If you go to London there are a host of ‘must do’ things. One of them is the London Eye:

The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is a Ferris Wheel (or observation wheel) in London, England. At the time of building, it was the biggest in the world, although there are now larger wheels, such as The Star of Nanchang, which was opened in May 2006. The Singapore Flyer, at 15 metres taller than the London Eye, is due to open in early 2008.^[1]

The London Eye has become the most popular paid visitor attraction in the UK, visited by over 3.5 million people a year.[1]

The London Eye stands 135 metres (443 ft) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, England, between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges.

Personally, I am scared of heights and this thing goes WAY up there. However, we could not have picked a better day as the sun was shining bright. You could see for miles. The only problem was that we bought our tickets (you buy a ticket for a certain time) and the wheel skipped a cycle so we were stuck in an unusually long line. In retrospect, we should have paid the extra price (£50) and saved 1.5 hours by buying express tickets.

That being said, we were with friends and it was fun to catch up while the kids ran around in the huge park. Unfortunately, I did not bring a proper camera and so the below are from the boy’s point and shoot. Many are ‘cloudy’ because the sun was so incredibly bright! Sorry, where is the rain?

A long way down.