Well we've had some fantastic weather in London on the first day.. excellent sunshine and amazing late summer evening walks amongst the old buildings and parks. My daughter is in awe as the imageries and icons from Peter Pan, Mary Poppins etc come to reality....We are near Hyde Park so very central location to get about. Its 24 years on and it seems surreal.. It will be even more surreal as I will be walking into Old Trafford for the game for the first time since choosing to follow Utd in'82... in 6 hours time..The only thing I will have to point out is that the costs can clock up wayy easy.. we had cafe breakfast for 20 (2 pax) and dinner at an Indian resto was 26. You can get a pint and pub stash lunch for around 12-13.
The trip to Hamleys was an Eye 'opener' for the lil one and an 'EYE' opener for me!! I didnt realise how much a small size Paddington bear cost..32!! 12 !! for a small box of jelly beans!! General clothes and shoe shopping seems on par with Oz .. except I cringed to see Doc Martens boots in the shop on Oxford for 105. First impressions on entertainment are that its way out of my ballpark of affordability as a trip for us to see Lion King in the cheapest back row seats would come to over 100 quid. Tbh we'd rather walk around and enjoy the ambience/sights and enjoy the weather than sit in a dark room for 3 hours. I think if you had a family of 4 tourists you could easily blow 200 a day.. not including entertainment, accomodation or shopping.
Next .. we head for Suffolk .. will be looking forward to the fresh country air..
I love London ... but I can appreciate what it can cost to enjoy it..