Today, we flew the British Airways London Eye.

The Eye is a fairly new sight on London’s skyline. To be perfectly honest, I’ve never been a fan of Ferris wheels, which tend to scare me. So, I didn’t approach the Eye (which looks very similar to a Ferris wheel) with wild excitement. Of course, the London Eye is not at some carnival with old, rickety rides.

We had 2 rotations on the Eye, which gave us about 1 hour to get everything done. The first rotation was spent filming, which was easy and faster than expected. The second rotation was spent enjoying the view.

For me, what is most surprising about the London Eye is that you can hardly tell that it is moving. This definitely helped in getting me over my trepidation. The enclosed capsules are more spacious than I had imagined, so there was no claustrophobia to ruin the experience. And once we were high in the sky, the view is so breath-taking that all my fears were immediately forgotten.

From high above, it easy to see how the Thames River cuts through the center of the city, connecting London to the ocean. From this vantage point, I finally understood why London was such an important port city.

We watched as London retired for the day: cars zipping by on their way home, double-decker buses filled with the day’s commuters, lights of the city turning on, and the boats of the river docking for the night. We tried locating all of the places we had visited or will be visiting. We spotted the Old Vic, the Tate Modern Museum, the Millennium Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the British Museum, and Covent Garden.

The Eye was a great way to get some perspective on the city.

Simply awe-struck by the view,

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