A trip to London

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First thing in the morning we took a tour around a place where many important figures were imprisoned and eventually executed. It was begun by William the Conqueror in 1070, and it houses the Crown Jewels.
WHAT LANDMARK DID WE VISIT?
WHAT IS THE OLDEST PART OF THIS LANDMARK (THE ORIGINAL BUILDING), WHICH IS ALSO THE OLDEST SURVIVING BUILDING IN LONDON?

Throughout history, this landmark has been a fortress, a prison, and a treasury. WHAT OTHER PURPOSES HAS IT SERVED?
IN WHAT TOWER OF THIS LANDMARK IS IT SAID THAT KING RICHARD III HAD HIS TWO NEPHEWS KILLED?
WHAT TWO WIVES OF THE TUDOR KING HENRY VIII WERE BEHEADED ON TOWER GREEN?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ENTRANCE FROM THE RIVER, THROUGH WHICH STATE PRISONERS ENTERED THE FORTRESS?

A Beefeater was our tour guide.
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BEEFEATERS?

During our visit we could see some black birds (ravens).
WHAT DOES A LEGEND SAY ABOUT THEM?

We loved seeing the Crown Jewels at the Waterloo Barracks. We were really impressed at the Koh-i-noor diamond, which is in the Queen Mother’s crown. Our teacher told us about the legend.
WHY IS IT ALWAYS POSSESSED BY A WOMAN?

Next to this landmark, we could see the only Thames bridge that can be raised. It is the last London bridge to cross the river downstream and it gets its name from the Tower of London.
WHAT BRIDGE IS IT?
WHAT YEAR WAS IT FINISHED?
WHAT STYLE IS IT?

From the bridge, we looked back at the Tower and the City, and we discovered a building which was very similar to Torre Agbar in Barcelona. Our teacher told us that its name began with letter G.
WHAT IS IT CALLED?
WHEN WAS IT BUILT?

After crossing the bridge, we saw a modern building to our right. It was the City Hall.
WHEN WAS IT COMPLETED?
WHO DESIGNED IT?

In the afternoon, we took the underground (or the tube, as they call it) to go to our next destination. London had the first underground in the world.
IN WHAT YEAR WAS IT OPENED?

The underground took us to an area of London where the West Indian community hold a Caribbean-style carnival in August.
WHAT AREA IS IT?

After browsing at the popular Portobello Market, we headed for the largest and most famous department store in London. It was established in 1849 as a humble grocery store, but today it is a giant store, illuminated by 11,500 light bulbs at night. We loved seeing the Egyptian Hall.
WHAT DEPARTMENT STORE WAS IT?

From there, we took the underground to one of the busiest traffic junctions in central London, which has a Statue of Eros (erected in 1893) in the middle, and some enormous electrically illuminated advertising signs.
WHAT PLACE WAS IT?

Actually, the statue wasn’t meant to be Eros.
WHAT IS IT, REALLY?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FOUNTAIN WHERE IT STANDS?
From here, we walked around Soho, Chinatown, and Leicester Square, where we found restaurants, pubs, theatres, and cinemas. We had a great evening!