Greenwich Boat Trip

This past Saturday, a few of us took a boat trip up The River Thames to Greenwich. We started the trip off at Westminster, right by Parliament and Big Ben!

It was a gorgeous day out! It reached the low 60's! This is The London Eye.

The Ministry of Defense: The headquarters for the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force.

Millenium Bridge: It was opened in 2000, but close the same day due to too much foot traffic. The bridge was actually swaying 1 foot in each direction!

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

Going under London Bridge!

The HMS Belfast; it was first launched on St. Patrick's Day 1938, commissioned in 1939, and decommissioned in 1963. It is now used as a museum ship as part of The Imperial War Museum; much like the  William A. Irvin in Duluth, MN. It was the largest and most powerful cruiser of The Royal Navy at the time. It served in both WWII and The Korean War.

The Tower of London.

Sailing under Tower Bridge.

Tower Bridge; most think this is London Bridge, because it's much more grand than London Bridge.

A marina.

A view of the city.

 from left to right:

The Shard, Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathdral (in the far distance).

A riverside pub named after the last person, Captain William Kidd, to be hung above The Thames and be drowned as the tide rose! He was accused of piracy. The tide rises in and out at about 7 meters every day!

Thought to be ugly by many, this building was designed so that everyone who lives there has a riverside view of The Thames! Ingenious!

One of the many WHARF's alongside The Thames. Something interesting I learned was that WHARF stands for Warehouse at River Front...clever!

HMS Bulwark: an active navy ship commissioned in 2004, it's just taking a rest in the river apparently :) The Royal Family was on it the other day visiting!

A view of The Queen's House and Canary Wharf Financial District from The Greenwich Observatory.

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where all time in the world is set from Greenwich Mean Time; the Prime Meridian.

All of these people were gathered around watching...

squirrels haha :)

The Royal Observatory looking down upon Greenwich Park.

This is a Cutterhead; it's made of steel and weights over 11 tons! It was made to remove materials from the seabed and for large construction projects in the Far East.

The anchor to The Royal Yacht: Victoria & Albert 1899; it weights about 4 tons!

They're already mowing the lawn at The Queen's House!

Instead of Port-a-Potty, these are Portaloos!!! hilarious :)

The daffodils are starting to be in full bloom! Spring has sprung in London:)

The Maritime Greenwich Museum.

Part of The Royal Naval Academy.

It was a beautiful day in Greenwich and it has really been beautiful ever since with blue skies and sun; very little clouds. From today, March 21, I only have exactly one month left of school and just over a month in London! I can't believe it! Time went ridiculously fast! I hope everything is going well at home and spring is just around the corner :)