Walking Tours and Oil on Canvas

Students at Regent's College don't have classes on Friday, so I got to do some exploring during the day. This meant doing a scavenger hunt that went from Leicester Square to the South Bank of the Thames & then made its way back across the Thames and ended up in Covent Garden.

These are some questions my group had to answer...
Name two embassies on Trafalgar Square...

South Africa (pictured above) & Canada

What is an old fashioned nickname given to an English policeman...

Bobbie

In which number Downing Street does the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom live...
10

How many bells does the clock tower on Parliament have...

Five. Big Ben is actually the name of the bell that rings on the hour, not the tower itself, which is sometimes referred to as St. Stephens clock tower.

As you cross Waterloo Bridge heading north towards Covent Garden; which famous cathedral can you see on the right-hand side?
St. Paul's Cathedral

Who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605...

Guy Fawkes

After the Scavenger Hunt, Cassie and I headed back to the National Gallery off of Trafalgar Square, where we saw pieces by da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh, and many many others.

I think my favorite was Claude. The pictures on the National Gallery website don't seem to do his pieces justice - they are all vibrant, meticulously detailed, and larger than life.