October 27, 2006

My last full day in London.

Went for coffee at Starbucks. Then we took the tube to the London Eye. I waited in line for tickets and then we waited in line to get on - this probably all took about 2 hours but everything is organized that you are moving all the time, so it didn't feel like a long wait.

The view was incredible!! Each capsule holds about 15-20 people and the Eye is in constant motion. As one group of people exit, security goes in and scans, off they go and the next group of guests hop on! It's really well-run. And the view is incredible! I really loved it!

Afterwards, we walked across the Thames River to the Parliment Buildings, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey which is white now!! When I last saw it was quite dirty.

We took the Tube to Hampstead and walked around there for a while - saw the 'Heath'! Stopped for lunch at Toast, bought our wee tea mugs.

Came back home and left in the rain and had a walk down Portobello Road. It's a lovely market area but unfortunately they were taking down all the booths. Did more walking in the Notting Hill area. Too say I am sad is an understatement - we both shut down, I cannot quite accept that my holiday has almost come to an end...

We had our final pint at the Prince Edward Pub.