WIth EF or similar companies, you can either choose an existing package tour or pay a bit more to customize a tour for you, though you may need a group large enough to have a coach of their own.ģ. Tour? Decide if you wish to use a tour company like EF that specializes in educational student tours. Mine also enjoyed being groundlings at the Globe, but they have to be prepared to stand a long time.Ģ. Many times happy mediums can be found, such as a London musical based on classic literature like Les Miserables or Oliver. You need their commitment to make it a successful experience. Objectives: Find out what the teens want to see that would still fit your overall objectives. Pall Mall, which cuts through the capital's centre, probably got its name because British nobility was fond of playing "paille maille" on long, straight streets.I've done similar trips twice with older high students, groups of 30-40.ġ. Spitalfields, the site of a famous market in east London, is a contraction of Hospital Fields - where the early 12th century New Hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate was located. Elephant and Castle makes more sense than la Infanta de Castilla," said Ed Glinert, author of The London Compendium: A Street-by-street Exploration of the Hidden Metropolis. "Language changes and names don't make sense after a while. The corruption of the name was likely just an accident of time - reflecting Londoners' inability to pronounce foreign words rather than any malicious jab at Henry's legendary girth.
In other cases, the names offer insights into how language - especially English - is an endlessly evolving thing that takes fascinating twists and turns through popular use.Įlephant and Castle, a south London neighbourhood, purportedly comes from "La Infanta de Castilla," which in Spanish refers to Catherine of Aragon, the Spanish princess who was Henry VIII's first wife.
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