I'm only going to be here for three weeks, so I want to make the most of it. For this reason, I decided to spend a day in London, which is one of my favourite cities in the world.
This time I chose to visit the borough of Greenwich - an area I'd never been to before and which I'd wanted to go to for a long time. And now that the new Elizabeth Line has opened on the tube, it's much quicker to get there. I took the tube from Paddington to Canary Wharf and then took the Docklands Light Railway to Cutty Sark station, where you can find the famous ship of the same name.
I had a quick look in the ship's gift shop, but I didn't buy a ticket for the museum, as time is always a bit tight with an off-peak return ticket to London.
Next to the ship, you have some nice views of the Thames and an old tunnel that goes underneath it.
After having a coffee, I walked to the place I was most excited about visiting: Greenwich Park. Here you can find the Prime Meridian, where the western and eastern hemispheres of the world meet. You have to pay to visit the actual line, which is located in the Royal Observatory (pictured below).
I didn't visit the Royal Observatory this time, as it's expensive, and my time was limited, but perhaps I'll go at some point in the future. However, the whole area of the park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and there's plenty to see there for free.
The first thing I did was walk up to the viewpoint next to the observatory. Here you can find what I would say is the best view I've seen in London, and probably up there as one of the best views I've seen in the whole world. You can see the beautiful old building of the Old Royal Naval College down below, with the modern skyscrapers of Canary Wharf rising up behind it, and other landmarks such as the Gherkin and the O2 Arena further away. It's just incredible.
I also enjoyed seeing the sights of the rest of the park, including the bandstand, the rose garden and the flower garden - it was amazing to be in this huge space of nature in such a big city.
I was also lucky enough to see not only a tame squirrel, but also a beautiful fox! He stopped on the pathway, about 5 or 10 metres away from me, just long enough for me to get a photo of him. I couldn't believe I'd seen him so close up - it was really an incredible experience!
Greenwich Park definitely turned out to be one of my favourite places I've visited in London. It's a little way off from the usual tourist sites, but it's really worth going over there, if only to see that fantastic view.
My day in London, as usual, felt too short. (Thought at least I didn't have to go to the Chilean Consulate this time!) There are still many more places I want to visit in and around the capital, and there's a big part of me that really wants to live there. What with the cost of living there, I'm not sure how possible that will be, at least for the time being, but maybe someday it will happen... We'll have to wait and see what the future holds!
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