My son begrudgingly finished his ever so annoying standardized tests and as a reward I took him to London: whatever he wanted to do, we would at least try to fit it in.
His list included (in this order):
- The zoo
- The arcade
- Peter Pan Park (aka Princess Diana Memorial Playground)
- Coram’s Fields
- Science Museum
- Roald Dahl House
- Benjamin Franklin House
- Sherlock Holmes Museum
- See a play
- Shop for toys and shoes
We crossed off most of these, though the Roald Dahl excursion proved too complicated since it is off in a far distant shire. The Franklin and Holmes options fell off the table in favor of other choices, but were not missed, as our time was a nonstop cavalcade of fun and adventure. Plus a few hours of television at a friends house, oh, forbidden treat!
Of course it rained most of the time, and I ended up huddling in bushes while my kid played, but this is to be expected on holiday. The best part was, of course, the Science Museum, specifically Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain and Plasticity: 100 Years of Making Plastics. Yes, as my grown-up child often points out, I am a total geek:
