At the Ends of the World

Sunday last we travelled by ferry with commentary to the ends of the world - Greenwich (pronounced "gren-itch"), of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) fame. That's right. Wow, indeed. It's a 45 minute ferry ride from Waterloo, London to Greenwich, but only 12 minutes or so by tram and train. That Thames is one curly, twisty, kooky river. The main drawcard at Greenwich is the Royal Observatory where they split the world into the Eastern and Western hemispheres (using the high-tech red line), and work out what time it is anywhere else. Fascinating huh?





It's on the top of the hill there and has a fantastic view of the city.


They also have a National Maritime Museum and the Cutty Sark there if you are that way inclined. But we weren't, so we went into the local top-notch pie and mash shop and checked out the famous antique markets.