Tuesday, July 24, 2012

ENGLAND TRIP: Day 5: Part 9: Greenwich/Ferry Ride

The Greenwich Royal Observatory- Greenwich Mean Time!
The bus tour on our fifth day in the U.K. brought us to Greenwich as a last stop.
GREENWICH - iis the place that sets Time (Greenwich Mean Time) and Place (Greenwich Meridian).  It is truly unique. It is ALSO the birthplace of Henry VIII and his famous daughters Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth I!  Just across the River Thames is the modern Docklands development with Canary Wharf and London City Airport.




The Cutty Sark
Docked in Greenwich is an historic ship called the Cutty Sark. WHAT IS THE CUTTY SARK? - Aside from being the name of a famous Whiskey, its a clipper ship. Built in 1869 for the Jock Willis shipping line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, coming at the end of a long period of design development which halted as sailing ships gave way to steam propulsion.





Looking at London from Greenwich- Olympics Equestrian stadium being built.
 PREPPING FOR THE OLYMPICS - Just outside of Greenwich, a stadium was being constructed for the Olympics. It was specifically designed for equestrian events, and we got to see it in progress as we walked from the Greenwich Royal Observatory down
Tom and Rob giving goofy grins on the Ferry

Parliment House Flying the flag















The Globe Theatre
THE GLOBE THEATRE - This is a theatre located along the Thames River in London that is associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. Today's Globe Theatre stands a few hundred yards from its original site. The rebuilding of the iconic building stems from the founding of the Shakespeare's Globe Trust by the pioneering American actor and director Sam Wanamaker.

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