London Eye and Record-Breaking Coconut Orchestra

LBS was kind enough to treat us to a trip to the London Eye, so I jumped at the chance to take a free "flight." Hey, I'm a student - I can't be expected to shell out $30 to ride a big ferris wheel (or observation wheel, as they call it).

The trip around the wheel was a pleasant experience. We had nice views of Parliament, Westminster Cathedral, and the rest of central London. One bummer was that it was cloudy for the first time in about three weeks.


In the bubble


In the bubble


The Spokes


Near the top


In the bubble


The view

During our 30 minute trip around the wheel we worked up an appetite, so we decided to walk to Chinatown and get some dinner. However, as we walked past Trafalgar Square we couldn't help but notice that a horde of silly Londoners were gathered around watching "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Many of them held coconut shells and would clap them together at appropriate times. While one might be tempted to think this is just something they do every Monday night in London, we later found out that it was part of a celebration of St. George's day. We also found out that we had just missed a Guinness World Record-setting Coconut Orchestra performance.


Silly Londoners

This all seemed like good fun so we abandoned our plans to go to Chinatown in favor of grabbing a few pizzas and watching the rest of the movie.

"What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"


Good times