GUICHETEAU Clémentine
MOREAU Amina 2de4
CESBRON Perrine
 
 
Sherlock Holmes & Oxford Street
 
            On Wednesday afternoon, we were divided in four groups to visit the Sherlock Holmes museum. We started by the souvenirs shop. It was full of little objects which remind us of Sherlock Holmes' life. In 221 bis Baker Street, we could see : Sherlock and Watson bedrooms, their bathroom, Sherlock's office and some crime scenes. They were extracted from Sherlock Holmes’ investigations.

After the museum, we had the opportunity of spending our money because we went shopping in the famous Oxford Street. It's the longest high street in Europe. There were some famous shops, such as “Zara”, “H&M”, “Next”, “McDonald” (8 of them) and a shopping center. Inside it, there were dozens of luxury shops like “Louis Vuitton”, “Channel”, “Givenchy”, “Benetton”, “Zadig & Voltaire”, … Fortunately, there were a lot of little souvenir shops or affordable shops like “Primark”.


Anecdote : When we were in Oxford Street, the meeting had been given at “McDonald”. Our teachers said “You'll see it easily because there is a big yellow M”. Except that there wasn't ! The McDonald had changed since the last trip and there were almost 8 of them just in Oxford Street. So, consequently, because of this and because some of us hadn’t heard or listened to the instructions given by the teachers, some pupils got lost... Therefore those pupils had the privilege of winning the special title : students “boulets” of the day !

In Canterbury,
- we went to some shops,
• when the girls were trying clothes, the boys went on to the escalators to play with them ! HAHA !
• a boy, called Nathan, tried girl's clothes and took pictures of himself
Then , we when to a game shop and Maxime wanted to buy GTA4. But the sales man didn't want to sell it to him because he was not 18. So Maxime asked a man to buy it for him.
After we has eaten, we played to " pan lapin" and " lucky luke". Arthur doesn't understand the rules of the games . In the games, people must " kill" the other.
Later, we were walking in the town and , as there were a lot of people, we lost some students in the streets ...

On the bus,
We had fun, we were always laughing or sleeping ... we were also, often singing

At Harrods,
Few people succeeded in going in. At this luxurious shop, like Les Galeries la Fayette in France, students [ the girls ] who hadn't got a hand bag but a school bag could not go in. You had to have luxurious clothes to go in. For example, Ines , who had got a school bag didn't succeed in going in but when she took Kassandra’s Longchamp bag, she managed to go in .


Nathan, Arthur & Elise

Once upon a time, there were 3 young girls in London. They were called Sarah, Rebecca and Inès.
Arriving in their family’house, the friendly father showed them all the rooms of the house.
The 3 adventurers discovered with surprise a little bedroom that they had to share. It was in reality, the son's bedroom.
The father explained them why there was a frightening tag on the wall. One of his son's friends had drawn it as a surprise...
The night came and the 3 girls were chatting in their beds, it was half dark in the room.
Suddenly, Rebecca made a strange little noise. The other two became really afraid.
Sarah said : Look, Inès ! The tag is moving ! And Rebecca, how strange she looked ! Was she sleeping ?
At that moment Rebecca woke up suddenly and started to speak. The other 2 girls made a little scream and hid under the cover !

INès,Rebecca and Sarah B

By Amiot Adèle, Marion Cormu, Inès Zinsou-Fisson

Impossible to go in Harrods

On Thursday 29th of April, in the afternoon, our teachers brought us to Harrods, the huge shop of luxury goods. They let us one hour to go shopping. But the guard refused that school groups went into the shop because he thought that we could upset some rich clients if we roared or we were too many. So a few pupils used tricks to get in : they had beautiful handbags and were only two or three. A few entered because the guard had not seen them. The others stayed in a place in front of the shop.

One of the things which stood out to us is when we met a french girl in the McDonald’s of NewHeaven. She was called Annabelle Lauret, and had been working there for about one year, I think, I can't remember exactly. She was very cool and started to talk to us. In fact, she told us one thing which we didn't expect at all : the English people are used to thinking that the French are very dirty and disgusting. That's what her boss told her. And it's also because of that that she asked us to "break this cliché", and to try to be clean. We were very clean, and even cleaner than the English people. We were quite happy, and Florent even belched. She talked to us very nicely. She spoke about her life, her job, why she came there, and she told us she was disappointed about England. And then, she said something to us, which was really shocking: our desserts were fried in the same oil as the nuggets ! We couldn't believe it ! Some of us didn't eat those famous dessert. This was really disgusting, and they say that French people e are dirty...What a crazy world!

Wednesday 28th, The British Museum

It was a free visit, but some pupils who were punished discovered it with Mrs Biron with all the comments. They were punished because they were late in the morning. In the museum there were a lot of rooms, like Egyptian sculptures, Antic Greece or Chinese ceramics. We were shocked by the mummies, and the Greek statues were beautiful.

Parthenon Sculpture and Greek vase

There are 8 million objects in the collection, but we didn't see all these, even if we spent three hours in this museum. We just saw the most important objects, like the Rosetta stone, Parthenon sculptures, or the mummies...

By Emilie and Sarah C.

The coach trip

The bus was the best way to know people . Everyday, it was a real pleasure to go in it, because it was really fun ! Jokes, songs … Teachers were very cool … but they were very strict about the seat belt because they wanted to protect us … But they didn't understand that we took it off just after . (Of course we didn't understand because everybody knows teachers aren't very smart!!!)
It was like a hotel because a lot of people slept . Our driver, Nicolas ( but he was called Nico by everbody ) was a very cool man and a good joker !

