Up early and had a full English breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Yum! We headed off to Trafalgar Square to meet Mum & Dad for Canada Day in London. Found them on the steps to the National Gallery as the Canadian Orpheus Male Choir were starting to line up on the steps for there rendition of O Canada to open the days festivities. Dad and his fellow choirs stood out in their red jackets and were broadcast on the jumbo video screen at the other end of the Squa...

Touched down at 10:20am to a much warmer Gatwick than expected. It's always a rough night traveling this way. Esme faired the best and got in a few solid hours of sleep. We picked up our luggage, got the train to Victoria (a nice man gave up his seat at a table for 4), bought our Oyster cards and took the Tube to Earl's Court. The kids were troopers with so little sleep. After a couple minutes walk from the Tube station we checked into Premier Inn Knightsbridge. ...