from the Tower of London down to the town of Greenwich. This was a half hour journey on the top deck of a riverboat cruiser. We'd taken one during our first London walk but this was a little different due to the fact that it wasn't raining!!! Under the Tower Bridge, past Canary Wharf and on to the home of the town that we all set our clocks by - Greenwich, England. 
W and I visited the Old Royal Naval College, a masterpiece of English architecture originally planned by Sir Christopher Wren as a resource for seamen and their families. In the Royal Hospital for Seamen is found the most elaborate dining hall in the entire world, the Painted Hall. Of course like nearly all British historical sites in the winter, the Naval College hosts an ice skating rink for kids and families!!! After that we viewed the Observatory, the keeper of Greenwich Mean Time and the big red ball that has been dropping faithfully at 1pm since 1833.
Next on to our final pub of the trip, the Spanish Galleon. We finally watched a football match in a pub with the British! W enjoyed a new beer, a Bishops Finger Ale. I finally got out the postcards I'd been carrying around in my backpack all week! After fish & chips, we took the Docklands Light Rail (a driverless subway style train) back to central London and our flat where we packed up. Later that evening, we took our final London Walk, a Ghost Walk! Unfortunately, it was SOOOO cold that the walk wasn't as fun as it might have been. But we got one last look around St. James Park, Buckingham Palace, Whitehall and Trafalgar Square. One last beer at the flat and then off to bed for us. Farewell to London! We've enjoyed every minute!
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