Notes from the May - June 2009
Tour of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia and England

London, England - Saturday June 27 Final full day in Europe A boat like the City Cruises one we`re on

The UK`s tallest building at 50 stories (center) - One Canada Square aka Canary Wharf Tower

The pier at Greenwich

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich

From near the top of the Observatory hill One Canada Square and the O2 Arena

At 1 PM each day, the ball rises and falls exactly on the hour.

I`m standing astride the Prime Meridian - 0.0.0 Longitude My left foot is in West Longitude and my right is in East Longitude.

Longitudes of various locales

Prime Meridian

The park near the Observatory

Enjoying early summer in the park We walked back to Greenwich and had lunch in a Vietnamese restaurant.

Leaving tomorrow - Thinking of Tucson Mexican food

One more very small car

Big Ben says it`s time to go home.

Kenith is ready to go

Sunday June 28 - packed up ready to go home We ended up with a hired car to take us and our luggage to Heathrow. American Airlines departed at 11:20 AM and flew to Dallas. The connecting flight arrived in Tucson at 6:50 PM the same day. Including travel days, we were gone 45 days. Excellent trip.

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