Center of Time

While Sandra was here, we also made it to Greenwich. We took a 2 hour walking tour that started at one of the only remaining Roman walls in London.

From there, we headed over to the Thames River where we took a short boat ride down the river. Here is our boat.

I have to give major credit to Sandra for always trying to take pictures of us while she was here. Of course, these photos are rather funny as she is also holding the camera as she takes it. Here is one of those photos.


Here is the view of us going under the Tower Bridge.


Once we landed in Greenwich, our funny tour guide led us around the place. We walked through the old Naval College which has now been converted into different universities. The place is rather grand and is always being rented out for movies (according to our guide).


Here is a picture of the inside of the chapel which I photographed above.

The Naval College also has one of the best painted roofs outside the Sistine Chapel. This roof is in the old dining hall. Can't imagine being a naval officer and eating under this everyday.

From there, we walked to the park which has the Royal Observatory on top of the hill. As we listened to our tour guide, we got to see the bright red time ball on top of the Flamsteed House go up and then drop at 1 p.m. It is one of the world's earliest public time signals and would let ships on the River Thames know what time it was. The ball has been dropping since 1833.

After our tour, Sandra and I hiked up the hill to the Observatory. Here is Sandra with London behind her.

From there, we went and stood on the center of time! Here is the Greenwich Meridian Line behind me which is longitude "0" for the world. Crazy enough, every place on earth is measured in terms of its distance East or West from this point.


Here, I am standing in the Western and Eastern Hemispheres!


After that, Sandra and I ended our day by leaving Greenwich by walking UNDER the River Thames. Apparently, there are only two places that you can do this. We walked down, but we took an elevator up! :) It was a great day and crazy enough, I got sunburned! Who would of thought we would get any sun in London!