To be the tourist or not to be the tourist? Part Two

After our jaunt to Kings Cross we hopped back onto the tube and shot down to Westminster Station. Here we went out and were awestruck by the sheer beauty of the Parliament building and Big Ben. Despite its massive size it's honestly one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever seen. It has a wonderful gothic look to it, something fit for Quasimoto, but at the same time it's elegant. And then as Tim stood there for his photo the clock tower rang out! It was perfect. Now, we didn't take the tour of the parliament building as the tour we really wanted was the combined parliament and Big Ben tour. Unfortunately for us though, the Big Ben tour is only offered to UK residents. So next we hopped back onto the jubilee line and got off at The London Eye. We did The London Eye ride, and to be completely frank with you, it was a waste of money. Yes it was neat being able to see the whole city from so high, but it cost us £40 and we were stuck with a group of German tourist kids that either took up the entire bench or crowded all the best vantage points for photos. My recommendation is that if you have the extra cash to spend buy yourself a fast track ticket with the private ride upgrade. Then you can have the bench to yourself and plenty of photo opportunities.