W niedzielę 13.09 wybraliśmy się z wizytą do zoo w Gdańsku, po mniej więcej dwudziestu latach od ostatniej wizyty ;-) ZOO zajmuje powierzchnię ponad 123 hektarów Trójmiejskiego Parku Krajobrazowego, a na jego terenie żyje około 190 gatunków zwierząt. Nam szczególnie przypadły do gustu pingwiny (jak zawsze bezbłędne), zadziorny żbik i przesłodka alpaka. Wilka grzywiastego pomyliliśmy z lisem ;-) ale podejrzewam, że nie my jedyni...
Buckingham Palace located in the City of Westminster, is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the British monarch.. At the rear of the palace is the large garden, which together with its lake is the largest private garden in London.There, the Queen hosts her annual garden parties each summer.
St. James's Parkis a 23 hectare park in the City of Westminster. The park has a small lake, St James's Park Lake, with two islands, West Island and Duck Island.
Westminster Abbey,formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for British monarchs.
Palace of Westminsterserves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster.
London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel. The structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft).
Day 2 21.08
Madame Tussauds Museumis a wax museum which has smaller museums in a number of other major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud in 1835. It displays the waxworks of famous and historical figures, as well as popular film and television characters and actors.
Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are among the Royal Parks of London. The gardens cover an area of 107 hectares (265 acres).
Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington. It can seat 5,272. The hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband, Prince Albert, who had died six years earlier.
Natural History Museumis a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology.
Harrodsis a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge. The store occupies a 5-acre (2 ha) site and has 330 departments covering 1.1 million sq ft (100,000 m2) of retail space. It is one of the largest and most famous department stores in Europe.
Day 3 22.08
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potteris a permanent exhibit offering an authentic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Harry Potter films. It is situated inside Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, near Watford, in southwest Hertfordshire. Though the studios are still active, the tour is contained in two soundstages, J and K, and is kept separate from the rest of the complex. It opened to the public in 2012.
Note: The following order of sets is not the same as the one presented in the studio.
Privet Drive 4
Gringotts Bank
Diagon Alley
Platform 9 3/4
Hogwarts
The Great Hall
The Yuleball
Slytherin common room
Gryffindor common room and boys' dormitory
Dumbledore's office
Potions classroom
Herbology
Mirror of Erised
Remus Lupin's trunk
Chamber of Secrets
Hagrid's hut
The Forbidden Forest
The Burrow
Malfoy Manor
Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort
Ministry of Magic
Knight Bus
Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames. The Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. It is a home of the Crown Jewels of England.
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become a world-famous symbol of London. The bridge consists of two bridge towers tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways.
Day 4 23.08
London Dungeon is a tourist attraction along London's South Bank, which recreates various gory and macabre historical events in a gallows humour style. It uses a mixture of live actors, special effects and rides. The London Dungeon features 19 shows, 20 actors and 2 rides. Visitors are taken on a journey through 1000 years of London's history where they meet actors performing as some of London's most infamous characters, including Jack the Ripper and Sweeney Todd. The Dungeon's shows are staged on theatrical sets with special effects. The show incorporates events such as the Black Death and the Gunpowder Plot, and includes characters such as "The Torturer", "The Plague Doctor", and "The Judge". Guests are encouraged to participate in the shows. The experience also includes a "drop ride to doom", a free-fall ride staged as a public hanging.
Trafalgar Squareis a public square in the City of Westminster, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar.
Piccadily Circusis a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainment areas in the West End. Its status as a major traffic junction has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting place and a tourist attraction in its own right. The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side, as well as the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain and statue of Anteros.
