Tourist Attractions in Greenwich

• The picture files I took with my digital camera help remembering what I did in the past because they have information of the exact date when they were captured. To make this entry, first I referred to them in my portable data storage. They indicate that it was June 25th when I showed my friend around Greenwich. Furthermore, I can trace back in which order what we saw because the files have also information about the time when I shot.
• The first place we visited on that day was The Royal Observatory Greenwich (left above), which, I think, is worldly famous. It had several exhibitions in it and the admission was free. Needless to say, the feature is the prime meridian of the world. We could take pictures of us with one foot in the east half and another foot in the west half of the globe, and felt that we were in the very centre of the world. The line was showed up with a special object (right above) and lots of tourists gathered around it.
  
• The observatory is located on the hill called Blackheath, and if you take a train you have to climb it up; but this time we took a no. 53 bus from Woolich Arsenal and got off at stop called Greenwich park which was on the hill. A few minutes walk took us to the attraction site and we could command a magnificent view from there.
  
• You can see in the foreground Old Royal Naval College (left rear), National Maritime Museum and Queen's House (left front), and further, across the river Thames, you can observe O2 Arena (a white dome in the right) and the office buildings in Canary Warf in the centre. Of these places we visited the first two attractions after enjoying the exhibitions in the observatory.The Painted Hall and Chapel in the ORNC were worth seeing, indeed. The ceiling painting and the picture in the wall were awesome, and the chapel was very beautiful. Some of the buildings were used for the Greenwich college and some music college, so when we were walking in the site we could hear somebody practice playing his or her instrument.
  
• In the National Maritime Museum, we could not only learn about ships and the sea, but also appreciate some paintings which have something to do with them. The Queen's House was also brilliant; the 17th century building itself is worth visiting, and it has several important pictures inside. I regretted that I had not enough knowledge of the history of buildings and paintings to appreciate them. After fully enjoying these tourist attractions in Greenwich, we took DLR (Dockland Light Railways) to Canary Warf, where many buildings of the finance-related companies are located.
• O2 Arena is an huge event hall, in which Michael Jackson would have held his concert in this July; and it was that night that we heard a sad news of his death on TV. The first one we got was that he was in a coma, but several minutes later, it has been changed to the report of his death. When I watched Dorian Gray, I saw the trailer of the movie of Michael (below You Tube clip), This is it, before the main feature. It impressed me so much in spite of a few minutes clip that I reserved a ticket immediately when I was home. The movie is going to show from tomorrow for only two weeks. Now I'm looking forward to seeing it this Sunday.