Ava has had several Paddington books read to her and has watched some of the British DVDs as well. She knows all about Paddington's journey from deepest, darkest Peru, and his love of marmalade. Today was her first opportunity to visit Paddington station and visit his statue. Of course, a visit to the Paddington stand and a little souvenir were in order.
From Paddington we connected to Slough where we took another train to Windsor.
As we approached the castle, we were surprised to see several sets of soldiers playing music and marching up the hill toward the castle - apparently rehearsing for something (perhaps for Jubilee celebrations?).
Windsor has a kid's trail and Ava had fun looking for Henry VIII's tomb, various rooms in Queen Mary's doll house, and paintings in the royal apartments. Of much excitement for Mommy and Daddy (but not so much for Ava) was the fact that St. George's Chapel was nearly empty and a lovely docent opened the ropes for us and allowed Ava to sit in the seat on which Prince William sits when he attends services.
Lunch was had at Pizza Express overlooking the castle walls.
After a tasty meal we wandered around the high street and window shopped.
After heading back into London we went to Lillywhite's before heading to Trafalgar Square to visit the lions and climb up the lower part of Nelson's Column.
As we headed back to our flat at the end of the day we made a quick stop to Mommy's old apartment on Millman Street - just a couple blocks away from where we are currently staying.
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