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Mon, 04 Nov 2002

author Tim location Beckenham, Kent, London, England
posted 23:16 GMT section Europe2002/Europe/UK/England/London/London 2 ( all photos )

London Eye ( 28 photos )
Slowly awakening this morning, we breakfasted before taking a trip into Charring Cross (near Trafalgar Square) for a guided tour from Margaret. This took in the Royal Festival Hall (lunch there), National Museum, several bridges across the Themes, and then the two most important things:

  1. The London Eye: obviously very touristy, it was however a great thing to do - the weather was strangely clear and sunny, we could see for miles. Just like a huge ferris wheel with enclosed cabins.
  2. The Australia Shop! We stocked up on the most important things we can't get anywhere else here - Vegemite, Cherry Ripes, Caramello Koalas, a real vegetable peeler (British ones are very silly), Twisties, etc. The prices were obscene, so we took it fairly easy.
After this, we split again - I headed off to Olympus to ask politely for a camera case (they didn't return mine with the new camera), and ended up walking away with an ultra-luxury leather model, so no complaints there. Meanwhile, Liz and Margaret took in a few more sights before heading home.
Tomorrow will probably mean tackling our huge pile of dirty washing and other assorted odds and ends.
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