My OperaLondon Ho! (From Guest Blogger Samuel)
Saturday, December 1, 2007 3:04:01 PM
Some may have had more enjoyable times in London than we had this week, but we had quite a time. Now some of you may find it odd to pack a bunch of people into a metal tube and make them pay for it, but apparently the Brits don’t because they do it all the time. Okay, now I’ll tell about our trip to London.
Day 1. We arrive in London at Gatwick Airport which is one of three airports in and around London. Well, we arrive at around 11:45 P.M. in Gatwick and go through the Passport control through more customs and to the baggage pick-up point and at last to get our train ticket. We wait a while and wait for and on the train. We finally arrive at Victoria Station and then to Westminster Station and to Waterloo Station. We walk every way we can think of to get to our hotel, and at long last we find it. We check in go up the elevator to our flat. And then we go to sleep.
Day 2. We split up and Mom, Rebecca and I head for the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the Dickens House Museum. While Timothy and Dad go gallivanting in places I have yet to find out. Both Museums are boring. And for lunch we all have McDonalds and meet up at St. Martin-In-The-Fields for a piano concert. We then go to the Tower of London and walk all about. And then are off for Hamleys (the biggest toy store in Europe) and to Harrods. We decide to go home after ten minutes of Harrods and eat McDonalds for dinner.
Day 3. We head off for Westminster Abbey and ooh and aah at it with no pictures. It truly is an amazing place. Then off to the Changing of the horse guard and to Buckingham Palace. In the afternoon we go to the Imperial war museum where we split up again, Mom, Rebecca and I are off to the flat while Dad and timothy stay at the museum for a while. And then, we go to an Italian restaurant. Then we’re off to a three hour play of the Lord of the Rings at the Royal Theater.
Day 4. Mom, Rebecca, Timothy and I (Dad has work) go to Hampton Court Palace at around 9:30 and get there around 10:00 A.M. We stay at Hampton Court and its gardens until about 2:00 P.M. when we walk to the train station and ride back to London. Then we go to the London Eye a HUGE ferris wheel from which you can see everywhere. Then home to the flat to wait for Dad. Dad comes home and we go to the great British Museum where we see a ton of Greek statues and such. And at last to dinner at a tiny place where we all have various things.
Day 5. Dad is at work again and so we go off to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater where we do a tour of the theater that is made completely of oak. Then we go to see if we can see the ancient Temple of Mithras, but we couldn’t find it so we go to St. Paul’s Cathedral. A better inside than Westminster but not as impressive outside. We go up some 400 steps to the top of the dome where I find that I’m scared of heights. Off to a book store to find a book for me and then to the hotel (we had already checked out) to get our heavier luggage which had left there. Then to Gatwick Airport to be delayed for one and a half hours. Then, Oh happy day, we get home.
Day 1. We arrive in London at Gatwick Airport which is one of three airports in and around London. Well, we arrive at around 11:45 P.M. in Gatwick and go through the Passport control through more customs and to the baggage pick-up point and at last to get our train ticket. We wait a while and wait for and on the train. We finally arrive at Victoria Station and then to Westminster Station and to Waterloo Station. We walk every way we can think of to get to our hotel, and at long last we find it. We check in go up the elevator to our flat. And then we go to sleep.
Day 2. We split up and Mom, Rebecca and I head for the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the Dickens House Museum. While Timothy and Dad go gallivanting in places I have yet to find out. Both Museums are boring. And for lunch we all have McDonalds and meet up at St. Martin-In-The-Fields for a piano concert. We then go to the Tower of London and walk all about. And then are off for Hamleys (the biggest toy store in Europe) and to Harrods. We decide to go home after ten minutes of Harrods and eat McDonalds for dinner.
Day 3. We head off for Westminster Abbey and ooh and aah at it with no pictures. It truly is an amazing place. Then off to the Changing of the horse guard and to Buckingham Palace. In the afternoon we go to the Imperial war museum where we split up again, Mom, Rebecca and I are off to the flat while Dad and timothy stay at the museum for a while. And then, we go to an Italian restaurant. Then we’re off to a three hour play of the Lord of the Rings at the Royal Theater.
Day 4. Mom, Rebecca, Timothy and I (Dad has work) go to Hampton Court Palace at around 9:30 and get there around 10:00 A.M. We stay at Hampton Court and its gardens until about 2:00 P.M. when we walk to the train station and ride back to London. Then we go to the London Eye a HUGE ferris wheel from which you can see everywhere. Then home to the flat to wait for Dad. Dad comes home and we go to the great British Museum where we see a ton of Greek statues and such. And at last to dinner at a tiny place where we all have various things.
Day 5. Dad is at work again and so we go off to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater where we do a tour of the theater that is made completely of oak. Then we go to see if we can see the ancient Temple of Mithras, but we couldn’t find it so we go to St. Paul’s Cathedral. A better inside than Westminster but not as impressive outside. We go up some 400 steps to the top of the dome where I find that I’m scared of heights. Off to a book store to find a book for me and then to the hotel (we had already checked out) to get our heavier luggage which had left there. Then to Gatwick Airport to be delayed for one and a half hours. Then, Oh happy day, we get home.
susanbookwyrm # Saturday, December 1, 2007 7:08:59 PM