My Secret Santa was regularly contacting me throughout the whole process. It was obvious that he read my lengthy likes&dislikes and stalked my embarrassing posts.

I got surprisingly many questions about my pre-Christmas trip to London - which is a Christmas present for the whole family. Yes, we love the capital very much. In fact, one of the interests was that I love sightseeing and walking. We do love puzzles too.

A few days ago I got another cryptic message with a code. Whaat? What on Earth was that?

Well. Oh my. The Santa included the whole family and our time in London. We are going to be HUNTING! in LONDON! Have a look at http://www.inthehiddencity.com/ - some pretty amazing stuff there.

It took us few days to decide which one to choose. My son demanded to be nominated as a captain - he is really really super excited about this hunt (ok, he is damn good at solving puzzles, so I am counting on him).

Southwark! We are coming! Soon!

Thank you so very very much :)

UPDATE: Today I have received a lovely surprise - personal New Year wishes and two absolutely fantastic USB flash drives - I guarantee they will be very well used! Apologies for those smiley faces, but I think privacy is quite important :)

Few words about our adventure in London.

We chose Southwark, because we have never been there before. It says there it should take 2-3 hours, well let's say our time was one of the worst in the planet and waaaaay longer than this.

It doesn't matter, because: 1. We have completed the quest! 2. We have seen so very many new places that we want to go next time we are in London 3. We have learned so much!

THe questions are both difficult and easy - if you think too much, it will get complicated. Some were ridiculous, some interesting, some very funny.

I asked my family if they would like to do something similar next time - it was a definite yes, but not as a race or competition, but rather a whole day trip to a particular area. I really liked that the breaks were designed to be at some reasonably priced places - very useful!

Overall, I highly recommend it to all adventure seekers and everyone who wants to experience new places in a different way. It is well worth it!