After our visit to the National Gallery, we hopped onto a boat on the Thames and drifted downstream to visit the borough of Greenwich.
This borough of London is an easy, affordable boat trip journey from downtown. Along with majestic, picnic-perfect parks are the stately trappings of Britain’s proud nautical heritage (the restored Cutty Sark clipper, the over-the-top ornate retirement home for sailors at the Old Royal Naval College, and the comprehensive National Maritime Museum.
It’s also home to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with a fine museum on how Greenwich Mean Time came to be and a chance to straddle the eastern and western hemispheres at the prime meridian.
But first some lunch. We found a place called “The Kings Arms” to grab a quick lite lunch.
The menu was nice and simple. We shared some Mac and Cheese (with some kale…???) and some chips.
Was it good? It was fine. Not fantastic… but fine. But it was nice to sit outside on this cool day and take in a bit of warm food. 🙂