We went to Colchester, day one

Today we had to get up really early because we were in charge of Packing!

That means we're going somewhere!!!

Then we raced up the road......

.....to the bus stop.....

......and got the bus to here, the train station!!!

Here we are!!  We got a window seat!!!

We're going to London!

But we got off here at City Thameslink!

We used the facilities first and left a CD on the door!

And then came out onto the street!  That's St Paul's Cathedral up there!

But we're getting the bus THAT way!!!

We didn't have to wait long and got a number 15 bus.  We left them a floppy disc tied onto the rail!

And we're OFF!

We got off here outside Somerset House!

And then crossed the road where the Waldorf Astoria is!

And walked down to Covent Garden to do some shopping!!!

We saw some interesting shop windows on the way....

They were a bit spooky!

Here we are!!

We made a video of it too!!

And then came here to Laduree!!!

We got a box of Birthday Cayke for Arntie Helena because we're going to visit her!!

Hurrah!!

They got their Christmas decorations up at the market!

It's pretty!

We left a bookcrossing book on a bench!

Then we went past a skeleton....

....to Byron's for lunch!

We got a fizzy drink....

And we had a Burger and Fries!  They were nommy!

We like it in there!!

Then we went to get another bus.

We left them a CD too!

We went past the Royal Courts of Justice too....

And we got off at the last stop here, Liverpool Street Station!!!

We stopped to say hallo to Bob T Bear's great great great great great great grandbear Wrcszycszycszycszycszyzslav.  He's from Lodz in Poland, you know.  He was in the Resistance in the War.  He's a Legend.

Then we had to go check which train we were on....

AHA!  This one!!!  We left them a tag!

We went past the Olympic Stadium in Stratford!

It's pretty here!!

We're here!!!!

Then we got a taxi to here!  We're staying in a hotel tonight!!!

We got a WHOLE DOUBLE BED to ourselves!!!!

OK, this'll do us.  Where are you staying?

Didn't think much of the view, but we're not here for that.

The tea supplies were a bit miserable too....

....so we went for a walk to buy some proper tea!!!

Don't think those timbers are real ones though.....

That's the sparkly floor in the hotel elevator!!!

When we got hungry, we decided to come here for dinner!

We got a chicken tikka masala, pilau rice and a garlic nan bread.  It was nommy!!

That was one of the puddings!!!

Back at the hotel, we spotted the bar bookshelf thing.....

That's rather fun, huh?!

Then we got in our jimjams, made some tea and watched the GBBO finals on telly!!!

And then went to bed.

What an exciting day out!!!

I got a birthday card!!!!

I got a letter addressed to ME today!!!!

It's from Sandy Bear!!!!  He sent me a birthday card!!!

He asked if Jelly Beanie has a birthday - I don't know.....

It's pretty!!

It's my Birthday!!!

Today it's my birthday and we went out!!!

We rode a bus!  Where are we going???

We got off here near the seafront!!!

We're going to the Pier!!!!  Arnty Bev and Arnty Vicky met us there and it was really blowy and windy!  Something to do with some fella called Brian blowing a hooley along the Channel.

Anyway, we'd saved up lots of 2p's and 10p's to play on the arcade games and Jelly Beanie was brilliant!!  He helped me win loads of prizes - and Arnty Bev and Arnty Vicky hadn't won ANY!!

....so we went to help them and then they won loads too and we won some more!  It was brilliant!!!

After we'd gambled all our 2ps and 10ps we decided to go to lunch.  We made a video of the waves on the beach!!

Uh-oh!  That sky doesn't look good....... 

All of a sudden it completely PEE'D it down with rain and maybe some hailstones and we all got soaked!!!  Well me and Beanie didn't because we hid under Andrea's fleece.  We're clever like that, you know.

We went to JB's American Diner for lunch!!! Except OUR JB (Jelly Beanie) is actually from Canada, but we'll make an exception for this place because the food's yum!!

Arnty Bev gave me some Fudge for a present!!!

And Arnty Vicky gave me some discs from Arnty Hev who couldn't be here today.  We love getting presents!!!!

We had another proper look at our stash!!!  Do you know what?  This is the first birthday party I've had with Jelly Beanie..... I mean, proper party!!

Fattie Rattie came too - here's all of us checking out our winnings.  We did well!!!

You know, there's me, Jelly Beanie and Rattie (three of us) and then there's three grown ups.  I think I'll be three years old for this birthday.  I don't think I've been three before, at least I can't remember being three......

Us and Arnty Bev shared a Black Forest milkshake and it was yumdiddly-UMPtious!!

I got to eat the cherry!!!

Then we ordered a burger - we shared ours with Arnty Bev again, so we got half a burger each and half the fries/chips each.

That's the burger from the other side.  That was Yum too!!!

And THEN, we had a salted caramel ice cream sundae between ALL of us with marshmallows and jelly and sprinkles on it!! That was FAB!!

I got the chocolate twirly thing because it was my birthday!!!

After that, we were all stuffed solid so we decided to go home!  What a fab party though!!!

We found some grafitti on the way....

After a spot of shopping we found the bus stop to go home.....

On our travels, we found a 20p coin on the pavement (in my treasure chest!) and a lost earring.  Well, it's found now....!

I've decided to give these keyrings to Bob (he likes beer) and Dilly (she likes pink and green sparkly things) next time I see them!

And that bracelet we won, I'm going to give to Arnty Hev as a present.

What a fun day out!