After Blaine requested to not do two "churchy" things in a row (I think he was afraid of the brainwashing) we decided to hit the London Eye, the coolest Ferris Wheel
ever and Harrods, aka shopping Mecca. We started by hopping the Tube over to the Eye in order to buy advance tickets. As ya'll probably remember when we tried doing this before there was a multi-hour wait, however, they ticket lady said it would be 10 minutes. Doing it on a Thursday morning meant we walked right on - 10 minutes was even too long an estimate. Getting on and off of was interesting - The Eye does NOT stop (unless accomodating the physically handicapped) and you just hop on and off. This attraction was cool to me because it had the most Brits on it - it's apparently still a cool thing to do local or not.
The capsule you ride in is a clear oval bubble so that you can have a 360 degree view all the way around (brought to you by the Detp of Redundancy Dept) and it was fantastic. We took all sorts of great pictures and saw a lot and just loved it. It lasts about a half hour and it doesn't feel like you've been on there for that long. You can see one of the really good views of the city we got with a shot of Parliament and Big Ben in it. We got off the eye and headed to Harrods. Ah, Harrods, the world's largest department store and a VERY cool place. Blaine loved the food hall and said (and I quote directly lest you think I exaggerate) "I could shop in the food halls all day". If you think it, they have it and if they don't display it they can get it. They have tons of restaurants, pubs, and bars and that includes a KRISPY KREME. They have a working Krispy Kreme bakery in there - it was kinda off-putting to see in there actually. We ate a tapas bar in the basement and then hit juuuuust about every floor (we skipped the sports floor) and looked and shopped and bought and lugged and I had a pretty darn good time and at least for the food part Blaine did too. He was a real trooper for the whole thing though.
After that we went home and crashed for a little bit to try and regain feelings in our feet and then headed out to a Thai place recommended by the hotel staff. The food was good and it was fun to try. They even bring out hot towels to wash off with at the end of the meal. It was a nice meal that we finished off with a trip to "our" pub - I've included that picture too. Blaine enjoyed being able to drink what he wanted and then be home in less than 3 minutes. There truly are pubs, bars, and alcohol everywhere. Last day and it's gonna be jam packed.
The capsule you ride in is a clear oval bubble so that you can have a 360 degree view all the way around (brought to you by the Detp of Redundancy Dept) and it was fantastic. We took all sorts of great pictures and saw a lot and just loved it. It lasts about a half hour and it doesn't feel like you've been on there for that long. You can see one of the really good views of the city we got with a shot of Parliament and Big Ben in it. We got off the eye and headed to Harrods. Ah, Harrods, the world's largest department store and a VERY cool place. Blaine loved the food hall and said (and I quote directly lest you think I exaggerate) "I could shop in the food halls all day". If you think it, they have it and if they don't display it they can get it. They have tons of restaurants, pubs, and bars and that includes a KRISPY KREME. They have a working Krispy Kreme bakery in there - it was kinda off-putting to see in there actually. We ate a tapas bar in the basement and then hit juuuuust about every floor (we skipped the sports floor) and looked and shopped and bought and lugged and I had a pretty darn good time and at least for the food part Blaine did too. He was a real trooper for the whole thing though. 
After that we went home and crashed for a little bit to try and regain feelings in our feet and then headed out to a Thai place recommended by the hotel staff. The food was good and it was fun to try. They even bring out hot towels to wash off with at the end of the meal. It was a nice meal that we finished off with a trip to "our" pub - I've included that picture too. Blaine enjoyed being able to drink what he wanted and then be home in less than 3 minutes. There truly are pubs, bars, and alcohol everywhere. Last day and it's gonna be jam packed.
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