A Tourist's Eye

I spy the London Eye and the London Eye spies all of London. Say that 10 times fast.

Christmas Market from the London Eye

Someone who has lived in London before made an interesting recommendation to us the other week: don't forget to be tourists in the city.

It was an unusual recommendation. We've heard other advice like "find the spots that locals go to", "Ashley should get a job to make the transition easier","make sure you take advantage of how easy it is to travel in Europe", but this advice was different. It's very easy to skip the touristy things and adapt to life in London by fitting in, beginning a normal routine and exploring only Europe. You forget all there is to see in the city where you are living.

We went to a Christmas market on Monday night in the Southbank area of London. The market stretches along the Thames river from bridge to bridge and ends at the London Eye. Going on the London Eye is a huge tourist attraction, but we thought it was the perfect time to take advantage of the advice we received.

Left photo with flash; Right photo without flash

It really was an incredible view and I think that going on it at night was a great choice. It was slightly raining which looked pretty cool in some pictures and made me think of Seattle : )

Sometimes it's fun to stand out as tourists and other times it's good to fit in and get into a routine... which I will be doing on January 6 when I start my new job : ) It's back to the real world for me!

Panorama view from the London Eye