September 20 & 21, 2010
After all the planning and anticipation, the time finally arrived to leave on our splendid Egyptian adventure. The BA flight took us via Heathrow with a 10 hour layover – too long to hang out in a transfer lounge; so we headed off to London. We had booked our tickets, for the London Eye, online before leaving home, which saved queuing and also got us a discount. So, having landed at 8am, checked some of the carry-on luggage, taken the Tube to Embankment and walked across the Hungerford Bridge, we boarded our capsule for the 30 minute “flight” by 11:30. We hadn’t expected it to be anything spectacular but the day was one of those perfect blue sky days that can be elusive in London and the views were fantastic. So there we were circling high above the Thames in an oval pod. It sure beats the stale blandness of the airport lounge. Westminster Abbey, the Parliament Buildings, the gardens of Buckingham Palace that are so familiar from street level, took on a whole new charm from above.
After all the planning and anticipation, the time finally arrived to leave on our splendid Egyptian adventure. The BA flight took us via Heathrow with a 10 hour layover – too long to hang out in a transfer lounge; so we headed off to London. We had booked our tickets, for the London Eye, online before leaving home, which saved queuing and also got us a discount. So, having landed at 8am, checked some of the carry-on luggage, taken the Tube to Embankment and walked across the Hungerford Bridge, we boarded our capsule for the 30 minute “flight” by 11:30. We hadn’t expected it to be anything spectacular but the day was one of those perfect blue sky days that can be elusive in London and the views were fantastic. So there we were circling high above the Thames in an oval pod. It sure beats the stale blandness of the airport lounge. Westminster Abbey, the Parliament Buildings, the gardens of Buckingham Palace that are so familiar from street level, took on a whole new charm from above.
From there a short hike took us to Covent Garden where the buskers were entertaining the crowds, and we enjoyed a couple of pints (beer and cider)\ with the best Cornish pasties outside of Cornwall. Still with time to kill, we wandered along to Trafalgar Square and spent half an hour in the National Gallery. By that time, the lack of sleep and time change were beginning to take effect and I think we both nodded off for a few minutes on the ride back to Terminal 5.
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