The real fifteen

We ended up sleeping in after the long day yesterday, then taking a slow start. Finally, we made it to Vauxhall and then on board an Uber Boat, which runs up and down the Thames. We took a great, surprisingly quick, trip to Greenwich.

An Uber boat (but not our Uber boat)
Palace of Westminster from the water
The Eye
The Globe Theatre
Tower Bridge, with Sky Garden on the right

After some rustic pizza, we set off exploring. We walked around and gawked at architecture, then visited Queen’s House very briefly (it was free and had washrooms).

At the Naval College
Inside Queen’s House
Looking at Queen’s House en route to the observatory

The Royal Observatory was pricy to get into, we had little time, and we just weren’t feeling it, so we used GPS to find the Prime Meridian, and did the photo thing there.

The Royal Observatory
Finding a spot
On the prime meridian

Then we walked the tunnel under the Thames to the Canary Wharf side

The dome to the spiral staircase to the people tunnel under the Thames
The tunnel

Canary Wharf was a world apart. Money. So much money. We did find a very high end mall, and a food court where we had dinner. Korean chicken and rice bowls, with a side of cauliflower. It was absolutely delicious.

Looking back at Greenwich
The former shipyards and drydocks
Money
The birds obeyed and built a nest on this raft
Amazing architecture

We then wandered the newly built section of new money opulence, and continued until the narrow boat basin. After checking out the boats from the walkway, we headed back to the subway and called it a night.

The locks that control the transition from the Thames to the Canal system
Narrow boats
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