Assignment 6- Greenwich

The Royal Greenwich Observatory was the most interesting thing from the trip to Greenwich for me. Not many people can say they have stood in two different hemispheres at the same time, so that was a cool thing to do that I can say I have done. There were also a lot of old, historic clocks and other astronomy things in the observatory that were neat to look at and see how they work and how much things have improved, as far as being better overall and also how they have made things smaller that can do the same thing as a bigger model, and even do it better. Like the old telescopes that were over 10-20 feet long, and now there are some that are just a couple feet long that are just as, if not more powerful than the old ones that were really big and space consuming.

The National Maritime Museum wasn’t overly interesting to me, because I’m not much of a history guy. There were some neat things in it though, for instance the jacket Nelson wore when he was shot was there. It was neat to see something so old that had a major impact on the country. There were also some other interesting little things throughout the museum that were interesting to look at and think about. Another thing that stood out to me for some reason, was one of the ships they had on display. It wasn’t overly big, but it was decorated in a way that was appealing to the eye, and also had some different things around it explaining some of what was going on with it and why certain things were involved with the ship.

The Queens Gallery was pretty monotonous to me. There were a lot of paintings that seemed to look alike and wasn’t much of a variety. Part of that might also be that I go to a museum every week for another class, and I’m not much of an art person either, so after looking at so much art I tend to get bored and not care about what they look like after a while. The inside of the building was interesting though, it was pretty wide open and had some nice little places to sit down and relax if needed.

Going back into London by the overground was a little different. It was the first time I had been on it and it was a little shakier than the tube is. But once we got off and went through Canary Warf, it seemed almost like I was back in the states in a big shopping complex. Once we got off the train, we were instantly in a big open space with shops all around on the outside and a floor above and below also full of places to shop.