The boat ride down river to Greenwich was great, though it got a bit cool and I saw my only cloudy sky of the entire trip (it never rained!).
We did get to Greenwich in time to see the ball fall at 1PM. I stayed with the tour for another 45 minutes before going on to see the observatory on the hill. Loved the early telescopes that are still in place and usable.
Back down at the bottom of the hill, I spent a couple of hours at National Maritime Museum.
Cutty Sark - Tea Clipper
Figure Head - witch with horse's tail
Millennium Dome
Greenwich observatory - Each day the sun is measured, When it is at
the very highest, it is noon Greenwich Mean Time.
Then just before 1 PM the ball on the top is raised. At 1 PM it was
dropped so the officers at the naval college could set their watches
Right foot in the Eastern Hemisphere and Left foot in the Western
Telescope in largest dome
"The First Shop in the World"
To return to the city, I walked through the 100 year old Greenwich Foot Tunnel under the Thames and rode the Docklands Light Rail. This was going to be my big meal out, but I was feeling a little beat and just took a long bath and had a snack in the hotel before going out to see Blood Brothers in the evening.
Blood Brothers is a musical that has been playing in the West End for 14 years. I bought the CD before the trip, so the music was familiar.
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