London City Break with Kids - The Highlights

Every year we spend a few days in London as a family, it's my eldest's favourite city and we are lucky enough to live just over 2hrs away making weekend city breaks a great option when your looking for somewhere full of culture and heritage. Our first 2 nights we stayed in the amazing London Hilton on Park lane - do read my review about it as it's a perfect base for those travelling with kids to the capital. The great thing about London is that you really are spoilt for choice when it comes to family friendly activities and we often try and see and do something new every time we visit and this weekend was no exception. We didn't know what to expect however as we travelled to London only a few days after the devastating Westminster Bridge attacks but we found the city as safe and welcoming as always. Our first proper day in the city consisted of having the amazing opportunity to be one of the first people to watch the new Peppa Pig film Media Premier at Picture......

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Where to Stay in London

I don't know about you but when I visit a popular city or destination I try and discover what really makes the place tick, where the locals go to eat, drink etc while attempting to avoid any touristy traps and if you follow the blog most of you will already know that either for work, family, friends or one reason or another we are lucky enough to visit London a few times a year, usually with the little man in tow, which is always an adventure. Mr A enjoying the outdoors in Regents Park We often find ourself asking why we don't live there but as much as we enjoy all the buzz of the city in small doses we very much enjoy the quiet of the welsh countryside and having the chance to do a bit of both is something we are very grateful for. When we are in the city for one night only we often opt for a budget friendly hotel but if we are staying any longer and have Mr A with us we tend to go for self-catering and with so much choice it can often be overwhelming. At the end o......

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Birthday at the Zoo

Mr A intrique by the Gorillas having their lunchtime In a way we are still recovering from the past two weeks, with two birthdays - mine and the little man's, plus a trip to London to the MADS Blog awards and John having the past week of work, it has meant a lot of time spent outside, we even managed a warm day at the beach! So some posts are a few days behind simple because, well we have been enjoying ourselves so much, except for the past two days which really caught up with us and we were slightly under the weather. Anyway back to the post at hand. The day after the MADS blog awards we decided to treat the little man to a trip to London Zoo for his birthday, in my mind a perfect way to celebrate turing three. Luckily we had 2 for 1 on entry otherwise it would of been a very expensive day, even for London, but well worth it. I have to say without a doubt our favourite animals were the Giraffes, they remind me of home and are simply so foreign and exotic for children, ......

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