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The “Speaker’s corner” in Hyde Park !

Josephine and Charlotte are on the Eurostar train   to

London. They want to make as many things as possible !!

T he London Underground or Tube

is older ( 186 and deeper than

the "ew #ork $ubway or the %aris

&etro.

London is a shopper's paradise. n and around )*+ord

$treet, there is a lot o+ -hoi-e so it is always -rowded.

#ou -an +ind -hi- boutiues ( elegant and e*pensi/e, like

0--essori1e  or 2orothy %erkins  , ethni- shops ( ndian,

$outh 0meri-an,3 or giant musi- stores ( 4irgin   or

Londoners lo/e their parks. hen the weather

is good, they play +risbee, +ly a kite, or roller7

blade in 5yde %ark or reen %ark. )pen7air

-on-erts and plays take pla-e in parks,

parti-ularly in the summer. angs o+ +riends or

+amilies bring a pi-ni- and en9oy the show.

)n $undays, it is possible to listen to an open

air debate at the $peaker's -orner in 5yde

%ark.

They talk about any sub9e-ts ( war, religion,

edu-ation,3 .

The Royal Wedding Dress

exhibition at Buckingham

Palace from July 2011 to

October 2011.

T here are spe-ial :sightseeing buses;. They

pro/ide a great way to tra/el around the -apital

and its most +amous sites like Tower <ridge,

the Tower o+ London, <ig <en, estminster

0bbey and o+ -ourse3 <u-kingham %ala-e !

irls are +ond o+ +airy tales, you know !

People in England like eatingnack and buy them at “cornershops”. ou can alo buyne"paper and maga#inethere.

There are lot of “souenirstalls” in $ondon !

English people really en9oy

musi-als. :&amma &ia !; is the top

musi-al at the %rin-e o+ ales

:<ed and <reak+asts; are typi-ally <ritish.

t is a system o+ a--ommodation in a hotel

or guest house. #ou pay +or a room +or the

night and +or break+ast the +ollowing

morning.

T he English break+ast =

baked beans, ba-on and

egg ! %er+e-t +or hungry

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%t& not a 'oke ( there are “souenir

stalls”  e)ery"here in $ondon !

At the week7end, +lea7markets like Camden

&arket attra-t hundreds o+ people. They -ome

to buy or 9ust to look at trendy se-ond7hand

-lothes and original +ashion a--essories.

Families o+ten go to a pub +or their $unday

lun-h. n <ritain, -hildren and teenagers under

18 -an't go to a pub on their own or in the

e/ening.

They meet in +ast7+ood restaurants or they

ha/e take7awa meals at home or in the street.

T he weekly magaine Time )ut   tells you what's on in

London ( +ilms, plays, -on-erts and other a-ti/ities .

T here are many -inemas near Lei-ester $uare,

so groups o+ +riends o+ten meet there and then

go to the pi-tures.

Punks in *amden +arket 

T eenagers lo/e that pla-e ! The London2ungeon is a real museum o+ horror. There are

horri+i- s-enes +rom London's history, like >a-k

the ?ipper. t is /ery s-ary !

On the last weekend in 0ugust, o/er two million

people -ome to London's "otting 5ill Carni/al. t is

organied by the -ity's Carribean population. Today,

the -arni/al re+le-ts London's multi-ultural so-iety,

and is the se-ond largest -arni/al in the world !

roups -alled :&as; spend hundreds o+ hours and

thousands o+ pounds e/ery year to -reate the most

elaborate and -olour+ul -ostumes. 0t the -arni/al

 you -an hear steel bands, Calypso $o-a and sound

systems.

Teenagers lo/e the sound systems 7 they're so

loud, they make your ears bu ! !erk chicken and coconut

"ater  , Hey you&re in the -et

%ndie ! ot in $ondon !!

T eenagers -an't get into

dis-os. $o they take the bus

and go to the -inema in

Lei-ester $uare or take the

-ab to go to a -on-ert at the

<ri*ton 0-ademy ( ro-k,

reggae and rap musi- or

embley 0rena ( ro-k and

pop musi- .

Traditional “#ish $ chips”