June 14, Tuesday
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Evan and Huw in front of the high speed train. |
On this day we took the high speed train from Chester to London's Euston station. It was a comfortable ride and well used - every seat was taken. Then from London's Euston station we took the underground to our hotel. There were problems on one of the subway tracks that we were supposed to take, so we had to navigate our way around that and figure an alternative route. I really enjoyed taking the underground and figuring out how to use it to get where we wanted to go. It reminded me alot of my childhood growing up in Tokyo and taking the subway there. Huw's cousin Sarah got us Oyster cards, (don't ask me why they call it that) to get on and off the underground. You just flick the card into a scanner before getting on the subway. Then as you get off the underground, you scan it again and it takes of the amount of money it cost to ride that far. It was very cool. The underground system feels like a massive maze that you have to work your way around with multiple escalators taking you deeper into the depths of the earth where the subways zipped through to take you where you needed to go.
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Evan and Amy standing by the figure
of the world's tallest man. One thing is clear -
Evan is getting taller than me! |
After checking in to our hotel we took the Thames Clipper into the center of London. It is a large boat that goes up and down the Thames river with pier stations that you can get on and off. Evan fell asleep on the boat. So we decided that the first thing we did in London needed to be something that would keep Evan awake. So we went to the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum where you can see crazy things like portraits made out of gumballs, and manekins of the world's tallest man. It was fun and weird and it engaged Evan.
You mean there is someone taller than the Carter/Griffith family? Well done, Amy. I just found this blogsite and am now 'following'.
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