breakfast and I had some very tasty pancakes which Zac ended up ordering after I got them.

After breakfast, we caught our first bus ride to the main bus ride. The man bus ride was two hours so we bought some lunch in advance. After the two hours of bus riding, we ended up at a train station where we caught two trains to get back to Greenwich.

Getting back was a relief and we all went to bed early that night!!

The Bodlyeian Library

Do you know the library that Harry Potter is set in? Meet the Bodlyeian Library.

At around mid-day, we went on a tour that would show us around. They told us that back in the day, they used chains to make sure nobody stole the books. Apparently at one stage they were worth their weight in gold! Now, they are cheap, and we get them easily.

Through out the tour, they told us they now get a copy of every book and magazine published in the English language. They built a 250 kilometre shelving place and it’s is already half full! Imagine the amount of books they have!!

Later mum and I went shopping at H&M, paperchase, and many other stores. We managed to get a nice top and shorts for me and also some shorts for mum who forgot to bring many of hers and only has two! After a while we got sore feet from all that walking and decided to go home.

The City of Spires

This morning we left the house at about 8:30 after having grapefruit and toast (separately) so we could walk to the train station. After buying our tickets, we boarded our first train to Oxford. After about 10 minutes we boarded another train, and then afterwards a bus which we spent an hour on.

After getting off, we walked for a while until we reached our English aunts house, who had kindly taken a few days off work to show us around Oxford. It was nice to see her and her son was also there.

After a nice lunch she took us the Westgate (the new shopping complex) where we were able to look around this amazing place. If you go up to the top, there are gardens and it is really amazing to be able to look over Oxford. They call it the city of spires because there are so many (can you guess?), spires!

We came home later to see our air BNB house that we were staying in. We later found out that the owner is an author and we have a book by her! The house was okay but the bed my parents are sleeping in has half sunken in and they left the fridge full of half eaten food (we are not touching it). Otherwise it is nice!

We left the house alter so we could have a barbecue at our aunts house. Their oldest son was cooking it and it was very good.

Seeing our Grandparents

Today we took a boat across to the London eye (we didn’t actually go on it) so we could meet our grandparents for brunch. We all enjoyed it and I even tried dragonfruit lemonade (it was really good)!

Afterwards we walked to the nearby aquarium and we saw lots of colourful fish! My favourite type of fish were the tang fish as they were all brightly coloured. We also saw Dory and anemic. When we we nearing the end, there was an announcement saying: “Mr. Fish please report to the telephone”. We all found it strange but carried on looking around until a fire alarm sounded. We all think that Mr. Fish please report to the telephone is a code. In the end it was a false alarm and we founded out that it had happened four times in the last four to five months. I think they need to get some new alarms!

We later found out that the whole building (the aquarium is only a small part of it)was evacuated and we were having high tea there! We rung up and they said we could still go, so we set off back to the building we had just exited from.

High tea was amazing! We had savoury and sweet scones with things to spread on top, three types of sandwiches, a small quiche each, a bun with a delicious mixture in it, a macaroon, a mini cake with a meringue on top and so many more amazing things. We also all had a pot of tea each and I had cinnamon chai which was AMAZING!

After our stomachs were full we left to catch our boat home, we have had a great day!

A Hot Day

Today we have had a chilled day as we were still getting over jet lag. We stayed at home most of the day as Zac and I only woke up (well, got woken up) as 9:30am!

We had a nice lunch of dips, bread, a salad and cheeses, ham and smoked salmon! We then went out for a walk at their local park and I had a really fun time climbing trees!

When we returned to where we were staying it was 5:30pm though it felt more like 1:00pm!

We has sausages and chicken for dinner with a salad and it was really good!

Away we go to London!

Today we have flown from Orlando to London. It was said to be about eight and a half hours but the flight was delayed so we were two hours late. Zac and I got to go into the cockpit. There were so many buttons and the pilots said that it took them six weeks to understand them all.

When we arrived in a London (two hours late) our taxi driver wasn’t there so we spent another half an hour trying (and failing) to get in contact with him. We then just decided to book a taxi and get them to take us.

Now we are in London and going out to dinner in a few hours. I am really tired and am sure that I will sleep well tonight!

Our Last Day in the Theme Parks

Today is our last day that we can access the theme parks. It is really sad as we have all enjoyed our time here. It was amazing going through all the different lands and especially in Diagon Alley, we were able to experience what we see in the movies!

My favourite part was getting to go into all the shops and exploring them. I ended up buying one Hogwarts notebook, a Harry Potter Keyring and these metal puzzles! We all had the best time!

Later we went down for a swim in the swimming pool. It was really fun as we could spend as long as we wanted in the water. It was really warm to swim in and it was also massive!

More Fun in the Park

Today we went to the theme parks again! We discovered some new rides and explored more places that we hadn’t before. Some of the rides we tried were really good but some were really bad. We found that the best rides were always the Harry Potter ones because there’s wasn’t just a ride, there was a walk to get to it. Sometimes talking paintings or holograms. It was soooo cool!

When we came back to the hotel I had a really bad headache as I had been on so many rollercoasters and many times my head had been suddenly jolted forward or back!

Universal Studios

We are at Universal Studios! It is so amazing here, we have been to Diagon Alley, Hogsmede, the Land of Dr. Seuss and so many other places just today! I can’t wait for tomorrow!

When we arrived off the plane, I was really tired and we went strait to bed, the next morning we got up at six just to get ready and move to our hotel at Universal Studios, then we has a wonderful breakfast.

We had fast passes and these were really good as we skipped all the lines! They were definitely worth the extra money!! 😃 Zac and I went on the two major roller coasters and they were awesome! We really enjoyed them.