Soho to Trafalgar Square

Ashley Jorgensen and I planned our next walk from Soho to Trafalgar Square. We got together and mapped our route going from the Northern line and getting off at Goodge station. We were the guides for Julie Nelson, Sara Turner, Laura Garding and Madeline Fitzgerald. It was nice to be the one in charge because I felt like I really had to pay attention to exactly where we were going and what we were seeing.

This picture above is Ashley and I at a replica pump where the breakout of cholera started in 1854 that killed over 10,000 people. Fortunately Dr. John snow realized that all victims of this disease were drawing water from the same street pump. When they removed this pump handle-the death rate fell. Snow's discovery-that cholera is water-borne was very important in medical history!

We went to SoHo square where the next photo of our whole group was taken. It was interesting to learn that SoHo square used to be a royal hunting ground and 'soho' was an old hunting cry, since now it is such a metropolitan shopping & dining area. There was a 17th century statue of Charles II in the middle of the square our photo is right in front of.

From SoHo we made our way through Chinatown and eventually over to Leicester Square-which is the entertainment and arts industry and Trafalgar Square-where the National Gallery is found. We saw the statue of Admiral Nelson in the center and the statue of King Charles I on horseback. It is neat to see Big Ben and the Eye in the background there too as you look out of the fountain the middle of the square. We made our way out and back home to the subway afterwards. It was a great walk and I really enjoyed leading it and guiding my group.