Saturday, May 14, 2011

London 17/4/2011 - by Luke

We woke up today, had brekky and got dressed. We had to get to church by 11:00am, so we set out as soon as we could.

Firstly, we walked a while until we got to the train station, and caught the train. From there we got on a double decker bus, and we got off a little while later. We then went into a church called St. John’s.

The people in there were really friendly, even though we came in halfway through the service. It was an extremely small church, with a population of about 30-40. But they all had passion and longing to become better followers of Jesus, which was great. The sermon was on Jesus’ trial, and how even though it seemed like he was being beaten he was actually in control the entire time. After the service finished they invited us to the church lunch, which we decided to go to. We had potatoes with different fillings in them, which was nice. At about 1:30pm we said goodbye, and started walking to the Royal Albert Hall, where we were going to see a show at 3:00pm.

We walked through a very rich area of London, and the reason we could tell this was because of the cars. I saw about 5 Aston Martins, 4 Jaguars, so many Porsches I lost count (Including a bright orange 911), 3 Masaratis, heaps of Mercedes, Audi and BMW and 3 awesome Ferraris. Almost every second car though, was a Mini Cooper. We spent a while looking at cars, but eventually we started to walk along the Kensington Gardens, and we reached the Royal Albert Hall.

After we got our tickets we went in, and I was gobbsmacked. The hall was HUGE!!!!!! The organ at the back was the largest dad had ever seen in his life, and there was row after row of seats. Above, on the roof, was heaps of strange light thingys, and I noticed a massive net filled with red and white balloons. The show then started.

The concert we had gone to was a St George’s Day concert, to celebrate England’s saint by putting on a big show with heaps of English songs in it. A full orchestra was there, along with a choir. They performed songs like “There’ll Always Be An England” where everyone waved English flags enthusiastically, and “Zadok The Priest”, which is the song they play at every king or queen’s coronation. To finish off though, “Rule Britannia” was played with gusto, and during “Pomp And Circumstance No.1” all the red and white balloons fell from the ceiling and landed on the audience. It was an atmosphere and event I’ll never forget.


Back outside, to finish off out flashy car day, we saw a black Lamborghini Gallardo, which roared through the streets, attracting everyone’s attention. We walked back past the Thames again, and by the time we got back home it was dinner time, and after dinner we got into our PJ’s and went to bed.

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