One place that I have always wanted to visit is London. Being that we live in Europe and are only a 2 1/2 hour plane ride away, it's been on our list of places to see while we are living here.Over the long Thanksgiving weekend we were able to check this destination off our list!
The trip started off to a bad start. The morning of {Thanksgiving Day -11/26} we left our house at about 6am. Not even 10 minutes into the drive and Connor started throwing up in the car. We pulled over, changed his clothes, and got back on the road. I didn't think much of it until 20 minutes later when it happened again and I realized that Connor caught the stomach bug Aaron had a couple days before. He got sick just about every 20-30 minutes until we got on the plane. We were nervous they weren't going to let us on the plane, but nobody said anything to us.
Waiting at the airport. He had these bursts of energy in between getting sick.
Walking to the plane.
What a big boy!
Connor got sick a total of 3 times on the plane! Our poor little guy. He slept for a little while and Aaron and I took turns cuddling with him. He was so pitiful most of the time.
In the air!
We arrived in London a little after noon. Once we bought our tickets for the train and got our oyster card {what we used to get on and off the tube}, we ate a quick lunch at Burger King {yuck!} and rode the Stansted Express and tube to the flat we stayed in. Connor thankfully fell asleep and took a long 3 hour nap.
We kept a bag in front of him pretty much the rest of the day.
My sleepy boy.
After we got settled into our flat, we went to the London Eye. We pre-purchased our tickets and got the fast pass so we didn't have to wait in any lines. Because the London Eye never stops, we weren't allowed to leave Connor in his stroller when we entered the capsule. He woke up as soon as I took him out. He was acting a little better and was able to enjoy the 30 minute ride around.
The London Eye.
He didn't want to take any pictures.
View of Parliament and Big Ben from our capsule.
Taking it all in.
They turned the lights on as soon as we got off.
It got dark really fast and started to rain on us.
County Hall all lit up.
View of County Hall and The London Eye from the bridge.
Big Ben up close.
We didn't have any plans for the evening, so we took the free river cruise that came with our Hop On Hop Off bus tickets. It was dark, cold, and rainy, so I didn't get any good pictures.
The one good pic I got on the boat was of these cute boys!
After the river cruise, we got a little lost. We stumbled upon a Starbucks and had a warm cup of coffee! It was soooo good. I miss Starbucks so much. Afterwards we found the underground tube station and took it to where we were told Hard Rock Cafe was. We had to walk a little, but that was okay. Connor seemed to be doing much better given he hadn't thrown up for about 6 hours.
Connor was acting silly and kept trying to take a sip.
So many stairs and elevators! Since Connor was carried up and down in his stroller each time I would tell him, "You've got it made." He would say, "No! You've got it made."
Drinking my coffee on the tube.
While we were eating our Thanksgiving dinner at Hard Rock, Connor got sick multiple times. At that point we decided to take him to the hospital because he hadn't kept hardly anything down and we wanted to get a doctors opinion. Thank God they spoke English and everyone was really friendly. Connor was asleep when we got there, but woke up when the nurse examined him. We started giving him oral fluids and charted his intake and output. He perked up and started acting like his normal self {Why does that always happen?!?}.
We didn't get back to our flat until after midnight! We planned on getting up early the next morning, but everyone decided it would be best to sleep in after a long, stressful first day.
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