It feels so redundant to say “Yet another great day” but it’s true! It was!
We started the day by visiting the Cutty Sark – one of the fastest Tea Clippers in the world. (I don’t have internet access right now, so you will have to Google it for more details). We first saw it in 2005, but did not visit the inside… if my memory is correct it’s because it was in such bad shape that we couldn’t, and that makes sense when you consider that it was being renovated from 2006 to 2012.
Now it’s practically as good as new and you can even tour the underside! They have sort of encapsulated it in a glass enclosure that is supposed to recreate the water line. It’s really neat, but in my opinion it’s still nothing compared to the Vasa in Stockholm. (I can’t add a hyperlink right now, so search my blog for more details).
Still, very impressive!
After this, we had lunch and spend the rest of the afternoon at Greenwich. Have a look at my lunch; possibly the ugliest Fish & Chips ever!
I was up for doing the Royal Observatory in Greenwich again because like the Cutty Sark it’s been recently renovated and therefore worth another visit – also the picture I have from 2005 while standing at the Zero Meridian line is awful! I look bloated and my eyes are closed so my mission was to get a better picture.
This one is an improvement. I don’t love it, but it’s hard to do better with an Iphone 4 and crowd of people waiting for you to finish so they can have their turn.
And of course… the obligatory foot shot. Everyone was doing this!
This took up most of the day so we didn’t have time for a museum excursion and in all honesty that was fine by me since the weather was still nice.
Instead we did the London Eye; third time for me and although it is on the pricy side I still think it was worthwhile. London’s skyline is always evolving so there is always something new to see from up there.
After this it was Italian for supper near our friend’s hotel – and we parted ways around 9PM. It feels like an early night compared to the last few days… actually getting ‘home’ before 10!!
Here’s a last look at the Eye as we were leaving.
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