First thing this morning was a face to face immigration check: a fiasco with long queues which caused us to be last on the tour bus and late! It seemed a waste of time. It was a one and a half hour drive from Southampton to London, then we had approx 5 hours on our own to explore the sights. It was a bit on the cool side but a nice change for us. This was our first visit to London so we headed off to The London Eye, we passed Big Ben and Hyde Park. The queue there was very long but we bought a Fast Track pass which cost 10 pounds extra but we went straight on basically. The cost for this and a Thames cruise was 72 pounds for both of us. Well worth it. The capsules on the Eye hold 12 people with plenty of space to move around. I still have my height fear but I forced myself as I don't want to regret not doing it. Wow is the appropriate word. It takes around 30 minutes and its an amazing sight. The River Thames ride was good too and we sailed under the London Bridge. The sky was turning blacker by the minute, we just made it back onto land before it rained. London is a busy, noisy and vibrant city. We walked around the sights, saw all the famous streets as on the Monopoly board. It was a very enjoyable day.
The bus ride home took 4 hours.....we struck heavy traffic. However our lovely bus driver made the most of it for us and took us through Windsor. It was a beautiful place and we glimpsed the castle and Royal Ascot.
Sail away was cold and very blustery. We have had 2 very long days so tomorrow's sea day will be relaxing I hope. Lots of new faces onboard, 840 we have heard. The rumour going around was that heading toward USA would bring changes in a lot of onboard things such as food, activities etc. We will be keeping an eye our for this and last night we certainly had more paper info for coming events than when we actually embarked in Sydney.
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