Today was our day in London.. We caught a train for our hotel town of Waybridge to Waterloo Station.  

Our first stop was the London Eye. That is the huge ferris wheel. We considered riding it but it was $60 and it would have taken over an hour to go around once. It has 32 cabins and it never stops. People get on and off as it is moving. It moved very slowly. It is really an amazing structure. It is like a large bicycle wheel with cables in tension forming the spokes. It is supported only on one side. The wind was really blowing but it didn’t seem to be swaying.

We then walked over the Golden Jubilee foot bridge to Trafagler Square. We had a croissant, cappuccino and a hot chocolate in a small cafe. We then walked around the square, the National Museum. 

We walked down Whitehall Street to the Westminster Abbey, the parliament and Big Ben. We had a real relaxing walk, stopping often to just watch the activity around us. 

We then caught the train back to our hotel. We have had a great vacation but, as it always is, we have had enough and we are ready to get home to our friends, our puppy dog and the warmth of Tucson. We will be up early tomorrow as we have to be the Heathrow airport at 7:30 am.