Oh the Navy

Greenwich, located in "greater London" down the Themes towards the sea was once the HQ of the greatest Navy this world has ever seen.  It also has the Royal Obervatory where the Greenwich Prime Meridian is. Tres cool.

Molly, Britany and I went by boat because we are romantics, the weather was glorious, and there is nothing like a cruise down the Themes! You can see cool stuff like where the Pilgrims took off from, the apartment from a Fish Called Wanda, Sir Francis Drake's pirate ship, and lots of other nifty things.

The Royal Naval Academy butts right up to the Themes in all its glory

At low tide you can walk down and play about on the pebbles. But can you see that green algae mark? Yeah that's high tide...

The Themes has one of the most drastic high/low ties shifts in the world, which unfortunately makes the water really murky with all the silt...but they claim its clean.

The mud tried to eat my shoe.

A view through the Royal College to the Queen's House and the Observatory hill beyond.

A beautiful chapel

The Queen's House, designed by The Inigo Jones-an amazing architect who also designed for the theater-it is actually the first building in England that fully and openly acknowledged to be classical. It was started for King James I's wife, but was finished for Charles I's wife.

The view from the top of the hill down onto Greenwich and the City of London on the opposite side of the river. And lots of sunbathers.

Heading back home under the Tower Bridge!

Oooooo

Tower of London

The Globe is the timbre framed building in the middle, with the tower of the Tate Modern on the right (it used to be a power plant)