Woke up on my last full day in London...to more rain. Again, not much, but all these clouds were getting me grumpy. Tod, Roma's husband, was finally back home from a trip to the states to visit his mum, and I spoke with him for a few minutes with plans to meet up later. We planned to finish our English stop with a visit to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and whatever else struck our fancy. We would be joined by Aeron - and met up with him on tube at a station near his girlfriend's flat.
We arrived at a station near the observatory, and made the trek thru town - following the visitors to the grounds. Very large area - can almost remember when I visited with my parents well over 30 years ago. Up a steep hill and we entered the grounds and made our way through the old building. Well done displays and great preservation of the old telescopes as well. Interesting to know there were several prime meridians before the final one was settled.
We walked on from there, and this is where Aeron decided to take us on an "insiders" tour of London. In the process of moving about we were escorted from a train onto a bus due to mechanical difficulties. Apparently this is a London tradition. This included a visit to a backdoor hot spot of shops and eateries, as well as back to Camden Town. A highlight was a stop at a very popular pub with a bevy of brews available. We all had ourselves a good pint.
We eventually met up with Roma and Toby at a restaurant in the Hampstead area and had a great going-away meal. Tod was still too exhausted from his trip to join us. We arrived home for more chatting, then packed up for our departure early the next day.
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