Bus, Trains and Trams....

A few Wednesdays ago I looked after Josie whilst mummy went to work, for a week or so before I had been promising her that we would go and meet mummy from work on the bus so finally the day had arrived.

So mid-afternoon we leave the house and venture to the bus stop to catch the bus into Bromley and then change onto a bus to take us to Croydon.  Josie was looking forward to it as she hadn’t been on a bus before.  The bus turned up pretty quickly and we jump on, I flash the Oyster card and we head upstairs and find a seat.  Josie settle in pretty quickly and was soon enjoying the view she was getting of the houses and trees from the top deck of a double decker bus although I’m not sure she was enjoying the bumpiness too much.  When it came to getting of we pressed the button and headed down the stairs and jumped off opposite Bromley South train station.  We had a quick chat about wether we wanted to continue on the bus or if she wanted to catch a train and then a tram.  She knows trains as she has been on them before but she didn’t know what a tram was.  She chose to take the train as she really enjoys trains.  

So we head into Bromley South and down to platform one for our train to Beckenham Junction which is where we will catch the tram to Croydon.  Our train takes 10 minutes to come and Josie is pretty good and just sits in the platform watching the world go by.

Our train arrives and excitedly jumps on and sits near the window of course.  As the train departs it goes under the bridge at which point Josie jumps up and shouts ‘Tunnel!’  She has a thing about trains going through tunnels and really loves it.  In no time at all we’re at Beckenham Junction and we jump off the train and head over to the tram stop.  There’s a tram there and we jump on hoping it goes to East Croydon.  Josie is quite excited know as she’s never been on a tram before and I’m not sure she knows what to expect.  There’s a beeping and the doors close and the tram accelerated quickly and Josie let’s out a scream of delight.  I think she’s enjoying the ride as she’s always looking out of the window pointing at things.

To help pass the time or bribe her should need be earlier on we bought a bar of chocolate which she seems to be enjoying.

We soon arrive at Croydon and I notice that our train doesn’t quite go as far as we need so we jump of at East Croydon and can then either walk or catch another tram.  As the tram we want is only 2 minutes away we wait as it’s probably easier to ride the tram rather than walk an almost 3 year old through the busy streets.  We jump on the next tram and it’s quickly at our destination, George Street, we walk to Pizza Express as we are meeting mummy there for tea.

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