Grey Sunday in Greenwich

Last Sunday (29th Jan) I went to Greenwich with a friend of mine, to take a breather from home and office routines.

The weather wasn't nice but I really enjoyed the grey sky;  the top of the buildings in Canary Wharf were shrouded in mist, and the atmosphere were in some way "magical".

Once at Greenwich we decided to eat immediately (it was almost midday and we were hungry), and then we explored the market, getting lost among the thousands of vintage items and crafts.

There was plenty of food stall, from Japanese, to Spanish, to French... and we choose Italian. Such a bad choice. After two years of London life and eating all kind of food I should have learnt the lesson: never choose Italian.

I know that probably for most of the Londoners Italian food is great, and it is! But in Italy, not in London. Probably this is correct only for me and not for you; but, as an Italian, I'm never satisfied by the quality or simply the taste of Italian food out of Italy.

So we fell in the trap of "feel like at home" and bought some arancini (fried rice balls filled with sauce), but as I said they were disappointing, and we went wandering around and looking at all the other food we ignored.
There were some wonderful bread with olives and other stuff, organic, which looked really tasty!
Next time I'll try it!

The next step was the lovely Cutty Sark, still under renovation; the National Maritime Museum; Greenwich Park and the Royal Observatory.

It has been a truly lovely day, wandering around, filling my eyes with art, crafts and nature...

I've never been a fan of ships, pirates and this kind of stuff, but I found the Museum quite interesting, especially the instrument like meridians, compasses and telescopes were finely crafted and fascinating.

I also spent some minutes trying to attract squirrels and talking to them, they're so cute!

Simple things make life better: a good friend, a lovely place to visit, and the attitude of a child discovering the world.

Photos: Moll