3 posts tagged “london eye”

This is Hannah and Kathleen on the tubes on our way.  Note: Hannah's eyes are closed, but she is not asleep.

This is a picture of Big Ben and Parliment from the London Eye.

Street Performer:  Person in a suitcase gimmick....See the hand protruding from the top of the suitcase?  Is there a person in there?  We hear them talking.

Picture of the London Eye from the bottom of the Eye

Picture of the London Eye from a bit further away.

So after stopping to eat, we set off for the tube station, to take the train to the London Eye.  At this point its about 2pm London time, or 7am Pacific.  Basically, the kids did not sleep on the plane (neither did I), so we were all pretty pooped at that point.

We set of in the direction of the tube station, and because of some bad directions -- ended up going the wrong way.  At this point, Jason and Hannah had about had it -- both were basically falling asleep on their feet.  We finally made it to the tube station, and had about a 20 minute train ride to get to the station at the Eye.  It was another 5 minute walk to get to the eye.  It was a good thing we paid the extra for the Fast Track tickets, because waiting it line by that point would not have been an option.

So we made it one the Eye.  I'll put up some pictures (and eventually video) from the Eye in a seperate post.  The Eye worked out ok, but the kids basically were beyond over tired.

During the tube ride back to the hotel, both Hannah and Jason fell asleep on the train.   From the tube station to the hotel was a 5 minute walk.  We did make it back, but barely.

Needless to say everyone went to sleep pretty quickly last night.  They are still asleep, but I'm wide awake at 3:30am London time (as you can see from when this post was entered).

After a long but uneventful plane trip, a journey through Heathrow, a train ride, and a cab ride -- we made it to the hotel.  Its now about 1:45pm UK time.  Everyone is tired, but still alive (which wasn't necessarily a given).

Highlights of the trip:

• Luggage from our plane arrived on two different luggage carousels -- one was marked from Uzbekistan (or something like that).
• Taking many many large bags through Paddington Station.  The kids helped.
• Stuffing five people, and four large suitcases in a London Taxi.
• The hotel rooms are nice, and we got a great deal on Priceline.

In a few minutes we are heading of to find something to eat and towards the London Eye.