Экскурсия по столице Соединённого Королевства

Excursion of London

We started in Trafalgar Square. In the center of the square there is a column. At the top of the column there’s a statue of Admiral Nelson, who had to fight the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

From Trafalgar Square we went down the street and visited the Houses of Paliament. The British government is there. The guide told us about the history of Parliament and the Gunpowder Plot.

The Houses of Parliament are very near Buckingham Palace, so we went there next. It’s the London home of the Queen. We couldn’t go in, because the palace wasn’t open to the public that day.

After Buckingham Palace we went to Madame Tussaud’s. It’s a famous museum of wax figures. They have wax figures of all the famous people in the world. I took a lot of pictures there.

On the evening of the first day, we went to the London Eye. It’s on the Thames. It’s the largest observation wheel in the world and it’s very popular with tourists.

Next day we went to the Tower of London, which in the past was – a fortress, a castle, a prison and a zoo. Now it’s the oldest museum in London.

After the Tower of London we went to Greenwich. Three hundred years ago it was a village and now it’s part of London. The guide told us about Greenwich Palace. Queen Elizabeth II lived there. Then we went to the Greenwich Observatory. It is the centre of time and space, because the prime meridian of the Earth, which devides east from west, passes through there. If you stand over the line, you can have one foot in each hemisphere.

Finally, we went to Oxford Street which is the biggest shopping street in London.

Good bye!