MY FIRST TRAVELLING TO LONDON THE WORK IS MADE BY STUDENTS OF 5B FORM BREZGIN VLADIMIR DZERUK POLINA IN 2012 I`m sad,because I have lost my digital camera. But in some minutes, I found it.
BUS TOUR AROUND THE CITY, BRITISH MUSEUM We are in London, at last. The town is very beautiful and the view is the same like in all postcards. Our guide Kuznetsova Tatiana told us a lot of curious facts about London. We travelled by bus and watched the most famous sites : St. Paul`s cathedral, Tower &Tower bridge, The City if London, The Buckingham palace. We couldn`t think, how nice Big Ben is-now it`s Elisabeth`s II tower.
The British Museum In the evening we visited The British museum & watched its rich collection of ancient sculptures and monuments, manuscripts and mumies.
The weather in London is changeable- that`s true. The sun changes clouds & drizzling rain. We were in Trafalgar square. It isn`t so large in real, as we thought before. Buckingham palace is great & St. James park is full of different birds( even pelicans) and lots of tame squirrels. We watched the changing of hours-guards at Arsenal`s.
Westminster Abby & London Eye Westminster Abby is one of the most exciting place in London. About all kings and queens were crowned and were buried here. The ceiling in Westminster is unreal wonderful. Then we visited London Eye tour. It took us half an hour to make one turn. While we were waiting for the beginning of the tour, we met one English gentleman and talked to him asking and answering questions. He understood us perfectly! We were very glad.
BUS TOUR TO GREENWICH MERIDEAN, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, DOUVER MEDEVAL CASTLE Greenwich meridian is not far from London. You can be in the West & in the East at the same time. It`s unusual feelings. Canterbury`s cathedral is the main cathedral in GB. It`s great and beautiful.
Dover Medieval Castle Dover Medieval Castle is ancient, but you can imagine youself in Medieval time like Knight or King, or medieval lady. There are a collection of medieval armour and the history of all wars, where GB took part.
THE TOWER OF LONDON,MADAM TUSSAUD`S MUSEUM, HAMLEY`S TOY SHOP Tower of London is the most attractive place in London. It was used as a palace, a prison, a zoo, now it`s a museum. The huge collection of arms and Crown Jewels are kept within the Tower. Tower has a very interesting history and we took audio-guides and listened them. We met Beefeaters and took photos of famous ravens.
MADAM TUSSAUD`S & HAMLEYS Madam Tussaud`s –is a museum of wax real-size figures of famous people- alife and dead. Hamleys-is a world famous toy shop. We like it so much, that dread to visit it next time
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, STRADFORD- APON-AVON We didn`t know, that film about Harry Potter was filmed in one of the most famous college of England- in Kriset- Chirch-College of Oxford universities. We were in the same hall, where Harry and his friends gathered together for meal and for main meetings. Today the students and their professors are still have meal together. STRADFORD- APON-AVON is the bithplace of famous English writer William Shakespeare. He was buried in town`s chirch.
TWO PALACES: WINDSOR CASTLE& HAMPTON COURT WINDSOR CASTLE- is one of the residense of Her Majesty The Queen of Great Britain Elisabeth II Some queens and kings were buried in St. George Chirch. The residens is opened for visitors and we saw how rich and noble the palace is. We could see the changing of the guards in the castle and watch marching bands of guards.
HAMPTON COURT The history of Hampton Court is connected with the lives of Henry VIII and his famous abbot Walsey. They say, that a plenty of ghosts live there, we were looking for them, but couldn`t find out. But we were lucky to visit famous Hampton Court`s gardens, and even were in the Maze( a bushes labyrinth).
We have already been in London and now we are looking forward to another trip. Why not you to go there and to see this town yourself?