UNCC Justice Studies Abroad Summer 2013: Kingston University, England

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

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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

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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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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

Stonehenge

On July 22, our British Culture and Society class trip was to Stonehenge. We were only allowed to admire it from afar.

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Bath

After Stonehenge, we rode the bus to Bath. There we got a tour of the town and then went and toured the Roman Bath.

Town of Bath

Street performer in Bath

Union Jack flags

Bath

The first Crescent shaped building

Norfolk Cresent in Bath

Norfolk Crescent

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Outside the Roman Bath

The Roman Bath

Model of the hot springs leading to the Bath

Model of the Bath

Different curses found that they use to write and throw into the bath

Old gravestones

Curses that were thrown into the bath for the Gods

Old structure of the Bath

Ancient messages to the Gods

Students using the pulley system demonstrating the pulley system the Romans used to build the bath

Old spring

Close up of the bath

Wishing well inside

Heated room under the bath

Mineral water we drank from the springs

Exit of the Baths

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Performer in the streets of Bath

Street performer

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Taking a break from walking around

Houses of Parliament

On July 23, we went on a guided visit of The Houses of Parliament for our Criminal Justice course. Generally, the public cannot tour any of the government buildings associated with The Houses of Parliament other than Westminster Hall, unless one is a citizen and requests permission. However, we received permission to go on a tour of the inside with help from Kingston University. We were able to see rooms that even the Queen herself is not authorized to enter. Unfortunately, we were only permitted to take pictures of the Westminster Hall and the outside of the buildings.