On a hillside, surrounded by green lawns, the environment is quiet. There is a park-like building. Corporal Linn said that this is the observatory of the Greenwich Observatory, but entry is prohibited.
Although Chu Long and others were not allowed to enter the observatory's observatory to visit, they took photos with their cameras. Through the guardrail, you can see the copper wires embedded in the ground in the park - 0° longitude, Os.
Meng pointed to the 0° longitude on the ground and said: "The Greenwich Observatory is
The starting point of geographical longitude in the world. My teacher said that there are many countries and regions in the world, and time is not uniform. Astronomers in the world have proposed a convenient and acceptable recording method, which is to
Greenwich Mean Time is the standard and is set as Universal Time."
"Your teacher has never entered the observation station!" Chu Long said casually.
"He didn't tell me that he had gone in, but he seemed to really know this place," Osmond said.
In Greenwich Park, the Chu Long trio left many memorable "memories", and Chu Long will treasure these "memories". After getting on the carriage, the Chu Long trio returned to the hotel before lunch.
Ya Heng returned to the hotel before Chu Long and others. Corporal Lin En told the story of the morning's tour during lunch and spent the lunch time chatting. It can be said that talking while eating like this is a British habit.
, if you don’t say a word of silence at the dinner table, it will be difficult for people to eat. During the time he came to the UK again, Chu Long has become accustomed to this kind of dining topic.
In the afternoon, a few people sat in the house, drinking coffee and chatting about all kinds of interesting things in life. Osmond and Chu Long respectively shared interesting things they had experienced. The time was spent in chatting. In the middle, Chu Long asked
Why didn't Guo Yaheng go there in the afternoon? Yaheng's answer was that the shop owner was not here.
We didn’t have dinner at the hotel, but took a carriage to the tavern. The dishes there were rich and unforgettable, and everyone who ate there said it was good! There were still a lot of people in the tavern during dinner time, which was about the same as during lunch time.
Boss Tang was too busy to take care of Chu Long and the others. They didn't sit together to chat, and went back to the hotel directly after the meal.
Before going back to the room to rest in the evening, Yaheng told Chu Long and others in advance that they would not have to wait for him for breakfast tomorrow. He would leave early if he had something to do. Chu Long asked if he wanted to go together, but Yaheng said that he could do it.
Long couldn't hold on anymore, so he went back to the house to rest.
Just like yesterday, Chu Long in the morning was holding the unfinished copy of "Wuthering Heights" in his hand and continuing to read. There was a cup of Blue Mountain coffee with milk on the coffee table. The morning sun was not very bright, and the lights in the room were not very bright.
Of course it is open. Hindley in the book makes Chu Long feel disgusted, but he is not surprised at his ending. Even without the revenge of the male protagonist Heathcliff, alcoholism and gambling will gradually make Hindley, a playboy, into a
Abyssal.
After reading the chapter that he had not finished yesterday, he drank the coffee in his cup, called the waiter to clean up the room, and walked to the restaurant downstairs alone. For Chu Long, he had to eat on time every day.
Maintaining good living habits is something Chu Long inherited from the habits deep in his memory.
After breakfast, at the suggestion of Corporal Lynn, the three of Chu Long played billiards in the billiards room of the hotel. Billiards in the UK is just like people talking about the changeable weather after dinner. It has become deeply ingrained in life.
Well, many big hotels will build billiards halls for people to have some fun when the weather is bad and they can't go out. Like bars, they are one of the places where people often go.
The billiards room of Goring Hotel is divided into hall type and private room type. As the name suggests, the hall type means that many people play billiards together. The tables are divided into tables and placed throughout the hall, but no one makes any noise or messes around.
Throwing confetti, everyone just focused on the table. Even if there were people who were not playing, they were quietly watching others play.
There is no noise or noise, mainly because the backstage of the Goring Hotel is very hard, and no one will shout and disturb other people here. Even nobles with high status will not do such useful things here.
If the matter of identity were spread, people would laugh at it, which would be very embarrassing for the British who always regard gentlemanly etiquette as their standard.
This also led to Chu Long’s first visit to the billiards hall. He found that except for the sound of the collision of billiard balls, there was almost no other loud noise. When people occasionally communicated, they also controlled the sound to a level that both parties could hear at close range.
There was no loud noise within the area. This surprised Chu Long that it was indeed a grand hotel! There was also a billiards hall in the small town of Dover, but it was far inferior to this one.
The three of Chu and Long were led by a tall, thin and plump waitress to the entrance of the billiard hall. The waitress looked at us and said seriously: "Gentlemen, you are not allowed to make loud noises or smoke in the billiard hall.
, please pay attention!”
Okay!" Corporal Linn looked at the waitress and nodded. Corporal Linn knew very well that this hotel is not comparable to other hotels in London. It contains shares of senior officials of London's House of Lords and the royal family.
No one dares to disobey the rules here.
The waitress gently opened the door and walked in. Chu Long and the other three followed. Chu Long saw that there were already two tables occupied at the end, and a few people were watching. The room was very quiet, with only the impact of clubs.
The sound of billiard balls and billiard balls colliding with each other, of course, and the slight sound of hitting the billiard table table, can be ignored because it is not very loud. The waiter took us to the bar, and after choosing our own cue, we took the
We came to a table next to the bar and against the wall.
There are rows of small sofas against the wall, and between every two small sofas, there is a small table with vases and various flowers on it. Corporal Linn took the cue and Osmond started the first
During the game, Chu Long absentmindedly ate the apple in his hand, thinking about how business was going at Yaheng's place, and didn't pay much attention to how Osment and the others played billiards.
However, it doesn’t matter whether you pay attention or not. Chu Long doesn’t know how to play billiards and is a pure spectator. In my memory, there is no indoor ball game like billiards in this other world. It is more of a virtual simulation reality game. And Aldrich is almost
Living on a boat, even in the countries he visited, it was rare to see people playing billiards. His father knew how to play but never taught him, which made Chu Long just a spectator in the billiard hall, which was a bit boring.
Corporal Lynn and Osmond played traditional British proportion billiards. British proportion billiards is also called three-ball pocket billiards. British proportion billiards can be said to be the earliest billiards that appeared, and it is the basic skill in billiards.
Those players who play snooker in the world have a very solid foundation in British-style billiards.
The tables Chu Long and the others saw when they entered were playing snooker, which was later upgraded, and is now one of the mainstream billiards in the world. "Snooker" in English means obstacle, and the main thing is that players not only have to
You can hit the ball into the pocket to score points, and you can also hit the obstacle ball that can prevent the opponent from playing normally, thus causing the opponent to be penalized. Therefore, snooker is quite a test of skills, and at the same time it is full of fun and immersive.
Let me share a legend about billiards. It is said that when the earliest billiards appeared in France, King Louis XIV of France used a spoon-shaped stick to hit a "single ball" into a small arch to score points. Later, it was extended to playing outdoors and digging a ball in the ground.
The hole was drilled in to score points. Later, it was moved back to playing indoors on the table, which evolved into the later billiards. However, the former outdoor playing method is really reminiscent of another outdoor ball game, golf.