I am sorry that happened to you and your family Callaway. I really can offer
no explanation and am baffled myself. Usually folks here fall over themselves
for American tourists as there is this belief that all Americans are rich
If you ever visit again a good place to stay is Stratford. Shakespeare's old
haunt. It is a lovely place with many places to eat that welcome children.
Thanks, Bodaccea. We must stay there next time we visit. Many people were very kind to us, though.
The hotel in the middle of London where we stayed in for Christmas upgraded us to a "family suite," a lady not only let me ride with my daughter on a carousel when I explained to her that she had special needs, she wouldn't even take our money, not even for my daughter's ticket, and a lady at a shoe store near Kew Gardens where we bought sheepskin snow boots for our daughter not only suggested a great place nearby for fish and chips, she also ran there to give us our change from the purchase when we forgot it. We visited Edinburgh Castle and bought our daughter a replica crown for a souvenir, but it was very awkward to pack into a suitcase, so we let our daughter wear it on the airplane. A flight attendant with a lovely sense of humor curtseyed to our daughter and said, "I didn't realize that we had the Queen on board," which delighted our daughter.