London Eye And Greenwich
Thursday - September 1st 2011
Like everyday we took the train to Waterloo Station and from there we walked to the
London Eye just across the railway station. We bought our tickets already back at home on the internet and had just to pick them up at the ticket office. We purchased Fast Track tickets and so we were the first in line. I'm glad we decided to buy those tickets, because the stand by line was already very long and the attraction wasn't even open. We boarded the first gondola and luckily the weather was fine to make good pictures. After 45 minutes the round trip was over and we did the 4D attraction which was included in the admission.
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| London Eye |
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| London Eye |
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| Houses of Parliament |
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| London |
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| London Eye |
Then we were on our way to
Canary Wharf, a very modern part of London with skyscrapers. There we had a cup of coffee at Starbucks, before we took the DLR Line to
Greenwich. We walked to the
Royal Observatory, where you can see the Prime Meridian, but we didn't go inside. Then we visited the
Old Naval College to see where Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides
was filmed. After a quick visit to
Greenwich Market, we had a beer in a pub and waited for our water taxi, which brought us back to the Tower of London.
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| Canary Wharf |
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| Canary Wharf |
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| Canary Wharf |
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| Canary Wharf |
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| Greenwich |
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| Old Naval College |
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| Royal Observatory |
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| Old Naval College |
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| Old Naval College |
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| Captain Jack Sparrow's Costume |
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| Old Naval College |
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| Greenwich Market |
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| Water Transportation |
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| London |
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| London |
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| London |
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| London |
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| Tower Bridge |
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| Tower of London |
Back at the Tower we had lunch at
Wagamama again, since the food was really good, the portions were big and the price was reasonable. Afterwards we took the subway to Temple Bar and
St. Paul's Cathedral, which was a fantastic building. We went inside the church, but unfortunately it was not allowed to take pictures.
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| Fried Rice |
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| Vegetable Noodle Soup |
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| London |
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| Temple Bar |
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| St. Pauls Cathedral |
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| St. Pauls Cathedral |
Later we headed to Oxford Street to visit the Disney Store. I wanted to get a pin, but they only had one which I didn't like. A very friendly Castmember told me that they will get new ones on Saturday. So there was a reason to return.
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| Disney Store |
So we went to Soho and had another beer and cider at the
Clachan Pub. I really liked the atmosphere there, because after waork people were standing in front of the pubs and enjoyed their drinks and leisure time. Then we also walked to Carnaby Street and Chinatown. Dinner was at
Maoz Falafel. The portions at Wagamama were so huge that we were still full and so Maoz was the right choice for us.
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| London |
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| The Clachan Pub |
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| The Clachan Pub |
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| Carnaby Street |
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| On the way to Maoz |
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| Falafel Sandwich |
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| Falafel Sandwich |
Unfortunately that evening the objective of our DSLR broke. I don't know what had happened, but the auto focus didn't work anymore. At least it was still possible to make pictures. After Chinatown we walked to Trafalgar Square and via Houses of Parliament to Waterloo Station. Back in the hotel we watched TV and plundered the mini bar.
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| Trafalgar Square |
