Trasure hunt. Let's visit London

Who doesn't dream of visiting New York or London at least once? Many of our students dream of travelling to some of the most emblematic places where English is spoken. This treasure hunt is a short trip to London.

We have seen these pictures so many times that we may even doubt if they really exist, Yes!!! they exist and you will learn so many things about them that you will be able to answer all these questions

1. The Tower of London has got many uses along history. Mention some
2. Mention some famous people executed in it.
3. What does the legend about the ravens in the Tower say?
4. Can Tower bridge been raised?
5. Why is Trafalgar Square called so?
6. Which famous museum is on the north of the square?
7. What is the name of the church on the east of the square?
8. What does the name Big Ben refer to? To the whole clocktower or to one of the bells?
9. In which religious building are kings and queens crowned?
10. How long did the construction of Saint Paul's cathedral last?
11. How high does the London eye stand?
12. What is the London underground called?

Find the answers in this link

http://www.projectbritain.com/london/buildings.htm 

Who wouldn't like to fly over London as Peter Pan and Wendy did? What a wondeful experience to fly over St James's park, to stop at Big Ben and then over the Tower and Tower bridge

You may say: " But Peter Pan never exited and we can't fly" Well, it is true, but we can experience the magic of the following video, click on this link and you will experience the magic of flying over London.

http://www.vrwebdesign.co.uk/london-aerial-virtual-tour/# 

Have you enjoyed it?

Now let's prepare a great day around London, we have museums, shops, parks, markets and many other atractions waiting for us, but before we start, we need some important tools:

Maps!!! a map of London and a map of the underground, a big English breakfast to keep us moving!! and a confortable pair of shoes, otherwise the following day we may have to remain at the hotel!!



A pair of old shoes, a great companion in a trip



And after having taken

this gorgeous breakfast, we are ready fot today's menu:

1st course: Museums

The museum of London

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/

The British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/ 

Natural History museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

The National Gallery

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

2nd course: Shopping

Wide variety of markets

http://www.londontown.com/shopping/SearchResults?searchCat=Markets&searchType=category

Department stores: Harrods

http://www.sphericalimages.com/harrods/virtual_tour.htm

Dessert

West End show

The recommendations of the chef are as follow:

• Great readers, you have an appointment with the writer of Great expectations at the Museum of London. Charles Dickens is still with us after 200 years.
• For those who follow the steps of Leonardo's works, the beautiful Lady of the Ermine is there, don't keep her waiting.
• Diplodocus are your passion?, the Natural History museum keeps anyone's fantasy awake. Don't lose your child's spirit and visit it again.
• Egipt, Persia, Greece, Rome, there they are at your disposal, just for your eyes at the British Museum.
• After culture treat youself to a lovely lunch in a London pub and get ready for a shopping afternoon. Go to Portobello, to Harrods ....
• And end your day with a musical

And now  time has arrived for the big question......................

If you took a boat from Westminter Abbey to The Tower, what buildings would you see? Mention as many as possible.

 If you still feel like knowing more and more about London here you have some tips to follow

Enjoy the adventure!!!

My video. Aticus, the teacher I'd like to be.

This is one  of my favourite films: To kill a mockingbird based on the novel written by Harper Lee. I think it is perfect to show you the kind of teacher  I would like to be: Above  all honest with my students. I would like to give them the right tools to be critic.

A new adventure

This is my first blog, and I have entitled it "The trip begins" because I feel as If I were going to start a trip: I know neither the tools I have to use, nor what difficulties I will find along it, though as it happens in trips, along the way there are always so many people who helps us to make it easier and more pleasant, that I am sure this will be the case in this technological adventure.

I very seldom travel by train, though I love it. I have used this means of trnsport in developping countries where life goes slower, for the tourist/traveller is a good change, it helps us to see the details of life, which we often miss in our day-to day lives. In this case, I find this picture and idea appropiate to show my state of mind: I want and need to learn slowly, step by step, as Mº Paz said in her blog, to enjoy the experience and to feel it deeper

My alter ago.

I can't think o anything or anyone in particular I just can talk of how bad I feel after having been all day long trying to create this blog, I just feel like Audrey Hepburn under the rain at the end of Breakfast at Tiffany's, completely wet and lost but without George Peppard.

  

Sorry, but I can't still understand how this tool works, I feel so clumsy. I have the impression of just groping in the dark.