A foot in each hemisphere

Today we took a boat down the Thames to visit Greenwich, where the Prime Meridian is located:

The best part of visiting the Royal Observatory is that you can put one foot in the Western hemisphere and the other foot on the Eastern hemisphere and say “OMG! I’m in two hemispheres!” Uhhh…yeah.

There is also a museum there, but it wasn’t too exciting because it is mainly just filled with clocks. I did see the most important clock ever built, though (or that is what the sign said, anyways).

We also ate ATE AT A MEXICAN RESTAURANT, however a description of this meal deserves its own post. I even took pictures so all of you will be able to see what British Mexican food looks like…I’ll have it up soon.

Here are some pics from the boat ride back:

This is Canary Wharf, where a ton of corporations are headquartered. It is also where Chili’s is located, so I really like this place…I need to get a job here (and no, not at Chili’s). The building with the pyramid shape at the top is the TALLEST BUILDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. The guy on the boat said it used to be the tallest building in Europe until the Germans built something taller. Crazy, huh? It’s soooo small.

This is the Tower of London, and behind it is the Swiss Re Tower, quite possibly one of the craziest buildings I have ever seen. It’s more commonly referred to as the “Gherkin.”

I have a some pictures from January and February that I need to upload. Some are from when Liz and Laura came over to London, and others are of the Imperial War Museum, Cabinet War Rooms, and HMS Belfast (Hmmm…war, war, war…are you sensing a pattern in my tourist sites?)

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