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London Day 3

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Hyde park,  Hamley's and jet lag.
Did I mention we bought sunblock this morning and got burnt again? We started our day at 11am after going to bed at 2am. This jet lag is still hanging on. We walked to Boots and bought some 50 sunblock and sprayed it all over... Except my arms apparently.

We hopped on a bus and headed toward Hyde Park.  The bus driver announced Hamley's toy store,  so we jumped off there,  in the busiest street we have seen so far in London,  or anywhere else in this world. Picadilly,  Bond,  and Oxford were all seen while pushing our double Bob stroller through the masses.

We left the toy store and made it to Hyde park where the grass was filled with people enjoying the (I'm guessing  rare)  sun. We thought we made it to our intended destination,  the princess Diana memorial playground,  but instead we were at a smaller one next to it.

We ran into a gal who has two kids and a nanny in tow. She says I should have already looked at all the private schools and should base where we live off which school they are going to.  Her kids are 2 and 6 months... Guess we haven't traveled as far as I thought...

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