Needless to say I had a brilliant time in London, never done so much walking and sight seeing but we managed to cram in lots of educational stuff too....honest ;)
The trip was arranged by my Graphics, Fine Art and Media Studies college tutors. After an early meet Wednesday morning outside Platform 1, Piccadilly train station, several struggles to fit large suitcases into tiny compartments :), shrieks of 'where we sitting', 'can I swap places' and 'I wanted the window' we set off via Virgin train and arrived at Euston for lunchtime.
In a nutshell, my group visited Leicester Square, where the film launches/red carpet events are held, the 'Saatchi Art Gallery', the 'Paper' exhibition was really fascinating, the 'British Film Museum' - where we learnt all about how films are viewed then 'certificated', i.e. 12a & 18 years etc, so that younger people are not allowed to view films that are unsuitable for their age. The 'London Film Museum' was also really interesting viewing, looking at original costumes worn in popular movies, I was particularly interested in the 'horror' department and their make up special effects - this will help me with my A2 Media Studies film trailer about 'zombies' :).
We all went out for a group meal, got high on chocolate in M & M world, took in a musical (like you do) - 'The Lion King', almost front row seats :), wandered round Covent Garden, viewed the street art around Brick Lane and Whitechapel, experienced the tube crush and very best of all went to the 'London Dungeons' - which was 'v' scary, especially at the end but educational - of course :)...Learn't all about the Black Plague, Jack the Ripper, Sweeny Todd the odd torture technique or 2 - hasn't affected me at all...
Had a brilliant time, was nice to spend a couple of nights away from home - except for Amy's snoring :), would love to go to London again soon.
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