Me and My Sara

As mentioned in an earlier post, today is Thursday and our teacher let us have our own "field trip" day. =) And this was my last day with Sara so we had plans to spend the day together starting with the London Eye. London Eye is pretty much a giant Ferris Wheel by the Houses of Parliament and you go into a capsule with a small group of people and ride around. It takes about 25 minutes to go around and you see the city. We had a day and night pass, but I will tell you about the Day first. Pros of Daytime pass: you can see everything clearly, all details and whatnot, and...well...I think that is it. Cons: it's hot being in the sun despite the a/c, there is massive glare in the capsules so it's hard to take a good picture, and everything is pretty grey. I'm sure if I hadn't gone on the night one later my opinion wouldn't be quite as tainted.

After Sara, Jourdan and I did the daytime capsule, we went to see the 4D London Eye Experience which was pretty cool. This one had bubbles and smell which was cool. There was also wind and mist like the other one for Marvel, but in this one we had to stand. It was still nifty ;)

Jourdan separated from me and Sara and we decided to take our adventure day to Camden Market. That place is SO huge. You have no idea where you are going if you have never been there before and it is definitely overwhelming. And let me tell you, there are SOOOO many owls and pocket watch necklaces that I could have just lived there, but since I was so overwhelming and kept seeing things that looked shiny, I was distracted and didn't really buy anything. The only thing I did buy was an old photograph of a young chap sitting on a bench with a KLM bag. I was pretty excited about that so I had to snag it up for my mini collection. I also bought a couple of sodas because I wanted something fun and silly as a treat. One was called Dr. Cane and the other was Darn, That's Good, Rootbeer. Both were quite tasty.

The market was closing down on us so we decided it was time to go back to where I live and visit Byron's in Hoxton Square. We put in an order for take away and then went across the street to the park where it tells us what the weather was yesterday. We enjoyed our delicious burgers on a park bench and then it was time to head back to South Bank area for the London Eye part two.

We were there a little early so we wandered around and took some photos. We watched a band for a bit and a homeless man getting his groove on to their music. We walked on the Jubilee bridge and then sat in a grassy area across from the Eye until it was dark enough for our liking. The Night Eye was so great! There are lights everywhere and all sorts of colors. You can still see all of the landmarks but now they are highlighted so it is easier to spot them in pictures. There is no glare, but it is night so you need a steady surface for some pictures. Also it is much cooler at night when the sun isn't baking on you. We also rode in the red capsule, but I couldn't tell you why there is only one and what makes it special, but we did ride in it!

Once our ride was over, we wandered again and took some more pictures. I really wanted dessert b/c we had been talking about it throughout the night but it was now late and places were closed. That left us going to M&S (Marks & Spencer's) at the Waterloo station. I opted for key lime pie but later I discovered how terrible it tasted, so that was disappointing. Sara and I said our goodbyes at the underground and it was terribly sad. It was weird for it to all be over and so fast, though I knew it would happen like that. It just didn't feel like that was the last day. It was really surreal.

I got home and said my goodbyes to Emily too. We chatted for a bit and then I was off to pack up my stuff too. Even though I was staying the weekend I had to also check out in the morning with everyone else and move to my hostel. So once I was back in my room I packed all of my stuff for the most part and then feel asleep, deciding to finish the rest in the morning =) Always a good idea ;)