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| The home for Britain's disabled seamen, designed by Christopher Wren. |
Our visit began in Greenwich: actually in New Eltham, at the Eltham branch of the University of Greenwich where Carolyn was attending a conference. Greenwich was a convenient 6 mile bus ride away, so my exploration of England began with Greenwich. This, I have decided, was good, as one of my life's ambitions was to visit the Prime Meridian, the center point of time and its measure on this little planet, the place all of us whose ancestors have ever had connection with the British Empire should deem The Center of the Earth. (Marlow is on a barge on the Thames at the beginning of Heart of Darkness, speaking of how the river is connected to the oceans of the whole world; I now connect his words to Greenwich.)
| The clipper ship Cutty Sark sits dry beside the Greenwich pier. |  |
| The last of her kind, she's a great looking ship and ... |
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| She has a beautiful figurehead. |  |
| Greenwich Meridian runs (according to the signs) on a line that passes through the Royal Observatory (at the top of the hill) and through this gate I'm standing beside. |  |
| The Observatory is behind, above and to the right of Queen Anne's house in this photo. |  |
| The view from the Observatory hill is tremendous. |  |
| Click here for page 2 - more of Greenwich |  |
| pages: | Greenwich 1 / Greenwich 2 / Thames & Tower of London / Avebury / Regents Park / Trafalgar Square |