Day 10: Shrek's Adventure

We took Noé and Teague on a date to County Hall.

(The old building behind the London Eye.)

Donkey stopped us and said we had to help him find Shrek.

Noé and Teague said they were up for the challenge!

Donkey helped us get all packed up for our journey.

We found Shrek and he taught us how to roar like an Ogre...

...and run like an Ogre, Hi Fiona!

He also took us to visit the Queen.

But there's no place like home!

We're glad we found you Shrek, and thanks for the valuable life lessons.

The kids also met up with Po and tried out their Kung Fu skills.

They sought inner peace with Master Shifu, but they lacked the patience for it.

They broke a board with their crazy strong arms, hi-ya!

There were two openings at Mr. Ping's Noodle shop, but those noodles were slippery!

They tried their hands at being airline pilots with Madagascar Air.

They also shared a big ol' pair of clown pants and juggled telepathically.

I can't believe Noé and Marty shot Teague from a cannon.

(I think this is my favorite picture of Teague!)

They tried some ballroom dance with Gloria too.

We had to cross this bridge and thought we were destined for doom.

Luckily, Hiccup trained Toothless well and they brought us all to safety.

After that adventure...

we were quite hungry...

and enjoyed these tasty gingerbread men.

Don't worry they weren't related to Gingy!

We also got lunch at McDonald's (ugh, kids) so unfortunately our bellies were full when we spied this froyo bus.  How cute is it though?  I want to go back, I like a good snog, ha!

We had a nice stroll along the river Thames and were awed by the Palace of Whitehall.

Originally York Palace, it was the residence of the British monarchs from 1530-1698, when much of it was destroyed by fire.

In its heyday, Whitehall Palace was the largest palace in Europe.

Corner tower of the Old War Building, where Churchill led the British war effort in WWII.

A closeup shot of the Palace from within Whitehall Garden.

This tree wanted to grow horizontally instead of vertically.  It has 5 steal beams supporting it.

This tree was growing just fine...

and was covered in these gorgeous blossoms.

God Save the Queen!

(Hello Lion and Unicorn!)

Thanks Teague

and Noé for a fantastic date!