HUNKEY THE MONKEY GOES TO NORWICH

By María Copado and Ángel Cea. Norwich 4/06/07

• When Hunkey the Monkey finished his classes in Madrid, He went to Norwich, a city located in the East of England, to take part in a course in order to improve his English language.

• The first impresion that Hunkey had when he arrived in University was:

- Oh! What a strange place! Here, even rabbits go to the school. They must be very clever.

-And all the people speak in a secret code .They told us in the morning: The MPO group will go

to EF208 room in the UEA to take a lesson of CLIL from a

teacher of NILE.

- At break time Hunkey went to relax to the Sainsbury Centre, a space for

Visual Arts into a Norman Foster building,

- I prefer coffee to English tea, because I need to wake me up... I fell asleep in Susan class.

- After classes he decided to go for a walk to Norwich with his collegues the Others, to discover the city. They bought a weekly ticket in the bus. It´s not very expensive. 14 pounds. And you can take the bus that you want in anywhere.

- Hey guys! Look at the cars! The drivers are

crazy! All of them drive by the wrong side.

The first place that Hunkey visited was “The Forum”, a popular, large, new place where people meet each other and spend some time reading newspapers, books and magazines, or eating light food or using computers.

I’ll go in to ask in the tourist information oficce

which are the main historic places that I can

visit.

The weather was awful during the time that he spent in Norwich. Everyday was raining.

I thought that British people used to have

shower into their houses, not outdoor.

Next to de Forum is the City Hall, a large building with columns in the front and big doors with some different carvings about jobs of the region. In both sides he found two lions.

Hello friend! What are you doing here? Are you

protecting the entrance?Wow! You are very regal.

Would you like to pick me up to see better other

interesting view? Oh! Thank you! ...Now I can see “The

New Market”.

The New Market is located in the same place where Normans had their own market, in the eleven century

I can´t believe it! It´s closed! Here you can´t go shopping after six o´clock. If my classes finish at five, when will I buy some souvenirs to my family? I´m thinking of jatting off.

Hunkey was lost. He wanted to go to the Cathedral, but he didn´t know how to find it.

I must go straight ahead along the Gentleman´s walk till St. Andrew

Street. Then turn right. At the bottom of the street turn left, then turn right.

OH! ....What a mess! It would be better if I ask to someone.

At last, he found the Cathedral. This is the Anglican one. In 1096, Herbert de Losinga, the Bishop of Thetford, began construction of it. At that time, Norwich became an important Norman City

They say that this is the second tallest spire in the country. I´m not sure, because this people are always

boasting.

They also say that this is the largest

cloister in all England. I appreciate that it’s

gorgeous.

Close to the Cathedral, the river Wemsum run quietly. In the seven century, Anglosaxons settled on the left side and four centuries later Normans settled on the right side.

It should be a very important city, because lots of foreingers came

here: first Romans, then Anglosaxons, Vikyns, Normans,

Jewish and, in modern time, Spanish students and people from all over

the world.

He phoned to his family using a phone card. It ‘s cheaper than the

mobile

Hello mum! I’m fine. The town is fantastic. Walking around it’s like travelling

back in the time.

Hunkey visited the 12th century Castle, one of the finest Norman secular buildings in Europe. Today, it’s home to the county’s principal museum

How clever was the Norman king. From the castle, on the top of the hill he could watch his woman when she went

to the market.

He went on walking along the medieval streets, lanes and alleys lined with small speciality shops, and attractive half-timbered houses, most notably the Elm Hill

Oh! What a surprise! My teacher Kay lives in this

medieval house. I’m going to invite myself to have a tea in

her home. Don’t you think it’s a good idea or I’m not being so much polite? I’ll tell you later.

Walking around the medieval city, Hunkey saw many churches. Norwich has over 30 medieval churches within the city walls alone. Many still function as parish churches, but others have been converted to other uses, like Arts Centre or Puppet Theatre.

They say that the city has a church for every week of the year,

and a pub for every day.

By the way, all churches seem to be dirty. The reason is because

they were built with a kind of heavy black stone called flint.

He left the medieval city crossing the rests of the city walls.By the middle of 14th century, about two and a half miles long, had been completed.

The last building visited by Hunkey was the Catholic cathedral. Built in 1894 it’s a fine example of the 19th Century gothic revival.

In Spain a city with two cathedrals doesn’t

exist. In England is quite usual. So you can choose one of them.... Or no one.

At the end of the day Hunkey was very tired and he needed to rest and have dinner. He chose a typical Eglish pub and tried a typical English fish and chips.

I love it. It’s delicious! After dinner I’ll meet some of my friends that are living

here, all of them well known: “the Red Lion”, “the

Black Horse” “the Withe Horse” “the Hog” and “the

Fat Cat”

THE ENDAll photos have been taken in the city of Norwich, the

University of East Anglia,, the bus number 25 and the pub “The Bell”

Special thanks to Kay and Susan, teachers’ trainers of NILE, the mates of M.P.O.group: Rocío, Esther, Mariví, María Jesús, Cristina and Ana, and our lovely friend Hunkey the monkey

María and Ángel CEIP Meseta de Orcasitas

July 2007