Friday was a gorgeous day. The sun was out and it was a little cool, but not nearly as much wind as on Thursday. We decided to take the Underground to the London Eye. The huge ferris wheel that was built for Y2K. It is right on the Thames and near lots of other stuff. We saw Big Ben and Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
The Eye has 32 gondolas that can hold up to 28 people. We were lucky and only about 12 or so were in our gondola. It takes about 30 to 45 minutes for the gondola to make one revolution. The views are spectacular and since we had such a clear day, they said we could see about 20 miles away. There is a clever four minute 4D video that you view before going on the Eye. I don’t want to ruin it for you, so you will have to see it for yourself. From the Eye it was interesting to see the old historic parts of London and all of the new contemporary architecture that the City has to offer.
Saturday was time for shopping and visiting St. Paul's Cathedral. It is quite something inside and it makes me want to see St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome now. The history of St. Paul’s during World War II and the previous cathedrals that were on that same site was quite fascinating.
Sir Christopher Wren was quite the architect of his time. He really knew how to make the interiors of the space make you feel that much closer to God.
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