Natural History Museum

The exciting experience of this museum begins after entering, on having seen the precious hall presided by the skeleton of an enormous Diplodocus besides a Mastodon found in Tagua Tagua's Lagoon, Chile.

It was constructed between 1873 and 1880 to shelter the increasing collection of skeletons, plants and fossils that were constituting a section of the British Museum. Legally the museum of natural history remained as part of the British Museum until 1963. In 1986 it absorbed the nearby geological Museum acquiring The Natural's official name History Museum.

The classic style of the decoration takes us behind in the time and seems that we are going to cross with English gentlemen with bowler hat.

The museum divides principally in five areas: Botany, zoology, entomology (insects), mineralogy and paleontology. It (he, she) possesses a varied collection with more than 70 million specimens and objects in exhibition.

The most famous zone is the zone of paleontology, a very pleasant tour full of skeletons of dinosaur of the most diverse heights and types. The visit to this part ends in a room in which there is a great articulated tiranosaurio that creates realistic enough effects.

Of the rest of zones stands out the enormous collection of dissected animals that shape the zone of zoology and entomology. Considered one of the major collections of the world of animal specimens, stand out especially those t

hat were donated by Darwin to the museum.

Impressive they are also the rooms dedicated to the minerals, with spectacular collections of precious stones.

General Information:

The entry is free to the general exhibition.

It opens every day of 10.00 - 17.50. The museum is in Exhibition Road, in Kensington. The most nearby stop of meter is South Kensington

, to which Circle and Piccadilly comes near with the lines District.

The buses that stop nearby are 14, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, 414 and C1.

Pieces of advice:

- The museum is thought to a great extent for children so families will not have problems to move. There are all kinds of services like restaurants, zones of picnic, and elevators for carts...

- After coming, after going through the con

trols of entry (you will have to show the content of bags that you take) look for a plane of the museum to know where everything is.

- The museum of Natural History is stuck to the museum of Sciences, so consider visiting both. Though they are enormous and you might spend days in each of them, for a general glimpse it is sufficient to use hour and a half for each one.

- The own building of the museum makes the visit both externally and in the inside worthwhile.

- Harrods is 10 minutes on foot, is not a bad idea to programme one evening combined of purchases and culture visiting the museums and shopping at Knightsbridge.

- The museum shop is very interesting.

The museum is divided in four zones:

- Red zone: the marvels of our planet with the volcanoes, the earthquakes and our giant model of the Earth.

- Green zone: to investigate the ecology of the Earth. Dodo knows one. To explore the magnificent central Hall including Charles Darwin's statue and our new roof tree installation.

- Blue zone: the experience of the age of the dinosaurs. Discover a world of big mammals, the blue whale, and learn on the human body.

- Orange zone: it explores Vida Silvestre's Garden and the new Darwin Center

Spices & food

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National Gallery

The museum is in Trafalgar Square.

It’s the principal art museum of London. The National Gallery has turned in a gallery of art of international name from his foundation into 1824. It was shaped principally by his first directors, included the painter Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, and increased by private donations, which nowadays compose two thirds of his permanent collection. It is more reduced in comparison with the Louvre. There are more than 2300 paintings since 1250. It is only necessary to pay the entry for certain exhibitions. The entry of the museum is free.

It’s considered one of the museum whit the highest variety and quality. Here we can just find paintings. There are a lot of private collections. The most important Italian artist are: Piero della Francesca, Rafael and Tiziano. Spanish paintings number is reduced but there are fundamental pieces.

The National Gallery has been lodged in three different buildings. The current building was begun by William Wilkins. From 2002 until 2006, the director of this institution has been Charles Saumarez Smith. From December, 2007, the direction of the Gallery is at the expense of the prestigious historian of the Art, Nicholas Penny.

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In this museum we have:

• Easy access for disabled persons.
  
• The best collection of art in the world.
  
• Visits every days.
  
• Audio guides.
  
• Restaurants and coffees.
  
• And other commune installation.

Fish / seafood

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Dairy and Farm Food

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Cereals

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General food

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Turkish menu

Turkish menu

Cold Starter
· Yogourt with garlic and mint……………………… £ 4.00
· Pepper stuffed with rice, pine nuts and raisins.£ 4.00
Salads
· lettuce,chicken,orange,tomato and cucumber..£ 5.00
· lettuce,cheese,ham,tomato and cucumber……..£4.50
Lamb
· Lamb cooked with musherooms and cheese…….£ 10.00
· Lamb with aubergine,onion,tomato,pepper, and cheese……… £10.00
Desserts
· Baklava ( typical turkish)………………………………£ 3.50
· Helvah ( a dessert from Turkey)………………………£ 3.50

Spanish menu

Spanish menu

Starter
· chicken croquettes………………………………………£ 3.50
· Spicy peppers stuffed with beef……………………£ 5.00
Soups
· Garlic’ soup…………………………………………………£ 4.00
· Onion soup with grated parmesan cheese………£ 7.40
Salads
· Mixted salad…………………………………………….£ 5.00
· Salad with bacon and tomatoes…………………£ 5.00
Meats
· Entrecot with Roquefor sauce……………………£ 12.50
· Lamb with fruit chutney …………………………£ 12.00
Typical plates
· Spanish potatoes omelette…………………………£ 5.50
· Andalusian Gazpacho………………………………£ 5.00
Desserts
· Chocolate truffles……………………………………£ 6.30
· Crepe with apple, almonds and honey……….£4.30



*we have waiters who speak three lenguages
*we have children menu
*Before dinner you can swim in our pool
*book a table for 10 people and we will give you a present!

