{"id":214,"date":"2008-10-21T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2024-11-29T05:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T05:31:44","slug":"straddling-the-boundary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Straddling the Boundary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our next stop was the Royal Observatory out in Greenwich.\u00a0 This is where the G in GMT comes from since the Prime Meridian Of the World is referenced from this place.\u00a0 It was a bit of a climb to the top but the view was pretty good &#8211; except it was cloudy when we were there.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of directions so I was quite excited to see this line from which all other North\/South lines are referenced.\u00a0 Katherine isn&#8217;t a big fan of directions and derived more enjoyment from making fun of this big line.\u00a0 The pictures below are proof of this fact.<\/p>\n<p>I got 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