Thursday, June 12, 2008

Champagne on the London Eye

This was our view of the London Eye as we approached Waterloo Pier by boat on Monday evening.

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Beth and I had no interest in visiting Madame Tussauds, but couldn't resist posing with Pierce Brosnan in the London Eye ticket office. Imagine a whole attraction filled with these wax figures.... We did purchase tickets for a "flight" on the Eye, and only minutes later were on board.

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The capsule ahead of us splurged on a champagne trip, and we soon found out why. See the 2 people standing on the left? At the start of the ride they weren't engaged...

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...but soon after reaching the top they were! I failed to get a picture of the down on one knee part - probably because, like the rest of the people in our capsule, I was too busy staring, then "Awwww-ing," and finally clapping. It may not seem like it from this blog entry, but we really did spend most of our 30 minutes taking in the more traditional London sights!

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On Tuesday, Beth flew to Pisa in the morning to see another friend, and Dave flew to Amsterdam in the afternoon for a conference. They will both return to London tomorrow.

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