1. A WEEKEND IN LONDON
BY: MARC CAMPOS TRONCOSO AND CARLOS MAGRASÓ SANTA
2. FRIDAY, 14th December
We took the plane in Manises airport (Valencia) at 5pm. After two
hours, we arrived at Heathrow airport (London) at 6pm (7pm in Spain,
because they have an hour backwards).
6pm Then we took a bus from the airport to Hounslow and, after that,
another to Piccadilly Underground Station. We travelled on the
Underground from that station to Kings Cross St Pancras.
Finally we travelled by taxi from the last station to Knightsbridge,
where the hotel where we stayed is situated.
HOTEL: Lanesborough (suit
Buckingham)
Price per night: 4338€ (GBP:
3500)
The suit is very beautiful and
comfortable. All things in there
are luxurious.
3. FRIDAY, 14th December
8pm After unpacking our lugagge, we left the hotel in order to go to a restaurant
to have dinner.
We had dinner in Cigalon Restaurant, on 115 of Chancery St. We ate
Roasted Artichokes, Cauliflower, Toasted Hazelnuts & Trompettes as a
starters. The main course was a Daily Fish & Meat Specials. For dessert
we ate Goat & Ewe Cheese Selection.
4. FRIDAY, 14th December
After having dinner we went by taxi to the Lyceum Theatre to
see the Lion King Musical. It was spectacular and fantastic.
Its price was GBP 70 (86 euros).
10pm
After that, we walked near the river Thames. Finally we went to
our hotel to sleep, because we were so tired.
5. Saturday, 15th December
We woke up at 8am because we didn't want to lose our day.
We had a shower and dressed up. After that, we went
downstairs to came into the hotel's restaurant. We had
8am breakfast in there. We ate bacon, eggs and orange juice.
We packed our luggage before going sightseeing.
6. saturday, 15th December
We spent saturday morning going sightseeing. We took a
touristic bus that took us to the National Gallery.
While we were travelling on the bus, we could see a lot of
9am touristic places of London. For example: the London Eye, the
TOwer Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament,
the Big Ben, the Beefeaters....
7. saturday, 15th December
NATIONAL ART GALLERY
This is one of the most important cultural galleries on the world.
Its situated on Trafalgar Square. In this place we saw a lot of
11am art expositions. It was so busy because is the favourite place
for art lovers. There are expositions of very known artists
around the world.
8. saturday, 15th December
At this time we have already seen a lot of the expositions that
there are in the gallery.
The time for lunch arrived. We went to a restaurant where we
1pm bought our meal: the typical fish and chips. We ate in the St.
James Park.
9. saturday, 15th December
We took the Underground to travel from the St James Park to
the famous Buckingham Palace. We bought VIP tickets for
sightseeing the palace. They cost 500 pounds (614€).
2pm In this building lives the Queen Elizabeth. The rooms and
salons of this palace are full of very expensive carpets, pictures
and furniture. All in there is luxurious.
10. saturday, 15th December
PICCADILLY
After visiting Buckingham, we decided to visit Piccadilly on our last hours
in Britain.
4pm It was built in 1819 as a intersection between Picaddilly St and Regent St.
In this zone there are shops of Ferrari, M&M's, Burguer King, Zara,
Mercedes, Lotus, etc.
We decided to come into the M&M' shop. We bought a lot of things in
relation to M&M's. We took a lot of photos.
11. saturday, 15th December
Our holidays in London were finishing. Before going to the
airport we walked to the hotel to pick up our lugagge. After that,
we took a taxi to Heatrow airport.
5pm Our plane left the Britain ground at 6pm. This was the end of
our British holidays.
In the plane we saw a film. After two hours we arrived at
Manises airport at 9pm (8pm in UK).
We took the Metro to go to the Valencia station. Finally, the
train took us back to Alzira.
