We met the Beard family on last year's mediterranean cruise and were thrilled we could catch up this year in London. We got a little lost but eventually rounded a corner and instantly lost the kids. They were a few steps in front of us, but as soon as they saw the pub they bolted for it, they were bursting to see Madie & James.  The kids bounced as their oceans of excitement struggled to get out, it was lovely to see how happy they all were to be together ag...

I think we'd missed sleep for so long we all gorged on it last night, no one was up before 10am, bliss. Eventually dressed, we headed to Green Park for a pub lunch and stroll. My god the tube is fantastic, we shopped a little in the area and headed back to get ready for the big event. If the stress and excitement in our apartment was anything to go by, the first one of these two to get married will lead to hospitalisation. Between Boo fussing with her nails a...

I've been plotting a shoe shopping morning in London for a good six months. Just a few blocks from Princes arcade and Jermyn St I was all made up. I dragged the family along, can't decide these things without Gab. We window shopped through half a dozen stores I wanted to visit, Barker (my current boots), Church's, etc but it was Loake that won out. I'd had 4-5 people recommend them, I liked them so much I bought boat shoes too. I remember the loo...

It was still a boiling night, though by 6am the cloud started to roll in and notched the temperature down what felt like 10c. We had our last breakfast in Madeline, and waited for an Uber van. The kids found a metro vent working right out the front - where was this yesterday?  Off to Gare du Nord, we could find the perfect place but we re-did the photo on the concourse just four years later. All morning Boo was asking if we were going to get a "Paddington" trai...

The weather app predicted 39c - given our failed attempt to escape the heat on the metro yesterday, this morning the kids and I headed to the Science and Industry museum, indoor fun! This past week has seen riots in Paris over Uber's new UberPop service so we'd avoided it so far. Our cab ride yesterday was preceded by a 15 minute wait at the cab rank in the boiling sun with every cab pulling over 50m up the road before the rank to pick up a new ride, w...