London Scenes

Our hotel was located near the London Eye, the famous huge Ferris Wheel (they call it "observation wheel") that was built in 1999. At the time it was built, it was the largest in the world, but now there are two that are larger. It is on the south bank of the Thames River, and it is the most popular paid visitor attraction (The British Museum was free.) in London. This is the spot for the main fireworks displays on New Year's Eve, and it is supposed to have some kind of big Olympics' sign on it during the 2012 Olympics in London.




There was a parking lot close to our hotel, and it was close to the underground, which took us within easy walking distance to the British Museum. Of course, we found out that if you get turned around, you can walk a really long way to get a short distance!!.....And we managed to do that twice! Where is the sun when you need it for direction??
The following photos are just street scenes as we were walking.



The building on the corner in the last photo is named "The Jack Horner".

Even though there was some rain, it was light, and the temperature was in the low 50's, so it was actually nice walking weather.

We drove past many of the important buildings on our way out of London on Sunday evening, but we found it hard to take photos while driving or helping to navigate in downtown London!