Wednesday:
Our last day in London (as a team anyway) – we headed into Battersea Police Station – where we were met by Rotarians John & Re and past GSE Team members Justin (Pittsburgh 2005) & Andy (Charlotte 2006). Richard gave us a look at what policing is like in their area. We were toured around the station and had the opportunity to discuss both his and Andy’s past experiences with GSE, which was great. Heading out for a bite to eat (and nice ale to wash it down with – or glass of red) we continued our conversations, before having to move (as we had a tour at the Globe theatre – which you may – or should – have heard of).
Before arriving there, Re took us into Somerset House – where a creative display had been set up for London schools.
Arriving at the Globe Theatre, we were toured around as a small group, sitting in a number of areas whilst getting an informative tour of the theatre. It was rich with history and would be a fantastic place to see live theatre (unfortunately for us, the season ended two weeks ago – but we still got to have a look anyway!)
To finish our time off in the south in style, Re took us out to a beautiful restaurant before embarking on another wonderful event – Live Classical Music at Festival Hall (no – it’s not like ours back in Melbourne, about 1000 times classier!!!) It was a fantastic performance – which we all put down to the fact that it was led by an Aussie (can hear all the British that we have met so far laugh very loud at this comment!) – but they know it’s true!
Our last day in London (as a team anyway) – we headed into Battersea Police Station – where we were met by Rotarians John & Re and past GSE Team members Justin (Pittsburgh 2005) & Andy (Charlotte 2006). Richard gave us a look at what policing is like in their area. We were toured around the station and had the opportunity to discuss both his and Andy’s past experiences with GSE, which was great. Heading out for a bite to eat (and nice ale to wash it down with – or glass of red) we continued our conversations, before having to move (as we had a tour at the Globe theatre – which you may – or should – have heard of).
Before arriving there, Re took us into Somerset House – where a creative display had been set up for London schools.
Arriving at the Globe Theatre, we were toured around as a small group, sitting in a number of areas whilst getting an informative tour of the theatre. It was rich with history and would be a fantastic place to see live theatre (unfortunately for us, the season ended two weeks ago – but we still got to have a look anyway!)
To finish our time off in the south in style, Re took us out to a beautiful restaurant before embarking on another wonderful event – Live Classical Music at Festival Hall (no – it’s not like ours back in Melbourne, about 1000 times classier!!!) It was a fantastic performance – which we all put down to the fact that it was led by an Aussie (can hear all the British that we have met so far laugh very loud at this comment!) – but they know it’s true!
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