Our final stop on our cruise was Greenwich pier. I never really thought about it until the tour guide on the boat mentioned that this is the home to Greenwich Prime Meridian. We had gone to visit an open air market that is held every Saturday and Sunday. It was like a food and craft bazaar, only better. Maria and I went to that (we bought good stuff for dinner) and the guys hiked up the hill to the Royal Observatory (top picture) to straddle the prime meridian (longitude 0 degrees). The weather was not so good, rainy, cold and very windy and on top of that they close at 5 PM and it was about 10 after when they got there. So they just took pictures straddling the line that was outside the Observatory. That is the bottom right picture of Dick standing in both the East and West Longitudes. The bottom left picture is from Friday night. Remember I said that we went on a Jack the Ripper tour, well this is the church that is the famous White Chapel. It's a real church.That's all for now. We are moving to the Conference Hotel tomorrow, so will have to find another Internet site to use.
2 comments:
Wow, it sounds like you are having a great time -- thanks for letting me enjoy it with you. I spent Saturday at the Issaqua Salmon Festival in the POURING rain.
Dick, did one foot feel younger than the other? Everything look really cool (especially the weather). Have fun and keep posting, so we can see more..
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