Monday - 13th of May
Transportation
Today we went with the bus and boat to England. We left school around half past 8 and started
driving to Calais. Just before we crossed the border between Belgium and the Netherlands we
stopped for half an hour. We arrived at Calais around two o’clock and the boat left twenty minutes
later. From Dover we went to Canterbury where we stayed until 6 o’clock and from there on we
travelled to London. The time we spent in the bus was nice even though it took very long. We had a
friendly driver and we could play our own music. The boat was ok, but the train would have been
better and faster. It was a bit boring, very crowded and you could easily get lost.
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Food and lodging
For lunch we had to take our own food from home, because we would be in the bus around
lunchtime and the food on the boat was very expensive. In the evening we had to take care of our
own food. We got some money from mister Tijl for the whole group including me, Maaike, Isla, Kayra
en Sanne. Me and Isla had crepes for dinner and the others went to Subway. After dinner we decided
to buy some ice-cream, because we had money left. It was very nice that we could choose our own
dinner and the food was very tasty! In the evening we arrived at the International Students Hostel.
The first impressions wasn’t so good. We were in a room with 10 girls and we had 3 showers upstairs
to share with 14 girls. Luckily enough the showers weren’t that bad and the beds were ok. However,
a room with 10 girls was so crowded and busy. They could better have had all small rooms instead of
all big rooms and some small rooms.
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Attractions
The attractions we went to were the city of Canterbury and Regent Park. They had told us some
things about the city before and there was also some information about the city in the booklet of
London. We spent only 1,5 hours in the city and most of the time we should be using for dinner. It
was a small historic city, but very beautiful . Especially the centre of the city was nice with the
beautiful church and the lovely small streets. It was a disappointment that we didn’t have longer.
After we arrived in London and had find our way we went to Regent Park where we made a walk for
an hour. It was a big, beautiful and peaceful park. It would have been better if we had done
something more than just walking.
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Activities
We haven’t done very much this day, because we were travelling the whole day. In Canterbury we
went to the nearest bank, because some of us needed money, and we searched for a place to eat.
We came across some shops and we went into a sort of touristic shop. We also had an ice-cream
after dinner and we sat down in front of the church for a moment. In London we went to Regent Park
where we made a walk with the whole group. I hadn’t expected that we would do so much the first
day, but I liked it!
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Schedule
The schedule wasn’t very busy. We travelled a lot and we were in the bus a lot. We didn’t really had a
schedule and the schedule we had was changed afterwards, because we had to be in London earlier
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than we thought we had to be. The schedule was a bit boring, because of all the travelling, but there
was no other way of spending the day. However, it could have been more interesting if we had
travelled less. Some more leisure time in Canterbury would also have been better and we could have
seen more of the city.
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Leisure time
On the boat and in Canterbury we had some leisure time. The leisure time we had, was shorter than
was scheduled, because the bus drivers weren’t allowed to drive that much anymore and we had to
be in London before they couldn’t drive anymore. Even though it was short, the leisure time nice, but
they could have scheduled it better. The change was made on the last moment, but they could have
thought of that before.
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Other
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Tuesday - 14th of may
Food and lodging
In the morning we had breakfast in the hotel for the first time, we were able to choose from three
items from a number of things you could have for breakfast, such as: scrambled egg, sausages, beans
in tomato saus, bacon or toast. It wasn’t really extensive, though typical English. Around noon we
had about half an hour to search for something to eat, but not everybody managed to eat something.
In the afternoon we went to a Greek restaurant, which was very tasty and I really recommend going
there, too.
The hotel itself was quite clean. However, the beds weren’t really comfortable, they were very hard
and to small.
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Attractions/ Activities
In the morning we went to from Buckingham Palace, via High Park Corner to Trafalgar Square and we
rested for a while on the stairs of the National Art Gallery. Later we went on walking to the British
Museum and we had for about an hour and a half for visiting the exhibitions, which we think was
way too short, we would have liked some more time in there because it was very interesting. We
thought it was by far the most interesting museum we visited that week. After noon we went with
the bus to Candem town and visited the Horse Stable market and shopped there for about three
hours. After dinner we went walking through Regent Park.
