2011-05-27

Day 11 - Final Day in London

No major attractions today - but we did do some interesting things.  First we took a double decker bus and traveled all the way to Picadilly Circus.  If you haven't been on a double decker before, I highly recommend it.  Seeing London from that vantage point was a lot of fun - and for 1.90 GBP a cheap way to see the city instead of one of those sightseeing bus tours.  After getting off, we headed to Hamley's.  For those who don't know, Hamley's celebrated their 250th birthday last year and (I believe) is the oldest toy store in the world.  I haven't been to F.A.O. Schwartz in NYC so I can't compare, but this place was pure fun with 5 complete floors of every toy you could imagine.  All the workers do a great job of keeping up the atmosphere here which was welcoming.  I don't expect to be posting too many reviews in Cardiff since there isn't a ton of attractions to do there, except for Cardiff Castle, so will have to think of some other things to post.  Hopefully we make it out to Bath or the Cotswold too - which would be cool.