Before I continue with the whirlwind schedule which is my lockdown stay in London, let me just rant a moment. Does anyone else feel like they are living in an alternative reality? I do every morning when I read the news. Between the pandemic and Trump it's like we're in a distopic B movie. Have ya'll LISTENED to Don's taped phonecall to Georgia? HOW DID THIS MAN BECOME PRESIDENT!!!! OK. Good now. So Sunday G and I met a friend of hers in Greenwich, south of the Thames and famously at 0 Longitude. (On 0 Longitude? At...on??) Anywho, there it be! It's the location of the famous Cutty Sark, one of the last and fastest Tea Clippers, wooden sailing vessels that transported tea to the UK. There is a tiny touristic center on the riverfront with shops and eating establishments but apart from takeout all was shut. Greenwich is also the site of the Royal Naval Academy, a university, some museums and the Queen's House which is a former royal residence. All of which ia shut. Then there is Greenwich park that used to be the grounds of a now extinct palace and the current site of the Royal Observatory through which the Prime Meridian passes. Guess what? Shut. BUT we did climb up to the Observatory perched atop a high hill in the middle of the park. From there is a fantastic view of all the above mentioned sites and of the London skyline. Pretty spectacular. Of course it started to rain as we were heading down the hill so we scurried into town and caught a Lyft back here. Lyft is the UK version of Uber. I refuse to take public transportation this time around because these damned Brits won't mask up, so if I can't walk I take a Lyft or a cab. We are now in the highest level of lockdown, tier 5. Boris announced it last night in an hour long speech on TV. Not once did he mention masks. I am really dumbfounded.

Some shots from Greenwich. xxoo me