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Schedule
Breakfast
walking to Buckingham Palace
High Park Corner
Trafalgar Square
British Museum
Bus to Candem Town
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Horse Stable market
Greek restaurant
Regent Park
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Leisure time
We had for about three hours of leisure time, which was, in our opinion exactly enough.
Wednesday – 15th of May
Transportation
We went with the bus to Southwark Bridge. After that we had to walk everything. All the walking was
very tiring.
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Food and lodging
In the morning we had the same breakfast as the other days. You could choose 3 things to eat, you
could choose from toast, white beans in tomato sauce, potato, bacon and mushrooms. You could
take some juice, tea or coffee. The breakfast was nice, it was not very much.
The lunch we had to take care of ourselves, just like the other days. We ate in the Starbucks at
Regent street, we had some coffee and a muffin.
In the evening the group was divided into two groups. One group was going to eat Chinese and the
other group was going to the Pizza hut. That evening we were in the group which was going to eat
Chinese. We sat in groups at round tables, every table had his own plates full of Chinese food. We
got plates with vegetables, with meat and with rice. The rice was okay, but the vegetables and the
meat wasn’t very tasty.
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Attractions
Today we had three attractions: The Globe, London Bridge Experience and Prim Rose Hill.
The Globe
We went with the bus to the Globe theatre. We got a tour through the Globe and an older woman
explained us how everything went in the early days, how it was build and how it is used now. It
thought it was very interesting, the stories the woman told were very different than most stories I’ve
heard. I’ve learned a lot about the history of London, the Globe and Shakespeare.
London Bridge Experience
London Bridge Experience is a haunted house. In the first part you go through all kind of rooms. In
these rooms somebody tells you something about the history of London and bridges in London. After
that you are locked up in a little room, you have to watch a movie from about 5 minutes. After you
have to hold the shoulders of someone in front of you, you go into the next part like a train. You had
to walk through small dark corridors, it was very scary. Everywhere was smoke and ‘dead’ bodyparts.
A couple of times there jumped a man in front of you, to scare you. I found it very scary and I’ve
screamed a lot.
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Prim Rose Hill or soccer
In the evening we would have had a Photo Safari, but we didn’t do that because the evening before
the weather was too bad for Prim Rose Hill. So instead of going on Photo Safari we could choose to
go to Prim Rose Hill or to go play soccer in Regent Park.
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Activities
After we visited the globe we sat with the whole group at the river Thames. We had a beautiful view
of the Thames and the other side of London. Then we walked to a large building. Inside the building
we sat down with a group. That group was consisting of Joell, Matthias, Sanne, Isla, Ramona,
Sebastiaan, Brandon.
After the London Bridge Experience we (Joris, Isla, Sanne, Ramona and Bram) went to the Starbucks
around Regent Street, we bought some coffee and muffins. And we sat down at the stairs of a statue.
We watched the people and fed the birds.
When we were finished drinking our coffee, we went shopping. We walked over Regent street and
Oxford street. We took a picture with a Abercrombie & Fitch male model and we had a lot of fun.
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Schedule
Our schedule was very relaxed this day, is wasn’t very busy. We had a lot of leisure time in between
the attractions.
8.00 Breakfast
9.00 Bus to Southwark Bridge
9.45 The Globe
13.00 London Bridge Experience
14.30 Shopping and Lunch
18.00 Dinner
20.30 Prim Rose Hill or Soccer
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Leisure time
In our leisure time, we went shopping, eating and making fun. We visited a lot of different shops and
bought some nice clothes. The keep the boys satisfied we also sat down, ate something and made
fun. We had a very nice time.
