Greenwich
On July 24, our field trip for British Culture and Society was to the town of Greenwich, which is a port town.
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View from Greenwich
Cutty Sark
Old Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College
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Resting before the hike up to the Royal Observatory
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Statue outside of the Old Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College
Canal outside Old Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College
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Royal Observatory
The Royal Observatory is located at the top of the hill from Old Royal Naval College. At the Royal Observatory, there is a beautiful view of London. The Observatory has telescopes and the world's time is set here. The Prime Meridian Line is located here as well.
View of London from Royal Observatory
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View of London from the Royal Observatory
UNCC group outside of the Royal Observatory with London in the background
Prime Meridian line
Inside the Royal Observatory
Inside the Royal Observatory Museum
Times all around the world which is set according to Greenwich time
Inside the Royal Observatory Museum
Octagon Room designed by Christopher Wren
Octagon Wren at Royal Observatory
Reading about the "Red Ball" which drops every day at 1pm
Prime Meridian Line of the world
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Prime Meridian line
Straddling the hemispheres!
On both hemispheres at the same time
Prime meridian line of the world
Telescopes within the Royal Observatory museum
Seventh largest refracting telescope in the world
Facts about the telescope
Telescope
Telescope in the Royal Observatory
Cutty Sark
UNCC students in a shop, dressed in a Bobby hat!
Shakespeare Globe Theatre
For our British Culture and Society class, we watched a play at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The theatre was reconstructed to mimic the original globe theatre.
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Shakespeare Globe Theatre
For our British Culture and Society class, we watched a play at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The theatre was reconstructed to mimic the original globe theatre.
Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers
Outside the Shakespeare Globe Theatre
Inside the theatre
Seating in the theatre
So excited for the play!
Panorama of the theatre
Open air theatre
Stage and groundlings
Some UNCC Criminal Justice and Psych students outside the theatre
Some UNCC Criminal Justice and Psych students outside the theatre along the canal
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