Shopping in London

Oxford Street:
It is one of the biggest streets in London and the biggest commercial street in the world. It has more than 300 shops and department stores like Debenhams, Selfridges, Marks and Spencer or John Lewis. Some of the shops that we can find they are:

•Disney Store

Swatch

Fossil

London Best Souvenirs

Marks & Spencer
Mango

Top Shop

Selfridges
John Lewis

Debenhams

Bhs

House of Fraser

Bershka

Primark

and more...

Covent Garden:
A commercial district replete with shops of all kinds and with a central market full of shops of souvenirs. The streets of Covent Garden vibrate of street spectacles and offer to the visitor the unique experience of shopping, restaurants, coffee shops, with speciality in mode and crafts, in the full center of London.

-Underground: Covent Garden

Bond Street:
The zone of the shops of high place standing and the houses of most famous auctions. The lovers of the products Channel, Versace, Alexander McQueen or the jeweler's shop Tiffany's and the fans to buying in Sotheby's or Phillips, will find in this street their paradise.

-Underground:Bond Street

Soho:
Its cultural variety attracted to important literary and artistic gatherings and, nowadays, there is no place in London where so different people could meet. If the Soho has a "centre" this street is Old Compton Street, where there are plenty of fashionable cafeterias and boutiques.

-Underground: Piccadilly Circus, Leicester square

Chinatown:
It is just in the full heart of the Soho, Chinatown is a neighborhood characterized by its shops, stores, boutiques and Chinese and Asian restaurants.

Here you will find the best variety of the Chinese and oriental gastronomy, spices, fish and all kinds of tracks related to the thousand-year-old culture. In addition, in this neighborhood, the visitor will be able to find products and Asian and African spices, which are impossible to find in the big supermarkets.

Carnaby Street:
It is the street of the 60´s fashion and has earned its reputation for the great diversity of shops of vintage that exist from this epoch. Newburgh's street offers the shops of a number of such known designers as Jean Paul Gaultier and Juan Richmond.

And near Kingly Court, there are 3 floors of shops that offer products that cannot be found any other place of London.

-Underground: Oxford Circus

Hamleys:

Known as the best shop of toys of the world, certainly if you cross its 3 floors you´ll have to affirm that. A very nice personnel and more than 40.000 games and toys for all the ages.
It is one of the biggest shops of toys in London and one of the biggest of the world.

Bluewater:
It is an enormous mall and of leisure in the surrounding areas of the metropolitan area of London, called "Greater London". It is one of the biggest malls of the whole Europe, with more than 330 shops and a whole of 40 cafeterias, bars and restaurants, besides a cinema with 13 rooms. It is a paradise for the addicts to shopping.

Pakistani menu

Pakistani menu

Starter
· Salad with prawns……………………………………£ 10.00
· Fried onions rings……………………………………£ 4.50
Meats
· Chicken with yogourt………………………………£10.00
· Lamb with lemon and almonds sauce………£ 10.00
Fish
· Salmon with vinaigrette sauce…………………£ 10.00
· Sole with special sauce……………………………£9.30
Desserts
· Sheep’s cheese with tomatoes……………………£ 5.00
· Pudding with chocolate……………………………£ 5.00

*we have more especialities in the menu.
*you can celebrate here your wedding!
*we have bottles of the house wine

Japanese menu

Japanese menu

Salads
· Vegetal salad with seaweeds……………………£ 5.00
· Salad with raw fish…………………………………£ 5.00
Soups
· Soy nuts’ soup…………………………………………£ 4.00
· Soup with seaweeds…………………………………£4.00
Starter
· Vegetables pasty………………………………………£ 3.50
· Fried soy’s curd…………………………………………£ 3.00
Rice and pasta
· Fried rice with seafood and vegetables…………£ 5.00
· Noodles with prawns……………………………………£ 5.50
Sushi
· Tuna sushi…………………………………………………£ 6.00
· Salmon sushi…………………………………………… £ 6.00

*if you have dinner in the restaurant, we will give you a bottle of “saque”

BIG STORES
Harrods
The mall Harrods is a great store that is placed in Brompton Road, a street of Knightsbridge's neighborhood, in full center of the city of London. Besides the stores, the group Harrods possesses the Bank Harrods, the real estate agency Harrods and the air line Harrods.


