Traveling Tolins 2

Wow, 141 days later (from December 15, 2017)!   This world cruise has been fun, educational, interesting, an eye opener to the world, and a blessing to learn about people of cultures and living standards other than those of the Good Ol’ USA.   God bless America; how truly fortunate we are to live in a country that enjoys the freedom, liberty, and wealth that we enjoy, all too often taken for granite by too many.   What a blessing it would be for every American to see what we have seen and to realize how great America is.

From our berth in Greenwich, the source of global longitude and standard time, we saw London’s centers of royalty and history in elegant palaces, massive cath-edrals, and stalwart fortresses that stretch back centuries. Our cruise ship sailed up the Thames River to Greenwich, the furthest point up river it could.  We "docked" on a floating pier while there.    View down river from our docked cruise ship. Pub where we enjoyed great fish 'n chips. Greenwich, a borough of London along the Thames River, has a cherished maritime history including the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO Site.   Here- precisely, at the Royal Observatory- the world’s longitude is measure from the prime meridian, and Greenwich Mean Time sets the global time standard. At the port, the clipper ship  Cutty Sark , one of Greenwich’s most renowned historic landmarks, is preserved as a fascination museum.  Upriver, London is home to Buckingham Palace