Visiting Greenwich

We decided to have a little break and visit Greenwich for the afternoon yesterday.

We caught the City Cruises boat from London Eye to Greenwich, which was about a 75 minute trip. There was a stop at Tower Bridge. During the cruise, there was commentary about the interesting spots just off the Thames River.

 Tower Bridge

 Tower of London

 Apartments designed to look like 3 soldiers

 Pub

 Canary Wharf looks like a mini Manhattan with the dense, modern buildings

Just off the Greenwich Pier, we could see the Cutty Sark, which is a famous clipper which used to carry tea from afar.

There is a lot to do around Greenwich, a nice little place just out of the city. There are museums, galleries, shops, Greenwich Park and The Royal Observatory which is on the top of Greenwich Park and this is where the Prime Meridian Line is - East meets West! It is quite a steep walk up to the top but the views are spectacular.

You have to pay 7 pounds to get in to see the Greenwich Meridian Line. So here Athol and I are, with me in the Eastern hemisphere and Athol in the Western hemisphere!

There were a lot of people on the hill but luckily not so many people inside, it was just a short wait to take our photo along the GMT line.

There is a few other interesting things to see around Greenwich, there's the Royal Maritime Museum and the Queens House (fine art gallery).

We walked around Greenwich and then caught the last boat out at 5:30pm. Such lovely views from the boat.

I think that Spring finally has come to London, was 20 degrees today and no jacket was required :)

So a great afternoon exploring Greenwich!