People sitting at the back of the coach were the ones who made the « show » ! For the trip to England, we took the shuttle, so we put the coach in something like a wagon and it was really fast to go to England, about twenty minutes . The last day, before taking the ferry, we watched a movie and it was the only time there was a total silence on the coach !
On the Tuesday afternoon, a a guide came on board and we had a sightseeing tour of London and its borroughs . We saw streets where they filmed movies like Harry Potter and Bridget Jones .
On the last day, before taking the ferry, we watched a movie and it was the only time there was a total silence on the coach !
In conclusion, it was a beautiful trip and we enjoyed every trip on our coach !

By David and Benjamin

April 29th, BBC Tour

The BBC was the first national channel in England. We visited this place on the 29th of April. The BBC building was enormous. We were amazed !


Wwe were the first to visit the BBC. The visit started at 3.45pm and we went to the security room where we put our bags. When Simon passed under the security arc, it rang. It was just because he had a belt. After that the visit started. There was a woman and a man who explained to us the regulation to respect the people who work in it.
We went in the meeting room where we saw the editorial office. The man showed us the TV news on the board. We noted that the BBC controls all news.



Simon, the guide, who was very cool, showed us the studios of the BBC. We saw how the journalists work on their computers.

Then, we visited a room where we saw the BBC8's studios. It was very impressive and interesting. The studios were divided in different parts. And in each part, a scene was filmed.

We also saw the dressing rooms where the famous actors wait before the show. Simon told us some stories about them like Mariah Carey who wanted many baby dogs in order to have fun. There is also Jennifer Lopez who wanted her white sofa which was in her house in Paris. She didn't want to sit on the BBC's sofa.
Then, we took part in a quizz for which Sylvain, Félix and Benjamin were chosen to play. It was very funny ! Sylvain won a mug because his answers were correct. Clémentine presented the news and the weather forecast.

We also saw the TV studio, where the presenter introduces the show. Simon said to us that a lot of famous people come there and may be we would meet some celebrities but unfortunately, we didn't. One day, Simon, met Tom Cruise for example. « Lucky boy ! »

By Noémie and Quentin

Lucie and Simon

April 29th, Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Football Club

We visited Chelsea's stadium on Thursday April 29th 2010. It can hold around 42000 spectators. We began the visit in the press conference room. The guide was sitting on the seat where players and coaches are usually interviewed. He asked us if we knew the club of Chelsea and the players. We noted that he hates Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson who are ennemies of the Blues.

Then, he took us to the changing room of the opponent team of Chelsea. He explained they have a lot of methods to destabilize their opponents. For example, teams have a small fridge and the changing room is less luxurious than the one of Chelsea. Near there is a kitchen and a room for training.

Later, we saw the corridor which leads to the field. There was the music for the entrance of players and the supporters' song. We went on the bench and we went into the Chelsea museum. There we saw a lot of cups, old shirts, big posters of players... Then, we went in the official shop of Chelsea FC.

For us, the visit was GREAT!! We prefered when the guide told us stories about the players because they were very funny. We less enjoyed queuing before each visit because we were impatient.

By Sarah B. and Charles

Wednesday, 28th of April

After our visit to The British Museum we went to Regent's Park to eat our lunch. Then to recover from the delicious sandwiches we played “The Killer” together. It was very funny ! Meanwhile, our teachers played “ Chabada”.
At last we went to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. His house is situated 221b Baker Street. It looked really narrow. We queued a long time in front of it. There, we were divided into 4 groups.
There were 4 floors. On the first there were Sherlock Holmes's bedroom and his office. On the second we could find Watson's living room and his bedroom.

On the next floor, a few characters of the Sherlock Holmes's stories were represented. Finally, toilets (with wonderful blue flowers) and some bags and suitcases could be found in the attic, and the flush still works!
At the end of the visit we discovered the shop, with a lot of Sherlock Holmes's hats and many accessories.
We discovered the world of Sherlock Holmes and his characters but some of them frightened us. It was a unforgettable and very interesting day.

By Lindsay and Chloé

The Sightseeing Tour of London with Phillip C*okson

• On Tuesday 27th April 2010, after a morning in the museum of London and a lunch well-deserved, we took the bus with Phillip C*okson to visit London.
• First, he explained to us that there are 12 boroughs plus the city of London and the poorest boroughs move in the richest boroughs. He also said to us that London's inhabitants are called Cockney because of their strange accent : they don't say the T between 2 vowels, for example City is said Ci-y.

• After this little mocking remark, he became serious and he described the different monuments and important places. There are the Gherkin, a modern construction but also the Parliament, the Tower of London or London Bridge which are older. We saw Harrods, the French highschool if we want to leave France, a pub which is very popular and a park where the demonstrators must sleep on the park to keep the emplacement.

• Do you know Bridget Jones ? In the film, she lives in London, and the South East London represents the front of her apartment. It's situated above a pub.

• We could also see the street where the scene of the Magicobus arrives near the leaky cauldron from the Film Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban was filmed. The name of this street is Charring Cross road, in London.

• We also crossed the Whitechapel district where Jack The Ripper killed at least 5 prostitutes. Philip C*okson, our guide, told us his story. In 1888, a man tortured and murdered his first victim near a school. And the maddest: he kept the liver and the womb of each woman with him. His nickname comes from the lot of letters he sent to the police. They never found the murderer !

• Places of Murders

By Marion Sourice & Solène Cailleau & Maud Le Breton