Blogs from Greenwich, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

A day at the Olympic park was certainly a day to remember. This summer, London has been buzzing with Olympic fever in every corner. Needless to say I was very excited to be part of it, and heading to the games themselves. With tickets in hand, I went with my Mum to the Olympic park in Stratford. The journey was fine and not overcrowded. Previously there had been many concerns over the transport capabilities of London, in particular the London Underground, but in my experience, it was fine. The heroic army were there upon arrival at the park to do the security checks before we went into the park itself. The Olympic stadium was directly in front, behind a giant welcome gate and to the side was the oddly shaped orbit which is a viewing platform. ... 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

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

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