VISITING BIRMINGHAM

Today we met our teachers, Alison and John. To encourage us to learn English they asked us to build bridges as languages are between people.

In the afternoon we went to Birmingham by train. When we arrived Fr Jesús told us about the long jewellery tradition in Birmingham. In this quarter we visited The Pen Room, a museum and learning centre of writing and pen trade memorabilia for more than a century. We have learnt about the different manufacturing processes and we tried to write with a quill. To finish this beautiful (and I must say sunny) day we went to the Bullring shopping but we had only 30 min to do that because of the time to return to our houses and we got back later than we thought.

Carmen DM.

ARRIVING IN LEAMINGTON

Students from Madrid arrived in Leamington today by midday and the ones from Barcelona a short time late, because they slept in Birmingham at BCU's residence, and early in the morning they took a coach and came to Leamington.

Today we have visited a little bit of Leamington and we have done our bus-passes. As the teachers will be there tomorrow, we sat a test so they may have an idea of our level in English.

By 5:45 our host families came. We met them and we went to our new home for the next three weeks. They are very nice. (Monday 5th)

Joan S. & Pablo MA.

HASTA SIEMPRE

Un año más cerramos nuestros cursos de Idiomas, con la confianza que todos nuestros estudiantes hayan alcanzado los objectivos que nos habíamos marcado. Quiero pues, agradecer desde aquí, en primer lugar, todo el trabajo llevado a cabo por los directores de grupo y los monitores responsables de cada uno de ellos.
Asimismo, agradezo a los padres la confianza que habéis tenido con Idiomas Padre Manyanet. Que todos terminemos de pasar un feliz verano en familia y hasta siempre.

P. Antonio Sorribes S. F.
Director de Idiomas Padre Manyanet

EVERYTHING IS DRAWING TO AN END...

On the 23rd of July, we attended English lessons in the morning. We reviewed some of the lessons we had already learnt during our stay during the first two hours of class and then, in the third one, we carry on with the preparation of next Friday's Get Together ceremony! As everything goes to an end, we took a class photo. We had lunch in the park all together and at 2 p.m. we went to the swimming pool. After that, we came back home. We sadly had almost our last dinner with our lovely English families...

Luis & Alberto

BIRMINGHAM PEN MUSEUM

On the 22nd of July, we attended our English lessons, as always and in the afternoon, we visited Birmingham. We went there by train and then, we had to catch the metro until the Jewellery Quarter, one of the most known neighbourhoods in this city. We went to the Pen Museum. We stayed there more than two hours, I'm afraid! There were lots of old machines and even, we could use them. We could also write on our own, which was amusing! After that, we went to the city centre and we had one hour to go shopping. At 17.20 p.m., we met the group and we caught the train in a different station, which was in the city centre. As it is a big city, the station was really overcrowded, which got on our nerves! Once in Leamington, we went back home. It was actually one of the best visits, from my point of view!

Nil

VISIT TO THE MAYOR AND LEAMINGTON QUIZ

On the 21st of July, we attended our English lessons in the morning. We learnt the different uses of the verb "to take", depending on the word that appears after, for example: take up, take on...When we finished, we went to the Town Hall, because we had a meeting with the Mayor of Leamington. He was really nice with us, even he invited us to have a cup of tea or coffee and some biscuits! Father Jesus and Laura had prepared a speech so as to let him know who we were, what we were doing in Leamington...and also, some of us gave him their personal opinion about Leamington. We asked him some questions and to finish with, he showed to us the different rooms the Town Hall has: the meeting room, his office... Besides, we gave him a present, Idiomas Padre Manyanet's bag, which really surprised him.

In the afternoon, we played a Leamington Quiz, consisting of answering some questions about the history of Leamington by reading the Notice Boards set in the town. It was difficult; however, it helped us to know more things about the town where we have spent three weeks.
Silvia

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S TOWN

On the 20th of July, we attended our English lessons in the morning and in the afternoon, we visited Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. It is set in the rural Warwickshire countryside, on the banks of the river Avon and it is one of the most important tourist destinations in the UK. We visited the house where Shakespeare was born many years ago, in 1564, in Henley Street. It is really big and it is preserved intact. We also visited the house where William Shakespeare lived when he came back to Stratford, after living in London during some years. After that, we went to the Holy Trinity church, where we could see his grave. We also saw The Swan theatre, which is being rebuilt. After all these visits, we had free time. At five, we met the group again and we caught the number 15 bus to come back to Leamington. We really enjoyed the journey because the bus driver drove the bus as if it was a rally car. You can see in the photo how we enjoyed! Once in Leamington, some of us went home and some others, practised a dance because they are going to dance on the next Friday's Get Together ceremony.

Ferran