TOUR OF LONDON part 1

This week we will be talking about the great city of LONDON! All of these photos are pictures taken by yours truly and I am so excited to share this adventure with all of you. This was such a great experience for me as I went to Europe for two and a half weeks on minimal sleep walking all over some of the biggest cities is Europe. Today is all about London and we will have to continue this on a later post as well. Well here it is London, England. What a wonderful city to go explore! There is so many cool places to go visit with so much history every where you look, walk, and every corner you turn. Some of the big highlights of the city are the London Eye, Big Ben which is connected to Parliament, Tower of London and Buckingham palace, and St. Paul's Cathedral (we will look at some of these later). Of course you can not forgot one of the trademark items of London like the red telephone booth!

The London eye is truly a breath taker! I know for a fact that I did not expect it to be so big as it is the second largest Ferris wheel in the world standing at a height of 443 feet tall! WOW! It takes a full 30 minutes to make a complete rotation and each carriage which is shaped like a oval can hold up to 25 people! The London Eye stands on the River Thames and also can be refereed to as the Millennium Wheel. 

The view of Parliament  and Big Ben from the top of the London Eye! The Thames River is very dirty! GROSS! I would not want to go swim in that water.

FUN FACT: Big Ben is not the clock nor is it the big structure in which we recognize Ben. Big Ben is actually the name of the Bell inside of the clock tower. 

This is the view of Buckingham Palace from the top of the London Eye. The palace is home to the British royal family and the Queen herself. The palace is the building in the middle off in the distance in the green trees. 

The Globe Theater, This is an exact replica of Shakespeare's original globe which burnt down in 1613. Here you can experience plays how they were meant to be in the time of Shakespeare. 

Good Bye for now and as always Happy Travels.