London -- Wednesday

On Wednesday, we decided to check out the restaurant our guide book recommended for the best fish & chips in London.

As we sat outside and waited for our food, we all got our cameras out. It is really quite funny when Marc, Max, Lucas and I all are taking pictures at the same time!

The traditional malt vinegar, etc. fish & chips accompaniments.

The chef posing for a shot!

While we were all entertaining ourselves with photography, Eva was playing games on an iPod. Our iPods really came in handy during this trip!

Marc ordered cod, Max and I had haddock, and the kids had fries (I mean chips). It was delicious!

We went from there to St. Paul's Cathedral, and were all disappointed that photography was not allowed, as it was truly stunning. Marc thought it put Notre Dame to shame. I don't know that I would go that far, but it was amazingly beautiful.

From there we walked to the Tate Modern Museum, a lovely walk. Of course we had to stop for photos along the way.

Now imagine me in the photo, and you can see the spectacle we made of ourselves!

London Bridge. I waited a couple of minutes so I could capture a double-decker bus in front of it!

Photography was prohibited in most of the exhibits, but there was a hands-on area for kids that was a big hit (we had to go there twice).

I love this idea!

Lucas's conceptual art.

We were disappointed that the Pop Life exhibit we had seen advertised didn't open until the next day! As it was, the younger kids were worn out long before Marc and Max, so we didn't get to see the whole museum.

I found this display in the gift shop so pleasing.

Woohoo, another color to add to my collection of chair photos!

I had read about a restaurant called Wagamama in our guide book, so we decided to check it out for dinner. It's all Japanese ramen, yakisoba, and rice dishes. The waiter was hilarious -- he was determined to find something that Lucas would eat, even though we told him it was hopeless -- he said he hadn't been defeated by a kid yet (it's a very family-friendly place). He gave it a brave effort, but finally had to concede defeat, bringing Lucas plain white rice.

This was a special of the day, a curried chicken rice dish and it was fabulous! In all, we went to Wagamama three times, Max was thrilled. I was really excited to find out that they have a cookbook. I found it on Amazon and it is not even expensive, so I will definitely be getting it.

After dinner, Marc took Eva and Lucas back to the hotel, and Max and I went to go see Wicked! I was so so excited, as I have been wanting to see that show for a long time, and seeing it in London was even better.

On our way, we passed this pirate ship that you can rent out for birthday parties! Can you imagine?

This was Max's first time going to a big show, and he was excited as well. While we waited for it to start, we shared a fine bar of dark chocolate and observed the group of high school students sitting in front of us. What a field trip!

Here's our bad, blurry self-portrait in the theater. It had to be documented.

We. loved. it. The performances were outstanding, the sets, music, everything. Wow.

Wednesday was a great day!