The Rogers and Hammerstein Musical ‘The Sound Of Music’, showing at The London Palladium, was our last stop on Wednesday evening. This was most certainly the highlight of the trip for me. Following the popular television show, ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?’ Connie Fisher stars in the main role of Maria.
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During Wednesday afternoon, we were scheduled to spend between two and a half to three hours in Covent Garden. There are a number of small cafes in Covent Garden which are suitable for having an alfresco lunch whilst listening to the live music. As there is such a diversity of shops boutiques and stalls there [...]
Our first stop on Wednesday Morning was the BBC studios in Shepherd’s Bush. As Shepherd’s Bush is slightly out of London’s central belt, it took us around one hour to get there from our accommodation which was in Lambeth.
The BBC Studios are where many of our day and evening time television shows are broadcasted from. [...]
I am a huge musicals fan so I was delighted to find out that the two we were going to were ones that I had not seen previously. Our last stop on Tuesday was the musical ‘We Will Rock You’ at London’s Dominion Theatre.
Quote Wikipedia:
We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical, based on [...]
There are a number of superb museums in London. The Natural History and The Victoria and Albert to name just two. Following our tour on the London Eye, we planned to visit the Science Museum (three out of the four staff on the trip were scientists, the fourth being a mathematician, so it seemed [...]
The London Eye was a very popular stop. As we had booked our tickets in advanced, we were able to fast track the queue. We were also very fortunate with the weather. It was just superb. We were able to see many of London’s famous buildings on the skyline. We were also able to see [...]
Following our trip to Westminster, we had around three hours to occupy before our next stop, The London Eye.
It is always difficult to gauge time on School trips, especially when you are in a city. So as teachers, we always need to have a back up plan. This walk was one that I had led [...]
First stop Monday Morning was a guided tour around Westminster. I have been to Westminster a few times before, but I haven’t actually had a guided tour. The tour lasts just over one hour. During the hour, our group of staff and pupils were able to walk through both the ‘House of Commons’ and that [...]
After a long ten hour coach journey, our first outing was on Monday evening. This was a guided walk through London’s old parts and side streets. It was entitled: ‘Blood and Tears’. Our guide was Declan McHugh from ShockingLondon.com. He is currently writing a book on ‘Jack the Ripper’. Murder, mystery and crime were the [...]
