Euro Day 21 - Transportation Smorgasbord

We learned yesterday that we need to get down to the London Eye earlier in the day to ensure it is not sold out.  Our goal was to get out at 9:30am to make it down their by their opening at 10.  I knew that goal was overly ambitious for this crew but we ended up getting there at 11 and got tickets for 11:30. It was a glorious day and nice to have the beautiful views of London.

We then boarded a boat to take us down the Thames to a redeveloped area where the O2 arena is located. 

The O2 arena has a bunch of shops around it and we ended up having a late lunch at a buffet restaurant that I am slightly surprised did not give us some level of food poisoning. 

We then boarded the Emirates cable cars back across the Thames.  Our second cable cars of this trip. 

We then boarded a train back towards our home base.  The original plan was to check out the British museum but Jake and I were the only ones who had the energy to go and do it.  It is a fantastic collection of artifacts from around the globe and as Jake noted, a side benefit of England's imperialism.

There was an Arsenal-Leicester City game being played in the evening but getting tickets to the games is nearly impossible - especially for opening night of the season. So Jake, Brett and I took off to find a pub to watch the game.  It was surprisingly difficult to find a pub with the game on and the one we did find - the patrons did not seem to be all that into the game.  Maybe we were in the wrong section of the city but were hoping for a better atmosphere.