Autumn had a casting on Thursday so we headed off to London, the weather was lovely when we left but decidedly grey when we arrived, we were hoping it wouldn't rain as we couldn't find the umbrella anywhere

Having fun on the train colouring myself in.

We caught the train from Colchester and got off at Stratford International. We headed for the underground, also known as the Tube, and got on the Central Line

 Autumn and I trying to guess what the next station would be. 

Autumn held my hand as it's really dark down there and sometimes the lights go out.

Me feeling brave enough to sit on my own.

We got off at a station called Bank and had to find the next line to catch another Tube to our destination. It was quite busy with lots of people heading here and there. We got on the Northern Line and headed for Elephant and Castle.

We met a famous dog out for her walk. Her name is SweetPea Smith, she lives in London but is originally from Auckland in New Zealand. She's been in quite a few commercials. She's very clever as she has her own Twitter account and a Facebook page

After we had finished in Elephant and Castle we decided to catch a bus instead of getting back on the Tube and see where it took us. Autumn's favourite building in the whole of London is The Gherkin so when we spotted it we all decided to jump off and find our way to see it close up.

We saw a really, really tall building that looked like it reached the clouds

We spotted The Gherkin reflected in the glass

Hurrah, the real thing

When we arrived we found the base of The Gherkin had been invaded by Dinosaurs!! 

Not real dinosaurs, thank goodness, but made from steel and part of an outdoor exhibition taking place in London this Summer. They are The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.....You can find out more about Sculpture in the City here

I got a little stuck and had to be helped down by Autumn

Me touching The Gherkin

Around the other side from the dinosaurs we found a little shop full of cakes and nice things - Konditor and Cook

Autumn's Mum bought some surprises for us . I couldn't wait to get the box open and see what there was.

They were totally scrumptious as you can see and all washed down with some traditional lemonade

We loved them so much we took some home for everybody. 

On our way to catch the train home we found a big shiny sculpture

It's was created by Ryan Gander and is called "More Really Shiny Things That Don't  Mean Anything"

This is also part of the Sculpture in The City 2013

Autumn and I having a closer look

Very shiny indeed

It measures a whopping 275cm in diameter and looks like a giant magnet has attracted lots of lovely shiny things.

We managed to get on the bus just as it started to rain and got to Liverpool Street Station to catch our train home without getting soaked.....next time we will remember the umbrella just in case we're not so lucky.