Nous sommes partis en Angleterre pendant 5 jours à Plymouth au sud-ouest de l’Angleterre.

Nous étions 49 élèves de 4eme. Nous sommes partis du 15 au 20 mai 2011

La météo a été plutôt bonne, mais il y a eu un peu de pluie , c’est normal

A Plymouth nous avons visité the national Aquarium

Nous avons visité les étonnants dômes d'Eden Project en Cornouailles ( Le film James die another day y a été tourne en partie.

Nous avons aussi randonné dans le Devon ( qui a donné le nom au Devonien ) sur les landes du Parc National de Dartmoor

Saviez vous que Dartmoor a été la source d'inspiration d'Arthur Conan Doyle pour The hound of Baskerville.

We had a long walk in Dartmoor National park . We set off from Princetown also known for Dartmoor Prison. We saw the old railway now closed but it was it its time the highest railway line in England. Princetown also inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write the book The hound of the Baskerville when he visited the village and area with one of his friends.

We saw the Hut circles . They date back between 5,000 and 3,000 years . We walked through a granite quarry - it was originally a Torr and they cut out some big rocks to build famous monuments ( National gallery , British museum ) around London.

Of course we saw the poneys , really close and the foals !

Nous en avons profité pour visiter Buckfast et le petit port typique de Salcombe .

We drove the West into Cornwall – to see the Eden project

There were 5 domes re- creating different types of climate – the best one was the tropical dome – it had the largest captive tropical forest in the world !

There are over one hundred thousand plants

We tried Baobab juice !

There were exhibits about recycling

Did you know it ?

the energy comes from wind turbines in Cornwall

and insulation comes from the inflatable plastic sheets on the domes

The tropical dome is 240m long, 110m wide and 50m high, it contains over 1000 plant species !