LONDON EYE

Some would say the Eye of London is the gigantic ferris wheel that dominates the East Embankment of the Thames River across Westminster Bridge from all those famous buildings that we Americans love almost as much as the English do. After an impromptu, after-dinner tour that took me past a couple of houses where Samuel Pepys once lived and to the doorstep of the house where Benjamin Franklin once lived, I decided the real London eye belongs to Alan, a friend who knows more about London and more about electricity than I know about almost anything.
Before we met Alan and Helen for dinner, Margaret, Ann, and I rode the big wheel. The ride was thrilling. The views all the way around are spectacular. From high above the river, London sprawls in all directions. Later Alan explained that it
isn’t a planned city. The streets seem to have been laid out whimsically. Historic sites are scattered all over the city, so maneuvering through even the shortest, narrowest lane is a delight.