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2007-03-10 - 3:21 p.m. all photos � 2007 by elaine radfordthe view departing greenwich on the sunset ferryIf yesterday's entry seems abbreviated, it's because while I was trying to compose my essay, IMOM was watching "Deception," the film known in America as "Reindeer Games." Once DH told me that this movie was so bad that he walked out and asked for his money back. Well, he was right. The only good line in the movie is when Ben Affleck tells the slut, "I had better sex in prison." You may hit rewind and return it to the video store then, because if you think it gets any better -- such as flashbacks to Ben Affleck prison sex -- you are wrong, bunky. It never gets any better again. Needless to say, watching this film involves much making of rude comment and catcalls, which doesn't really help out much with composing the old diary. This morning we decided to head out to Greenwich by tube and light rail. It seemed that all we had to do was step on the platform for a train to arrive, so we couldn't argue with the efficiency. I decided to stop one stop short, at Island Gardens, so that we could enjoy the sight of Greenwich across the river from the Isle of Dogs. There was a small open air cafe where I sipped hot chocolate and IMOM enjoyed his coffee while we surveyed the scene. A quick stroll along the river, a Lesser Black-Backed Gull on the shore. Then through the tunnel under the river to get to the other side. The Painted Gallery and the Chapel, watching the ball drop at precisely 1 P.M. at the Royal Observatory, getting our picture taken at the Prime Meridian, enjoying the view of the city of London from the overlook by the statue, dipping into the Maritime Museum. Along the way, we picked up Rook for the bird list and photographed the door to the chapel carved from a single piece of white marble. We took a break at the Tea Pavillion to enjoy the blue skies and the friendly Starlings hustling for crumbs, and a rusty-voiced Robin started to tune up his song. Coming back down the hill, we noticed some Chinese (?) tourists who must have come from a plains area, because they had never seen a hill before and were running up and down in exuberant delight. Yes, I mean the grown-ups. It was hilarious. Someone even taught one of them what a frisbee was.
tulip staircase in the queen's house at greenwichBack down to Greenwich where we strolled past the old church and the many and multitudinous restaurants. After some pondering, we went for the Spanish Galleon pub, where I enjoyed a Spitfire "Kentish Ale" and a steak pie. The best part of the pie was the crispy crust. The vegetables, which I suspect of being canned, had to be picked out. Sunset ferry back to London and a stroll past Cleopatra's Needle. Dessert was a "French Martini," of Zubrowka, Chambord, Blackberry, Pineapple at the hoity toity Island Bar near our hotel. IMOM stuck with a classic Guinness.
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