Hi everyone, my name is Ellie and I am a third year law student here at UCL, so if you've decided
to stay in London during the winter break and you're trying to feel more Christmassy
just keep watching this video because I put together a list of possibly the most festive
things that you could do as a student in London. Firstly, in addition to looking at the very pretty
Christmas lights in central London, I also thought it would be appropriate to suggest going to
Fortnum & Mason and the reason why I'm saying this is because their Christmas decorations
are always very beautiful every year. And if you have family members or friends that are
obsessed with English tea and English biscuits, this is the place to go to grab their gifts.
The second thing that you should do is to go to Winter Wonderland. It's quite popular among
students. I mean, usually if you get out of the tube and you see someone emerging from
the station with giant plushies you pretty much know that they just came from here. I paid for
the tickets to go to the Haunted Mansion but did not think it was worth it, so maybe watch out for
that. I think Winter Wonderland is great because it directly immerses you in that kind of Christmassy
atmosphere and there were also a lot of food options. My key piece of advice would be to
assess your options carefully. You know, don't run to the first churros station that you see.
Instead, look at your options first and then this way you can get the most out of your experience.
Hi there, a little intermission into the video. Today, we're going ice skating and the thing is
I haven't done it since I was in like third grade. So if you see videos of me ice skating, please
don't laugh. Another thing is, there are various options in London where you can go ice skating.
The ice rink that we went to is the one at Somerset House, the reason we booked this one
was because they have available slots whereas the Natural History museum was like fully booked out
until late December or early January. So my advice would be do your research,
look at your different options and then try to book as early as you can. Okay back to the video.
The next thing that you should do is to go to London's Christmas markets. So the one that I
went to was in Leicester Square, and I have to admit it was smaller than I expected, but I still
got recommendations for other Christmas markets that are apparently bigger and more fun. So one of
them is in Trafalgar Square and the other one is Southbank Centre, so definitely check those out.
This one had food options and also different arts and crafts so if you don't want to go
too far away from campus and you want to feel a bit Christmassy this would be the place to go.
Today um, I'll be wrapping some of the Christmas presents I got for my family.
Um, my family actually doesn't really celebrate Christmas but I still thought that would be nice
to get like a few of these small things for them as a surprise. I forgot how to wrap presents.
I hope you got some inspiration from this list of ideas, but I also wanted to add that I hope
that you will get to use the winter break as an opportunity to truly relax and rest well.
Whether you are in London or anywhere else in the world I hope that you will get to use this time to
spend it with your family, your loved ones and that you will also focus on yourself to fully
recharge for the upcoming year. Thanks so much for watching and I will see you in the next term. Bye!