After going out to eat in Greenwich (pronounced Grennich.. so weird) the night before with two of my new friends from my program, I decided to head to the maritime "village" during a nice sunny afternoon. Turns out it's only about a 25-30 minute walk from my dorm, so it's nice to have somewhere to explore that's relatively close!! I also heard that Johnny Depp has been in Greenwich filming for the next (another one, really???) installment of Pirates of the Carribean, but alas, no sign of the legendary Cptn. Jack Sparrow. The area of Greenwich is really beautiful, with the Old Royal Naval Academy, the Maritime Museum (some fun ships!), and the Royal Observatory as some of the highlights.. not to mention the good ol' Prime Meridian... ever heard of Greenwich Mean Time?.. yeah, that's here. The only down side to Greenwich was the massive amounts of construction going on, including the conservation/restoration of the famous Cutty Sark ship, leaving much of the river area covered in construction to be completed in 2012 ( a real bummer because I can imagine how amazing it would look with the ship on display and all of the construction gone), but nothing can detract from the beauty of Greenwich park. It definitely ranks up there as one of my favorite parks ever. Looking forward to spending lots of sunny days here (Oh wait...)
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| cute shop with reeeeally tasty looking treats... I resisted for now |
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| I LOVED the Greenwich Market- fun aprons! |
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| This market has all sorts of great finds! |
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| Greenwich tourist centre |
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| The Old Royal Naval Academy |
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| Maritime Museum |
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| View of the Royal Observatory and surrounding Greenwich Park |
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| Old Royal Navy- with view of the city from the Thames |
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| Greenwich park- love it. |
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| The Royal Observatory |
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| View of London from the Royal Observatory |
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| Long line of people wanting to take their pics at the Prime Meridian |
Hey I've been there....as I recall I might have gotten lost! <3 you.
ReplyDeleteLynnlee