Thursday afternoon, our free afternoon. What did we do?
First Chantal C. and Marie Thérèse tell you about their adventures in the big city of London:
Chantal writes:
After our guided tour of the Tower of London on Thursday morning, the bus driver took the group to Harrods, the world’s most famous luxury department store. We had a free afternoon. So, Chantal D. and I had lunch inside Harrods and then we visited the store. Downstairs, you can see the Diana Memorial.
Then Chantal and I were on our own in London! We took the double-decker bus (very nice) to go to the big toy shop, Hamleys on Regent Street. I bought a boomerang there for my grandchildren. Then we went shopping at another big department store, Liberty’s.
After our shopping, we met the other students at Trafalgar Square. (We didn’t take the tube to go there). From there, we all went to Green Park for a picnic.
After that, we went to the theatre to see Billy Elliot. I liked the play very much.
Marie-Thérèse writes:
After we visited the Tower of London on Thursday afternoon, my husband Jean-Pierre and I went all over the city to look for a pub. We were going there to meet our friends.
In the city, there are many fast food places where people eat quickly, standing up.
Canary Wharf
After we had fish and chips for lunch, we got a taxi to go back to the hotel.
We visited the Canary Wharf area. This is a modern area with a lot of offices and blocks of flats, with shopping centres in the basements. There is a museum in Docklands but we didn't visit it because it was closing time.
On one side of Canary Wharf underground station is the London Stock Exchange. Numbers flash across the screen on the outside of the building.
These show company stock prices.
Out of their offices, the office workers and bank clerks stop in pubs and drink wine or beer. Men and women drink a lot inside the pubs or on the pavement outside standing up and talking for a long time.
Canary Wharf Underground Station
