Another sunny day in London with the perfect weather continuing. We started locally at the London Eye which is only a block from the hotel. While the crowds were starting to grow, the queue to the London Eye moved quickly. Cramming as many people as possible into each capsule made viewing limiting for those people in the middle, while others raced to a prime position and didn’t move or share the view in the 30 minute ride. Still it was a great view, especially from the top position.
Following the London Eye we walked across Westminster Bridge and headed west past the Houses of Parliament and along the riverbank to the Tate Gallery and MI6 Headquarters.
Westminster Bridge on the not crowded side
Westminster Houses of Parliament
Vitoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament
Buxton Memorial Fountain
MI6 Headquarters
Tate Gallery where the Turner Prize plus many examples by Turner, Constable, Henry Moore and Francis Bacon were on exhibition. Using the Underground we went to Oxford Square to see the shopping district but there were soooo many people - in fact, wall to wall crowds on both sides of the road. Escaping into Liberty of London, there were amazing designs of high end products and a very crowded Christmas section.
Looking down from the upper mezzanine floors
Liberty’s Christmas windows
As dusk approaches around 4.30pm, more Christmas lights appear on Oxford Street, along The Strand and outside the Park Plaza Westminster while the The Houses of Parliament glow in amber light.
Oxford Street and a laneway in Soho
Christmas lights along The Strand
Lights near our hotel outside the Park Plaza Westminster
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