Greenwich

Today I straddled the prime meridian. I visited the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the prime meridian (0 longitude), the observatory is the point from which all time is measured. The museum was very interesting it had lots of timepieces, astronomical instrutments and camera obscure. Also saw the Queen's house, the first Palladian-style villa in Britian and the National Maritime Museum. The town is known for being the home of the Cutty Sark, however it was closed for renovations at this time. Walked along the Thames with views of the Old Royal Naval College. Checked out a couple of the markets they had there, was a good day, saw something new. On the way back I stopped off at an ASDA store, which is the name of the Wal-mart brand here, however was manly a grocery store, but interesting. Then back on the Dockland Lite Rail to Bank station, then the Northern line back home.