LIST OF THE SLIDES 2) The British Isles

3) The Union Jack

4) The United Kingdom

5) A short history of Britain

6) A virtual trip to London

7) Students

8) Departure-arrival

9) Programme 1st day

10) Programme 2nd day

11) Programme 3rd day

12) Programme 4th day

13) Itinerary

14) Hyde Park

15) Queen Elisabeth

16) The changing of Guard

17) Buckingam Palace

18) Trafalgar Square

19) Westeminster Abbey

20) Houses of Parliament

21) Big Ben

22) Downing Street

23) The London Eye

24) The Tour of London

25) Tower Bridge

26) Piccadilly Circus

27) Madame Tussaud’s

28) Regent’s Park

29) Saint Paul Cathedral

30) British Museum

31) St. James’s Palace

32) St. James’s Park

33) How to travel in London

34) Underground

35) Shopping “Harrods”

36) Hamley’s Toy Shop

37) Covent Garden

38) Restaurants

39) Post card

40) Post card: picture

41) Good bye

HIGHEST MOUNTAINS: BEN NEVIS (1,343 m),SNOWDON (1,085m)

LONGEST RIVER: SEVER(354km), THAMES (338 km), TRENT (270 km)

LAKES: LOUGH NEAGH, LOCH LOMOND, LOCH NESS, LAKE WINDERMERE

CLIMATE: MAINLY CHANGEABLE, COLD WINTERS IN THE NORTH,WARM SUMMERS IN THE SOUTH

OFFICIAL NAME:THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND(UK)POPULATION: APPROXIMATELY57,000,000GOVERNMENT: CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHYCAPITAL: LONDONCURRENCY: POUND (£1= 100 PENCE) AREA:244,117 SQUARE KILOMETRES

THE UNION JACK IS THE FLAG OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. IT IS MADE UP OF THREE DIFFERENT FLAGS:THE FLAGS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.

THE RED CROSS OF ST. GEORGE REPRESENTS ENGLAND, THE WHITE DIAGONAL CROSS OF ST. ANDREW SCOTLAND AND THE RED DIAGONAL CROSS OF ST. PATRICK IRELAND

NORTHERNIRELAND

WALES

SCOTLAND

ENGLAND

THE CELTS: The Celts came to the British Isles about 2700 years ago. They lived in tribes in small villages.

THE ROMANS: Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 B.C. Emperor Claudius conquered it a hundred years later. The Romans built important towns (London) and long streets.

THE ANGLO SAXONS (400 A.D.): They came from Germany across the sea. They were farmers and lived in small villages along the banks of the rivers.

THE VICKINGS: Between 800-900 the Vickings came in wooden ships from Scandinavia. They attacked the north and east coasts of Britain and settled in many areas.

THE NORMANS 1066 : In 1066 William Duke of Normandy defeated the Saxons at the battle of Hastings and was crowned King William I. The English did not want a Norman King and there were many revolts.

Made by

School

MARIA OTTONE

BAQLOUL ABDERRAZZAK

GALLAI BRIAN

YLENIA ABATE

STIVENS DASHI

SENSI GIAN MARCO

FEDERICA MORDINI

GIUSEPPE FABIANO

DEPARTURE: Place A.Vespucci

airport Florence

at 10.00 a.m

ARRIVAL: Place Heatrhow airport

at 12.00 a.m

LONDON

FLORENCE

Weather

Morning10.00 a.m Departure from A.

Vespucci airport Florence

12.00 a.m arrival at Heatrow

airport London

1.00 p.m Hotel

1.30 p.m Lunch

Afternoon3.00 p.m visit to the centre of the

London and the City

5.00 p.m

1 Tea in Hyde Park

6.00 p.m

2 Buckingham Palace

8.00 p.m

3 Dinner in Trafalgar Sq.

Evening9.30 p.m Night view of the

city

10.30 p.m Hotel

MenuLunch: Chicken with chips, salad

Dinner: Roast-beef, vegetables, chocolate cake

Means of transport:Underground

Taxi

Rainy Cloudy Sunny

Weather

Morning8.00 a.m Continental breakfast

10.00 a.m Sight seeing

4 Westminster Abbey

5 Houses of Parliament

5A Big Ben

5B Downing Street

1.00 a.m Lunch

6 London Eye Wheel

Afternoon3.00 p.m Sight seeing

7 Tower of London

(The Crown Jewels)

