Southwark

In Southwark, we can visit the Imperial War Museum which covers conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth from the First World War to the present days.

The Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms are one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. It's a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill.

Westminster

The district of Westminster which means "le monastère ouest" in french is located in central London. If it is famous for its huge and antique abbey, this area is also known as the seat of the British Government.

Let's begin the visit with Buckingham Palace !

Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the British Monarch. Built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703, it was subsequently acquired by George VII in 1761 for his wife. Finally, in 1837 it became the palace of the British Monarch on Queen Victoria's accession to the throne (Queen Victoria whose statue is erected in front of the main gate of the palace). Unfortunatly, the ceremonial rooms of the palace can only be visited from July to September, so we probably won't see them.

Then, we should visit the British parliament that is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories, which is composed of two houses : the house of Lords and the house of Commons. These two houses sit in the same place : the Houses of Parliament in Westminster also known also Palace of Westminster is finally as famous for his political function as for his clock tower. The Parliament is open to United Kingdoms residents but also to overseas visitors. Actually, you can attend debates, watch judicial hearings.

In, this street, there is the very famous toy's shop : Hamleys. There are more than 1800 different toys on 7 levels. For example, the 1st floor is reserved for the board games and the sweet shop. What's more, the 3rd floor is only for the girl toys while the 5st floor is for the boys toys. Then, we will go to Covent garden where cars are prohibited so it's the perfect place for eating or doing shopping.

To conclude, we can visit the Dominion theatre where we can attend musicals like the famous We Will Rock You with the music of Queen.

Greenwich

The Royal Observatory is famous as the source of the Prime Meridian line that divides the East from the West. The Prime Meridian is the meridian which has 0° like longitude. It’s an imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

The National Maritime Museum shows us the heritage of the English marine history.

Moreover, we can cross the Thames thanks to a foot tunnel.

Camden

Camden Town is situated in the North of London. It's very famous for its punk culture and the Stables Market.

In this borough, we can visit the British museum for free ! So, you can see the wonderful Elgin Marbles, the Cristal Skull, the Egyptian room... and many objects of different cultures of all around the world like Asia, Africa...

Regent's Park is known for its many fountains, flowers, trees, boating lake, the London Zoo, and all areas where you can do many sports like Football, Tennis, Cricket, Hockey, Rugby...

The Roundhouse is a musical venue in Camden. Many popular bands came to the Roundhouse like Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Patty Smith, The Rolling Stones, Motörhead, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors... Recently, Opeth recorded a live DVD. Mc Fly, Oasis, Snow Patrol, Kasabian came to play to the Itune Festival and nextly The Dead Weather, The Chemical Brothers and Keane will play.

Kensington and Chelsea

First of all, Hyde Park. It's one of the largest parks in central London and one of the Royal Park of London. This park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations or some famous rock concerts : Queen (1976), Red Hot Chili Peepers (2004) or the Foo Fighters.

While you are walking along the Park, you can see the Round Pond; a part of Kensington Garden; the Serpentine Gallery (it is an art gallery which takes its name to the river called Serpentine); the Diana Fountain (a memorial to Diana the beloved princess of Wales); the Speakers' Corner (which is a place where everybody can speak).

On the other side of the road, the Royal Albert Hall, is located, which received more than 350 performances including classical concert, rock and pop, ballets and opera, tennis, awards ceremony, school and community events, charity performances : Pink Floyd (1969) ; The Corrs (1998) ; The Killers (2009)...

Portobello Road is a street in the Nothing Hill district known for its market (every Saturdays) and for its antique stores ! Every August, since 1996, the Portobello Film Festival has been held in locations around Portobello Road (documentaries, music films and animation...)

Tower Hamlets

If you go to Tower Hamlets, you can visit some famous places and monuments like Tower bridge. Tower bridge is famous worldwide for its very special architecture : it is constituated by two towers, with a rigid suspension. It's a bascule bridge or a suspension bridge. This bridge is crossed by 40 000 persons everyday.

After, you can visit the Central Business District of Tower Hamlets : Canary Wharf. It takes place next to the Thames. In this district we can see three of the biggest skyscrapers of United Kingdom. It's located in the heart of the Docklands who is the most famous harbor center.

Then, we can go to Victoria Park. It's a large public park extending to the east of London. The entire park is located in the borough of Tower Hamlets. Moreover, every June, there is the famous Paradise Gardens Music Festival with jazz bands, street art....

