Saturday - London - and the flight home...

As we mentioned, London was quite busy, being Easter weekend. On Saturday, we started our day by heading to the British Museum. We looked around a bit, saw the mummy exhibit, and had lunch.

Next, we went to the London Eye. We had preordered tickets, so we could just pick them up and get in line (which was like a 45 minute queue. (If you had just shown up, you had to buy tickets for a boarding time that was 3 hours later, so you couldn't get in line until then.)

The London Eye was very cool. They didn't cram the pods, so you had room to move about and see. The entire revolution takes 30 minutes. It was pretty cool, Right on the Thames, and again, we had nice weather, so you could see quite a distance.

After the London Eye, we went to Leicester Square and purchased half price tickets at the TKTS booth for Cabaret.

Next, we took the public bus throughout London to see the sights - we went past St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, The London Eye, The Tower of London, and across the Tower Bridge. We were pretty tired, so we picked up dinner and took it back to our hotel.

Cabaret was awesome - Just a top notch performance in every sense of the word - the sets, the dancing, the acting - just an amazing show. But - gah - I was just crying after the show becasue I always feel so guilty for being so fortunate. I know, I am weird.

On Sunday, it was time to fly home. Luckily, the subway station right by our hotel is the Piccadilly line, which goes to the airport, so we didn't have to transfer of anything.

The long flight home had lots of good movies, which helped past the time. I watched The Pursuit of Happyness, Charlotte's Web, and Ms. Potter. I cried during each one - not too bad, though, because it kept my eyes moist on the dry flight. Grant watched The Pursuit of Happyness, and then on his PSP, he watched the South Park movie and 6 hours of Battlestar Galactica.

Overall, it was a great trip. I thought a week would not feel worth it - having to fly all the way to London and back - but I didn't. It was a great time, an awesome experience.