Harrods London has a surface of about 20.000 square metres distributed into five floors. The closest underground is Knightsbridge.
The current owner of the store of London is the Egyptian magnate Mohamed Al. Recently, these stores have been rewarded with Imperial Mark - a former royal certificate with more than three hundred years of antiquity, after being taken off of the royal certificate of the duke of Edinburgh.
Harrods is in 87-135 of Brompton Road, its schedules are from Monday until Saturday of 10:00 to 20:00 and on Sundays of 12:00 to 18:00.


History
Harrods had origins in the East End of London at the beginning of the reign of queen Victoria. In 1835, Charles Henry Harrod established the shop in the sidewalk of opposite his house, in Stepney. Harrods, worried by the epidemic of cholera that was flogging London, knew a merchant who wanted to get away from the rent of a store of ultramarine in Knightsbridge, that´s why the shop was moved in 1849 to what at the time was the semi-rural Brompton Road.

Harrods grew and the shop acquired several contiguous buildings. It had a great transformation in 1861 when Harrod's son, Charles Digby Harrod, took charge of the business. On December 6, 1883, a fire destroyed the buildings of the stores, giving to the family the occasion to reconstruct them to a bigger scale.

In 1959 the House Fraser bought the stores. Harrods has been attacked by IRA in three occasions. It suffered many hurts but in spite of it re –opened before three days . Harrods was bought by the brothers Al in 1985 by 615 million pounds, since then the space of sales has been extended to include those who before were zones for the personnel and the storage, on the top basement and the floors.


TO EAT IN HARRODS

Certainly, why not ... in Harrods it is also possible to eat, and they are multitude of restaurants of Different types :
- American type, years 70
- Self-service, to eat rapidly,
- Japanese
- The luxurious Georgian, with a pianist chhering the food.
– A Spanish restaurant of snacks (tapas-bar).

As a curiosity we have to say that in Harrods's restaurants we will be able to taste Harrods beer, exquisite but expensive, a very typical exquisiteness of London.


Buy in Harrods

These most famous big stores are in Knghtsbridge's zone, closely together of Hyde park or Buckingham's palace, for saying some references known. They raise in a majestic and unmistakable building in the most animated commercial street. Harrods is one more point of any tourist visit to London and it is obvious on having entered that one sees many people walking and being photographed but a few buying. And it is that Harrods has reputation of being expensive, a bit in the general line of London, though since in everything there are products to better prices and everything depends on the pocket of the visitor.


Harrods has 7 floors.

The lower ground :




The Ground floor :





First floor:



Second floor:

Third floor:

Fourth floor:



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Vocabulary

¿En qué planta se encuentra la ropa de. . .?
- What floor does one find women's clothes?
- What floor does one find men’s clothes?
- What floor does one find children's clothes?


¿ Cuánto cuesta esto?
How much does this cost?

¿ Se puede pagar … ?
-Can I pay with credit card / con tarjeta de crédito
-Can I pay in cash? / en efectivo

¿Dónde está el punto de Información?
-Where is the Information point ?

¿Tienes de esta prenda una talla . . .?
-Have you a bigger size of this . . . ? /Más grande
-Have you a smaller size of this . . .?/Más pequeña


¿Cuál es el restaurante . .?
-Which is the cheapest restaurant? / Más barato
-Which is the most expensive restaurant? / Más caro
-Which is the restaurant with best food? / Con mejor comida

¿Dónde estan los baños?
-Where are the toilettes?

¿Me puede indicar por donde salir?
-Can you indicate me the exit?

¿Cuánto cuesta el parking?
-How much does the parking cost?

TRAVEL AGENCY

-Vocabulary:
-What is the best offer to go London? - ¿Cuál es la mejor oferta para ir a Londres?
-What’s the price? - ¿Cuál es el precio?
-Is the hotel well located? - ¿Está el hotel bien situado?
-Is the hotel in the centre of the city? - ¿Está el hotel en el centro de la ciudad?
-What time does the flight go to London? - ¿A qué hora sale el vuelo?
-What is the regime of accommodation of the hotel? - ¿Cuál es el régimen de alojamiento del hotel?
-Where is the hotel? - ¿Dónde está el hotel?
-Is the hotel near the airport? - ¿Está el hotel cerca del aeropuerto?

AIRPORTS:

Heathrow:
It’s situated at 24 km in the west of London and is one of the biggest commercials airports of the world. It has four terminals and it’s connected with the underground line of Piccadilly. Moreover, if we arrive at an inconvenient hour, we can stay in some of the many hotels near the airport.

Getting there:
Heathrow Express (Train)
Route: Heathrow Central Station - Paddington Station (15 min.) Timetable: Between 5.12/5.08am y 11.32/11.37pm Mon-Sat/Sun, come out every 15min. Price: single/return ticket £16, 50/£32, 00. Children (5-15 years) single/return ticket, £8, 20/£16, 00.

