3.LON: Greenwich

Friday was a very eventful day… starting early morning at Westminster Abbey… long line… Stephen Hawking ashes… famous people… under our feet… learning trails for self-led visits… scientists trail… Poets’ Corner… just recently opened… less crowded… The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries…

Missed concert at the Barbican 🙁

Picnicked in Fortune Street Park… with a jazz impromptu… just a day ahead of the community fun day… a fun day away 🙂

On to the prime theme of the day… Greenwich 🙂

We found the meridian(s)… the Royal Observatory… a beautiful view of the City… camera obscura… a giant ship in a bottle… ending the eventful Friday in South Bank… with tickets at Shakespeare’s Globe for Saturday… and a delicious and already a family tradition dinner at Tas Pide… delicious in every dish!

From Westminster… to Barbican… Greenwich… via The City… to South Bank… we traveled through 5 boroughs in one day… and added each of them for a full discovery day to our future travel wish list!

• Westminster Abbey – Virtual Tour






• JEWEL TOWER

One of only two buildings from the medieval Palace of Westminster to survive the fire of 1834.

• Barbican – Big Barbican Adventure

Architecture | Make! Summer Craft Workshops

• The Greenwich Meridian…where east meets west

Why the Prime Meridian belongs in the Dustbin of Geography

• Visit Greenwich – TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE

Royal Borough of Greenwich


• The World’s largest Ship Model in a Bottle?

Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s Ship in a Bottle

TO BE CONTINUED…

• A unique history of timekeeping
• Journey across the Great Map
• Our Journey into the Uncharted – playing within the lines
• Royal Museums Greenwich – Attractions
• Ship models: Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle
• The Palace of Placentia, Greenwich