Day 5:

Today everyone up early again for breakfast and to pack suitcases. This morning we're off to Portobello Market and Notting Hill. Then back to the hotel where the bus will pick is up at 14:30 to go to Gatwick and back home to Barcelona.

Day 4:

After our usual breakfast of toast and cereals, we caught the Underground to the centre to visit the British Museum. It's enormous and we didn't have time to see everything but we did see some amazing things. After lunch in Russel Square, we spent the afternoon in Camden Market and then we walked through Oxford Street and Chinatown before retiring, tired and footsore to our hotel in Clapham

Day 3:

Today we were up early again to visit the Tower of London; Crown Jewels, White Tower and ravens included. after the Tower we crossed Tower Bridge and walked the Thames path along the Southland as far as London Bridge and Borough Market where we stopped for lunch. After lunch we went by underground to the National Gallery and spent a couple of hours discovering the 30 most important paintings. Then up to Oxford Circus for a bit more shopping. At 7 we went back home to Clapham for dinner and a much earned rest!

Day 2

Up early for breakfast at 8. Then back on the Underground to Waterloo and The London Eye: fantastic views of London. Lunch in the Picadilly area, an hour's free time for shopping, then off to Buckingham Palace and a mini changing of the guard. From there to St. James" Park, Westminster and The Houses of Parliament. Finally, back on the underground to Clapham for dinner.

Day 1:

We arrived safe and sound in Gatwick but an hour late. When we got to the hotel it was 3 o'clock English time and we were all starving. We had lunch in Clapham and then visited Leicester Square, Piccadilly and Covent Garden. We had our first experience of the London Underground!
 Supper was back in Clapham.

Useful information

Els professors acompanyants seran l’Elvira Domingo, la Rosa Ma Ricart i el Mike Kearns

Telèfon mòbil de contacte  667563916.

El dia 15 de juny ens trobarem a les 8.45h del matí a la Terminal 2C (BCN) per agafar el vol cap a Londres, cal ser molt puntuals doncs el vol surt a les 11.10 h.

A la tornada, el 19 de juny, ens trobarem a les 21.30h (aproximadament) a la Terminal 2B (BCN). Els números de vol amb easyJet són els següents:

Dilluns 15 de juny

BARCELONA- LONDRES GATWICK    EZY-8572   Sortida:11:10 h Arribada: 12:10 h

Divendres 19 de juny

LONDRES GATWICK-BARCELONA  EZY-8579    Sortida: 18:20 h Arribada: 21:30 h

Cal portar:

·       el passaport personal  i la targeta sanitària europea els portaran els professors.

• entrepà per esmorzar el primer dia.
• roba còmoda i calçat adequat per caminar.
• una motxilla o bossa de mà.
• material per a escriure.
• paraigües i/o impermeable.
• diners per a la fiança de l’habitació (si tot va bé sempre es retorna al marxar de l’hotel), 20 lliures per persona.
• adaptador de corrent, si necessiten endollar algun aparell elèctric.

Medicaments/al·lèrgies

Si algun alumne pateix alguna al·lèrgia i necessita un medicament específic, cal que tingui cura de portar-lo i dir-ho als professors acompanyants.

Equipatge

La maleta que es factura no pot pesar més de 20 kg. A dalt de l’avió, es pot portar una bossa de mà o motxilla amb un pes màxim de 10 kg i unes dimensions màximes de 56x45x25 cm (a dintre no hi pot haver líquids, objectes tallants, tisores, pinces ni líquids inflamables).

This is Clapham

HOTEL EURO LODGE CLAPHAM

The Euro Lodge Clapham Hotel is located in London's Clapham neighbourhood, which is close to Clapham Common, Kennington Oval and Battersea Park. Overlooking Clapham Common Park, it is London's well known green woodlands based in the heart of London.

Euro Lodge Clapham is an ideal hotel from which to discover the English capital. Euro Lodge guarantees its guests a peaceful and relaxing environment away from the bustle of London, even though it’s close enough to the city centre and all it has to offer. 

