The Beginning and the End

This will be the last post about our 2019 World Cruise.  It is well after the fact because we were without computer access when we got back to Florida, when we were with our daughter, Brenda, and her family in Jacksonville, when were were traveling north, when we were with our other daughter, Tammy in Iowa, and when we got back to Minnesota (problems with the phone line.)  Then life got in the way.  So, here is the last port after 128 days and 5 continents.

Our schedule said London, but the Thames is only open to cruise ships like ours as far upstream as Greenwich. 



We were here last year, so did not go sightseeing this time.  I just wandered around a bit.  The Royal Observatory is at Greenwich where the measurement of longitude begins.  Last year we stood with one foot on each side if it.  This year I did not climb the hill to see it again, but I did go into in  the"First Shop in the World!"








Many of the buildings in the area are part of the Naval Museum with a substantial building style and lots of green lawns and paved walkways.  It was a nice place for a stroll, and the weather cooperated.

The rest of the area in Greenwich around the pier has small shops, narrow curving lanes with a food court which reflects the multinational character of London





















The area across the Thames has new construction which seems oddly out of place after  seeing the classic lines of this older part of the city.

I hope you have enjoyed traveling with us.  So long until the next time, whenever that will be.  We plan to travel as long as we are able.  Then we will just sit back and look at our pictures.