Happy Birthday, Big Ben!

The Big Ben was born 150 years ago. This year (2009) is very important for the people of London because they go to celebrate it with different parties. One time has it only been stopped in this 150 years.

The Big Ben is a very important monument of London. It is next to the Houses of Parliament.

When we go to London we will be of birthday.

Another place to visit.. :D

Hey people ! :)
Everything in London is so amazing, and there are a lot of places to go to visit, and
my classmates have posted about some of these places, and now, I'm going to say
another place to visit, very important in London, :D :
The O2 Stadium :D, but, what is the best way to see it? Well, on 8th and 9th of June,
the most important singer all over the world, Beyoncé Knowles is going to make a performance!
So we could make a look over there ^^

The Victoria Memorial

The Victoria Memorial is a sculpture in London, placed at the center of Queen's Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace.

It was built by the sculptor Thomas Brock, in 1911.

It has a large statue of Queen Victoria facing north-westwards towards The Mall. The others sides of the monument feature dark patinated bronze statues of angel of justice, the angel of truth and Charity facing Buckingham Palace. On the pinnacle, is Victory with two seated figures. The subsidiary figures were gifted by the people of New Zealand.

I hope that we see it. I think that The Victoria Memorial is a beautiful sculpture and it has a lot of history.

TOP 10 OF LONDON

These places are interesting to visit
when we are in London, England:



1. Buckingham Palace: It is the official residence of
the British monarch in London. It used for ceremonies
and visits of State. It was built in 1703 by
Duke Buckingham.

2. Westminster Palace: It is the palace where
the Parliament meets. In the palace there
are 1.100 rooms and 4,8 km of corridors.

3. Natural History Museum: It is one of the
three big museums located in Street Exhibition
Road. It has got more than 70 millions of species and
one big sitting room for a lot of different
skeletons of dinosaur.

4. Royal Opera House: It is a theatre of
spectacle of London. It is the headquarters of the
Royal Opera Company and the Royal Ballet of England. The first
theatre was burnt in 1856, the second theatre was
built in1809 and it was burnt in 1856. The third theatre
was built in 1857.

5. Windsor Castle: It is one of the principal
official residences of the British monarch. King
Edward III was born in the castle in 1.312.
The castle was built in 1.066.

6. Oxford Street: It is one big and famous
street in London. It has got more than 300 shops.
It takes up 2.000 metres.

7. National Gallery: It is the principal Art museum
of London. It was built in 1.824. There are
Italian art and Dutch art masterpieces.

8. Big Ben: It is one symbol of London.
It is the tallest bell tower. It was burnt in
1.834 and it was built in 1.858.

9. Tower Bridge: It is one drawbridge
that crosses the Thames river. It was
inaugurated in 1.870 for the people. In
1.884 it was built the bridge current.

10. Sherlock Holmes Museum: It is the
same house of Sherlock Holmes. It is in
Baker Street. There are figures of Sherlock Holmes
and Watson. In the museum you can buy things of
Sherlock Holmes.

LONDON:What to do, where to go, what to see

1-Eye of London

(In this picture is the fantastic Eye of London at night)


2-Big Ben

(In this picture is the huge Big Ben)


3-Buckingham Palace

(In this picture are the wonderful gardens of the Buckingham Palace)


4-Tower of London

(In this picture is the famous Tower of London)


5-Madame Tussauds

(In this picture the main entrance of the Wax Museum Madame Tussauds)


6-Stadiums: Stamford Bridge, Emirates Stadium, Tottenham Stadium.
(No photo)


7-River Thames

(In this picture is the great River Thames)


8-Parks of London

(In this picture is the lakes and gardens of London)


9-Shakespeare Theatre

(In this picture the stage of the Theatre of Shakespeare)


10-The Parliament

(In this picture parliament of the great London)

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly, which is the most important shop's street. It also connects with the theatres from Shaftesbury Avenue and the Haymarket, Coventry Street (if you are going to Leicester Square) and Glasshouse Street. It is close to the important places to go shopping and entertainment, it is situated at the heart of West End and its important traffic makes Piccadilly Circus the most important tourist place. We would love to go to Piccadilly Circus because for us, if you are going to London, and you don't go to Piccadilly Circus, and you don't take any photography there: you haven't been in London. We hope that we go there, because we enjoy so much and... maybe you can buy something special! LONDONEXPERIENCE!

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, before the private gardens of the palace Kensington, is one of the Royal Parks of London and is in the West Hyde Park.

In the Kensington Gardens we can find the statue of Peter Pan, the statue of Queen Victoria, the Prince Albert Memorial, the Diana Memorial Playground, the statue of Edward Jenner and more. I hope that we'll go to Kensington Gardens.

London Eye

London Eye

London Eye is the second world's largest Ferris wheel. London eye is next to river Thames.

To see the London Eye we can go by ship, tube , car, bus, rail and coach. The timetable is from10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. The London Eye provides a lot of things to do, for example: river cruises and ferris wheel.

The price of London Eye is of £7,50 (people from 4 to 15 years old) and £15,50(people from 16 or more) and the price of river cruises are of £6 (people from 4 to 15 years old) and £12 (people from 16 or more).

I hope that we go to London Eye.

Top 10

When we go to London, we'll visit a lot of places:
London eye: In the London eye there is the biggest big wheel.
Soho: It's the place where the people go to for play, shopping, dance...
Trafalgar square: It's famous square. George IV built it in 1845. In the center of the square there is a column of Napoleon.
Chinatown: where Chinese people live.
Madame Tussaud: Is the famous wax museum. The best museum.
Big Ben: It's the bell of London.
We like to see a lot of places but we go shopping too.
London is a big city, where there are different things that we have never seen (the red buses, the telephone). We'll go to a lot of clothes shop. And we'll meet the people and practise English with them.

Camden

Camden is a market of London that was built in 1791 by Earl Candem. In Candem there are a lot of kinds of things, for example :a variety of colourful markets, shops,stalls, restaurants, bars, pubs, clubs, theatres and cinemas. To go to Candem we can walk or take the tube, the bus or go on ship for the canal. In Camden the shops and stalls open from around 10am usually until 6pm and the theatres, bars, clubs, pubs and restaurants continue open at 11pm. I hope that we'll go to Camden.

Shakespeare's Globe

As we’ve played Grease and we’ve learnt about the big work, effort and dedication that this entails, I think we should visit Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. This theatre is a replica of the original stage of Romeo and Juliet. It could be interesting because the history of the theatre, the story to relate is very romantic and we’ll like it, we’ll listen to the English dialogues and learn from the actors. Moreover, its price is quite cheap and the place is not far from the underground.

In my opinion, it is a unique opportunity.
We’d also take the opportunity to visit Tate modern. This museum has got some very curious works of art.
And to finish, a trip around the River Thames crossing Millennium Bridge.

Here I put some links where you can find more information about prices, opinions, photos, etc.

Shakespeares Globe

Tate Modern