Christmas Cruise on the Thames

My work had our Christmas function last Friday. Partner's were invited this year and we went on a four hour cruise along the Thames, down past Greenwich and back.

We were originally going to have a lovely flat bottomed boat which glides along the Thames, but at the last minute we were switched to a huge sailing barge, which has a narrower bottom and is MUCH rockier. Needless to say, I spent a LOT of time on up deck seasick, wearing several jackets and my scarf as a hat because it was freezing.

We finished work early so we could do Secret Santa before leaving, I got a Travel Mug and some lollies, which I was pretty pleased with, as you can see below! We had to open them one at a time in front of everyone, so even if you hated what you got, you had to act convincingly very quickly!

I find this photo hilarious, it's so cheesy. It looks kind of like a photo taken by a terrible wedding photographer!

Going past The Tower of London, looks so amazing all lit up at night. Makes me want to do a night tour of the Tower, it costs about £10 more than during the day, but it would be so awesome to it see in the dark!

Because we were on a larger sailing barge, Tower Bridge opened just for us! It was so exciting, and everyone was waving to us as we went under.

All wrapped up like a Russian bride in my fur coat, on top of the coat I was already wearing. It was so cold. I think I actually got a better experience having to stay up top most of the night. There were no windows downstairs, so I got a great view. Plus the skipper gave me a running commentary with heaps of interesting facts about London as we sailed past.