Coincidentally, "The Thames" happens to be the name of the paint color that I chose for our kitchen, a soft but pretty green that I like very much. Not too different from Westminster Bridge green as seen below.
The London Eye and the Aquarium |
Pigeons in a city park |
London Eye showing the car below ours along with Golden Jubilee Bridge |
Looking downriver from the London Eye |
Birdseye view of the Aquarium |
Upriver view from the London Eye. The building on the left housed the London Aquarium |
Jerry by Westminster Bridge and the Parliament buildings |
After our ride on the London Eye, we found a place for some lunch and a rest. From that side of the river we had a great view of Big Ben along with Westminster bridge and the parliament buildings. Because the Aquarium was right beside the Eye we headed inside!
Love to watch tropical fish swim! Their colors amaze me!
Sharks are even more fun to watch. There was viewing from a glass tunnel inside the shark tank and also from above.
Shark Tank |
Jerry went aboard one navy ship for a tour but most of it was under maintenance and closed to tourists. Too bad. Time for ice cream then! They put little round chocolate stick treats into their ice cream. And raspberry sauce for me, chocolate for Jerry. I should have taken a photo. Delicious!
London Bridge |
Gears to run London Bridge |
The bridges along the Thames were all painted pretty colors. Bright pink posts or burgundy and gold, green with red, bright blue. Very detailed including white bolts on a burgundy support or gold medallions. Some bridges had crests painted in great detail. The view below shows what it was like to be"on the river" It was very busy at times like rush hour traffic.
Going under Blackfriars Bridge. |
The buildings seen from the water were so interesting. Old warehouses, modern condominiums, heritage stone and glittering glass. One thing they all had in common was plants and flowers. Container gardening taken to a new high!The Captain Kidd building had flowers on small balconies.
As you can see, these condos had large trees growing on their balconies. I wish I could have had a tour.
Cher owned the penthouse suite at one time. Why is no one sitting on those chairs? |
The large building at left is Charing Cross Train Station. We walked past it but did not go inside. We did however walk across the bridge where there were 2 buskers playing music. I loved that!!
The O2 Millennium Dome seen from our cruise |
The London barrier prevents tides from flooding the riverbank. Our tour went as far as the barrier, circled it and then headed back up river.
One evening we walked all the way down to the river from the flat. It was warm and sunny so there were lots of gardens to see along the way. There were houseboats moored in a group. How intriguing! To live in London on a boat! A little boy came along and went inside one. He lived there!! And in case you didn't notice they had plants growing on their decks!! This one is quite conservative but some were painted funky colors.
The Thames at Hampton Court |
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