Greenwich Mean Time

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Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236

Decided to head up to Greenwich today, many reasons; I am bored, need something to do, it is free, last time I was there the Royal Observatory was closed and its not a bad day weather wise considering I am in London. Greenwich is a cute village and seems like a million miles away from London, a great place to come on the weekend and browse the markets. People here move at a slower pace and there is not much traffic. I walked through Greenwich Park. Here there were many people enjoying the weather, having picnics, reading, kicking a footy and relaxing. I slowly walked up the to the observatory, which meant the path gradually inclined. Made it to the top and wasn't out of breath.

From the observatory there is a great view of London. The city is so much more peaceful up here! The Royal Observatory was built in 1675 by Charles II to solve the problem of longitude. It was originally designed by Christopher Wren. In the octagonal room, astronomers studied the stars and planets. The observatory was very interesting, but it was a bit too scientific for me, too much information that I could not comprehend. On the top of the observatory is a red ball and each day at 12.58pm the ball drops, it has done this since 1833! I enjoyed the view from here and all the open space.

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Photos

01 View from the Observatory
This is the view of the city from the observatory. The white buildings are the Naval College, Queen's House and the National Maritime Museum.

02 View from the Observatory
This is the view of the city from the observatory. The building with the spikes is the Millenium Dome.

03 Royal Observatory
The Royal Observatory that was built to help solve the problem of longitude.

04 The Prime Meridian
This is the line where east meets west.