I have been in London for a week now, busy working… at least most of the time. I got off the train at the Victoria station yesterday evening and decided to do something touristey. I started on Victoria street and walked towards the Westminster Abbey, then to the Palace of Westminster, took some picture of Big Ben, turned to the road where I could see the London Eye more clearly, took some pictures of it, then walked towards the Movieum, saw the notice that advertised a flight on the London Eye and thought, What the heck, let me do something cheesy touristey. I went in, got a ticket for the flight (still wondering why they call it a flight) and went up 135 metres above London. Granted, a night was not the best of times to do it, but if I didn’t do it then I had a feeling I would think too much about it and then not do it. Spur of the moment, you know. It was nice to be up the, mostly that is. There was a snogging French pair, a young and happy-looking American couple, an American lady, and me. I realised that being up 135 metres made me incredibly vulnerable…. what did I think?
When I got off I walked towards the Charing Cross station, and then crossed over to Trafalger square. I made a mental note to visit the National Gallery sometime later. At that point my friend called me to come over to Russel Square. I decided to walk it. I turned up from Trafalgar square towards Charring Cross Road, to Tottenham Court Road, and then I crossed to New Oxford Street. From there to the British Museum. Russel Square was not so far from the museum.
Some pictures are below, before someone says I am boring.
Big Ben at a little past 6 in the evening
Still Ben
In all its nightly glory
The London Eye
From up the eye
Higher up
Even higher up
A bit of the capsule that took us up
Hello Loomnie,
That must have been fun going on the London Eye, I still have not done it.
But 135 kilometres? Methinks you had a sudden bout of acrophobia brought on by probably vertigo.
You would have been closer to 135 metres else you would have been in space. 🙂
Regards,
Akin
Hello Loomnie,
That must have been fun going on the London Eye, I still have not done it.
But 135 kilometres? Methinks you had a sudden bout of acrophobia brought on by probably vertigo.
You would have been closer to 135 metres else you would have been in space. 🙂
Regards,
Akin
Akin,
Thanks a lot for the correction! No posting should be done before the early morning coffee. I have made the correction in the post.
Akin,
Thanks a lot for the correction! No posting should be done before the early morning coffee. I have made the correction in the post.
Looks like you had fun. And yes, the pictures made the post really interesting.
Looks like you had fun. And yes, the pictures made the post really interesting.