Banglatown is a famous district of Tower Hamlets because it's the first to have welcomed people from Bangladesh. The most famous street of this district is Brick Lane.

The City of London

This borough of London is an important economic place with the London Stock Exchange and the main bank of HSBC. What's more, there are nice monuments like St Paul's Church or the Tate Modern Museum. In order to cross the river Thames, the Millenium Bridge was built. You can also see the Gherkin.

A general view of the City of London

The Millenium bridge

St Paul's cathedral

HSBC Bank

London Stock Exchange

Tate Modern

Euroscola

Remontez le compte à rebours, voguez au gré du parcours des lycéens de Racan à Strasbourg !

Finale Eurogame

En fin de journée, a eu lieu la finale d'Eurogame. Les gagnants du questionnaire, qui s'est déroulé au moment du déjeuner, se sont regroupés pour former des équipes de 4 (de nationalités différentes). Parmi eux, une terminale du Lycée Racan figurait dans l'équipe verte. Le principe de la finale était de répondre à 3 questions culturelles, et 3 questions musicales. L'équipe bleue remporta les coupes. Ce fut un moment qui permit à tout le monde de se détendre après une longue journée. Enfin, tous les élèves qui ont représenté leur pays le matin ont défilé avec les drapeaux des pays membres au son de l'Hymne à la joie.

At the end of the day, the Eurogame final took place. The winners of the lunchtime questionnaire got back into their teams. One of our Lycée Racan's pupils was in the green team. The aim was to answer three cultural questions and three musical questions. The blue team won the cup. During the final we were able to relax after a long and tiring day. Last but not least, all the pupils who had represented their countries in the morning carried the European member flags around the room, accompanied by the Ode to Joy.

The german point of view;)

I remember that I was so excited to go to Germany, to get the possibility to speak my language and actually be able to understand everything! Also Kehl is situated in Baden- Württemberg, in the south of Germany where I've never been before. The people I spoke to (a policeman and a bypasser) sounded strange to me because of their funny little south-accent. When we finally arrived at the townhall, everyone was so excited about the modern building, and in front of my inner eye the picture of Château town-hall appeared, so I could understand the others excitement. The bretzel (and this is how you write it!) was good and Germans do drink also mineralwater .

After the nice greeting we went shopping in Kehl. It was a shame that we didn't had more time but I enjoyed it very much. We returned to France passing the famous French-German-friendship bridge which connects Kehl and Strasbourg. Of course, we stopped and took a group picture. My friend and me were laughing about a jogger who was crossing the bridge from France to Germany, obviously he felt like taking a short trip to the neighbour-country. It's really great that there are no borders anymore and that you can cross a bridge and find yourself in another country. No borders between countries and above all no borders between "those people there" and "us", that is what being European is about.

J'étais très impatiente d'aller en Allemgne, pour avoir la possibilité de parler ma langue maternelle et être en mesure de comprendre tout ! Par ailleurs, Kehl est situé dans le Land de Bade-Wurtenberg, au Sud de l'Allemagne où je n'avais jamais mis les pieds. Le léger accent du sud du policier et du passant à qui je me suis adressé m'a semblé bien étrange. Quand nous sommes arrivés à la mairie, tous les élèves étaient très excités à propos de l'architecture de ce bâtiment. Je me suis imaginé, à mon arrivée, en face de celui de Château du Loir et j'ai ainsi pu les comprendre. Le bretzel (c'est ainsi que l'on écrit ce mot) était très bien et sachez que les Allemands boivent aussi de l'eau minérale et pas que de l'eau gazeuse comme vous pouvez l'imaginer. Après ce charmant accueil, nous avons profité d'un temps libre de shopping dans la ville. Quel dommage que nous avons pas eu plus de temps pour en profiter car j'ai beaucoup apprécié ce moment. Nous sommes rentrés en France en empruntant la fameuse passerelle entre Kehl et Strasbourg qui symbolise l'amitié franco-allemande. Nous nous sommes arrêtés sur la frontière pour une photo de groupe. Mon amie et moi avons plaisanté au sujet d'un jogger qui traversait le pont et qui, de toute évidence, avait l'impression de voyager entre la France et son pays voisin. C'est une vraie chance qu'il n'y ait plus de frontières, que nous puissions franchir un pont et se retrouver dans un autre pays. Plus de frontières entre les pays et surtout plus de différences entre "ces gens là-bas" et "nous", c'est ce qu'être européen signifie.