First,
especially, I had liked to go with you and to spend it time so well with all of
you, but, though it has not been like that, I also had already fun with my
family and friends. Well, I have chosen some images that look like to me the
sites that were staying a bit for describing (a short summary of them), so
let’s see them!
My first image is about Westminster Abbey:
This is one of Britain's finest Gothic buildings; a masterpiece of
13th-16th century architecture. Westminster Abbey is also the home to the shrine
of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, and countless
memorials to the famous and the great.
The abbey has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066 and for
numerous other royal weddings and occasions, including the wedding of Princess
Diana and Prince Charles. The church is open to tourists from Monday to
Saturday with both audio tours and tours led by church officials.
There you have a photo of us in the façade; though we are smiling we
wanted to go away inside the abbey to obtain a little heat!!!
Tomb of Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
The second image is about Piccadilly Circus:
Piccadilly Circus is a
busy square in the heart of London. It is famous for the fountain that was
installed here at the end of the 19th century and for the neon advertising that
turned the square into a miniature version of Times Square.
Nowadays,
Piccadilly Circus is a tourist attraction in if same, probably consequence of
being this one of the most important points of the city, with more traffic and ideally
as place of meeting.
We
were to -8 degrees when we were there, for Christmas certainly. So, it was a “cold
visit”!!!
And the last one is about
:
:
Harrods
is London's most famous department store. The luxurious store is on many
tourists' itineraries, which come to admire the magnificent interior and
enormous selection. They often leave the store with a signature green bag;
foreign visitors account for a significant part of the store's sales.
Talking about prices, therefore their prices are quite high in general.
Many tourists opt to buy as a gift or souvenir boats of tea, teddy bears,
chocolates, other economic articles. We didn´t buy anything for that, it was very
expensive! Here, you have link of a video of all Harrods, you must see it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDxjZ8e0rM
And my questions are:
1~ Did you visit Piccadilly Circus?
2~ Tell us a little bit of history of the Westminster
Abbey.
3~ What was your favourite and interesting place from
London? Tell us your opinion!
4~ Did you improve your English? I think so!!
Hello class!!
ReplyDeleteFirst, I want to congratulate Rubén for his great entry, it's very interesting. I would like that you were there with us when we went to London. I missed you and I'm sure that our classmates missed you during those days too!!
1- Yes, we visit it. It's a very nice place where people enjoy a good time with their friends.
2- Well, the first reports of the abbey are based on a late tradition that a fisherman (Aldrich) on the River Thames saw a vision of Saint Peter near the site.
3- My favourite place in London is Hyde Park because if you are in the city and you want to relax, you can go there and relax near the lake or sleep in the grass.
4- I think that it was a new experience although I think that you can't improve your English in only four days... But you can learn new things about this beautiful language!
Good night classmates!!
Hi!
ReplyDelete1.-Yes, we visit it.
2.-Are based on a tradition that a fisherman (Aldrich) on the River Thames saw a vision of Saint Peter near the site.
3.- My favourite place in London is the Covent Garden because have restaurants and small and big shops and, of course, its wonderful monument with its name.
4.- I think that yes.
Hello everybody!!
ReplyDeleteNice post, Ruben. All of us missed you in our trip but I think you know it. I suppose you enjoyed a lot with your family too so it's perfect :) Congratulations for your post!!
1. Yes, twice. When I went with my family and also with my classmates. It's one of the most funny places of London in my opinion.
2. The abbey has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066 and for numerous other royal weddings and occasions, including the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles.
3. As I have said in almost all the post... Hyde Park was incredible for me but I also liked visiting Picadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Oxford Street, Big Ben...
4. Well.. As Javi has said you can't improve so much your English in only five days!! But it's so funny and interesting speak with English people because you can learn how pronounce words and their way to speak them. And on the other hand, you not only improve your English pronunciation, you learn culture about them. I liked so much these experiences!
Good night xx
Hello Rubén!!
