A Weekend in London

Some classmates of mine, Carmen Torres, our last year´s English teacher and me went to London to spend a weekend in October. I think we had a good time and fantastic weather.

First I’d like to thank Viviana and Lorena (two of my classmates) for their efforts in all the preparations for the flight , accommodation, plans……

We travelled by plane with a low-cost company and we stayed in a cheap hotel near Kings Cross Station.

The Valencia – London flight was very pleasant. We met an Indian Englishman who we spoke with about a lot of things.He even wanted a photo with all of us!!. Well, he spoke to us much more than we spoke to him because our English is still limited

When we arrived in London at about 19:00 pm (I don’t know exactly), we went to the hotel by underground. I liked my very small and tiny room (please don´t go if you suffer from claustrophobia) and the hotel in general but the waitress was very unpleasant ( she didn’t seem an Englishwoman but she had the same stiff upper lip).

At night, we went for a walk around London : Coven Garden, Trafalgar Square, Soho…. We went shopping , and had dinner in Pizza Hut ( yes , it may seem strange but we were hungry ).

The following day , we caught a bus to London centre , went for a walk around Hide Park , and went on a tour with Alex, our tourist guide.for three hours. We could see Wellington park , Napoleon´s nose on a wall, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, the Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace and St. James Palace (Lady Di´s last residence), and we went shopping once again

We went on a boat trip along the Thames. Riverboat services are a great way of beating the traffic while soaking up fantastic views like the Bridges, London Eye, Canary Wharf, Tate Modern, London Bridge, Tower of London, a lot of London Docklands Riverside until getting to Greenwich.

We tried to have lunch in a London Pub, but it was impossible because it was too late. We had just a Marks & Spencer sandwich for lunch (typical of London).

Well into the evening, some of us went to Harrods , a big English department store and others went to look for a restaurant to have dinner between Piccadilly Circus & Soho.

The next day we were in a hurry. Some people visited St Paul's Cathedral and Camden Market Street and we all arrived at the airport by the skin of our teeth (the underground broke down on our way to the airport and we had to take an express train , very expensive public transport).

We have a lot of anecdotes about this journey but we´ll keep them to ourselves. I hope you understand it.


INMACULADA GARCÍA GUILLAMÓN
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