Thursday 12 June 2014

London

Today we saw…

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Heaps of trains.

The underground trains, and the “DLR” (Docklands Light Railway) move millions of people every day. The system is huge, complicated etc. I must say though, that it works brilliantly well. It is also fairly easy to use. There are two parts to it from a traveler’s perspective. Knowing where you’re going, and actually riding. The first is by far the most important, and the most work. Actually riding the train is simply a matter of getting in, and diving for any available seat. Even when I had to stand in a crowded carriage, for a stop or two, it was really no hassle.

Emirates Cable Car

Check this out. It cost £ 4.40 to go across the Thames on the cable car. This link is part of the Transport for London system, so we used our Oyster cards to pay for it. Marvelous. The Northern end of the ride is just near the O2 stadium. This is an entertainment centre venue.  Monty Python is performing here next month.

 

The dirty brown bit below is the Thames River. Still, the views were good…

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The O2 stadium resembles a crown at night when the lights on the Yellow towers come on.

 

The cable car took us on a bit of a detour. No real problem though, we just had a few changes before we got to Greenwich. When we got there it was lunchtime. The Nando’s restaurant was in the shadows of the Cutty Sark.

 

Someone has made a tourist attraction out of an old boat here. I could still walk right around it, and see the hull through the glass.

 

Greenwich

 

Nandos

 

We had lunch at Nandos, overlooking the Thames. Very nice.

 

 

Christopher Wren designed some of the buildings at the Naval College at Greenwich. It shows. The place reminded us of St Pauls. The architecture was very similar, and so was the decoration. As with any place like this (that is – whose purpose is to train the navy, and to defend England), it was big and impressive.