With apologies to the Great British Baking show, here's a recipe for a Victoria sandwich, a nice moist cake with cream and raspberry filling.
Category: Europe and the United Kingdom
The Tower of London
This final post in our Great British Adventure series focuses on the Tower of London. Since it was built in the 1100s, the Tower has served many purposes: armoury, treasury, Royal Mint, housing for the Crown Jewels, and very famously a prison. This was an interesting and educational experience for the family and definitely a must-do on any London itinerary. Cheers!
The London Pass
To help keep costs down, we utilized the London Pass with the Oyster travelcard to save on activities and transportation. We used it for admission into the Churchill War Rooms, Westminster Abbey, and more. Another advantage was that it included activities not originally on our itinerary, like the Shard, from which there are stunning views of the city at night.
A Magical World: Warner Bros Studio Tour
While we wait impatiently for the owls to deliver our Hogwarts acceptance letters, the Warner Brothers Studio Tour in Hertfordshire was a magical diversion.
Fun, Fabulous, and Free London Museums
London is famous for having some amazing museums with extensive collections. During out stay, we visited two spectacular public museums with extensive collections documenting millennia of natural and human history. A science lover, I enjoyed learning at the Natural History Museum. To learn more about the history and ancient civilizations the kids were studying in school, we visited the British Museum. Both are public museums that are free admission.
The Cranky Camper 