Gymnasium Münchenstein:
History in English 3rd form

London 18th – 22th January 2006

Programme

History in English

Wednesday, 18th 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:

Thursday, 19th 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
  • KensingtonPalace
  • Peter Pan
  • Albert Memorial
  • The Serpentine
  • Speaker’s Corner
  • GreenPark
  • BuckinghamPalace
  • Queen Victoria Memorial
  • The Mall (St. James’s Palace, Clarence House)
  • Trafalgar Sq.
  • HungerfordBridge
  • South Bank
  • Tate Modern
  • MillenniumBridge
  • St. Paul’s
  • Bank
  • “The Gherkin”
  • Monument
  • Tower Hill (Roman Wall)
  • Tower
  • TowerBridge
/ 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, 20th January 2006

8.30 am / Breakfast at Hyde Park Hostel
10.30 /
ImperialWarMuseum
  • Guided tour to Lawrence of Arabia
  • Conflicts Since 1945
  • Holocaust exhibition
  • Individual exploration of permanent exhibition:
Weapons and vehicles
1st WW
2nd WW
Crimes Against Humanity
Or: Alternative programme:
  • Victoria and AlbertMuseum
or:
  • Christopher Wren’s London
/ Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
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 (HindiTemple: 105-119 Brentfield Road, Neasden, NW10)
  5. CamdenTown (Students’ London)
  6. Asian London (Brick Lane)
  7. Modern London(Island of Dogs, CanaryWharf)
  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, 21st 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:
  • HighgateCemetery – 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, 22nd 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