Day 18 - Friday

A leisurely stroll through a park, 3 hours of first class luxury on a train and we are in the London tube. Yikes! There were a few moments of confusion but we soon figured the map out and made our way to the correct stop with no errors. We crossed the Thames on the Jubilee Bridge, which had a great view of Big Ben and The Eye, and then started looking for our hotel. We knew that it was in County Hall right behind the eye but the hotel was on the back side and not very well marked. lt seems very strange being in a modern hotel after staying in peoples' homes for almost three weeks. It feels very institutional.






We decided to spend the afternoon riding the eye. It is huge and very very tall. I got vertigo looking up at it from the ground. The views are incredible.- Debbie saw them from a bench in the centre of the gondola but I did manage to get her standing for a photo of the two of us. I, on the other hand loved it. Looking straight down was a bit sketchy though.





After the ride we wandered up to Trafalger Square and on to Leicester Square where we bought tickets to see Billy Elliot tomorrow night. Back down to the very cool Sherlock Holmes Tavern for so-so fish and chips and a very good ale for supper.
Most people in pubs here stand and if there isn't room inside people just take their drinks out into the street so all the best pubs have crowds milling around outside with drinks. No lineups waiting to get in.








By the time we finished eating it was dark so we headed to Piccadilly Circus. It certainly is a circus. It is very crowded and very bright. Very high energy. Very young.






We dragged our very tired bodies back to our room and crashed.

Tomorrow we check out some history.


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Location:London