Underground
Route: Heathrow Central Station – London’s Centre (1 hour)Timetable: Between 5.30am y 11.45pm, Come out every 2-8 min. Price: One journey £4,00.
Airbus A2
Route: Heathrow Central Station - King's Cross Station (1hour 15 min.) Timetable: Each 30 min. until 1pm, so every 60 minPrice: single/return ticket: £6/£10.

Taxi
The price to London’s centre is between £40 and £70. The route lasts an hour approximately.

Gatwick:
Gatwick is situated 48 km at the south of London, and although it is smaller than Heathrow, is very well organized and it offers facilities like the possibility to keep your suitcase for £3.50 / 6 hours.

Getting there:
Gatwick Express (Train)
Route: Gatwick - Victoria Station (30 min) Timetable: 5are - moonlight, Come out every 15 min. Each 35 min on Sundays. Price: single/return £16, 90/£28, 80.

Connex South Central train service
Route: Gatwick - Victoria Station (35 min) Timetable: 24 hours, Come out every 15/30 min, of 1am at 4 am each 60 minPrice: single ticket £10, 90.

Airbus No.5
Route: Gatwick - Victoria Station (90 min) Timetable: Gatwick 4.15am - 9.15pm each 60 min, from Victoria Station 6am - 11pm Price: single/return £ 8.50/£10.

Taxi
Price: between £70 and £80

Stansted:
It’s situated 56 km at the northeast of London and is considered the third airport in volume of passengers of the city.

Getting there:
Stansted Express (Train)
Route: Stansted - Liverpool Street Station (45 min) Timetable: Each 15 - 30 minutes. From Stansted 6am - 23:59pm, Liverpool Street 5am - 11pm. Price: single/return ticket £18, 00/ £26, 80. Children, single/return ticket, £9, 00/ £13, 40.

Airbus A6
Route: Stansted - Victoria Station (90 min) Timetable: Each 30 minutes. From Stansted 3.30am - 11.30pm, to Victoria Station 4.00am - 11.30pm, after each hour.Price: single/return ticket: £7/£10.

Bus Terravision
- Route: Stansted to Victoria Station: 75 min.
- Route: Stansted to Liverpool Street: 55 min.
Adults single/return ticket £9/£13. Children single/return ticket £4/£7.
Taxi
Price: £100 to London’s centre.

LONDON CITY AIRPORT
It’s situated 10 km at the East of London. It has regular flights to more than 20 European cities and it links with the more important cities of the British Isles (Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Isla de Man y Jersey)

Getting there:
Blue airport Shuttlebus
Route: London City - Liverpool Street (25 min)Timetable: Each 10/15 min. From the airport 6.50am (11am Dom.)-10pm(1.15pm Sat), from Liverpool Street 6.15am (10.30 Dom)-9pm(112.45 Sat)Price: single/return ticket £6/£12.

Green Airport Shuttlebus
Route: London City - Canning Town Station (5 min)Timetable: Each 10 min. from 6am(10.00 Dom) - 10.20pm(1.15 Sat)Price: Adult/Child £2/£1 route.

Taxi
The price to the centre of London is £100

Luton:
It’s the smallest airport of London and is situated 56 km of London.

Getting there:
Green Line bus No 757
Route: Luton - Buckingham Palace road (60 min).Timetable: From Buckingham Palace each 30 min. of 7.00am(7.35 Sat y Sun)-10pm, after each 60min. until 6.30am, from Luton each 30min. from 8am - 8pm, after each 60min. until 7.30am.Price: single/return ticket £12/£13, 50.

Bus Terravision
Route of Luton to Victoria Station: 65 min. Adults single/return ticket £13/£16. Children single/return ticket £8/£11, 50.Exit from London: - Stop nº 2 of the bus station of Green Line, in Builled Way, situated near Buckingham Palace, behind Victoria Station.- stop nº 9 of Buckingham Palace Road.

Types of food in london

Fish & chips



It was first marketed as a food dish in “take away”. It has become the most popular English dish. This dish is composed by muffled and fried hake.




Roast Beef


Another famous dish is “roast beef”.
If you are going to ask for it in a restaurant the question that the waiter will make will be: “do you want it rare, medium or well done?"
They are talking about the point of boiling of the meat. Rare is almost crude, medium with some blood and well done completely cooked.
It can be accompanied by delicious English mustard and steamed vegetables as siders.




Pastry of meat


There are also very popular "pies", which are pastry filed with meat. You can choose: Shepherds Pie, Chicken and mushroom pie or Steak and kidney pie.





English sausages



English people have a great variety of types of sausages.
This plate consists of a variety of sausages cooked in sauce and accompanied by mash of potatoes.




Sweets

To end, ask for “Apple” or any type of “crumble”, for example of cranberry. It is a delicious pastry of fruits covered with creaking crumbs.




… Are you looking for a cheap food, but you do not want to lose the quality ?

I recommend you…


- Wagamama.: there you will be able to enjoy a healthy variety of plates of noodles, soups and show restraint from rice to a good price.

