A visit to the Planetarium
The sun descended bright and shiny last Saturday and what a glorious day it was indeed, especially coming after a 6 week long spell of cloudy and rainy, cold and wet weather. We decided to make the most of this glorious sunshine by making a trip to Greenwich or Grenich as it is locally called. The visit involves a tube ride to Embankment (we lived in Bayswater at that time) and then a boat ride across the Thames to Greenwich Pier. The boat takes in many sights of London's skyline - the London Eye, The Royal Festival Hall, London bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, O2 center and other buildings. If you are lucky, you get to see the Tower Bridge open up and lift its two forks to let a tall ship pass. Greenwich is famous for the 0 degree longitude. In addition, it is home to London's only Planetarium- the Peter Harrison Planetarium as it is called. I was as excited as my young son and really looked forward to seeing the planets, stars etc. I told him stories of gian