I'm sure most people would know that Greenwich is best known for its maritime history because of its location near the Thames River and also the Greenwich Prime Meridian where the zero longitude line is and Greenwich Mean Time (zero time zone). So that's pretty much it that I know of and last weekend we went there for the very first time. We went out quite early in the morning to avoid large crowd and we decided to take river cruise from Westminster to Greenwich instead of tube underground and train. Even though it takes slightly longer travelling time but we really enjoyed the view along the way accompanied by an interesting live commentary by the boat crew.
The return boat ticket is not that expensive, it was about GBP12.5 if I'm not mistaken. There's also a hop on hop off type of ticket where you can actually get down at any stations along the way like at Tower Bridge and then take the next boat to the next destination. Generally, the boat ride was smooth and comfortable, not too fast not too slow. Just nice for you to enjoy the riverside view and to take pictures of the London main attractions that the boat passed by like London Eye, London Bridge, Millenium Bridge, Tower Bridge, Big Ben etc.
When we boarded the boat the weather was quite cloudy and gloomy, a typical English weather. But then when we arrived at Greenwich we were lucky because suddenly the sun came out shinning.
We first visited the Old Royal Naval College. There's a big park right in front of this Naval College and it look so beautiful in Autumn. We spent sometimes there where Adam was busy chasing birds and squirrel.
Then we wanted to go straight to the Royal Observatory Greenwich which located on a hill right in the Greenwich Park. Along the way, we walked pass through quite a lovely scenery, aesthetic building, beautiful park and the Maritime Museum.
Went up the hill was quite a challenge for us because we were carrying 2 kids..hehe..When we were there the view was just absolutely breathtaking! Visitors actually don't have to pay anything to go inside the Royal Observatory Centre. This is where you will find the zero longitude line and there's also a small astronomy museum where you could see various telescope collections.
After spending some times there, we went down to a park at the foot hill before heading to the nearby town to have our late lunch. We went back around 4-ish pm because it's getting dark. Yup, it's dark pretty quick during winter time. The last boat leaves at 5.25 pm and we managed to catch the one before and the night view along the Thames River was just gorgeous.