ReplyDeleteLong and interesting post! I think that you spent a perfect time with your family :D
1) Yes, we did. I liked it so much because it was crowded of people taking photos of the place and the atmosphere was awesome
2) In the abbey, there are tombs of some kings and here one special wedding took place: Princess Diana and Price Charles´s wedding
3) I liked specially Big Ben because it is beautiful and it is an historical piece that we have to keep for a long time
4) I was lucky because in the plane to London, next to me in the plane, were sitting a couple of English people. We were talking about some places in Spain and also they explained to me where they lived
Goodbye!
Hi class!!
ReplyDeleteIs a very good post Rubén, and very interesting, I´m was sad because you couldn´t went with us.
1.-Yes we went to piccadily circus and Coke, Álvaro and Jesús enter in a shop that have a lot of caps and shirts of the teams of football. Coke and Álvaro bought one cap
2.-The first reports of the abbey are based on a late tradition claiming that a fisherman called Aldrich on the River Thames saw a vision of Saint Peter near the site.
3.- Like Javi, I liked so much the Hyde Park, because is a beautiful and relaxing park, where you can do everything, for example: play football with your friends and go walking.
4.- When we arrived to London, I think that speak english could be difficult for understood the english people, but when you are there you feel that you could talk with everybody and you could understood them. LIke Antonio, in the travel to return I was sited next to an English couple, but they were very boring, because they didn´t talk between them.
Bye class! I see you on Monday!
Hello class!
ReplyDeleteNice post Ruben! I hope that your travel with your family was amazing.
1- Yes we went to the Piccadily Circus and we toke some photos there but I didn't buy anything.
2- The story say that Aldrich saw a vision of Saint Peter near that place.
3-I liked the Hyde so much because I could relax listening to music there and looking to the beautiful park.
4-I spoke a english a lot of times. It was necessary and funny to speak to people from other country.
Bye!!
Hi, class!
ReplyDeleteYour post is definitely fantastic, and the photos are amazing! We missed you a lot, but I think you spent a really good time without us.
1- Yes, we visited it, and I was very surprised when I saw the advertisements.
2- Westminster Abbey has been home of lots of important weddings although in its origins it was the house of St Edward the Confessor.
3- One of my favourite places in London was the underground. We were all running from one place to another, the teachers were following us and trying to maintain us all in a group,... Another place was Chinatown. I hev seen potos before but you are not ready to see these strange Street with red buildings, dragons and balls over the floor,...
4- As Javi, I think I didn't improve my English, but, as I was all day speaking it, I adquire fluency.
Bye!
Hi Ruben! Hi class!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Ruben! Although you dind't go to London, you've made a great entry. I wish that your days there were amazing as ours :).
Task 1| Yes, we did. An amazing place! It was a part of Times Square (New York) in London.
Task 2| Wenmister Abbey is a Gothic style church. There are lots of tombs there, as Isaac Newton's tomb, Darwin's one...
Task 3| My favourite place was the Tower of London and the Hyde Park. I think that these are of the most beautiful places I've ever seen!
Task 4| I think that when we were there talking in English, on the fourth day of our trip your pronunciation is different. But then, 6 months after, we've lost the bit that we could improve in these few days!
Bye class! Bye Ruben!
Hello!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Ruben for your incredible post!
1.-Yes, of course, we visited it.
2-. Princess Diana and Price Charles´s wedding took place there.
3-.Like I said in other posts, it was Hyde Park
4-.I think that yes, we improve our English a lot,above all the last days.
BYE!!
Hello Rubén, we also missed you in London!
ReplyDelete1-yes, of course, we have a lot of photos there.
2-It has a lot of different tombs, and now there aren't space for more tombs because it is full of them. There is where important people are burried.
3-Hyde Park because it was so big and funny.
4-Yes of course, although at the begining we didn't understand a lot.
bye:)
Hello!
ReplyDeleteRubén good post, CONGRATULATIONS!!
1-. Yes, we visited it.
2-. The wedding of Princess Diana and Price Charles took place in that place, and there are some tombs of important people.
3-. My favourite place was Hyde Park.
4-. Yes, we spoke with some English people, so we improve our english.
Bye!
Hi class!
ReplyDeleteGood post Ruben. It's really nice =)
-Yes, we visited it
-The abbey has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066.
-My favourite places were Hyde Park and the Big Ben.
-Yes, because when I went to the supermarket I spoke a little English.
Bye!