Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Adventure with Three - Day 2 London

Free wi-fi at the hotel. It's 3 am here in London. All of them are asleep. I was up to give milk and thought I'll squeeze in a short update before I get back to sleep.

We started the day early with nice English breakfast. We then had a nice cool walk to the bustop, heading for Victoria. Itinery for the day was to go to Warner bros studio to see Harry Potter studio set! We were super excited! A bus was scheduled to pick us up at Victoria at 11 and bring us to Warner bros. We reached the bus meeting point early and spotted Victoria public library! So we went in and spend some wonderful time in there reading. We love the library:)

Irfan picked out a book about London and we read. Oh how apt! Shahid had time to crawl around and made friends with cute pair of twins! The only downside for the kids was they couldn't borrow any books:(

The Harry potter set was beyond imagination! It was super exciting for me and the kids too!!! To actually walked at the exact location and see how the movie was made was both educational and fascinating for the kids and me. they now know that it's a lot of hard work and ingenuity to produce a film. Irfan became harry potter for a minute had a go at the quidditch in the green room!

4 hours was not enough for us! We ended the trip with a nice hot chocolate and then we went to Harrods and then I went crazy!

Overall, I'd say we had a good day in London. For this trip, I did quite a lot of pre-trip "lesson" with the kids as I wanted it to be exciting, educational and meaningful for them too. So they left with a bit of background about the countries they will be visiting. I think
Irfan and Alisha are at a good age to be involved in making this trip more meaningful for themselves.

So now, on to another adventure. Irfan and Alisha are excited to take the Eurostar! We will be on route to Amsterdam. Insyallah, may HE keep all of us safe.

Till later, good night!





1 comment:

Aida said...

Have a great time and a safe trip!