High in the Sky

The top photo is of the London Eye. From the top of the Eye, you can see up to 25 miles in each direction with views over some of the world's most famous sights, including St Paul's Cathedral, the Palace of Westminster and Windsor Castle. The Eye is 135 meters or 443 feet high!!! I have an aversion to both heights, and of things that go round and round so I begged Drake to allow us to skip this tourist stop, to which she reluctantly agreed, but it sure was cool to photograph!!!

The other is a photo shot from across the River Thames. You can make out part of Big Ben in this shot. Kimmie was over earlier today and told us a story of her own tourist blunder when she was in London a few years back. She emerged from the Tube stop and the first thing she saw was Big Ben. Not realizing immediately what it was, she exclaimed to herself, "WOW! A GIANT CLOCK!!!". It wasn't until she had travelled the entire city and returned to the Tube stop that she realized what it was. :)

Do you have an interesting dumb tourist story? Please share!!