5.00 p.m Tea

8 Tower bridge

Shopping

8.00 p.m Dinner

Evening9.30 p.m

9 Night view of

Piccadilly Circus

10.00 p.m Pub

10.30 p.m Hotel

MenuLunch: Sandwiches

Dinner: Chicken with roasted potatoes

Means of trasport:Underground

Bus

Rainy Cloudy Sunny

Weather

Morning8.00 a.m Englihs breakfast

9.30 a.m Sight seeing Tour

10 Madame Tussaud’s

Planetarium

Famous streets

1.00 a.m Lunch

11 Regent’s Park

Afternoom3.00 p.m Sightseeing

12 S. Paul’s Cathidral

5.00 p.m Tea

Shopping in Covent

Garden

8.00 p.m Dinner

Evening9.30 p.m Night view of the city

10.30 p.m Hotel

Menu Lunch: Packed lunch

Dinner: Fish and chips, salad

Means of trasport:Underground

Taxi

Rainy Cloudy Sunny

Weather

Morning8.00 a.m English breakfast

9.30 a.m Sight seeing Tour

13 British Museum

14 St James Palace

1.30 a.m Lunch

15 St James Park

Afternoom4.00 p.m Departure from Heathrow

airport

6.00 p.m Arrival at A.Vespucci

airport

MY OPINION ABOUT THE TRIP: This trip was very very beautiful, interesting and funny! I’m happy!

MenuLunch: Packed Lunch

Means of Trasport:Underground

Rainy Cloudy Sunny

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ITINERARY

THE QUEEN’S GUARDS

ROYAL STANDARD

THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD

THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

THE QUEEN LIVES IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE, A VERY BIG PALACE WITH MORE THAN 600 ROOMS! EVERY DAY A CEREMONY (CALLED THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD) TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE THE PALACE: LOTS OF TOURISTS ALWAYS TAKE PHOTOS OF IT! WHEN THE QUEEN IS AT HOME, THE ROYAL FLAG FLIES ON THE ROOF.

• TRAFALGAR SQUARE WAS BUILT TO COMMEMORATE THE FAMOUS SEA VICTORY OF 1895 IN WHICH THE BRITISH ADMIRAL, LORD NELSON, WAS KILLED. IN HONOUR OF HIM A MONUMENT WAS BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE AND IS KNOWN AS NELSON COLUMN.

• WESTMINSTER ABBEY, MORE THAN 500 YEARS OLD, IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH GOTHIC STYLE.

• IT IS USED FOR CORONATIONS, ROYAL, WEDDINGS AND STATE FUNERALS.

• MANY FAMOUS BRITISH PEOPLE ARE BURIED HERE.

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

• THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WHERE THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (MPs) MEET AND WORK, ARE A FAMOUS LONDON SIGHT ALONG THE RIVER THAMES. THE CLOCK TOWER IS CALLED BIG BEN AND IT IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. ITS NAME REFERS TO THE BELL OF THE CLOCK.

• BIG BEN IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU SEE WHEN YOU VISIT LONDON. IT WAS ERECTED AFTER THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT HAD BEEN BURNED IN 1834. THE HUGE CLOCK INSIDE THE TOWER IS EXTREMELY ACCURATE

10 DOWNING STREET

THE PRIME MINISTER RESIDENCE

THE LONDON EYETHE LONDON EYE IS A BIG WHEEL. IT’S 135 METRES HIGH. IT STANDS BESIDE THE RIVER THAMES, NEAR THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. YOU CAN RIDE ON THE WHEEL IN BIG PLASTIC CABINS. THE WHEEL TURNS VERY SLOWLY AND FROM THE TOP YOU CAN SEE ALL OF LONDON. THE VIEW IS MAGNIFICIENT.