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Thursday May 16th
Transportation
First, we were picked up by bus and dropped for the Street Art Tour. We walked around London with
our tour guide and were picked up again by bus to Central London. We walked for another couple of
100 meters to Harrods. Then we walked along Welling Arch, Buckingham Palace, through St James
Park, along the Big Ben to Haymarket. From there on, we walked to the Stomp Theatre and after that
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we walked back to the hotel. I found it really pleasant that we were picked up by bus, so that’s a plus
point.
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Food and lodging
Breakfast was the same as every morning, which I enjoyed. Kayra and I got our lunch at Starbucks in
the afternoon. We had a Panini with roasted tomato and mozzarella, which I had already eaten two
days earlier. In the evening, we went to the Pizzahut, which I had been craving for 3 weeks already,
so I was absolutely delighted after eating pizza. All places we went to this day were very pleasant to
be.
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Attractions
Today we could choose between the three Kensington museums. Ramona, Sanne and Maaike went
to the Natural History Museum. Kayra and I were enjoying the weather outside in the park. I think,
the girls have enjoyed their visit to the museum. Anyway, we did enjoy our spot in the park. We also
went along the Welling Arch, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the beautiful St James Park. In the
evening, we went to Stomp which was really impressive with all the objects making sounds and
music, but none of them were instruments.
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Activities
We started the day with the Street Art Tour, which I liked very much. It was around Old Street and
the tour guide lead us through the streets. After this, we had the museum visit. After that, we went
to Harrods, an amazing warehouse in London with
the most expensive brands on earth. It’s kind of
paradise in there. Also because they have fudge,
that’s so delicious! The next thing was our walk to
the Pizzahut and our dinner there. The last activity
of the day was Stomp, which was so fantastic!
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Schedule
The schedule wasn’t very tight. We only left on
time from the hotel to be in time for the tour and
we had to arrive in time for Stomp. The other
activities didn’t have a really structured schedule.
We left in the morning around 9 am, which was quite agreeable because we could stay in bed longer.
12 am we went to the museums and we had until 13.30. At 4 pm we went to the Pizzahut and at
19.15 we had to be at Stomp.
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Leisure time
All over the day, we had quite some leisure time. Between the Street Art Tour and dinner we could
almost go wherever we liked, like lunch and shopping. After getting back at the hotel, we could also
relax in the bedrooms and we had a fun nights with other friends while running over.
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Friday - 17th of May
Food and lodging
In the morning we had breakfast and prepared ourselves for the day as all the other days, but this
day we also had to clean our rooms and pack our bags. Our last breakfast was served from 07.30 on. I
had my usual cereal with yoghurt and some apple juice, but I enjoyed it. We had to be at the bus
between 08:00 and 08:25, so we could leave at 08:30. We managed to leave in time and we drove for
about two and a half hours. It was quite comfy in the bus and we enjoyed ourselves by watching TV,
talking and listening to music. When we arrived at the ferry, we were unlucky to just miss the ferry
of 11:40. This meant we had to wait for a while. When we finally got on the ferry at 12:05, we had to
leave to the upper deck just like the last time. There was a tough wind once again, so the boat was
moving a lot, but we had no trouble keeping our cool. We just enjoyed ourselves by chilling and by
playing cards games. When we arrived in Calais, we had to enter the bus again and we left for
Hellevoetsluis. In the bus a movie was played which was called ‘The Flood’ which wasn’t spectacular,
but it was okay. We weren’t stuck in any traffic jams until we reached the Netherlands, so the trip
went quite fast. But when we got stuck in a traffic jam, we had to stop at a MacDonald’s to avoid
worse. We ate their too and I enjoyed it big time! We left again around 19:15 and arrived at school at
20:30.
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Transportation
Bus trip: An 8, because it was a comfortable bus and a movie was displayed, but it is still an ± 8 hourlasting bus trip.
Ferry: A 7,5, because the boat of Monday was cleaner and less busy. Nonetheless, the seats were
comfortable and you could buy food, so the trip was fine.
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