No visit to London is complete without hopping on to the London Eye to get a bird’s eye view of the city. On the negative the day was gray, but on a positive it wasn’t raining and our pod wasn’t too crowded.

Today was a fairly relaxed day for the family compared with the hectic schedule of the last couple of weeks. After the London Eye it was off to meet Nate, Caro and Gaspar for lunch at Princess Garden. It was good for my family to finally meet the Nate, Caro and Gaspar since I talk about them all the time! and I appreciated Nate coming all the way over from the other side of the town in his lunch hour to visit with us. As usual we ate way too much … but hey – its really good dim sum …

After shopping it was off to Covent Garden for a wander and to work off some dinner with some … shoe shopping! With the Aussie dollar being pretty good against the pound in recent times shoes were a bargain and my family walked away with a pair or two …