THE TOWER OF LONDON

• ANCIENT FORTRESS IN LONDON, NOW USED AS A MUSEUM, WAS A ROYAL RESIDENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. LATER IT WAS A JAIL. IN THE TOWER OF LONDON THERE ARE THE CROWN JEWELS. THE BEEFEATERS ARE THE GUARDS OF THE TOWER.

TOWER BRIDGE• THIS VERY FAMOUS

VICTORIAN BRIDGE, NOW MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD,IS 60 METRES LONG AND ITS TOWERS RISE TO A HEIGHT OF 43 METRES. IT WAS DESIGNED BY WOLFE BARRI AND HORACE JONES AND COMPLETED IN 1874. IF YOU CLIMB THE TOWERS YOU CAN ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE RIVER AND SEE THE ORIGINAL STEAM MECHANISM FOR RAISING THE BRASCULES TOWER BRIDGE WAS OPENED IN 1894.

PICCADILLY CIRCUS

PICCADILLY CIRCUS, IS THE CENTRE OF NIGHT LIFE IN THE WEST END. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PLACES IN LONDON. IN THIS AREA THERE ARE MANY THEATRES AND RESTAURANTS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE THERE IS THE STATUE OF EROS.

MADAME TUSSAUD’S (MARYLEBONE RD NW1) IS A WORLD- FAMOUS MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN SEE LIFE- SIZE WAX MODELS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE AND REPRODUCTIONS OF HISTORICAL FACTS AND SITUATIONS. THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS AND THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ARE AMONG THE FAVOURITES.

PLANETARIUM CLOSE TO

MADAME TUSSAUD ’S IS THE PLANETARIUM (MARYLEBONE RD NW1) OPEN DAILY FROM 11:30 a.m. TO 4:30 p.m. IT IS A FAVOURITE STOP FOR THE CHILDREN WHO LOVE ASTRONOMY. LASER CONCERTS ARE SOMETIMES HELD IN THE EVENING

REGENT’S PARK

Here you can see wonderful houses, an open air theatre that presents performances of plays by Shakespeare, some colleges, and the London zoo.

IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM YOU CAN SEE BEAUTIFUL COLLECTIONS OF GREEK, EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN ART

THE PRESENT CATHEDRAL WAS DESIGNED IN NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE BY CHRISTOFHER WREN, AN ENGLISH ARCHITECT, AFTER GREAT FIRE OF LONDON DESTROYED IT IN 1666. ITS DOME IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD. IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE BURIED HERE.

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

SAINT JAMES’S PALACE

ST. JAMES ’S PALACE IS ONE OF LONDON ’S OLDEST AND MOST HISTORIC PALACES. IT IS SITUATED ON THE MALL IN LONDON, JUST NORTH OF ST. JAMES’S PARK.

ST JAMES’S PARK

This park is the oldest and the most beautiful park in London. It dates back to 1532 When Henry VIII acquired it. St James’s Park is known today for its brilliant flowers borders and for the pelicans on the lake.

HOW TO MOVE AROUND LONDON

BY TAXI

BY BUS

A Typical London means

of transport is the old “ black car”

Take the typical red “double”

It is cheaper than the “tube”

BY UNDERGROUND

The quickest way to move is by underground, it is called the “tube”. There are varios lines which take you very quickly from one side of the town to the other.

It is one of the world’s most famous an legendary stores, where you can buy practically anything

• IN REGENT STREET YOU CAN VISIT ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOY SHOPS IN THE WORLD, HAMLEY’S TOY SHOP.

It was a fruit and vegetable market. Today there are fine elegant shops restaurants and street entertainers.

There are a lot of Chinese, Italian, Indian, Greek and Turkish restaurats. If you want to eat something English, go to a “FISH AND CHIPS” SHOP.

HELLO

HOW ARE YOU?

LONDON IS FUN!

THERE ARE SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL PARKS!

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SCUOLA MEDIA GARIBALDI

ADDRESS: VIA G. LORCA

CITY: 50013 CAMPI BISENZIO(FI)

COUNTRY: ITALY