Legoland

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No need to visit London


We don’t go to many theme parks, but the opportunity to go to Legoland after the schools had gone back was too good to pass up. It was a roasting hot day, 29°, which is almost as hot as it gets in England and felt really hot even though we’re quite used to 35° and humidity in Ottawa.

We had nothing to compare it to but most of the lineups were five, 15 or maybe 25 minutes instead of 45 minutes or an hour. As we jumped on the first ride, I found myself thinking this is a fantastic family activity and so exciting and we just don’t do it often enough and we should do it more! Some of my enthusiasm had waned four or five hours later. As the park got busier and my tolerance of other human beings diminished. But all in all it was fun and we finished the day in miniland which recreates notable places around the world.


Sibling love watching the Lego Friends music show


Can you spot Windsor Castle in the background?

Splash down!

This is a model of the Aigille du Midi, which we will be living a few minutes walk from in Chamonix

On the skyride overlooking miniland 

The water ride spinning boat thingy

We had loosely planned to go to London the following day, the main attractions being going on the train, going on the underground, and going on a double-decker bus. But we were pretty exhausted from the two days out and I know that London is not at its best when it’s really warm. It will still be there next time we come. It is also the case that our hosts have a swimming pool and there are probably only about eight or nine decent swimming days in a year so we enjoyed that and had a day off. Isn’t every day a day off?

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JK/SK Class of Ms. Tracy and Ms. B said…
This looks like a great way spend a day! I look forward to more of your entries. FYI - I still am filling in the LST position even though this post says its from Kinder :) No time to start a new one.
September 14, 2021 at 10:16 PM
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