And I can see why it's so popular too. As we passed through the brightly decorated entrance, we were immediately welcomed by the inviting smells of sizzling frankfurters and spicy sweet mulled wine. Walking down the corridor of log cabin-style stalls, we were constantly treated to a visual feast of glittery trinkets and all sorts of festive knick-knacks.
At the heart of the party, giant towers of slides, swings and thrilling rides called out to the adrenalin junkies in both the tots and their parents. In our case, just the dad, a veteran thrill-rider, who strode up to the vertical drop rider with casual nonchalence... and returned on wobbly knees! |
| The ride that humbled my man |
For some respite, there were several pubs strewn around, offering refreshing pints and fried delights to soothe parched throats and rumbling bellies. We were also lucky enough to be at a lovely booth seat and got quite comfortable as you can imagine.
As it's going to be Nuria's first Christmas, I wanted very much for her to have her picture taken with Santa Claus. The good news is, it's free! The bad news is, it has a looooong queue... But that's merely what we were told. For what with filling the tummies, never ending toilet queues, rides for the kids and the adults and some good ol' dancing to live music, we never made it to that part of Winter Wonderland. The night had fallen and the cold was now biting and the baby was snuggled up asleep in her mummy's embrace. With a disrupted Tube service, hubby was eager to avoid a potentially long journey home, so we called it a day.
I still feel bad about not having made that photo, but I'm telling myself that our little girl will appreciate it better next year... right?
On another note, since we discussed this in my last post, we did get to test our Manduca baby carrier again. Both hubby and I took turns carrying our 10kg baby for about 2-3 hours each as we traipsed around Hyde Park as well as braved a train ride, yet our backs were fine. Very pleased.
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