Greenwich and Docklands Assignment 6

This was one of my favorite excursions that we had to do. It all started on a boat down the Thames River on a very cold and dreary day.It didn't help that I had stayed up the night before to finish an advertising paper and the Professor had announced that morning that it could be due on Monday instead. As we trolled down the river we got to see all the different buildings that we had occasionally seen from the street and began to put together where exactly we were on the river in comparison to other places.
When we arrived the group of us walked through the streets of Greenwich and went up to the Royal Greenwich Observatory. When I say up to...I mean we had to climb a huge mountain up to it. We were all gasping for air by the time we made it to the top and everyone had to take a break before realizing that we were where time begins. The Observatory explained that there was a beam of light that shoots out to show the exact like for a long distance that time begins. It was kind of neat to stand on both sides of the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The Museum inside was filled with clocks of all different types that used cogs and wheels from all sorts of life. I loved the view of the city on top of this huge hill more than the museum though, I must admit. You could see so much of the city and it was nice to be able to pick out what buildings are and where they were. It's like we actually know what we are talking about.
After a good walk about in the museum and found that the observatory was closed we headed for the Queens Gallery. While we were walking there, there were groups of children all dressed up in Victorian age costumes as they ran around on the lawn. It was wonderful, I wanted to join them with their pantaloons and laced up dresses. The paintings in the Gallery were all very different from each other, usually there is a theme that is followed but I couldn't put my foot on this one. We continued on to the Maritime Museum, following another group of costumed kids and realized this was much more our style. There were exhibits built to be played with and themes going all through the building, showing the different types of boats and their uses were.
 We finished our day by walking through the market, trying on hand produced hats and antique glasses. Some people tried the exotic collection of food that was surrounding the different booths. The smells that came from all different directions were intoxicating but in a very lovely way. All in all it was a wonderful day.