Friday 6th May

The second day in London started with breakfast at 8:00. Next, they took their packed lunch and were ready for a long walk through London streets. After leaving the hostel, they walked along Bayswater Road and parallel with Hyde Park. The first stop was at Marble Arch.

Then they made their way towards Oxford Street and the first big shop they found was Primark, where students enjoyed shopping all kind of clothes, shoes and accessories. They had planned to stay there for fifteen minutes but, in fact, they spent there nearly an hour.

The reserves of pounds had dropped but everybody was very happy and proud of their shopping. After that, they went on walking along Oxford Street. Then they walked down Regent Street and got to Piccadilly Circus. The students had read about this place many times in the textbooks, but then they were lucky to see it live and took several pictures.

Without much time to rest, they continued walking and reached Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column and the National Gallery. By the way, a TV series was being filmed there.

They resumed their walking, They went past Horse Guards, 10 Downing Street and after several minutes walking they were amazed by the spectacular view of the Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

Then they crossed Westminster Bridge over the River Thames and went to The London Eye.
It was time to have lunch. After lunch, free time. None of the students went for a ride on the London Eye (the ticket is too expensive for them). But the teachers enjoyed that unforgettable view of London!

At 14:30 the group of Spanish students and the teachers were heading for Westminster Abbey, the place where a few days before, on 29th April, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton had taken place. The students refused to visit the Abbey (mainly because of the expensive price of the tickets) and decided to rest on the nearby grass, as many other people were doing, while the teachers were visiting it.

Inside the Abbey, the trees which were set as ornament as well as the bridal bouquet could still been seen but photographs were not allowed.
After the visit, they went to St. James's Park. As they were walking through this park, a lot of pigeons, ducks, geese, swans and squirrels came towards them and they fed the animals.

Then, They arrived at Buckingham Palace. Another magnificent building which was being visited by thousands of tourists like them. Everybody was staring at the windows and the row of balconies just in case Her Majesty the Queen or any members of her current Royal Family waved at the crowd. Unfortunatley, it did not happen. They must have been very tired after the wedding. It made them feel a bit disappointed but it did not prevent them from taking a lot of pictures.

they left this superb palace and started walking again towards Hyde Park. Before entering Hyde Park, they went past Wellington Arch.

Hyde Park is one of the largest park in London, like a big forest in the centre of a city. There, you can see a lake called The Sepertine and Princess Diana Memorial Fountain.

On their way to the hotel, most of the students asked permission to go to Oxford Street again and do some shopping. They were allowed to do it and agreed to be back for dinner. A few were a bit late but there were not any problems. After dinner they were advised to go to bed not very late because next day they would have to get up early to set off for York. However, some of them ignored the piece of advice and went out.
It was the end of that tiring Friday in London.