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Greenwich and the docklands

We decided to go for a wander around the docklands on Saturday. I’ve decided I need to get some practice in with my new camera before we go to China. We started off at the thames barrier, and I took these:-

I think I might have to pay another visit when the weather’s a bit better. It was a bit overcast yesterday.

After the thames barrier we headed for Canary Wharf for lunch. There wasn’t a great deal to take a picture of around there. Just a load of boring glass buildings. There was this big wireframe snowman though:-

After lunch we headed for Greenwich for a walk around the park and the old naval college:-

We decided to leave climbing the hill up to the observatory to another day.

The iPhone

The iPhone has finally been unveiled. I soooo want one! Looks like everybody in Europe is going to have to wait until at least October to get their hands on one of these though.

Shame :-(

Lunch at The Wolseley

As a treat for my birthday Andy took me to The Wolseley for lunch. The restaurant is in a magnificent grade II listed building next door to The Ritz on Piccadilly. It has high vaulted ceilings, grand pillars and elaborate marble floors throughout.

Apparently it started out life as car showroom in the early 1920s for Wolseley Motors. Unfortunately the company went bankrupt a few years later. It then spent the rest of the 20th century as a bank, before Chris Corbin and Jeremy King (who previously restored The Ivy to it’s former glory) opened it up as a grand café in 2003.

The service in The Wolseley was faultless, despite what I had read to the contrary on some restaurant review sites. The food on the other hand was a different matter. The menu contained a lot of dishes based on classics from other European grand cafés. But as a result the menu looked a bit bland and uninspired.

Apparently The Wolseley is good for star spotting, though when we were there for lunch it just seemed to be full of American tourists that were staying at The Ritz next door.

Though not as fun as dining out at The Ivy, eating at The Wolseley was a pleasant experience nonetheless :)