Greenwich and the British Museum

On Tuesday Morning, July 5, we met the Montezes at the bus stop. We thought we had plenty of time, so a bus seemed like a good idea. It turns out there were diversions because of works on Bayswater Road. The trip was taking so long that we jumped ship at Bond Street and took the Jubilee Line to Westminster where we arrived just in time to catch a boat down the river to Greenwich. We saw the Painted Hall at the Royal Naval College and then had lunch in St. Alfege church yard. We were in place below the Observatory in time for the ball drop, but it didn't happen. We climbed to the Observatory, had a look around, then headed to the Docklands Lightrail which took us to Bank. The Central Line delivered us at Tottenham Court Road where massive works are underway on the new Crossrail Line. We wound our way through a maze of hoarding and back streets and eventually came out at the British Museum where we spent the rest of the afternoon. We had supper at Gourmet Burger Kitchen and headed to Covent Garden and the the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane for an evening performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Our seats were in the top balcony and I was dozy, so I am not prepared to give a solid review. The Tube from Holborn took us home to bed.

 The 94 bus on diversion in the Paddington neighborhood

 Bond Street Tube Station

 Headed down river

 Tate Modern with the new addition right rear

 Wren's Hospital and Jones's Queen's House

They seemed to trust me to lead the way

 Wren's double columns

 The Painted Hall

 The whole gang

  Fish and chips, pasties, etc. from the shops on 

Greenwich High Road

 Not bad enough to make the major-disappointment list

 Traditional photo

 Nice views from Greenwich

Baby Goat Cheese shows the enormous scale of the Parthenon

columns and entablature

 The Parthenon Sculptures (Elgin Marbles is no longer 

politically correct, especially for the Greeks)

 Caryatid at the British Museum

 Regrouping at the British Museum before dinner and a play;

chocolate was probably involved

 View from the nose-bleed section of The Theatre Royal Drury Lane

They liked it but thought Matilda was better

Another splendid day in London.

OXO

D.