London

The trip to London that 18 of us participated in was one we will definitely remember. After arriving in London and after checking into our hotel, the Royal Horseguards, we were taken straight away for dinner to a Mexican restaurant, Lupita, on the Embankment. The food did take longer than expected but was more than half decent for a Mexican restaurant in Central London. For the sightseers and tourists of the group, Mr Berube took a group of us after the meal to see Big Ben, the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament by night.

Getting up was a tough one due to the early morning rise. We strolled across the Thames; bad weather of course. We had a backstage tour at the Royal National and were shown how each performance is created. We saw many different areas by our guide, who was extremely energetic even though it was early on a Saturday morning. All of us then were given free time in between the backstage tour and the first play Pomona. Majority of us made a trip to Harrods to do a bit of shopping and to grab a bite to eat.

Pomona, the first play, was something that I don’t think we were expecting in the slightest. It was very twisted and vulgar, but very interesting at the same time. From the end of Pomona, we were then given more free time to either shop, do some sightseeing or eat. Dinner was a choice by everybody and the girls managed to include a bit more shopping, as always.

The second play we went to see was called “The Importance of Being Earnest”, a performance set in a traditional English setting. It was definitely the funnier out of the two plays, with a much less disturbing theme. The rest of the night was different for each class, the class 3’s going for dessert with Mr and Mrs Berube, and the class 1’s having a curfew of 12…

There is no doubt that all of us absolutely loved the trip and enjoyed going somewhere a bit more exciting than Rolle.