Dienstag, 18. Mai 2010

Sunday, 16th May 2010

On Sunday I woke up a bit too late for the trip to London. But I wasn’t the only one… Then with a few minutes of delay, we left for London by coach. During the journey, Mister Morf often said something to the region or the city of London. I found it very impressive to see these big buildings. Our driver took us well to our first stop. There we could see St. Paul’s Cathedral, which was open for the tourists. After aproximately twenty minutes, we met in front of our coach for the continuation of our trip. While our chauffeur was driving through the city, we could see many special and interesting buildings. Along the street there were many little shops, e.g. candy shops, coffee shops or some pubs – and not to forget Mc Donald’s, which exists certainly more than ten times in the CBD! In the heart of the city, we could see a demonstration. The people demonstrated against the war in Afghanistan, I think. In the middle of the streets, they were camping on the grass and all around them, they had put some banners and signs with slogans on them.
After the bus ride, we split up into three groups. Each group went with a teacher for a short tour through the city. On this walk, among other things, we saw the Guards of the Queen near the Buckingham’s Palace. They walked along the street and some members of the band played the trumpet and another one cried some incomprehensible words. I think this is a real tourist attraction. Afterwards we were free to do what we wanted. In order to eat some “special London food”, we went to Mc Donald’s.
Next, we searched for the Hard Rock Café. The restaurant was very crowded and all the people there ate many chips, steaks and hamburgers. Inside the restaurant or café you can see a guitar or some clothes of famous stars, e.g. the guitar of Eric Clapton. Next to the restaurant, there was also a shop with many clothes, most of all shirts and pullovers.
To relax, we walked to St. James’s Park. There were many trusting and cute squirrels. Soon, we went on to find the meeting point at Westminster. Unfortunately at this moment it started to rain. This was the first time that it had rained since we arrived in England. Later we went on a boat ride and we could see the city from the River Thames. Our guide informed us about the different buildings and bridges. He told very interesting things but the jokes were incomprehensible for me… In front of the tower bridge our boat trip stopped and our journey in London as well. By coach, we went home (Camebridge) again. During the bus ride everybody was very tired but soon we arrived at the police station, where our bicycles were waiting.

Franziska Schleusser

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