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Ronald signed all of the bags as did the Champions of Play from the USA. I hope to always stay in touch with the friends that I met and had so much fun with.

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 This is not child’s play…pin trading and collecting is serious business.  Check out the traders that we met at the Olympic Park and their bags of pins for trade.  There are rules and etiquette guidelines.  I learned how to trade and was also given pins by mom and dad.  I am proud to say that I came home with 22 pins from all over the world and limited editions.  Today mom talked to a lady at United, Lisa, who told her that her husband and her son volunteered at the 2002 Olympic games in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Perhaps I can trade some pins with their family!  It was a great way to meet kids and parents from all over the world.

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We had a great time eating fish and chips with mashed peas…and went shopping downtown…boy are we tired!

A lot of people ride their bikes to work even with dresses on!  Very few people wear helmets and they have no fear of the large double decker buses.  As a tourist, we tried to rent a bike but found out that you have to have a computer chip in your credit card for it to work in the UK.  They drive on the opposite side of the street than we do here in the USA and their steering wheel is on the right hand side of the car.  It takes a while for you to get used to looking both ways at a crossing as they are going the wrong way!  You have to be careful with the pedestrian crossing signs as they can have two on one crossing that are on different timers and there are a lot of blind corners when you cross.  I loved the tube or the underground it got us around town in no time and was not crowded.

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 Today we walked through Hyde Park and went to several Museums just outside the park.  We visited the Natural History Museum and Science Museum.  They were huge and I got to learn a lot and hold some dinosaur bones.  The walls are so beautiful and have all kinds of animals sculpted into them .  We also saw a live show on the outside of the building.  On our way home, we saw Prince Charles!

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