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    • TravelerLondon
      Day 9

      Septième journée : Greenwich

      January 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Pour la dernière fois pour ce voyage, salut!

      Effectivement, dernière journée d'activités aujourd'hui. Je repars demain matin. Avant d'en venir à ça, voici ce que j'ai fait aujourd'hui!

      C'était une journée plutôt tranquille, pas trop chargée. J'ai (enfin) pris le bus pour me rendre dans le coin de Greenwich. Après ce qui m'a semblé une éternité dû à des changements de bus, je suis finalement arrivée à ce que je voulais visiter en premier, c'est-à-dire l'observatoire royal de Greenwich! Je voulais absolument y être pour 13h parce qu'à cette heure exacte, la "boule du temps" (Time Ball) tombe pour marquer ce moment de la journée. Je ne voulais pas manquer l'occasion d'assister à ça! 😂 Après ça, j'ai fait un tour des lieux pour traverser de manière officielle le méridien de Greenwich (oui oui) et pour observer les institutions des alentours (le planétarium entre autres).

      Ensuite, j'ai encore fait une balade suggérée par mon guide dans Greenwich pour observer des monuments historiques surtout. J'ai observé une vieille église anglicane du nom de St Alfege pour commencer. Ensuite, j'ai fait un tour au Greenwich Market. Je me suis arrêtée dans une chocolaterie et me suis choisi quelques chocolats et truffes à déguster : c'était très bon! 😋 J'ai passé dans le coin du Old Royal Naval College où j'ai croisé plusieurs énormes bâtisses que j'ai trouvées magnifiques! Ensuite, j'ai vu un grand bateau du nom de Cutty Sark qui a marqué le 19e siècle en étant le dernier à avoir navigué entre la Chine et l'Angleterre à l'époque.

      J'ai terminé en traversant le fleuve pour avoir une vue globale de ce que j'avais observé de plus près plus tôt à partir de la rive nord. C'était tellement beau avec l'eau! À ce moment-là, j'ai eu une forte émotion parce que je savais que c'était ce qui mettait fin à mon premier périple en Angleterre. Réaliser ça m'a rendu triste et émue de tout ce que j'ai accompli et appris avec cette expérience. Je suis vraiment fière de l'avoir fait et j'encourage sincèrement tout le monde à réaliser leurs projets, quels qu'ils soient. J'ai éprouvé tellement de satisfaction à voir mon rêve se concrétiser quand j'ai passé à l'action! Et ça a été le plus bel accomplissement de ma vie jusqu'à présent.

      Sur cette note de style discours de motivation 😂, je tiens à remercier ceux qui ont suivi mon aventure. J'ai aimé vous partager mon expérience, ça m'a fait sentir un peu moins seule. 🙂

      À la prochaine!      Read more

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    • TravelerLondon Hals über Kopf 🙃
      Day 2

      Greenwich 2

      April 21 in England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Zufällig (und nicht glücklicherweise) gabs da den Start zum London Marathon. Ein Spektakel mit viiieeel zuvielen Menschen!
      Ich hatte anderes auf dem Plan und konnte mich leider auf dieses unglaubliche Event nicht einlassen…Read more

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    • TravelerSearching for Hattie
      11
      Day 2

      Greenwich Foot Tunnel

      February 4 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Der Greenwich-Fußgängertunnel (englisch Greenwich foot tunnel) ist ein Tunnel unter dem Fluss Themse in London. Er verbindet Greenwich auf der Südseite mit der Halbinsel Isle of Dogs im Stadtbezirk London Borough of Tower Hamlets auf der Nordseite. Der südliche Ausgang befindet sich unmittelbar beim Museumsschiff Cutty Sark, der nördliche bei den Island Gardens, einem kleinen Park.

      Entworfen wurde der 370 Meter lange Tunnel von Alexander Binnie, im Auftrag des London County Council. Er ersetzte eine teure und manchmal unzuverlässige Fährverbindung und ermöglichte es den auf der Südseite lebenden Arbeitern, rasch zu ihren Arbeitsplätzen in den Docks zu gelangen. Die Bauarbeiten begannen im Juni 1899, die Eröffnung erfolgte am 4. August 1902.

      Die Eingangsschächte an beiden Enden befinden sich in Rundbauten mit gläsernen Kuppeldächern. Aufzüge (1904 installiert, 1992 erneuert) und Wendeltreppen führen hinunter zur Tunnelröhre, die mit Fliesen verkleidet ist und einen Innendurchmesser von 9 Fuß (2,74 Meter) aufweist. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde das nördliche Ende des Tunnels durch Fliegerbomben beschädigt. Dieser Bereich wurde nicht mehr originalgetreu wiederhergestellt, sondern mit Hilfe metallener Tübbings repariert.

      Der Tunnel wurde für 11,5 Millionen Pfund im Rahmen der Vorbereitungen für die Olympischen Sommerspiele 2012 restauriert.      Read more

    • TravelerUK 2023
      1
      Day 27

      Greenwich

      August 18, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      The theme for today was "no expectations and no regrets". We have lost the zest to do many of the things we had planned to do. We decided the most peaceful way to spend the day was on a boat, so we booked a Thames River Cruise.

      It proved a good choice. We went to Greenwich first and the boat was fairly empty. There were a few markets on and we saw the Cutty Sark. We strolled towards the Observatory but didn't have the energy to climb towards the top.

