London, Day 6

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It was raining this morning when we got up. We were meeting Alice today and going to Stoke-on -Trent. We left the apartment at about 8 and caught the underground to the Euston Station to met Alice. The rain stopped but the temp has dropped and it is a lot cooler today. We successfully got to Euston and met up with Alice then started our train journey to Stoke-on-Trent and the Burleigh pottery factory. This is England's oldest working Victorian pottery factory. The factory was closed today, but the factory shop was open. The man told us about how they are fixing up the old factory and buildings and by next year will have factory tours and a cafe too. There were not many people here. Next we taxied to the Wedgwood shop and had a look there. Some of the stuff was really expensive! Then after some lunch, and Dad's cup of tea, we went to the Monkey Forrest. There were quite a few monkeys and six babies! They were so cute! We had to keep a meter away from the monkeys, but they were not scared of us at all. There were not that many people visiting. We listened to the feeding talk and had another coffee then taxied back to the train station and back to London. The countryside was a lot like NZ and we saw the cannel with the cannel boats, it was pretty. Alice saw us off on our right underground line and we went back to the apartment. Paris tomorrow!

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Comments

[Room 10]

Storm
Hi Samantha, Everything is pretty much as normal after the storm in Waikanae. The river is flowing fast and a few branches have come off the trees but Wellington got the battering. There was one person who was driving 50km/hr down the Wellington Esplanade and they got over taken by a WHEELIBIN!!!! funny!!!! It's so funny that you have found something that reminds you of home. We will be sure to let 'Basil' know his brother 'Henry' is well. ha ha ha ha We are having a competition to see how you will be getting to France. Boat/Hovercraft etc = 2 people Train = 14 people Car/Automobile = 4 people Plane = 4 people Look forward to reading your next installment.... Room 10 x

[Field Trippers]

Travel to France
Hello Everyone! We travelled to France on the Eurostar which is a train that goes under the English Channel. Here are some interesting facts. The record speed for the Eurostar is 334km/hr. the length of each tunnel is 50 km which takes the train 20mins to go thru, (there are 2 train tunnels and 1 service tunnel incase the train breaks down) it was so quiet we didn't notice going thru!

[setal]

hi
so pleased you guys are having fun, keep the blogs coming they're brilliant. We are all well here, Sana is walking! X

[Field Trippers]

Hi!
Hi & lovely to hear from you, and little Sana walking, that's cool! We are having a great time and it is lovely to hear from everyone in N Z. Hope you didn't suffer to much damage in the storm. Bye for now & love to all. Melissa xx