-Ping Pong: it is a restaurant of " dim sum " very economical, but with class. The place is modern and with style, serves a classic " dim sum" menu, coctails of intense flavor and a selection of Chinese tea of flowers.

-The pizzeria The Porchetta serves enormous and delicious pizzas at prices so low that you will find it hard to believe. This makes this restaurant the perfect place to celebrate a great holiday.

Other typical food in London

High tea

High Tea is often a misnomer. Most people refer to afternoon tea as high tea because they think it sounds royal and lofty, when nowadays high tea, or "meat tea" is dinner. High tea, in Britain, at any rate, tends to be on the heavier side. American hotels and tea rooms, on the other hand, continue to misunderstand the term and offer tidbits of fancy pastries and cakes on delicate china when they offer a "high tea."
Afternoon tea (because it was usually taken in the late afternoon) is also called "low tea" because it was usually taken in a sitting room or withdrawing room where low tables (like a coffee table) were placed near sofas or chairs generally in a large withdrawing room. There are three basic types of Afternoon, or Low Tea:

Cream Tea : Tea, scones, jam and cream

Light Tea : Tea, scones and sweets

Full Tea : Tea, savories, scones, sweets and dessert.

In England, the traditional time for tea was four or five o'clock and no one stayed after seven o'clock. Most tea rooms today serve tea from three to five o'clock. The menu has also changed from tea, bread, butter and cakes, to include three particular courses served specifically in this order:

Savories : Tiny sandwiches or appetizers

Scones :Served with jam and Devonshire or clotted cream

Pastries : Cakes, cookies, shortbread and sweets.

Ploughman lunch

The ploughman's is a simple meal consisting of the traditional ingredients of cheese, bread, butter and pickles. Every pub chef will have his or her own version of what constitutes a ploughman's and there are many variations, some better than others.

Italian menu

Italian menu

Starter
· Fried Onion Rings………………………………………£ 2.50
· Fried Chicken’s wings…………………………………£ 2.50
Salads
· Cesar Salad…………………………………………………£ 4.50
· Pasta salad……..…………………………………………£ 4.00
Meats
· Escalope with Parmesan cheese………………..….£ 5.50
· Brochette with different meats and tomatoes.£1.50
Hamburgers & sandwich
· Vegetal sandwich…………………………………………£ 3.00
· Double hamburger with chips………………………£ 3.00
Pizzas
· Four cheeses pizza………………………………………£ 4.50
· Pizza with pineapple and ham………………………£ 5.00
Pasta
· Meat Lasagna………………………………………………£ 4.25
· Spinach’s Raviolli……………………………………….£ 4.00
Desserts
· Chocolate mousse…………………………………………£ 3.50
· Custard………………………………………………………£ 2.50


*VAT is included
* There is a set menu (only Mondays to Fridays)


We hope to see you soon!

Vocabulary for hotel

Questions:

· Where is the hotel…? --> ¿Dónde está el hotel…?
· Do you have any room available? --> ¿Tiene alguna habitación disponible?
· Where/which is my room? --> ¿Dónde o cúal es mi habitación?
· Can you give me the key of the bedroom (nº)? --> ¿Puede darme la llave de la habitación nº...?
· What can I do with my suitcase? --> ¿Qué puedo hacer con mi maleta?
· Where is the dining room? --> ¿Dónde está el comedor?
· What time is breakfast served? --> ¿A qué hora se sirve el desayuno?
· How much is it? / How much does it cost? --> ¿Cúanto cuesta?
· Where is the toilet? --> ¿Dónde hay un baño?
· How can I come to ...... street…? --> ¿Cómo puedo llegar a la calle…?
· Where is the underground? --> ¿Dónde esta el metro?
· Can you show me on the map...? -->¿Puede señalarme en el mapa...?
· Can you tell me where the ... is? --> ¿Puede decirme dónde está…?

Sentences:

· A table for two people, please. --> Una mesa para dos persona, por favor.
· The bill, please. --> La cuenta, por favor.
· I'm vegetarian. --> Soy vegetariana/o.
· I'm finished. --> Ya he acabado.
· I don't understand. --> No le entiendo.
· Excuse me. --> Perdone.
· It is very expensive. --> Es muy caro.

Vocabulary:

· Elevator --> Ascensor.
· Napkin --> Servilleta.
· Cutlery --> Cubiertos.
· Blanket --> Manta.
· Suitcase --> Maleta.
· Pillows --> Almohadas.
· Arrival --> Llegada
· Bellboy --> Botones
· Booking --> Reserva
· Cancellation --> Cancelación
· Departure --> Salida
· Double Room --> Habitación Doble
· Plant --> Piso, planta
· Front office --> Recepción
· Front-office clerk --> Recepcionista
· Ground floor --> Planta baja
· Hall porter --> Conserje
· Housekeeping staff --> Personal de habitaciones

