London Big Wheels and the New Eiffel Tower

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 London Big Wheels and the New Eiffel Tower London will be home to a second big wheel this Summer as the 55 metre high Greenwich Observation Wheel will open to the public providing panoramic views across the city.

Although small when compared to the London Eye, which stands at 135 m, the new wheel will carry up to 240 people in 40 gondolas and allow riders to take in wonderful views of the city, the nearby St Paul's Catherdral, the Iconic Tower of London and the Canary Wharf skyscrapers. Wheels are all the rage this year with the daddy of them all, the 165 metre Singapore Flyer set to be the world's biggest. French firm Sereno Architects' design won the competition for the Eiffel Tower platform, it was announced today. Like the original tower itself, the design has been met with a mix of excitement and howls of protest. For a pic of the pretty stunning design see Design for Eiffel Tower visitor platform Two things I learned today. There is such a creature as a "hexapus," this being, (obviously I guess,) a six legged octopus. Blackpool Sea Life Centre has one, the star exhibit in its "Suckers" exhibition having been caught in a lobster pot of the Anglesey coast. I also discovered that if you wish to travel by train during the month of April in Japan on the Iga Tetsudo line you travel for free if you are dressed as a ninja. Presumably this also applies to genune ninjas too. This is in celebration of the city of Mie's annual ninja festival and apparently it is not uncommon to see whole familes dressed as nijas riding the trains.
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With Zaragoza Expo 2008 opening this June, it's a good time to note that the Eiffel Tower was the centerpiece of the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889, designed by Gustave Eiffel. Part of the measure of a world's fair is its legacy.

Comment By Judith Rubin At 4/30/2008 8:42 PM