Luxury Family Friendly Hotel in London delievers the ultimate kids treat!
Luxury family friendly hotel in London, The Wyndham Grand, has come up with something special for children; The Back to School Afternoon Tea.
It can be a struggle settling back into the school routine after the summer holidays, yet this is something that is bound to help!
Imagine your children being able to turn their play-time tea parties into a real life afternoon tea experience. Now they can and in complete style at The Wyndham Grand.
Thinking small, bite-size everything; the menu includes crunchy Nutella sandwiches, mud-bus brownies, fruit kebabs, milkshake shots, scones and clotted-cream – in true grown-up style – and a choice of teas, fruit infusions and babyccinos.
This is available until 30th September, so you need to be quick! The Back to School Tea (served in The Lounge) is priced at £20 per person.
Children’s tea parties are available upon request. Parents can choose from the regular Afternoon Tea menu (£20 or £30 including a glass of Champagne) or join in the fun with the Back to School tea!
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Interesting facts about the London eye
Whilst Londoners may have become somewhat complacent about the giant wheel of steel, which domineeringly sits on the south bank of the River Thames, it fascinates tourists, aiding London’s success at being one of the most unique capital cities in the world.
Despite the unusual mix of conflicting emotions the London Eye evokes, many are somewhat unlearned of the history of one of London’s most remarkable features.
To rectify this common lack of knowledge about the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, we have compiled some interesting facts about the London eye, United Kingdom’s most popular paid tourist attraction.
1) This giant construction was conceived and built by architects Julia Barfield and David Marks. The construction of such a complex and huge structure involved sections of the London Eye being floated down the Thames on pontoons, which were then slowly raised by a series of cranes.
2) The London Eye was eventually opened on New Year’s Eve in 1999 by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, its initial commercial partners being British Airways and the Tussauds Group. Having been opened at the turn of the Millennium, The London Eye was originally called The Millennium Wheel, although since the launch the wheel has had three different names.
Until 2008 it was called the British Airways London Eye, but since Merlin Entertainments, Tussaud’s parent group, took full ownership and control of the wheel in 2008, it became known as the Merlin Entertainments London Eye. More recently, however, in 2011 due to a three year deal between Merlin Entertainments and EDF Energy, which is believed to be worth £8 million, the monumental structure is officially called the EDF Energy London Eye.
Tribute to Honour a very fine whisky
Tribute to Honour, a world first in Scotch for Royal Salute was recently displayed for VIP media at the Foundation Polo Challenge weekend in LA.
London – A bicycle-friendly city
Two new cycle superhighways bring London closer to being one of the world’s greenest capitals.
With the effects of climate change increasingly rearing its ugly head it is imperative that the world’s leading cities encourage ditching pollution-pumping cars in favour of fume-free bicycles. London is, at last, moving within these realms.
London – A bicycle-friendly city? It’s getting there.
One might argue the city has been a bit slow, compared to the likes of Amsterdam and Oxford, in its drive for a cleaner city with less cars clogging the streets. However, we can now safely say London is catching up in the race to be a truly bicycle-friendly city.
The latest evidence of London’s increasing progression to make life significantly easier for cyclists is the construction of two new cycle superhighways, which will be ready for this July.
The new cycle routes will take cyclists from Wandsworth to Westminster and from Bow to Aldgate, and are the latest stage in the so-called ‘bike takeover’ of London, following on from the two cycle superhighways that were opened in the capital last year, which take cyclists from Merton to The City and from Barking to Tower Gateway.
The new cycle superhighways are part of the Government’s goals to have 12 distinctive blue cycle lanes taking cyclists right into the heart of London.
Kensington Dolls House Festival
Kensington Dolls House Festival – Satisfying curiosities about the secret world of the miniaturist.
Doll house lovers of the world unite at the Kensington Dolls House Festival on May 13 – 15 2011.
Since 1985 when the Kensington Dolls House Festival first began, the event has become one of the UK’s leading craftsman festivals, inviting miniature enthusiasts and doll house lovers from all over the world to excitedly enthuse over their passion under one roof.
More than 170 of the world’s most creative and expert doll house makers attend this annual event to, not only have the chance to showcase their magical creations, but also give advice to any inspiring doll house artisans.
Alongside a simply mesmerising collection of dolls houses created by some of the most talented craftsmen and women in the world and consequently making the Kensington Dolls House Festival a haven for collectors, this year’s event will include a tour of Robert Dawson’s London studio.
If you are reading this, the chances are you will know who Robert Dawson is. This highly talented and created individual is one of the leading figures in doll house making, having made many miniature marvels of famous sites and buildings from around the world, including the Doges Palace and the Palace of Versailles.
