London Trip 2012 - Part 2 - Greenwich a

Although I lived in London till I was 25 and have been back for an occasiional trip one place I had never got to was Greenwich.  seeing as how I am very English, one thing I am proud of is that the rest of the world sets its Latitude (and therefore it's time) from there - so I had to put that on my list of places to see this visit.

I travelled there on the "new" rail line - well, it has been built since I stopped commuting around London in 1983..  On the way I saw the "Millenium Dome", but my main visit was to see the more ancient history.

The first thing I saw was The Cutty Sark and the way to the footpath under the Thames -
( As shown here )

I then made my way to the old Naval College. It is now a University, so much of the buildings are in use, however I was able to see the actual buildings, and inside 2 of them.

( A lovely place to go to college )

Of the 2 buildings you are able to visit The Painted Hall is certainly stunning ... as you can see( Read more... )

... even with the poor lighting it is truly amazing.

The other place you can visit, via the( Underground passages )

is the Chapel. Although on the day I went they were filming some TV thingy and it was hard to get past the security guys ... much to the disgust of the Heritage people!

( Greenwich Naval College Chapel )

More Greenwich in a moment!

Star Trek Voyager Icons

This set of icons was made for Round 40 of startrek20in20  and my theme was the episode "Pathfinder" from Star Trek Voyager.

Here are my 3 teasers -

          


( The full set is here )