So I was up way too late last night 2:30 am, I couldn't sleep. Baby woke me up to eat at 6am this morning to eat and then promptly fell back to sleep 45 mins later and then of course I couldn't fall back to sleep! I did eventually go back to sleep around 9am for a bit but I really dragged my ass today. Ben took care of Evelyn from 9am onwards so I could go back to bed.
We had a slow moving day because of the late night/early morning, oh well. So today we ventured on the tube. We went to the theatre district walked around and then found a place to eat and had a very nice leisurely dinner. Evelyn was perfect until the last 5 mins when Ben was holding her and we were paying all of sudden she was screaming bloody murder. She was tired and a bit cranky. A snuggle with mommy outside in the cool breeze with our soother calmed us down though.
So the tube is VERY hot the farther down you go the hotter and more gross it gets and there is no a/c in the train cars. It reminds me of New York city and the subway there was very hot in the stations. We took Evelyn in her carrier but even so it was even more hot having her on me and after a bit she got heavy and I wasn't enjoying the walk as much as I would have had I been just carrying my bag walking around without her. Ben carried the baby bag of things, which wasn't much lighter, but likely cooler than carrying baby.
The tube and baby prams do NOT mix at all, the stations that claim to be baby buggy & disabled person friendly just mean less stairs than other stations, and still the same amount of escalators. I had read a step by step guide to the London tube about which stations are accessible etc... what a joke though. They are renovating a lot of lines and apparently trying to make it better. So many of the lines are closed for repairs on the weekend. I guess the trade off for having a newer not as efficient subway lines like Toronto is there is a/c and most of them are pretty accessible.
So ya defiantly not going to be using the tube very much at all it's just too hot, too stressful with Evelyn. but I really quite like the buses so they get a thumbs up and are much nicer and run better than Toronto buses.
Tomorrow we are going to an English Pub for dinner being Sunday dinner and all so I can have a roast with yorkshire pudding yum!
We have decided to take a weekend in Sept and drive to Dover. I want to see the Dover Castle/ White Cliffs on the sea and Ben said he would be interested in seeing that too and we think it would be nice to see something outside of the city. We are going to go in Sept before the season gets too cold/rainy to enjoy the outdoors. So one side trip is lined up! I think we are going to stay at a B&B guesthouse (our playpen we bought folds and fits into the prius no problem) the map says it's about a 2 hour drive tothere from our place in London. So I will plan that out, how exciting!
Ah, yes. Tube is kinda shite when it comes to lack of AC. But it does get you places.
ReplyDeleteThe weather shouldn't be bad at all in September, I remember going to the mainland, passing through Dover in mid-September and I didn't think it was bad at all.
Getting OUT of London might be a bit of a trick but once you're on the open road, it'll be a quick journey! How exciting! If you can as well, check out the West country - Bath and whatnot. Beautiful that way too.