London : January 14th 2011

Today we took a Thames River cruise and saw many of the different sites and places we had visited along the river. It was very cold but was still nice to see everything and get some great photographs. I do wish we had taken the trip earlier when we first had gotten to London. It would have been a great introduction to the city and to what we were going to be doing the rest of the time. Even so it was a nice change of activities and i enjoyed having a chance to sit and see everything.
After getting off at Greenwich we went to the royal observatory. It was interesting to see all the different watches and time pieces they used to help navigate ships. It was also great being able to see and walk on the meridian line. Then after we walked around and found the Greenwich Market. It was a smaller market and more of a craft and flea market.
After we made our back towards home and stopped at the National Portrait Gallery. My favorite portrait was by Marc Quinn, Self 2006. It was a mold of his head made out of silicone, his own blood stainless steel, glass and refrigeration equipment. The head was cast in several pints of his own blood, which he called frozen moments on "life-support".