· Key --> Llave
· Key card --> Llave magnética
· Key clerk --> Encargado de llaves
· Laundry --> Lavanderia
· Lift --> Ascensor
· Lobby -- Vestíbulo
· Luggage --> Equipaje
· Porter --> Portero
· Registration card --> Tarjeta de registración
· Room service --> Servicio de habitación
· Single room --> Habitación simple
· Shower --> Ducha
· Staff --> Personal
· Towel -->Toalla
· Vacancy --> Disponibilidad de habitaciones
· Voucher --> Cupón
· Wake-up call --> Despertador telefónico
· To book --> Reservar
· To check in --> Registrarse
· To deposit --> Depositar
· To disturb --> Molestar
· To do a room --> Hacer una habitación
· To stay --> Quedarse

Indian menu

Indian menu

Vegetables
· Crunchies pasties with potatoes………………£3.00
· Spinachs’s croquettes…………………………… £ 3.00
Meats
· Chicken with curry sauce…………………………£ 4.00
· Grilled meats…………………………………….……£ 6.00
Rice
· Basmati rice with some sauces……………………£ 5.00
· Basmati rice with vegetables………………………£ 5.00
Desserts
· Malpoa (crepes) with white chocolate…………£3.00
· Typical indian cookies………………………………£2.00


*You can book a table by telephone
* The restaurant has a non-smoking area

Thank you for your visit!

Fast food menu

Fast food menu


Salads
· Cesar salad……………………………………………… £3.40
· Salad with apple and tomato……………………… £ 3.00
Hamburgers
· Chicken hamburger with mayonnaise………… £4.00
· Beef hamburger with lettuce……………………… £ 4.00
Sandwiches
· Mixt sandwich………………………………………… £ 3.00
· Special sandwich……………………………………… £ 3.00
Variety
· Fried chicken nuggets……………………………… £2.50
· Chips with sauces………………………………………£ 1.00
Drinks
· Soft drink…………………………………………………£ 2.00
· A bottle of water……………………………………… £ 1.00

Chinese menu

Chinese menu


Salads
· Chinese Salad……………………………………………… £ 3.65
· Salad with Soy ……………………………………………. £ 4.30
Soups
· Seafood Soup……………………………………………… £ 3.70
· Shark’s fin Soup…………………………………………… £ 3.00
Starter
· Spring roll…………………………………………………… £ 1.55
· Fried Wan Tu……………………………………………… £ 3.50
Rice and Noodles
· Fried three delicious rice……………………………… £ 3.60
· Fried noodles with beef………………………………... £ 4.30
Vegetables
· Chinese mushrooms with fried bambu…………… £ 4.80
· Fried Chinese Vegetables……………………………… £ 4.75

Chicken
· Fried Chicken with lemon……………………………… £ 4.70
· Fried Chicken with almonds………………………….. £ 4.70
Beef
· Beef with green peppers………………………………… £ 5.00
· Beef with bambu and Chinese mushrooms……. £ 6.00
Pork
· Pork with sour sauce…………………………………… £ 4.70
· Pork with bambu and Chinese mushrooms……… £ 6.00
Duck
· Duck with pineapple………………………………… £ 6.50
· Duck with lemon………………………………………… £ 5.00




*we have children menu too
*you can pay by card
*ask for our waiters about our desserts!




HAVE A GOOD MEAL!

Nightlife in London

THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA

The most famous area is West End, including the Soho, Notting Hill, Candem Town

SOHO...

Soho: The Soho is a small, multicultural area of central London. It is concentrated on industry, commerce, culture and entertainment. It is a residential area for rich and poor people. Soho is famous for its numerous clubs, pubs, bars and restaurants, also for its opening night coffee at weekends along the night.

NOTTING HILL…

Notting Hill is a cosmopolitan district particularly known for the town's annual Notting Hill Carnival, which takes place in August. This is a huge street celebration of Caribbean culture, focusing on colorful parades. The carnival was originally established in the mid-60s

TIMETABLE OF PUBS AND CURIOSITIES...

The best time to enter a pub in London is around six p.m., the pubs close around 11pm. The new entertainment that offers this capital is the route of pubs, also called pub crawl.
To eat the real British food, the pub is the place you should go. The food that all foreigners know for excellence is the popular fish and chips, though the variety does not end there. The pubs tend to have pork and veal, always accompanied by boiled vegetables.

GASTRO PUBS....

London's pubs have changed. Before, they were places where people went to drink and speak, the decoration was not careful and now they are places where people go to eat well with the best amenities and carefully decorated. The most famous gastro pubs of London are:

-the Couch
-the Cow Dining Room in Notting Hill
-the Duke of Cambridge
-the Eagle
-the Garrisonthe Gunthe Marquess Tavern
-the Queen's Head & Artichokethe St John's Tavern

The most famous clubs in London are:

-Fabric: it is situated in 77A Charterhouse Street
-Pacha: It is situated in Victoria, Terminus Place,
-The end: It is situated in 18 West Central
-StHeaven: It is situated in Under The Arches
-Heaven: It is situated in Under The Arches

IN THE PUB


ENGLISH-SPANISH

Excuse me, how much ..? Perdona, ¿cuanto cuesta...?

