London - part five.

 From Tuesday, things got sunnier.  We went to St Paul's cathedral - all those steps were a challenge but the view was worth it.  That afternoon we headed to Oxford Street and walked the group to Denmark Street (music shops for the music profile class), China Town, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. 

 On Wednesday, we headed to Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guards, Harrods and the museums.  I took a small group to the Victoria and Albert Museum which was great.  Harrods was a little disappointing for the kids, but we expected that because of the prices.  The prices shocked even me - 100g of green tea for £18!!  It was an experience though and now I can say I've been in there.

 On the last day, we took the pupils to Madame Tussaud's and shopping on Oxford Street.  The problem was that we were all tired.  It wasn't helped by the appalling queueing system - 50 minutes of standing in a spiral staircase with all 57 of our group as well as other groups and no air conditioning, I was good to drop by the time we got into the museum.  The waxworks were good but I would prefer to go at a quieter, cooler time and still find the tickets expensive.

Lunch with my colleagues was lovely and shopping was good.  The journey back was straight forward but tiring.  Our bags were checked at the port which was a first for me going through Dover.  Luckily, the kids were tired out and we all slept on the journey.

I loved the week.  I would definitely do it again - both take these kids on trips (I already started looking at Barcelona for the Spanish groups) and go to London - with Nico next time.  Can't wait!