The London Eye and the Southbank

We are still having the time of our lives with this sweet little grandbaby of ours and her family. On Saturday we took a ride on the London eye. It’s the big ferris wheel over the Thames River. We also walked along the South Bank of the Thames to the Tate Museum of Modern Art. We have been to the museum before and neither of us was very impressed, so we didn’t go in this time. DIL and J. stayed home while Dennis, Alex and I took the tube to the Southbank. We had lunch at a Mexican restaurant that overlooked the river. It was called Wahaca and the food was delicious. Here are a few photos of our day for you. 

The London eye up close and personal. It’s MUCH bigger than it looks.

The cars were huge. I don’t think they let as many in as they did pre-Covid but there were still about 20 people in our car which was a little nerve-racking.

I thought the picture of the boat going up and down the Thames was hilarious. I had never heard of an Uber boat before! There were a lot of people riding it too.

There are so many gorgeous buildings in the city. Well, in the entire country.

Big Ben and Parliament. Big Ben finally had its scaffolding gone. Our last two trips here we couldn’t see it very well at all.

Buckingham Palace was a little further away so it is somewhat blurry, but you can see it here in the middle of the photo surrounded by the gardens. The gold statue in the courtyard is to the right about 2/3 down.

I have no idea what this building is but isn’t it gorgeous? I would like to have an apartment right there in one of those two towers in the front middle! Ha! Ha!

We were about halfway up when I took this photo of the Southbank. Since it was a bank holiday weekend there were a lot of people around which made us quite nervous. We have tested for Covid on our own twice since we got here just to be sure. We really only have to test the day before we go home. Alex has caught some sort of sinus thing. He’s had symptoms for several days and has tested twice in the past three days, including this morning and he’s still negative. I guess people do still just have plain old colds even in these days. 🤷‍♀️

Here we are walking along the south bank. You can see Big Ben in the distance on the left side of the photo. We were having a good time, but we were looking into the sun here so we don’t look very happy. Sorry about that.😍

We found a wonderful outdoor used book area while walking. There were several book shops selling used books. I found five to buy for Christmas gifts. How fun!

Since then we have been many more places. On Sunday we spent the day in Cambridge visiting our daughter-in-law‘s alma mater and where Alex hopes to attend soon for his PhD. Yesterday we went to an old, old castle. So there will be more photos coming. Sometimes it seems Blogger wants to work for me and sometimes it doesn’t. This morning is one time where I have done this post 11 times so far and it keeps deleting it. I’m trying one more time. I hope this works. I am also able to sporadically comment on your blogs. I am reading them all and I comment when blogger lets me. I’ll be back to visit with you all again very soon. 

Meanwhile I’m hoping you’re having a blessed May and are looking for ways to celebrate and live with joy, this life you’ve been given.

Blessings and love to you all, 

Betsy