Weekend in London

Jennifer and I placed the kids with friends and went down to London the wknd of 8-10 Dec.

We took the train down from Bicester and then hopped on the Underground to where our hotel was (Kensington). After checking in we went to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Being December in London it was almost dark went we left the gallery at 4PM. The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree lighting was the previous night.

There has been a Christmas ceremony every year since 1947. A Norway Spruce (or sometimes a fir) is given by Norway's capital Oslo and presented as London's Christmas tree, as a token of gratitude for Britain's support during World War II. (Besides the general war support, Norway's then King Haakon and his son Crown Prince Olav, as well as the country's government, lived in exile in London throughout the war.) As part of the tradition, the Lord Mayor of Westminster visits Oslo in the late autumn to take part in the chopping down of the tree, and the Mayor of Oslo then goes to London to light the tree at the Christmas ceremony.

On Saturday we got up and headed to Leicester Square to get the (almost) half-price show tickets. We decided to see the Producers. After getting the tickets we stopped off at Harrod's, which was *PACKED*.

On Sunday we just walked from our hotel, past the V&A and Natural History museums, down to Harrod's, which was alot less crowded early on Sunday.

Nothing earth-shattering but a nice weekend to relax!