Address:                90 Clapham Common Southside, London, United Kingdom

Public Transport:    

Clapham Common tube station: 7 minutes walk
Clapham South tube station:       5 minutes walk
Bus stops to Central and South London

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MONTCAU IN LONDON: PROGRAMME 2015

TIME	MONDAY 15th	TUESDAY 16th	WEDNESDAY 17th	THURSDAY 18th	FRIDAY 19th
AM	Meet Airport Fly 11:10- 12:25 Arrive Hotel (13:30)	Trafalgar Sq. The Mall, Buckingham P. Changing of the Guard (11:30)	Tower of London London Bridge The Thames Path Globe Theatre	British Museum Harrod’s Liberty’s	Notting Hill Portobello Market
Lunch	Covent Garden	Green Park Piccadilly	Borough Market	Knightsbridge	Portobello
PM	Leicester Square Piccadilly Regent St. Oxford St.	Westminster Abbey Parliament  Big Ben  Horse Guard London Eye	Millennium Bridge St Pauls Cathedral National Gallery	Camden  Market	Fly 18: 25 Arrive 21:30
	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
PM	Piccadilly	Chinatown/ Soho	Free	Free

Watch Tower Bridge live. Click on image

Camden Market

Camden Market

Camden Market

Montcau in London Guia General

Montcau in London

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Big Ben

The Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower, commonly called Big Ben, are among London's most iconic landmarks. Technically, Big Ben is the name given to the massive bell inside the clock tower, which weighs more than 13 tons (13,760 kg).  The clock tower looks spectacular at night when the four clock faces are illuminated.

Big Ben Facts

• Each dial is seven metres in diameter
• The minute hands are 4.2 metres long and weigh about 100kg (including counterweights)
• The numbers are approximately 60cm long
• There are 312 pieces of glass in each clock dial
• A special light above the clock faces is illuminated when parliament is in session
• Big Ben's timekeeping is strictly regulated by a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum. 
• Big Ben has rarely stopped. Even after a bomb destroyed the Commons chamber during the Second World War, the clock tower survived and Big Ben continued to strike the hours.
• The chimes of Big Ben were first broadcast by the BBC on 31 December 1923, a tradition that continues to this day.
• In June 2012 the House of Commons announced that the clock tower was to be renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.  

The History of Big Ben
The Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834. In 1844, it was decided the new buildings for the Houses of Parliament should include a tower and a clock. 

A massive bell was required and the first attempt (made by John Warner & Sons at Stockton-on-Tees) cracked irreparably. The metal was melted down and the bell recast in Whitechapel in 1858. Big Ben first rang across Westminster on 31 May 1859. A short time later, in September 1859, Big Ben cracked. A lighter hammer was fitted and the bell rotated to present an undamaged section to the hammer. This is the bell as we hear it today.

You can visit the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and discover more about Big Ben's origins.

London's Favourite Landmark: Why Ben?
The origin of the name Big Ben is not known, although two different theories exist.

• The first is that is was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the first commissioner of works, a large man who was known affectionately in the house as "Big Ben".
• The second theory is that it was named after a heavyweight boxing champion at that time, Benjamin Caunt. Also known as "Big Ben", this nickname was commonly bestowed in society to anything that was the heaviest in its class.

The Thames Path

            The Thames Path (Tower Bridge to St. Paul's)

Tower Bridge

Tower of London

New City Hall

The Central London section is one of the most interesting when you'll see many of London's famous buildings. The first, being Tower bridge, which you'll pass under to views of The Tower of London on the north bank of the river and the new City Hall on the left.

The Golden Hinde

The Globe Theatre

Millennium Bridge St Paul's

Soon you pass a replica of the Golden Hinde, then under the Cannon Street rail bridge and back onto the river-side. Soon you reach Southwark Bridge, which you walk under and then come to the Globe Theatre and the Millennium Bridge, which links St Paul's Cathedral on the North side of the river to the Tate Modern on the south bank.

British Museum

The British Museum

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Ralph McTell - Streets Of London

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