Blogs from Greenwich, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

This was the first time I ever took a Riverboat service on the Thames river while in London! It's just basically a riverboat that takes you up and down the Thames and is another alternative in London's awesome public transportation system. It also has different stops for you to get on and off of and we had a day pass that was around 9 GBP which is really good especially because the tube or bus in 1.90 GBP per trip if you have an oyster card or 4 GBP/ trip without an oyster card. Anyways these boats have really cushiony seats just like a coach bus has. There is a bar/coffee bar on the boat so you can have snacks and a beverage and also toilet services. Some people even had their pets along with them. ... read more

With only a one day lay-over in London (how crazy is that?) we decided to orient ourselves by taking a bus tour. This turned out to be an excellent idea as we got to see many, many of the places we'd heard of--though admittedly only from the roof of the bus! So I just forgot about taking pictures as things whizzed by, and concentrated on looking and listening to our entertaining guides. Our bus got stopped and hung up for a while at Trafalgar Square because the place was being set up for the celebration that night, when it would be acclaimed that exactly 365 days remained till the Olympics opened in London, and London would be READY. We got to see this on the news later back at the hotel. Our particular bus tour included ... read more

Well its getting closer by the day instead of months im now counting in weeks.... Met up with a great group of people who are going to South East Asia at similar times to me so looking forward to bumping in to them at some point,well this is my first blog and im not going to go on and on about how much i cant wait to get on that plane and go and experience a different lifestyle for a while. But i so cant wait!! take care for now and be posting more closer to the time ..x ... read more

Karen: Today is Mother's Day in England, and I received a lovely red rose at breakfast in honor of my motherhood. But I did notice that none of my children bothered to send me a card on UK Mother's Day! Malcolm: Breakfast at the hotel is excellent. It is actually a champagne breakfast. We have not really partaken in the champagne, but we know a lady who did. One of our fellow guests was gassed on breakfast champagne before 9:00 a.m. Seriously, the woman could barely walk (but when she did walk, she was heading back for more bubbly). Karen: On the way to the Tube Station this morning, we dropped Allison's Roberto Cavalli Tee--Shirt in the mail. Ed don't worry, we insured the package. Malcolm: First thing this morning we grabbed the boat down to ... read more

After 9 years living and working in Bermuda I left my job, or rather, more accurately, my job left me. According to Bermudian law, any Bermudian who wants an expat's job, is entitled to take that job. The term limit for expats to stay in Bermuda is usually six years, I had been granted an extension which allowed me to stay for 9 years. When a Bermudian applied for and took my job, I had no grounds for extending it further. I had no choice but to leave. I therefore found myself without a job, without a home and without a country. Where should I go and what should I do? I have no idea, nothing really excited me and I had no burning desire to jump straight back into a new job. To be ... read more

There was not anything but a huge area of wasteland in Greenwich Peninsula until the mid 1990s. The Millennium Project has converted it to one of the most innovative areas in London recently. North Greenwich tube station, which was opened when the Millennium Dome, looked very modern and futuristic. It was amazing to see buildings and pavement with innovative design around the station, alongside the Dome and O2 buildings. After leaving the station square, we followed the Thames Footpath and walked past one of the piers with a peculiar looking sculpture, David Beckham's Football Academy, and the Millennium Village, and looked at the Thames Barrier in the distance. Ecology Park was on the doorsteps of the Millennium Village. Most of the residential flats were facing to the site of the Ecology Park and it allows the ... read more

Meridiano de Greenwich pronunciado en Londres como "Grinich".... read more

We went to Ranger's House, Blackheath, which is managed by English Heritage and is home to an extraordinary wealth of medieval, Renaissance, and later works of art collection on 8 August 09. Upon arrival, we showed our membership cards, and entered the exhibition rooms. We firstly read the panels of Julius Wernher's biography. We understood that Julius Wernher was born in Germany , and the opportunity to work with Charles Mege in South Africa changed his life. With great success of dealing with raw diamonds, he gained an incredible amount of fortune. There were displays of a Louis XV mechanical travelling cabinet which he received as a Christmas present in 1874, and it made him begin collecting beautiful crafted of art. There was a huge array of antique jewellery, ivories, enamels, medieval art collection, e.g. ... read more