The Eye

London is home to almost 8 million people. Second only to Paris, it is the most visited city in the world. Followed by Bangkok, Singapore, and of course New York City.

The London Eye

A huge ferris wheel tourist attraction with capsules that give you a bird's eye view of this beautiful city. It costs 18 pounds and takes 30 minutes. It was worth it and we were definitely glad we did it.

Here are some of the photos I took while on our ride.

- The main building with all the glass in Charing Cross Station.

- The tall cylindrical building (center right) is Centre Point built by tycoon Harry Hyams for office space, it now houses the Confederation of British Industry.

- The tall skinny building (left) is the BT Tower - communications.

The River Thames

- The tall buildings in the distance (left) are the Barbican Towers - mostly residential.

- You can see the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral (right) and the tall skyscraper (farther right) is Tower 42 - offices.

- The white v-shaped building (front) is the London IMAX Theatre.

- The brownish building (center right) is the Tate Modern Gallery - museum.

- The building shaped like a missile (distant right) is the Swiss RE Headquarters - a reinsurance company.

Westminster Bridge

- Goes without saying - that is Big Ben (center).

- The huge building (left of Big Ben) are the Houses of Parliament.

- The white tower (distant right) with a flag on top is Westminster Abbey.

- The white building with the greenish roof is the Ministry of Defence (that's how they spell it).

- The white building to the left of the M of D is the Foreign Office.

- Those two huge buildings behind the M of D and the Foreign Office is the HM Treasury. That's HM as in "Her Majesty".

- It's a bit hard to tell, but Buckingham Palace is almost dead center of this picture.

These capsules hold up to 25 people, but there were only about 8 or 10 on ours.

You can see for 25 miles!