{"id":7993,"date":"2025-04-22T09:21:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:21:54","slug":"entry-3-a-red-themed-trip-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=7993","title":{"rendered":"Entry 3 &#8211; A Red-Themed Trip to London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-joOQEv\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last weekend, I was in London and one of my friends from Qu\u00e9bec, Gabrielle, decided to join me for the trip! We did more than I thought we would!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, we rode the crowded tube to visit the places where the Harry Potter movies were filmed. Sadly, as a huge fan, I was disappointed as the places have changed a lot since the movies first came out and were unrecognizable. On the bright side, during this visit, we saw the London Eye, which was enormous and the beautiful garden of the Whitehall Place. The garden was absolutely gorgeous in the warm light of the sun. The grass was a vibrant green and the flowers were colourful. We finished the day with an awesome Italian pizza!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-L393KO\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-1\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/London-eye-me-and-gab-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/London-eye-me-and-gab-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/London-eye-me-and-gab-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/London-eye-me-and-gab-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/London-eye-me-and-gab.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabrielle &amp; I in front of the London Eye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whitehall-Place-garden-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whitehall-Place-garden-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whitehall-Place-garden-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whitehall-Place-garden-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whitehall-Place-garden.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Whitehall Place&#8217;s gorgeous garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Union-jack-with-valerie-and-gab-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Union-jack-with-valerie-and-gab-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Union-jack-with-valerie-and-gab-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Union-jack-with-valerie-and-gab-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Union-jack-with-valerie-and-gab.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Us underneath the Union Jack flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-Pizza-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-Pizza-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-Pizza-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-Pizza-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-Pizza.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our delicious Italian pizza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-0a6M3M\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, we decided to go big and visit King Charles. To get to Buckingham Palace, we had the chance to walk through Hyde Park, which was full of people enjoying the sun. When we got to the palace, I was a bit underwhelmed as I had seen much bigger and prettier castles in the past two days in London. It was still gorgeous, with its beautiful gold statue and bright flowers, and I was fortunate to witness two palace guards. We finished the day by walking past the famous Big Ben, which was just grandiose, to get to the restaurant where we ate mouth-watering hamburgers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-ZU95hz\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Buckingham-Palace-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7998\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Buckingham-Palace-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Buckingham-Palace-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Buckingham-Palace-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Buckingham-Palace-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Me in front of Buckingham Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Royal-guard-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7999\" width=\"217\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Royal-guard-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Royal-guard.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Royal Guard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-768x1114.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-1059x1536.jpg 1059w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-1412x2048.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/statue-buckingham-palace-scaled.jpg 1766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The golden statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8001\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben-1369x2048.jpg 1369w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Big-ben.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red double-decker bus in front of Big Ben<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Good-hamburgers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8002\" width=\"476\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Good-hamburgers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Good-hamburgers-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Good-hamburgers-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Good-hamburgers-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Good-hamburgers.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our mouth-watering hamburgers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-aySEcz\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, we visited the British Museum, and it was gigantic. We were only able to do the Egypt, Italy and Greece parts as I would have missed my train back to Manchester if we had stayed longer. I was thrilled to see one of their astounding libraries and the stolen artifacts. Sadly, when I came back to Manchester, I was doomed to be bedridden for the rest of the week as I had the worst cold of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-buENuZ\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-4\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/British-Museum-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/British-Museum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/British-Museum-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/British-Museum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/British-Museum-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/British-Museum.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The outside of the British Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-statue-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-statue-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-statue-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-statue-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Italian-statue.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Italian statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-1455x2048.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Greek-building-scaled.jpg 1818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Greek building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Library-British-museum-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Library-British-museum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Library-British-museum-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Library-British-museum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Library-British-museum-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Library-British-museum.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the museum&#8217;s libraries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-2ffgol\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Next week, I plan on visiting the other stadium in Manchester, Etihad Stadium, and maybe going to a city near Manchester by train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, I was in London and one of my friends from Qu\u00e9bec, Gabrielle, decided to join me for the trip! We did more than I thought we would! On Sunday, we rode the crowded tube to visit the places where the Harry Potter movies were filmed. Sadly, as a huge fan, I was disappointed as the places have changed a lot since the movies first came out and were unrecognizable. On the bright side, during this visit, we saw the London Eye, which was enormous and the beautiful garden of the Whitehall Place. The garden was absolutely gorgeous in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":8007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"book_review_cover_url":"","book_review_title":"","book_review_series":"","book_review_author":"","book_review_genre":"","book_review_isbn":"","book_review_publisher":"","book_review_release_date":"","book_review_format":"","book_review_pages":"","book_review_source":"","book_review_rating":"","book_review_summary":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8008,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions\/8008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}