Alice Murphy describes a jam-packed day for the TY students who went to London - from Michael O'Leary checking their boarding passes, to the Imperial War Museum and then a whistlestop tour around Central London.
On Tuesday, 28th February, the TY class, accompanied by Ms. Kenny and Ms. Finnegan, went on a day trip to London. The day got off to a gruelling start with a 4.00am wake up call (to be at the airport for 5.20am) but we knew it could only get better! Pumped up with caffeine and hot chocolate from Butlers in the airport, we swanned through to the Imperial War Museum, via Gatwick airport, almost missing the fact that Michael O'Leary himself checked our boarding passes!
The Holocaust Exhibition was fantastic- filled with artefacts and real life accounts. It was both harrowing and fascinating and it really tied together the module we'd just completed in CSPE class. We had a little time in the other exhibits- notably in the lifelike trench replica which showed us the ghastly reality of life in a pit, knee deep in water.
After lunch, we took a whistlestop tour of London, seeing the main sights - Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben and the Tower of London. I think the highlight was finding out that we'd unknowingly spent the morning in the old Bethlehem mental aka Bedlam!
We arrived home around 11pm and I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all slept soundly, having had a wonderful day.
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Alice Murphy (TY)
[Photo: Ms. Finnegan]
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