Covent Garden

On Saturday, we went to Covent Garden Market. To get there, we took the Northern line to Leicester Square and transfered to the Picadilly line to Covent Garden. (For you out-of-towners, here's how to pronounce Leicester.)

The Covent Garden tube station is one of the few stations that doesn't have an escalator. You can either take a lift or the stairs. We didn't feel like waiting in the queue for the lift, so we took the stairs. As you turn to go up the stairs there's a sign that says that there are 195 stairs. Daddy looked at Mama with a look that said, "You up for this?" Mama nodded and up we went.

195 stairs is a lot of stairs. It was easiest on McKenzie. Mama carried her half the way. I climbed all 195, but admitted to being tired. Daddy didn't admit as much, but he was breathing heavier than I was.

There are some shops at Covent Garden Market, but the coolest bit was the street performers. The best were these two jugglers.

After Covent Garden, we took a bus over to Hyde Park. We got ice cream cones, ran around a bit, and then walked along the Serpentine. It was a beautiful day; a perfect day for a walk in the park.