2 hours to Chicago + 2 hours at O'hare + 8 hours on a plane + 4 hours at the train station in Paris + 3.5 hours on a train = we finally made it London!

Our first stop was to ride the London Eye to watch the sun set over the city. You get a good view of Big Ben from up there with Buckingham Palace in the distance but the city isn't as picturesque as some. In fact, the best London view we saw all night was from Buckingham Place looking back at Big Ben. The clock face was lit up and the full moon hung just over the tower.

Two random stories from our first day:

(1) Jeff wore his Michigan hat today. He got a "Go Blue" from a young french woman on the train from the airport to the train station in Paris. That pretty much made his day.

(2) We were walking along the Thames River on our way to the London Eye when Jeff spotted Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, World Series of Poker Champion. We stalked him for while arguing whether that was actually the guy from TV or just a British look alike. Finally Jeff just asked him to confirm his identity, which he did, but we didn't get picture :(