Sorry, could I make a reservation to eat? Perdona, ¿podria hacer una reserva para comer?

Can you give me a glass of water please? ¿Me puedes dar un vaso de agua porfavor?

Have you a menu? ¿Tienes una carta?

Where is the bathroom? ¿Dònde esta el baño?

IN THE STREET

What is the timetable? ¿Cuál es el horario?


Excuse me, can you tell me where ... is? ¿Perdon me puedes decir donde esta..?

Excuse me , Is there a pharmacy near? Perdon, ¿hay una farmacia cerca?

Sentences:
· A table for two people, please. --> Una mesa para dos persona, por favor.
· The check, please. --> La cuenta, por favor.
· I'm vegetarian. --> Soy vegetarian.
· I'm finished. --> Ya he acabado.
· I don't understand. --> No te entiendo.
· Excuse me. --> Perdoneme.
· It is very expensive. --> Es muy caro.



Vocabulary:
· Elevator --> Ascensor.
· Napkin --> Servilleta.
· Cutlery --> Cubiertos.
· Blanket --> Manta.
· Suitcase --> Maleta.
· Pillows --> Almohadas.
· Arrival --> Llegada
· Bellboy --> Botones
· Booking --> Reserva
· Cancellation --> Cancelación
· Departure --> Salida
· Double Room --> Habitación Doble
· Plant --> Piso, planta
· Front office --> Recepción
· Front-office clerk --> Recepcionista
· Ground floor --> Planta baja
· Hall porter --> Conserje
· Housekeeping staff --> Personal de habitaciones
· Key --> Llave
· Key card --> Llave magnética
· Key clerk --> Encargado de llaves
· Laundry --> Lavanderia
· Lift --> Ascensor
· Lobby --> Vestíbulo
· Luggage --> Equipaje
· Porter --> Portero-
· Registration card --> Tarjeta de registración
· Room service --> Servicio de habitación
· Single room --> Habitación simple
· Shower --> Ducha
· Staff --> Personal
· Towel --> Toalla
· Vacancy --> Disponibilidad de habitaciones
· Voucher --> Cupón
· Wake-up call --> Despertador telefónico
· To book --> Reservar
· To check in --> Registrarse
· To deposit --> Depositar
· To disturb --<> Hacer una habitación
· To stay --> Quedarse

Imperial War

Imperial War Museum London

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
United Kingdom

Email: General enquiries: mail@iwm.org.uk

General enquiries: +44 (0)20 7416 5000

Fax: +44 (0)207 416 5374

Contact details for IWM
Collections: see Collections

Opening times:

It opens daily (except 24, 25 and 26 December) 10.00am - 6.00pm

Admission:

FREE (NB: special exhibitions may charge an admission fee)

Museum Guidebook

you can now purchase a copy of our Museum Guidebook from our Online Shop

TOURIST INFORMATION

Attractions close to Imperial War Museum.

The London Eye

This is on the South Bank of the Thames. If you want to have a nice view, don’t doubt to get on.

The Houses of Parliament

The Houses of Parliament is on The North Bank of Thames at Westminster.

Florence Nightingale Museum

Florence Nightingale was the person who developed modern nursing. In this museum there is information about her life and work. You can find interesting information.

South Bank Centre

The South Bank Centre comprises The Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery. It shares the site with the independently managed National Theatre, the National Film Theatre and the British Film Institute.

National Theatre

In the National Theatre you can find spectacular musicals, new plays for all the family. There are three theatres housed by The National: the Olivier, the Lyttelton and the Cottesloe, all together under one roof.

Tate Britain

The national gallery of British art from 1500 to 2004. It includes the Turner Gallery.

Tate Modern

Tate Modern, housed in a spectacular former power station, is home the Tate's collection of modern and contemporary art.

Museum of Garden History

In this museum you can find the story of the history of gardening and the work of celebrated gardeners. There’s an important gardener family: the Tradescant (they were the gardeners of Charles I and Charles II)

PUBLIC TRANSPORTS AT LONDON

THE UNDERGROUND



There are more than 275 stations distributed all over the city, which means that you will always have a tube station near you. All the stations have tube maps,so you can consult them when you need it.




Direction of the trains

The trains and the platforms can usually be described as “eastbound”, “westbound”, “northbound” and “southbound” depending on the direction of the line. The trains that go left to right are “eastbound”; right to left, “westbound”; from the top to the bottom, “southbound”; and from the bottom aupwards “northbound”. In the front of the train and in the indicator of the platform you can see the last shutdown of the train, that usually is the end of the line.



Zones & map of tube

The underground net of London is divided into six “zones” that appear in the map like concentric circles. Zone 1 (center circle) represents downtown and if you move out of it, you will cross more zones.It is cheaper to travel in 3, 4, 5 zones and 6 than in 1 and 2 zones. Even so, when you travel you must pay by each zone through which you are going to pass.

