Two (more) views of London...

Sunday saw me in search of the Museum for London – reading a Tube map is getting easier and easier, so I found it first go. This museum doesn’t ‘flow’ as well as the War Museum, it’s more like a bunch of vaguely related snapshots of stuff, and maybe suffers a bit from trying to be all things to all people. That said, it’s a tough job to condense 400,000 years of history (or even 2,500 years!) into one building. The Black Death (1348) and Great Fire of London (1666) stuff is good, they have public talks on throughout the day covering different topics, and it was free, so I’m not really grizzling. Go see it, but be prepared to skim over the bits that don’t interest you.

Hooked up with Sheree and Glenn afterwards, to go ride the London Eye. This giant ferris wheel carries people 135 metres above ground level – even at that height, Big Ben, Westminster and St Paul’s dome are really impressive! We went just as it was getting dark, so the city was all lit up below us, and there were hardly any queues! (I’m starting to think Londoners’ famed passion for queueing is a crock). And some of my photos worked – look!

Found a pub for tea (Jacket spud with chilli for £4.50! Bargain!!), and maybe too much wine. Don’t tell my mum I caught the Tube home at midnight…