THE CENTRE POINT OF OUR STAY

On the 15th of July, it was the centre point of our stay in Leamington although it seems as though we only arrived yesterday. As a current day during the week, we attended our English lessons during the morning and then, we ate our packed lunches. Owing to the sunny day, we could eat in Pump Rooms Garden, the park in front of Saint Peter's church, where we attend our classes. After a while we met the group and we went to the cinema. We watched "Harry Potter and the half-blood prince", which had its premier the same day. Unfortunately, the film is quiet sad and believe me, there are a lot of surprises...my advice: go to the cinema!! After that, we met Father Sorribes. He visited us and asked us if we were learning English, if we were enjoying ourselves...We also went to Jepshon Gardens until twenty past five, when we went back home and had dinner with our English families.

Alejandro

WARWICK, A TOWN WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE

The 14th of July was the second Tuesday of our stay in Leamington. Despite we are feeling more comfortable here because we are not so lost, we have the chance to learn, see or visit something new everyday. The day started in a funny way: all of us were sitting down in the building where we attend our classes, chatting and laughing at the rivalry between my Real Madrid t-shirt and Nil's Barcelona one, while our teacher was getting ready to start the class. We started class at 9 a.m. and after one hour hwe had a fifteen minutes break. We really enjoy Ruth's classes because they are very dynamic and interesting, but we must have in mind that it is quite difficult for us to attend classes in summer...After class, we had our packed lunches on the grass and had a walk around Leamington. Some of us went to our favourite sport's shop, which is in the shopping centre meanwhile some others went to Mc'Donalds to have an ice-cream. We met the group at 1.25 p.m and we caught the x17 bus to go to Warwick. I really enjoy cultural visits!! Warwick is a town within the county of Warwickshire. It has got incredible monuments such as the castle, some churches, Leicester Hospital...We learnt a lot about all these places thanks to Father Jesus' explanations. Then, we went to a park were we were supposed to play mini golf. However, it was not possible. Consequently, we changed our plans and decided to play rugby in the park or to walk into the town. I preferred to play rugby, but unfortunately, I started to feel pain on my neck. We caught the bus again to go home, where we had dinner with our families.

Eduardo

OUR SECOND WEEK STARTS

Today, on the 13th of July, a week has passed: we did a lot of activities, trips and cultural visits.

In class, we reviewed all the vocabulary we learnt last week. We also did some listening, speaking and grammar. After classes, we had lunch on the grass all together because luckily, it was sunny, as you can see in the photographs. However, a few of us were really hungry and left the group for a while and went to a shop to buy some food. After that, we met at Parish church bus stop and we caught the bus to go to the bowling centre. Although we have been there more than once, we always enjoy ourselves! Then, Father Jesus gave us some advice into how to help us fit in with our English family and he asked us how things were going, how we were feeling with them and so on. After that, we came back to Leamington and caught our buses to go straight home.

J.Manuel & Javier

OUR FIRST SUNDAY IN LEAMINGTON

As our timetable says, Sunday is a special day: we spent all the day with our families. We visit some new places, we meet some people of their family, we have a picnic wherever, we have a barbecue with them, we go to the church... Is the only day during the week in which we can relax ourselves.

We have been here in Leamington for one week now. We have enjoyed a lot during this first week and we are looking forward to attend our second week classes, to do new activities and to visit new places such as Warwick, Oxford and Alton Towers!!

Alberto

LONDON!!

On the 11th of July, we visited London!!! Although everybody was really nervous, all of us arrived on time at Newbold Terrace at 8.15 a.m. We caught the train and we arrived in London in one hour an a half! We played cards in the train all together.

The first thing we saw in London was a street show. It made us laugh a lot and even, one of us, Maria, participated in.

Our transports in London were the underground and the public bus (the red ones). Thanks to them, we were able to visit a lot of places. Firstly, we visited one of the most famous markets in London: the Covent Garden. After that, we went to the British Museum, where we listened to Father Jesus explanations. We also visited Saint Paul's cathedral and we walked through two important bridges in London: the Millennium Bridge and the Tower Bridge. Then, more or less, at half past one, we had our packed lunches next to the Tower of London. After lunch, we went to the Houses of the Parliament and to the Westminster Abbey. Then, we kept on walking until we arrived at Trafalgar Square. Once there, we went to Piccadilly Circus, where our free time started. Some of us visited "Hamleys", an enormous toy's shop. At half past five, we met with the rest of the group and we visited the last thing in London: Sherlock Holmes' house. We caught the train back to Leamington and our families picked us up at Newbold Terrace.

We had a good time in London!

Nil & Ferran

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SWIMMING POOL

On the 10th of July, we attended our last week class. We did some vocabulary related to detectives, thieves... and Ruth also explained us some things about London (our next visit). Our afternoon activity was sports & swimming pool. We played baseball on the grass and then, we went to the swimming pool, which is really big: it has got two swimming pools, one for children and another one used to improve swimming skills. After that, we went back home and we had dinner with our dearest English families.

Silvia & Maria

CULTURAL VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM

On the 9th of July, we attended our English classes. Ruth (our teacher) introduced to us some important places of Birmingham, where we were during the afternoon. We went by train; it takes half an hour from Leamington to Birmingham. We visited several things: Saint Martin's church, the Mail Box, the canals, Victoria square and the Bullring.

The Bullring is a big shopping centre where we had some shopping during almost an hour and a half. Although I do not support Manchester United, I have bought one Manchester United t-shirt! Back in Leamington, we spent the evening with our English families and we went to bed. It was an interesting cultural visit!

Luis