Word of the day: Reuzenrad (Ferris Wheel)
Big day and the reason we headed to London... BEARS GAME tonight!! But first up, a ride on the London Eye. Steve and I had been here last summer so we have already done a lot of the "touristy stuff"- the red hop on/off bus (which we both highly recommend, especially in London) and visited most of the main tourist attractions, but we had not done the view from atop the Eye. Honestly, it was so-so, probably not worth the money, but oh well another live and learn moment.
Following the eye we walked around... Along the river, pat Big Ben, past Buckingham Palace, through Hyde Park and on over to the west end to stop by a friends' place before heading to the game. I should also mention we hit up Chipotle again for lunch right before seeing Lindsay, John and meeting baby Elena. (For those of you who don't know, Lindsay is my brother in-law Ryan's sister who lives in London.)
Then it was off to the Bears game at Wembley Stadium! ...so much fun experiencing a game there and especially seeing it was our team playing, and who won! The house was packed at over 76,000 fans. We are pretty sure we saw at least one jersey representing all the different NFL teams. Despite the Bears not being considered the home team, they definitely had a good number of fans!
Besides the actual game there was plenty of other entertaining moments- we saw a squirrel out on the field and everyone chanting at it. I thought the British fans had a name for it bc they kept saying, "square-el." Turns out that is just how they pronounce squirrel. ... Ha... Accents! Then in the 4th quarter we were entertained w/ a semi-streaker! It was pretty funny bc they let him run all over the field for a good few minutes before giving chase, he even gave a few of the players high-fives as he weaved thru them. Always a funny sight! Btw... Anyone see us on tv?!?! We were in the 8th row behind the Buccaneers endzone, right along a goal post.
Man were we pooped after today... lots and lots of walking. we easily walked over 5 miles!
Till next time...
Sarah
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