every year in London the switching on of Christmas lights in the West End marks the beginning of the Christmas season, various streets turn on their lights along with performers, carolers, and celebrities. between last week and this week it seems like there is a street lighting every night! last week we were able to go to the Regents Street lighting, and it was amazing! there were TONS of people, it was freezing cold, and Hamleys had fake snow blowing off their roof- it really felt like Christmas!
not only were there lights over head, but also many of the stores along Regents and Oxford (two major shopping streets) had lights on their buildings and beautiful window displays.
we had a lot of fun walking around looking at all the lights, hearing Christmas music, and just being together!
LORD MAYOR'S SHOW
on saturday the boys and i went with another family (who we totally adore!) to see the Lord Mayor's parade & fireworks. every year the newly elected Mayor makes his way from the Mansion House to the Royal Courts of Justice to pledge allegiance to the Crown... this tradition has been going on for nearly 800 years!! the parade was awesome, we all loved it! we were planning on going to see the fireworks, but got stuck in traffic on the bus and missed it! so instead we met up with jonathan (which was no small feat--trying to find him on a street with a million people and a wife who is sometimes directionally challenged, made it a little difficult), then we went out for pizza with our friends. it was the best day ever... i could not have done it without the help of Bryn, Nate, and their boys! Thanks guys, we had a blast!!
Lord Mayor Michael Bear
7 comments:
So happy to hear that you have made friends:) Looks like you are in the Christmas spirit already! I have yet to get there:)
so I think I have mentioned before just how jealous (maybe wrong word) but oh my heck what an opportunity and I am so happy for you and your family:) you guys all deserve such great family fun you have such a great family and you are such a good mom! can't wait to see you though we need to do more when you get back.
So many fun things to do there. I love the Christmas lights! Just curious, does everyone say Happy Christmas there?
Wow! So cool that you are exploring so much! What a great opportunity to see what life is like elsewhere. I'm so glad you found some friends to hang with! Are they originally from there?
sarah- they say merry christmas too... i guess they do both.
stacy- they are americans in the foriegn service, so they travel all over the world!
We had fun too!!! We just love y'all!
Looks like you guys are having too much fun :) You're going to be bored when you come home.
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