THE GROUP
The weekend of 23 to 26 April, a group of 30 students of the EOI Cornella and 4 teachers had the opportunity to travel to London and Chester, thanks to Communitek program. During the trip we met other students studying Spanish at the University of Chester. One evening they took us to dinner at a curious place in Liverpool. The place was very big. There we were served different foods and the music was loud. We couldn’t speak for the noisy. But, the teachers that are very intelligent… some wore earplugs!!!! It’s true!!!
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| Jennifer, our guide showed us the Soho. |
Hello my friends; I’m writing to you a short article about our trip to England.
By Anna Flotats and Isabel Maldonado
BOROUGH MARKET
Borough
Market is London’s most renowned food market; a source of exceptional British
and international produce. It is a haven for anybody who cares about
the quality and provenance of the food they eat - chefs, restaurateurs,
passionate amateur cooks and people living just for eating and drinking.
But
it’s not just the sheer quality of the food on offer that makes Borough Market
special – it is also about the people and the place.
When we entered to the
market, we felt surprised. It was crowded and full of colourful
stalls. You can taste different types of food, some of them typical from
others countries. One of the most amazing things for us was
blending flavors and smells.
You will easily feel
comfortable there, even though we discovered that English people usually use to
eat standing up.
If you go to London at any time,it´s a place not to be
missed. Enjoy this charming Market!
Just at the
entrance, we could see pork roast, this stall offered "Roasted Pork
Roll" for 5.50 pounds, it was an imposing election, pictures are
shown bellow.
It is a very picturesque market.
LONDON SOHO
Soho is a
visit that you cannot miss on your stay in London. It’s a
district situated in the heart of London’s West End. Soho is border by Oxford
Street, Regent Street, Leicester Square and Charing Cross Road and it’s easy to
explore by walk.
In Soho we
can find places full of history, leisure time, culture and anecdotes that make
this place unique in the world.
We know that
for centuries many immigrants, as French or Chinese people were living here. We
can find a street with Chinese inspiration.
In sixteen
decade Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin or Paul Mc Carthy were famous
in this city. The first pub where they played it was called “Admiral Duncan”.
Soho is
famous for their night clubs, pubs and restaurants, is also the main gay neighborhood
in London.
Nowadays, we
can find theatres, cinemas, movie studios like Sony pictures or TV channels
producers.
Well done, Jennifer, and thank you very much!
By Pepi Cortés and Montse Fuster
FREE TIME IN LONDON
It was an interesting, active, friendly,
youthful, exhausting and fast trip.
We had time to meet London, Liverpool
and Chester; its important buildings, its customs, its changing weather and
some of its friendly people. At the same time, we could enjoy a bit
of free time to do some things.
Judith, Alberto, Leandro and Sara went
to Covent Garden. They saw a good singer that was singing opera. After that, they had dinner in the Meals market restaurant. They ate
hamburgers and drank soda, the price was 10.50 each
person.
Eli, Carme, Cristina and Lorena went to
shopping in their free time. They bought presents for their families.
Later, they had dinner. All of them asked
for a sandwich and water to drink.
For dessert some of them ordered yoghurt and the rest, bananas.
Next, almost all of us went to Lyceum Theatre to
see the magnificent musical “The Lion King”.
By M. Jesús Petit and Andrea Riu
THE LION KING
London! What a wonderful place… We were a
school party impeccably manned by EOI Cornella which had been waiting so long
to Visit that cool city. There were people who had visited London many times,
whereas, there were other people who hadn’t been in London before.
Despite
the fact that we were all exhausted because of the long day we had had we were thrilled as well, we were about to see one of
the most spectacular show in the world.
At
seven pm everybody were opposite the
London’s Lyceum Theatre after visiting the British Museum and having dinner. However,
there was tiredness in our faces but curiosity too. We were about to see The Lion King the musical.
The show started in London on October 19 1999 and it is
still running. The show is now celebrating
its 16th anniversary. The Lion King is a musical based on the
1994 Disney film with the same name, with
music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. The music is one of the strong points of the
musical as well as the spectacular costumes. The scenes in the show take the
spectator to Africa with all its colours, melodies and rhythms. It explains the story of Simba and his journey to become the
King of the Pride lands.
The London’s Lyceum Theatre was packed. We had our tickets to seat in the
royal circle. Most of us thought that it
would be difficult not to fall asleep, but just the opposite, time went by
quickly and it was an outstanding experience, as our trip-mate Sonia says: "I really enjoyed the musical even I was completely tired. Before
going I thought I wouldn't be able to keep me awake all the show but the play
wasn't hard to follow, mostly because I knew the story and that helped. I liked
specially the way they represented the sunrise, and how they started with a lot
of animals, full of colours and joy and the contrast they made to show the
drought and the devastation of the bad times, I think they made a good work of
setting, with a very few things they captured you to feel the story. I was
happy to see this musical in London, a great experience."
LIVERPOOL
Before to visit Liverpool we
thought that the city was more cultural and it had more old buildings. But when
we arrived we realized that actually Liverpool is a modern city.
In spite of that, there are
some places in Liverpool that you have to visit. One of them is the Royal Liver
Building where there are the two liverbirds statues. This statues represent the
city and protect it too.
Another beautiful place to
visit in Liverpool is the Albert Dock near the river Mersey. One of the thing
that surprised us during our walk was the sculpture called
"Superlambanana". There are a lot of this sculpture around the city
and it is one of the most important element of Liverpool.
It was a fun evening, the city
is very musical and our partners, Grant and Jane, showed us many prominent
sites in the city. One of this incredible sites was The Cavern Club a rock and
roll club where The Beatles used to play.
To finish our trip in
Liverpool we were all together to dinner at a local with music in the
industrial area. It was a day to remember!
By Melania Pozo and Cristina
Alarcón
English cuisine encompasses the cooking
styles, traditions and recipes associated with England. It has distinctive
attributes of its own, but also shares much with wider British cuisine, partly
through the importation of ingredients and ideas from North America, China, and
India during the time of the British Empire and as a result of post-war
immigration.
Traditional meals have ancient origins,
such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats, meat and game pies, boiled
vegetables and broths, and freshwater and saltwater fish.
English cooking has been influenced by
foreign ingredients and cooking styles since the Middle Ages. Curry was
introduced from the Indian subcontinent and adapted to English tastes.
Traditional English dishes have had
competition from other dishes over the years. England continues to absorb
culinary ideas from all over the world. Roast beef, Fish and chips and Curry
are currently the most popular dishes.
The first day, in London, we went to The
Borough Market for having lunch.
There were a lot of stalls of food. I
decided to buy a roast beef for my meal. It was prepared like a Mexican taco
with lettuce and a sauce. There was also normal food and vegetarian and
organic. One example of this vegetarian food was a peculiar dish. It was
composed by noodles, lentil, rice, garbanzo, tomato sauce and species.
The second day we went to a bar in
Liverpool. There were some food stalls there also. I decided to choose Curry
nevertheless, I preferred it without hot sauce, because I don’t like the spicy
food. It was delicious. For drinking, my decision was between beer and wine. I
opted for drinking beer. There are many kinds of beer that there
aren’t in Spain.
This was a typical breakfast that was eaten
by us the last day of the trip…without cholesterol, very healthy.
And just to eat something different… it
couldn’t miss the pizza!
To sum up all was very tasty and varied.
By
Lorena and Núria