Can we go to the playground?

Today, on their last full day, the Perritt visitors saw the sights most people see their first day.  We went to the South Bank and saw the sights and then walked over the Westminster Bridge to see Parliament, the Big Ben scaffolding, and Westminster Abbey.

They were going to ride the Eye but every time we checked it out, the lines were much too long.  After every step of the trip, one or the other of the kids would ask “Can we go home now and go to the playground with the zip line?”

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Other than can we go to the playground, the most asked question was can we get double decker bus frozen yogurt?

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Ethnic food market where David and Rachael tried to spend the whole day

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Cora and Grant each gave a contribution to the statue man and got to pose for some pictures with him.  There are shows everywhere on the South Bank walk.

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They did get their frozen yogurt.

While they were eating, a bird was enjoying a meal of a dead eel right below on the riverbank.

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When we walked across Westminster Bridge, we saw a bagpiper.  Cora said “Look, he’s wearing a manskirt”.  We finally made the kids happy and headed home for the Queen’s Park playground.

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Grant checking the gap. He does this at every station and says “mind the gap”.

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Unfortunately the zip line was being dominated by a family of bullies and their father.  Other kids eventually got to ride when a coalition of fathers and I stormed the hill and took control of the line for a little time.  The kids still loved climbing, sliding and spinning and said that this playground was better than the Princess Di playground.