First stop was the London Aquarium which is right next to the London Eye on the Thames. It was the destination of choice mainly due to the gray skies and forecast of rain. Indoor activities are always preferable in this scenario. The Aquarium was nice, but small and crowded. Brady enjoyed the fish, sea horses and sharks. We finished the Aquarium in about an hour which hardly justifies the £18 adult admission fee. It was nice to see, but probably won't make a return visit anytime soon. Sorry family if any of you had your hearts set on the Aquarium.
Second stop of the day was the Westfield Mall. I was told this was a 'American' type mall so I was really excited. Not that I'm a huge shopper, but I enjoy mall walking and find that malls are a great place to get treats. Usually my treats are soft pretzels, fountain Diet Cokes and soft baked cookies. A new mall means new treats to be discovered. The mall was huge and fabulous. Definitely will warrant a return trip minus Brady and Cory. We found a cute cupcake stand and tried out the Sticky Toffee and Carrot Cake. I forgot to take a picture so you'll just have to imagine it in your head.
A couple notable things from our mall trip:
The UK does not have a Coach store, but one is coming soon. Oh the poor British ladies. I guess they do have Harrods.
From some reason Hollister is so popular it requires getting in a queue and waiting for your turn to get in the store. There were literally over 100 people in line. The picture doesn't do it justice. I searched the Internet thinking surely something was going on, nope, just people love Hollister I guess. I wanted to go tell some of the people in line that the store is for teenagers, not grown adults. Too funny!
The picture really does not do the line justice. No joke, there were close to 70 people waiting in line. It honestly reminded me of a line waiting to get into a Vegas club, velvet ropes and all. Yes, the Hollister had velvet ropes containing the line. 6 people would come out, a few minutes would go by, 4 more people would come out, a few minutes go by, 2 people are let in. Hilarious!!
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