LONDON English heritage No.2. Our incredible team 30 students from GPH 3 teachers - This year we enjoyed our journey and all unforgettable memories with.
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LONDONEnglish heritage No.2
Our incredible team
30 students from GPH
3 teachers
- This year we enjoyed our journey and all unforgettable memories with the students from secondary school from Partizánske and their two teachers- new friendships, funny situations - „war“ between West and East :D
- Students of the 1st to the 3rd grate- two English teachers Mrs. Bušaničová & Mrs. Kertisová- and our special guest was the math’steacher Mrs. Olšavová
Far,far away from Slovakia• Saturday – we left Slovakia,
then continued through
the Czech Republic
(still in bus)
• Sunday
Germany – Belgium - France
Belgium, what a beautiful Country,Full of cows
No,we don’t regret anything Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
or how we came to FRANCE• although we were quite dead from travelling by bus, when we came to France everybody started to „live“ again
• We slept in Dunkuerqe, in a small hotel F1, and we also went for a walk in the evening, even it was raining a bit.
• Hunger was our strong enemy, so half of our group went to buy pizza (students with courage could practice their French)
- another groupwent to seeThe Cathedral
Travel by ferry
- Monday morning, FR Calais – ENG Dover
- windy & cold- 1 hour,30 min. - seasickness - discovering the ferry- enjoying the view
Canterbury-The Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England
-We visited The Cathedral, as well as the gardens nearby, and the center of town- Wonderful expositions in shops
- colourful Stained Glass in The Cathedral
Greenwich Park
Tower Bridge- Atmosphere of the park, Prime meridian 0°0’0’’, Planetarium
- combined bascule and suspension bridge- over the River Thames- close to the Tower of London (prison in the past)
St Paul's Cathedral • 365 feet (111m) high Anglican Cathedral
• There were married Charles,Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
The view
Trafalgar Square
- The National Gallery
- A tourist attraction, and one of the most famous squares - problems with pigeons
Big Ben- the nickname for the great bellof the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace- offical London residenceof the British monarch
- Buckingham Palace finally became the principal royal residence in 1837, on the accession of Queen Victoria
- 1000 rooms
- large, mainly Gothic Church, in Westminster- It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs.- Jane Austen and Charles Dickens in Poet’s Corner
Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square
- a famous road junction and public space - Neon signs, surrounded by several major tourist attractions
- the centre of London's cinema land- it is claimed that the Square contains the cinema - with the largest screen and the cinema with the most seats (over 1600). - Odeon, Empire, Vue- all British premieres
Hampton Court Palace
• is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in the south-west London
• it was originally built for Cardinal Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII• wonderful gardens, apartments, labyrinth, fountains
Stonehenge
- prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire
- 2500 BC
- stone circles
Salisbury & Bath
- Historical buildings : KFC or McDonald?
- a cathedral city- parks- original copies of Magna Carta- Early English Gothic
- The Roman Baths complex is a site of places of historical interest
- the Sacred Spring - the Roman Temple - the Roman Bath House- the Museum
Madame Tussauds
- a wax museum - the Chamber of Horrors.- 4D- film zone, music zone
Oxford Street shopping insanity
Journey by underground
organized chaos
Eurotunnel Channel Tunnel between Great Britain and France
- 50.5 kilometres
Host family- a great experience, practising English- intermediate products :D- shower – graduation ! - a nice English woman with typical English accent, and cute two dogs
Thank you for watching
Martina Bovanová III.G
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