Tessa, Ruolin & Raven:The Time Travel of Life
Song of the day: Forever Young by Jay Z and Beyoncé
Today we started our busy day by listening to “forever young” by Jay Z and Beyoncé. We chose this song because we feel it is relative to everyone in our group. The song not only creates a positive energy but helps us to acknowledge how wonderful this time period in our life really is.
After meeting in the lobby, we walked through Greenwich royal grounds to the Royal Observatory. The Royal Observatory is over 300 years old. Here we were given an hour to observe and learn about the creation and development of time. Also we got to see the Meridian Line. The Meridian Line is a line that runs directly from the South pole to the North pole, therefore separating the western and Northern hemispheres. It is otherwise known as zero longitude and determines all other lines of longitude.
Here is an image of the Capilano group at the Royal Observatory.
Following the Royal
observatory we made our way to Greenwich University where we visited the Grand
Hall and Chapel on campus. The grand hall is a breathtaking dining room with
beautifully hand painted ceiling and walls. It is world renowned for being
featured in multiple films such as, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thor
and many more.
To the left is an image of
the Capilano group in the Grand Hall.
At our time at Greenich
University we met Peter Vlachos, who took us on a walking tour of Greenwich and
Woolrich. On the tour he highlighted the major contrasts that gentrification
has created. For example, there are streets where one side is filled with
beautiful new high rises and the other side is crammed with low class bargain
markets. We believe this was the most educational part of our busy day because
it gave us a harsh visual of the effects that gentrification is having on real
people. Peter’s knowledge and passion about the topic was evident and really
helped us compare it to similar issues we are facing in Vancouver.
Today we started our busy day by listening to “forever young” by Jay Z and Beyoncé. We chose this song because we feel it is relative to everyone in our group. The song not only creates a positive energy but helps us to acknowledge how wonderful this time period in our life really is.
After meeting in the lobby, we walked through Greenwich royal grounds to the Royal Observatory. The Royal Observatory is over 300 years old. Here we were given an hour to observe and learn about the creation and development of time. Also we got to see the Meridian Line. The Meridian Line is a line that runs directly from the South pole to the North pole, therefore separating the western and Northern hemispheres. It is otherwise known as zero longitude and determines all other lines of longitude.
Here is an image of the Capilano group at the Royal Observatory.
Following the Royal
observatory we made our way to Greenwich University where we visited the Grand
Hall and Chapel on campus. The grand hall is a breathtaking dining room with
beautifully hand painted ceiling and walls. It is world renowned for being
featured in multiple films such as, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thor
and many more.
Above is a photo of Peter speaking to the group about gentrification and how “central London is moving East”.
Tessa is studying in Bachelor of Business Administration, and Ruolin and Raven are in Tourism Management for International Students. They have fulfilled the 2016 London Field School.
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