Day 144 - Prime Meridian - Check another One Off the Bucket List

November 3, 2014, Monday, Day - A foot in each hemisphere

When we crossed the zero latitude going across the equator in our sailboat in 2010, we had a little party and listened to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Crossing the Zero Degree - Equator 2010

Today was almost as thrilling standing legs astride and firmly planted, one in each hemisphere, at the zero degree longitude line.  Yeah, another check off on the old bucket list.  I guess, the next zero mark would be where the zero equatorial latitude line intersects the zero longitude line,  ummm maybe not.

Not Quite As Warm and Tropical

The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect is totally imaginary, but the intersect) is in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles south of Ghana and 670 miles west of Gabon. Not sure I want to invest much more time pursuing the imaginary, but it has been fun, and unlike heaven or hell, we can actually find this on our GPS even though it is imaginary.

While at the Prime Meridian, we visited the National Maritime Museum 

with a wonderful exhibit on the scientific means of finding longitude, and the Cutty Sark.  

We head a terrific day in picturesque Greenwich.

From the imaginary Prime Meridian, we went to the theater to see the imaginative play of the equally imaginative book of the same name, The Book of Mormon.  We enjoyed the play very much.  

All is Well with the Worrall Travel R's enjoying the imaginary in London.