Whenever I travel somewhere on my own, I like to first take a half-day tour in order to get a brief overview of that area’s major points of interest. So when Sarah and I first arrived in London, we were happy to accept an invitation to board the famous London Eye and then the London Eye River Cruise on the River Thames.

First we waited in line to experience the London Eye. This structure that took seven years to build looks, from afar, like a  giant Ferris wheel.

However, once you’re closer to this attraction, you can see that the capsules are actually completely enclosed, and positioned on the outside of the wheel.

Sarah and I liked this  experience because it permitted you to slowly view many of London’s famous landmarks and, because you were high above, you could more easily figure out where each structure was in relation to another.

This included  finding the location of the Royal Wedding, Westminster Abbey,  in relation to other buildings such as London’s Parliament.

I also noticed that multiple efforts were made to make the attraction wheelchair accessible. Ramps were used to get you to the top of the entrance of the site and, I observed employees lay a mat over the space between the capsule and the platform so that an individual could wheel herself directly out of  the capsule that she had visited.

After we were finished with that attraction, we boarded the Silver Bonito at the London Eye Millenium Pier for a 40 minute tour on the River Thames. Sarah and I sat back on a comfy couch while our guide provided us with some interesting infomation about various landmarks on the river.

These sites included buildings both newly created and centuries old.

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