      We reboarded the boat and went all the way to the Westminster Bridge. We didn't disembark there, but stayed on until we got back to Tower Hill.      Read more

    • UK 2023
      Day 30

      Greenwich

      July 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      After disembarking from the Thomas Dugget (refer previous post), we spent the day exploring England's nautical history. First, we boarded the Cutty Sark, a former merchant ship that transported tea from China and wool from Australia to England. Next we headed up the hill to the Royal Observatory, where we learned about how the British learned to chart the stars and measure world time from a single reference point (the Meridian Line), both important navigational aids for sailors crossing the seas. We straddled the Meridian Line, standing with a foot in both the East and Western Hemisphere. All very interesting. For those who are Bridgeton fans, you may recall the Bridgeton clan and one Duke taking a very similar trip, where Daphne states that she's ".... not even certain what this meridian here at Greenwich is.” To which the Duke explains “It’s the point from which all longitude is measured. It used to be that sailors and navigators measured longitudinal distance from their point of departure, but in the last century, the astronomer royal decided to make Greenwich the starting point.” Daphne raised her brows. “That seems rather self-important of us, don’t you think, positioning ourselves at the center of the world?” “Actually, it’s quite convenient to have a universal reference point when one is attempting to navigate the high seas.”Read more

    • Into the Midnight Sun
      Day 2

      Longitude Zero

      June 25, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F

      We landed at Heathrow Airport and, because we were carrying our luggage, breezed through immigration and customs. The Viking representative snagged us just outside the door of luggage claim to put us on the bus. The ship’s crew needed some time to debark our predecessors and make the ship ready for us, so we drove to a palatial Sofitel at the edge of the airport, where we killed about an hour and a half feasting on coffee, cinnamon buns, cheese and fruit. Another 90 minute bus ride brought us through Kensington and Chelsea, and along the Thames to Greenwich. There we boarded a tender that took us to the middle of the river, where the beautiful new Viking Mars awaited us. This ship is only one month old, and ours is only its second cruise. It is good to be in Greenwich again. We walked through the beautiful green lawns of the Old Naval College, saw the clipper ship Cutty Sark, and passed the church of St. Alfege, which contains the body of British General Wolfe, who was killed on the Plains of Abraham at the Battle for Quebec. He and his family were parishioners in this church. The congregation here also displays behind a glass panel the old organ keyboard used by the noted baroque composer Henry Purcell, who was choirmaster and organist here. The Royal Greenwich Observatory winked at us from high atop its hill at exactly 0 degrees of longitude. We grabbed a quick lunch at the World Cafe and found our stateroom prepared for our arrival. Much of the history of the English speaking world took place a stone’s throw from here and we are about to dive into it.Read more

    • D&G's 2023 Adventure
      Day 71

      London

      May 27, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Another sunny day in London!
      Today we caught the bus and then tube to Embankment, where we met Kathy, our Canadian friend who Gab had met on exchange in France almost 10 years ago.
      We caught the ‘Uber boat’ ferry along the Thames and got a fantastic different view of London from the water! Lucky it was such beautiful weather so we sat outside and enjoyed the view!
      We got off at Greenwich and walked through the old naval college/Queens house up to the Greenwich Meridian line - very cool!
      We then walked along the Thames to North Greenwich, passing the meridian line again as well as the O2 arena and the new cable car.
      We caught the Uber boat back to Embankment and walked through part of West End to a pub called Queens Larder. We shared a pint with Kathy at the pub before meeting her partner, Paul, at an Italian restaurant for dinner.
      We had a delicious mussels spaghetti and sausage pizza for dinner before walking towards Kings Cross where we shared another pint in the pub across the road from the station.
      After a busy day of walking and chatting (having walked over 20,000 steps), we headed home on the tube to bed.
      It was such a lovely time with Kathy after not having seen her for 5 years (back in Melbourne where we spent a weekend together in the city and doing Great Ocean Road)! We picked off just where we left off talking about travel, sport, jobs and life!      Read more

    • TravelerLondon to Visit Meghan
      1
      Day 5

      Little Green Vietnamese Restaurant

      April 17 in England ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F

      London, like NYC, is ethnically diverse. While NY has outstanding food, London depends on its ethnic diversity for culinary success. Meghan and Han introduced me to Vietnamese food. I had crispy pork belly with fish sauce and soya sauce over rice along with a salad with their homemade dressing. We had mochi for dessert. I loved it! This is becoming a culinary event for me.Read more

    • TravelerLondon to Visit Meghan
      Day 7

      A Ride on the Thames

      April 19 in England ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

      We started our day taking an Uber Boat to central London. We went under Tower Bridge and saw London Bridge. The historian in me was excited excited about floating on the actual Thames River in london, under the historic Tower Bridge, and seeing the Tower building itself on the shore.
      We went to a huge food market, which had smells from every country you could imagine. We settled on more traditional english fare from The Black Pig and had pulled-pork sandwiches topped with cold slaw and honey truffle mayo. We sat outside with the crowd and ate our messy and delicious lunch.      Read more

    • TravelerLondon to Visit Meghan
      Day 7

      A Traditional English Tea

      April 19 in England ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

      After lunch, we walked around by the waterfront. We saw the original site of Shakespeare's Globe theater and then the new Globe theater. Then we had a traditional English tea at The Swan, which is right next door to the Gobe theater and overlooks the Thames waterfront. This was lovely!Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Greenwich, GRE, غرينيتش, גריניץ', グリニッジ, Grenovicum, Burgul londonez Greenwich, Гринвич

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