Left Foot in the East, Right Foot in the West...

I walked to Greenwich yesterday and had some fantastic fish and chips at a classy old pub called the Royal Arms. It's right down the street from the park that leads up to the Royal Observatory. Greenwich reminds me a lot of upscale Edina, Minnesota. It feels much cleaner than Deptford and it has a nice street shoppes selling maritime-related items...anything from a compass to a pocket watch.

Once I walked through the park to get up to the observatory, the path up to the observatory offered many views of the London skyline. I have to say that this event was quite extraordinary, for a time walker... =) To stand upon the two hemispheres at the same time was a beautiful moment. Knowing where the prime meridian is and actually standing in the area where countless scientists have researched the earth and the universe for centuries was what made it all the more meaningful to me.

The other thing that impressed me about the Royal Observatory is how there was a newer facility right next to it (I've forgotten the name of this building). It had a spiral staircase with two floors full of rooms that had interactive panels about the universe. The first room I walked into let me look at a computer screen image of the Orion constellation... on the screen, you could drag each star to a box where it would explain everything about that star. There were other displays which were quite fun... felt like I was on a spaceship at times!