Greenwich, London, England
I came to learn that there are a lot of different ways to photograph the Prime Meridian, which sits at 0 degrees longitude, here they are straddling it.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Category: EUROPE Thru My Eyes
Prime Meridian
Greenwich, London, England
Craig really wanted to go to Greenwich to see the Prime Meridian and so we went. It is here, in Greenwich, where the longitude is 0 degrees and the rest of the world finds it’s place by going east or west! The view looking towards London was beautiful on this sunny day!
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Tower Bridge
London, England
Tower Bridge is a symbolic icon of London and opened in 1894. The other day with Roby Parisi & Nauvoo Rossato, we walked across it on a much cooler and very cloudy day. So, this day, with no clouds and sunshine, we went for a boat ride along the River Thames and we went under Tower Bridge. The sights of London from the River Thames were awesome! By-the-way, the building on the right that looks like it is tipping, it is, that’s how it was built.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Big Ben
London England
On this beautiful sunny day in London we went for a ride on the Clipper, a type of water taxi. As we left we had a beautiful view of Big Ben, a nickname for the large bell clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London which the Houses of Parliament occupy. The tower is officially known as Elizabeth Tower, named after Queen Elizabeth. The tower was completed in 1859.
June 2016
Photos taken with an iPhone 5s
London Eye at Night
London, England
The London Eye is impressive day or night. As you watch it you can hardly tell that it is moving. From what I have heard it takes about 25 minutes to complete the ride. Though I don’t go on rides like this, they are just not my thing, (I would prefer to photograph them) I stand in awe that a man can make something so majestic and cool like the London Eye!
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Thirty Two Capsules
London Eye
London, England
The London Eye sits on the River Thames and was completed in 2000. It is a giant Ferris wheel that stands 443 feet, when completed it was the world’s tallest Ferris Wheel but was surpassed in 2008 by the Singapore Flier (541′) and in 2014 by the High Roller in Las Vegas (550′). I don’t like Ferris Wheels, so I haven’t been on the London Eye, but Craig and Chelsea have been on it and on the Singapore Flier.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Buckingham Palace
Westminster, London , England
After going to a cute play with our son and his family, we decided to visit a few tourist places around London. As always, there were so many people at Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British Monarch, but by getting back a bit with the gardens, it takes on a much calmer look!
June 2016
Photo taken with a Phone 5s
Waiting at Buckingham Palace
Train Flying By
Tube Entrance?
London, England
As we walked to the tube station we passed a door with this statue on each side. I thought that maybe it was an old entrance way to the tube station, which seemed strange, makes you wonder if you should enter the station?!?! Ha! Ha! But, a few days later my son explained that the London Dungeon use to be there and that it has been moved up the street. OK, that is better and having said all that, I think it’s kinda cool!
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Tower Bridge at Night
The Dickens Inn
Modern & New
London, England
On our tour with Roby Parisi, she took us along the River Thames. There we saw some of the older buildings in London and some of the newer ones. In this photo we see the older and the modern with The Shard on the left, which was completed in 2012 and is the tallest building in the European Union.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London, England
We went on the BEST tour ever of London with our friend Roby Parisi, GRAZIE Roby!! I wanted to go by St. Paul’s Cathedral because one of my great-great-grandfathers (5th, I believe), Sir Christopher Wren, was the architect of this beautiful church. Construction was started in 1675 and it sits on the highest point in London. This was the first cathedral built after King Henry VIII became the head of the Church of England taking it away from the Pope. You can see St. Paul’s across the River Thames with Millennium Bridge, a walking bridge, on the right.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Piccadilly Circus
Relaxing at Downton
Gardens
Downton Abbey (Highclere Castle)
Newbury, England
On a very rainy day we went out to Highclere Castle. It is only open a few days a month and it was all sold out for 2016. I called the day before to see if we could at least get into the gardens and the lady said we could and it was likely we might be able to get into the castle. So, off we went! Once there, we were able to get tickets for the garden and the castle! Because of the rain there weren’t a lot of people outside, they were all inside, yes, it was wall to wall people. It was interesting going thru, things were different than I expected. For example; the entryway was much smaller than I thought it would be and the stairway is around the corner from the front door, rather than being in a large entryway facing the front door, as I had imagined. After our walking tour Craig & Chelsea went and waited in the car while I went through the gardens in the rain. I wore my trusty poncho, which saved me! The rain got worse as I walked around and when I got back towards the front of the castle I took this photo from under a tree which was protecting me from the rain. At one point I could hear something and I thought there must be a waterfall or fountain on the other side of some near by bushes and then all of a sudden the sound intensified and I heard it come, an even heavier rain storm came into the current rain storm. The rain came down so hard that it came thru the huge tree I was standing under so at that point, with wet shoes, (feet) I decided it was quitting time! It rained all the way back, that was the hardest rain storm I have ever seen! As a Downton Abbey fan, it was worth it, I can now say I have been to Downton Abbey!!
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