Today we got to experience the London Underground. The students had fun and no one got left behind. That's quite an accomplishment when you're talking 44 middle school students!
We started our day taking the above ground train from our hotel into the city before catching the underground. First on our agenda - a meeting with an MP - Patrick Nichols at the London School of Economics. He began by speaking for a little while on English government and politics. He ended by speaking about how much he loves the USA. I had the privilege of hearing Mr. Nichols a few years ago. I came away feeling very proud to be an American (nothing better than a Brit making you feel proud to be American)!
We had a Medieval Banquet for lunch and were greeted by King Henry VIII himself!
Off to cruise the River Thames. Of course, typical of the UK, it began to rain as we waited to board our boat. Luckily the boat was covered.
Dinner was a the New World Chinese Restaurant. It was very good!
We wrapped up our evening by going to the theatre in London. On the playbill - Thriller Live! The music was absolutely fabulous! All the singers and dancers really knew their Michael Jackson.
We were cutting it close getting back to our hotel. We had about 15 minutes to make the connection between the underground and above ground to catch the last train out to the hotel. Luckily, we made it with about 8 minutes to spare.
Tomorrow we leave London for Hereford!
No comments:
Post a Comment