Gymnasium Münchenstein:

History in English 3^rd form

London 18^th – 22^th January 2006

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Wednesday, 18^th January 2006

14.30 16.05 16.50 ca. 8.30 pm ca. 9 pm	Meeting at EuroAirport Basel: Check-in Departure flight 3314 (Easyjet) Arrival at London Stansted Bus to Victoria Coach Station (1h 40’) Victoria-Queensway (Tube: Circle and Central Lines) Check-in Hyde Park Hostel Dinner together and exploration of vicinity pub		Booking reference: E7M99SC and E7MQ8DF Hyde Park Hostel 2-6 Inverness Terrace London W2 3HU Tel. +44 (0) 20 7229 5101 Fax.+44 (0) 20 7229 3170 E-Mail: groups@astorhostels.com
Thursday, 19^th January 2006
8.30 am	Breakfast at Hyde Park Hostel
9.30 am	Departure for an exploration of central London on foot and by tube: Highlights (among others): Hyde Park Kensington Palace Peter Pan Albert Memorial The Serpentine · Speaker’s Corner Green Park Buckingham Palace Queen Victoria Memorial The Mall (St. James’s Palace, Clarence House) Trafalgar Sq. Hungerford Bridge South Bank Tate Modern Millennium Bridge St. Paul’s Bank “The Gherkin” Monument Tower Hill (Roman Wall) Tower Tower Bridge			Lunch together on the way Historical explanations to some of the highlights
	Relaxation – evening meal
7.30 pm	William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors The Royal Shakespeare Company at the Novello Theatre 7.30 pm Aldwych Tube: Charing Cross Road Coram Boy adapted by Helen Edmundson from a novel by Jamila Gavin Royal National Theatre South Bank, London SE1 9PX			Booking reference number: 1294857
Friday, 20^th January 2006
8.30 am		Breakfast at Hyde Park Hostel
10.30		Imperial War Museum · Guided tour to Lawrence of Arabia · Conflicts Since 1945 · Holocaust exhibition · Individual exploration of permanent exhibition: Þ Weapons and vehicles Þ 1^st WW Þ 2^nd WW Þ Crimes Against Humanity Or: Alternative programme: · Victoria and Albert Museum or: · Christopher Wren’s London		Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ http://london.iwm.org.uk/
		Lunch in groups:
Afternoon		Exploring “The World in London”: In groups: 1. Chinese London (Soho) 2. Black London (Brixton market) 3. Asian London (Ealing: "Bend it Like Beckham") 4. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Hindi Temple: 105-119 Brentfield Road, Neasden, NW10) 5. Camden Town (Students’ London) 6. Asian London (Brick Lane) 7. Modern London (Island of Dogs, Canary Wharf) 8. Arab London (Southern Edgware Road and London Central Mosque, 146 Park Road, St John’s Wood; Baker Street tube)		Photo report to be presented in class in the first lesson of the new term. Focus on: · Differences · Opposites · Contrasts
Evening		Individual dinner and free evening or: Optional show from half price tickets booth
Saturday, 21^st January 2006
8.30 am		Breakfast at Hyde Park Hostel
10.15		London Walk: “Shakespeare’s London” (2h) – and boat ride Meeting at Westminster		Westminster tube Station, exit 4, street level
Afternoon		Free for shopping etc Different offers for non-shoppers: · Explore Westminster after the walk: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament [not open to visitors], Big Ben · Walk along Regent’s Canal from Little Venice to Camden (finishing at Camden Lock Market, the biggest open market of London) or: · Highgate Cemetery – Hampstead Heath and Kenwood estate – Hampstead		The teachers will provide shoppers with ideas for London street markets
Evening		Farewell dinner together in Chinatown (Soho) Rest of the evening in groups
Sunday, 22^nd January 2006
8.30 am 9.30 am 10.30 am 12.30 14.05 16.45		Breakfast at Hyde Park Hostel Departure from Hostel Departure from Victoria Coach Station Check-in London Stansted: Flight 3313 (Easyjet) Arrival at Basel EuroAirport		Booking reference: E7M99SC and E7MQ8DF

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