If you are visiting London, I highly recommend a visit to Greenwich. It has history coming out it's ears and a number of good museums to look at. It was probably my favourite place I visited in London, so that is saying something. Ok, yes I know I am a geek :)
If you want to make the trip, I recommend taking the boat ride rather than the under/over ground, the driver gives a voluntary not official commentary as you go up the river which is highly cynical and very funny.
The inevitable "London Eye" photo
"Big Ben" which is actually part of the houses of
Parliament, something I didn't quite click to until I visited it myself...
This building houses the London Aquarium, I walked past it many times but didn't actually go in.
Another photo of the
London eye
On of the supports on the
millennium bridge
A monument made out of some priceless artifact from
Egypt or some such place.
A Train Station
The HMS Belfast, I visited her later on during my time in
London. Stay tuned for more photos...
The Tower Bridge
I think this is the royal
observatory college or something.
The
Cutty Sark (an old ship in dry dock in
Greenwich)
The
Millennium Dome, Apparently it is the biggest building of its type in the world. According to the boat driver that is mostly because no one else is stupid enough to build one...
I think this is supposed to be some kind of art work?
The Thames Barrier, Cost some
colossal sum to build but apparently has already paid for itself many times over by saving
London from flooding.
It is hard to see in these photos how big these things are. I'm thinking at least 3 stories high.
The Maritime Museum
Entrance (Can't take photo's inside)
The "Queens house"
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (again)
The Royal Observatory's time ball thing, apparently that ball drops at 1pm on the dot. An ancient custom to help ships
synchronise their clocks.
I just couldn't resist another photo of it :)
London looking down from the Observatory. It's a pretty good view from up there.
The Famous Clock at the royal observatory
The Entrance to the
Thames walking tunnel
Inside the tunnel on the way back home, I lost my boat ticket. Which is not something I recommend doing (Losing you ticket that is :)
One the original boats from HMS Belfast Hosted on Zooomr
HMS Belfast Radio Tower Hosted on Zooomr
One Of the many big guns on The Belfast (HMS Belfast) Hosted on Zooomr
The Two 8in Gun Turrets (HMS Belfast) Hosted on Zooomr
Me a Prisoner! (HMS Belfast) Hosted on Zooomr
Part of the Gear box (HMS Belfast) Hosted on Zooomr
The Tower of London Hosted on Zooomr
This is the building the houses the Crown Jewels (The Tower of London) Hosted on Zooomr
Some Ruins of an earlier verison of the castle (The Tower of London) Hosted on Zooomr
Crows are Part of the landscape (The Tower of London) Hosted on Zooomr
A suit of Armour with Horse (The Tower of London) Hosted on Zooomr
A model of the castle (The Tower of London) Hosted on Zooomr
Me Standing outside the Sherlock Holmes Museum (London) Hosted on Zooomr
The Famous Monograph (Sherlock Holmes Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
Sherlock's Sitting Room (Sherlock Holmes Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
Me Chatting to Sherlock and Dr. Watson (Sherlock Holmes Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
Hoborn Unground Station Hosted on Zooomr
The Entrance to the British Museum Hosted on Zooomr
Glass Roof (British Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
The Rosetta Stone (The British Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
Our Guide explaining the stone sculpture (The British Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
Horse Sculpture (British Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
Horse and Rider Sculpture (The British Museum) Hosted on Zooomr
The inevitable "London Eye" photo
"Big Ben" which is actually part of the houses of Parliament, something I didn't quite click to until I visited it myself...
This building houses the London Aquarium, I walked past it many times but didn't actually go in.
Another photo of the London eye
On of the supports on the millennium bridge
The Cutty Sark (an old ship in dry dock in Greenwich)
The Millennium Dome, Apparently it is the biggest building of its type in the world. According to the boat driver that is mostly because no one else is stupid enough to build one...
I think this is supposed to be some kind of art work?
The Thames Barrier, Cost some colossal sum to build but apparently has already paid for itself many times over by saving London from flooding.
It is hard to see in these photos how big these things are. I'm thinking at least 3 stories high.
The Maritime Museum Entrance (Can't take photo's inside)
The "Queens house"
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich
I just couldn't resist another photo of it :)
London looking down from the Observatory. It's a pretty good view from up there.
The Famous Clock at the royal observatory
The Entrance to the Thames walking tunnel
Inside the tunnel on the way back home, I lost my boat ticket. Which is not something I recommend doing (Losing you ticket that is :)
