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WHAT WE LOVED
"The Imperial War Museum, and its walk-in model of a trench from the World War I western front. It feels very cramped, and when you first enter, it smells disgusting—like a real trench must have smelled." —Jacob, 13
"Touring the Aston Martin showroom. I got to sit in a Vanquish V-12!" —Gabe, 10
"Seeing Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theatre in London. Before the play we walked across the Millennium footbridge." —Patti
"The Jack the Ripper Walk, led by Donald Rumbelow, a famous Ripperologist. We saw where the killings took place and learned about Victorian London. Did you know that one of the people suspected of being Jack the Ripper was Lewis Carroll?" —Jacob
"Ribena, a black-currant drink. And Cadbury Flake—when you buy an ice cream cone, you can get one of these crumbly chocolate bars stuck into the top. It's such a good combination." —Jacob
"The British Museum. When you go into the room that holds the Elgin Marbles, it's like a visit to the Parthenon." —Roger
"The Museum of London's diorama of the 1666 London fire, with miniatures of all the buildings in the original city, which was only about one square mile. The entire London cityscape glows with orange light as the fire spreads." —Jacob
"Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms. The underground bunkers beneath Whitehall Street, where Churchill hunkered down during the Battle of Britain, are intact, right down to the maps on the walls showing troop positions." —Roger
"Biking in the New Forest, a primeval-feeling royal hunting ground in Hampshire that's about two hours southwest of London. Harry Potter-style, a white stag leaped out of the enchanted woods. Really." —Patti
WEIRD, WEIRD, WEIRD
"Everyone in London sounds like a James Bond character. Meanwhile, they thought we were the ones with accents." —Gabe
"Dad and I watched a cricket match at the Oval. It was fun, but so slow-paced—kind of like golf. The crowd didn't seem at all bored, even though it went on for something like five hours." —Jacob
"It was hard enough driving on the left-hand side of the road. Imagine navigating a borrowed minivan through streets with medieval dimensions." —Patti
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