First /last train

The tube doesn’t circulate all of time (24h per day). The tube begins to circulate between 05:15 and the 06:00 from Monday to Saturday, and the last train leaves the center from London at midnight. Sundays, the first train leaves at 7:00 h, and the last one leaves the center of London between 23:00 - 23: 30 h. The hour the first one and the last train pass depends on the line, the station, the direction and the last shutdown.

Rush hour

You shouldn’t use the public transport during the rush hour, when people go/return from the work and the tube is incredibly full. At the mornings, the rush hour is from 08:00 to 09:30 h, and in the evening, from 17:00 to 18:30 h.

Frequency

The frequency of the trains depends of the hour, the direction and the last station. Some lines have more frequency than others. In almost all the platforms there are panels where they indicate when the next tube will pass , which usually takes never more than 5 minutes. The underground is very precise and it only has delays in rush hour.
Duration of passages
The duration of the passage between the different stations depends of the distance. In center of London, there is about a 1-2 minutes from a shutdown to another one, and about a 2-3 minutes in the rest of the city.

BUSES & COACHES

Public buses

·Travelling by public bus

Every city and town in Britain has a local bus service. These services are privatized and run by separate companies. The largest bus companies in Britain are First, Stagecoach, and Arrival, which run buses in most UK towns.
Outside London, buses usually travel to and from the town centre (the busiest part of town). Most towns have a bus station, where you'll be able to find maps and information about bus routes.
If you can't find a bus station, bus route information is usually posted on bus stops. When you see a bus approaching, its destination will be on the front. If you want to get on the bus, raise your hand to catch the driver's attention when the bus approaches the stop.

Tickets & fares

The cost of a bus ticket normally depends on how far you're travelling. Fares usually cost from £0.80-£1.50. Child fares cost around £0.40-£0.60. Single and return fares are available on some buses, but you normally need to buy a ticket for each individual journey (single tickets only).
You can buy your ticket when you get on board a bus, by telling the driver where you're going. 1-day and weekly travel cards are available in some towns, and these can be bought from the driver or from an information centre at the bus station. Tickets are valid for each separate journey rather than for a period of time, so if you get off the bus you'll need to buy a new ticket when getting on another bus.

Bus passenger information

There are over 6,500 buses in London operating 700 routes every day. Buses run all over London, serving over 17,000 bus stops, so you'll never be far from a bus route.

First/last buses

Some bus services only run during the day, from about 06:00 to 23:00. However, many routes run a 24-hour service. Night buses - prefixed with the letter 'N' (e.g. N24) - run during the night and offer a good alternative to the tube, (which closes around 00:00), and taxis which can be expensive.

Night buses

Some night buses follow a daytime bus route while others have completely new routes or follow tube line stops overground. The London night bus system is one of the best in the world and provides access to many parts of London.
If you are travelling from one of the outer zones to another part of London (which isn't central London) you may have to take 2 buses, one into central London and another out again.
Night buses come on duty before the tube shuts down, and run throughout the night. Services are less frequent than day services, usually every 30 minutes to an hour. You need to raise your hand to tell the bus to stop as it approaches the bus stop. Single fares are £2 and all travel cards are valid within their period of validity.
You can check which bus routes provide 24-hour and night bus services at bus stop information boards and at night bus information.

Rush hours

If you can, you should avoid using the public transport during rush hours. At these times people are going to and from work and buses become extremely crowded. The morning rush hour is from about 08:00 to 09:30, and the evening one from about 17:00 to 18:30. Weekends are also a busy time for buses in central London, especially in places like Oxford Street.

Frequency

Most bus routes run every 5-10 minutes in central London, but may be less frequent in outer areas. Timetables are posted at each bus stop. Buses are less frequent at night and on Sundays and public holidays.
Journey timesJourney times vary depending on traffic, distance and destination. Your journey will take longer at rush hours and if there are any accidents on the bus route. Some bus stops display expected journey times for certain routes.

Travelling by coach

Britain's coaches are privatised and lots of operators run thousands of routes across the country. Coach travel is usually a lot cheaper than train travel, but takes longer.





National Express

National Express is the biggest coach operator with routes to over 1,000 destinations in the UK. With coaches making over 600 journeys a day, there's sure to be one going your way. National Express also runs coaches to and from 7 UK airports, and special services for events like Glastonbury Festival.

Megabus

Inspired by the boom in low-cost airlines, Megabus is another well-known company offering coach journeys all over Britain at very low prices. You can even find tickets for as little as £1. Megabus routes operate on over 40 major destinations across the UK, many going to and from London.
For more information on Megabus services and bookings, visit http://www.megabus.com/.


easyBus

easyBus.co.uk offers a low-cost high frequency airport transfers service from London to and from London's Airports with prices starting from just £2. Travelling from London to and from Luton Airport, Stansted Airport and Gatwick Airport is now fast, easy and great value with easyBus from Stelios and easyGroup.