Yesterday was Michael's first trip to London. We had an appointment to have Michael fitted for orthotics. On Friday he was sick with a sore throat and stayed home from school. We were very pleased that he recovered within 24 hours.
Michael's feet were traced, and a line drawn down the back of his ankle to his heel. He had a clear pronation, more pronounced on the right side. His feet were cast in foam that "felt like sand" and they will be molded and delivered through the post by mid week. We think that Michael will be a much happier walker with his new inserts.
Across the street from the Orthotics was a Tesco Express. We went in and bought sandwiches. Michael got the Egg salad and cress, Neil, the prawn, and I got a BLT. We got a big bunch of grapes and a water to share before hoofing it to the park and sitting by the pond to watch the ducks, swan, crane, and many pigeons. Once done eating, we walked to Madame Toussards. We have Merlin passes, which allow us visit many locations on an Annual pass, thus making the trip to Madame Toussards a reality, as I never wanted to visit it on a daily admission cost. As a benefit of the pass though, I am happy we went, and we had a good time posing with the creepy wax people. It also had a nice ride that took you through a display of british history, from the plague to present times. It was pretty sweet.
Afterwards, we took the tube to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground. The playground has a cafe, childrens restrooms, tepees, a water area, giant boat, and a handicapped accessable play structure. It is monitored by staff, completely enclosed with only one locked gate for entrance and exit, and no adults are allowed without children. This is strictly enforced, as when we were leaving a man who claimed to be joining his family was given quite a hard time by the attendant. This was one of the highlights of Michael's day, and he loved the giant ship, where you could even climp to the top of the mast and look out over the whole playground (see him in his orange shirt?). The fun was interrupted by a twisted ankle, so we sat and enjoyed some ice cream cones before heading toward the London Eye.
After leaving the park Mike had a bloody nose, a daily occurance as of late, and after getting him cleaned up we took a double decker bus to Westminster. We first walked over to Forbidden Planet to shop for comics. Then headed to McDonalds to get some dinner for the park at the London Eye. After eating, we got our London Eye passes and queued for our turn. The Eye is intimidating. It is very big. It is very slow. It can bring out the claustrophobic in me. I spent the first 2 minutes with a cotton mouth being mindful of my breathing to avoid hyperventilating, recovering fully to enjoy the majority of the ride. The views are fantastic. We even had the pleasure of watching an engagement in the car behind us. A man had booked the car privately and it was just him and her and an attendant that poured them champagne and they had cheese and crackers. When they got to the very top he got down on one knee and every one in our car cheered and clapped. It was fun.
We had wanted to go to the Aquarium, but they closed at 6 and we missed the last tour. Oh well! Leave that for another day. We were all very tired at the end of the day, deciding to quitely read on the trip home.
We had a great day!
Til next time.
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