I was up at 3:30 this morning, after having gone to bed before 8 last night. Guess I'm still on London time...but that 3am ride to Heathrow combined with "gaining" 5 hours made for a
long day.
Landmark of the Moment
London Eye was one of the coolest things we saw in England. It's a giant "observation wheel" (like a ferris wheel, but bigger) set right in Westminster, by Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. They built it for the Millennium celebrations, but then British Airways stepped in to run it full time. (Supposedly they might be looking to sell it...I certainly hope it remains a permanent attraction.)
It takes about half an hour to go all the way around, and it generally doesn't have to stop to let people on and off.
Anyway, it's such a cool thing to have built, I thought it deserved a photospread of its own...
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Distance shots from tourbus, from two different days. Big Ben (well, its tower) is visible in the center of the second. I love the asymmetrical architecture of it, how it juts over the Thames, only supported by a few beams on one side.
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Artsier shots, including a nearby elephant statue.
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Here's an idea of what its capsules were like. Clever design, so views are never blocked by the infrastructure.
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And of course there were some great views up there, including Mo in a tanktop. "Those people look like ants!"
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Link of the Moment
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