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

OUR SECOND SUNDAY IN LEAMINGTON

My second Sunday in Leamington was quite different. On Saturday evening, when we arrived from Alton Towers, my family didn't pick me up because they were at a wedding. Owing to this fact, I went to Father Jesus' host family and I slept there. On Sunday morning, I went to mass with Father Jesus and his host family. When the mass finished, we went back home and after having lunch, we played board games. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, my host family pick me up and I went to my English home. We had dinner and we watched a film called "Cool running". So, as you can see, Sundays are the best days to be spent with our families. It is a chance to develop our English skills during all the day, which, needless to say, is quite hard!

Carmen

ALTON TOWERS!!!

On the 18th of July, we met at 8 o'clock in the morning at Newbold Terrace. A coach was waiting for us there. We first stopped in Birmingham because the students who are in Aston had to use the same coach. Once in Alton Towers, the leaders took us an initial photograph and then, we separated ourselves in different groups and we had free time! We rode all the attractions we could: Air, Nemesis...As this theme park has got big parks, we could have lunch on the grass and relax for a while. At five, we came back to the coach and after two hours, more or less, we arrived in Leamington. Our families were waiting for us in our meeting point. However, before going home, Eduardo's host father took us a photo, which is going to be a present for Leamington's Mayor. We are going to visit him next Tuesday! It was a really wonderful day!

Maria

OUR SECOND FRIDAY

On the 17th of July, almost everyone arrived at Saint Peter's church at about half to nine. We spent half and hour speaking and sharing opinions before starting our English lessons. The exercises Ruth gave to us were more difficult than others given before. We did them quiet well, that's why I think we are improving our English! We have two breaks during the morning and in one of them, we played football in the park opposite Saint Peter's. After class, we wanted to have our packed lunches on the grass, but we couldn't because it was wet. We also had time to relax or to play football before meeting at Newbold Terrace at two o'clock. Even, we played football with a group of English people and needless to say, we won! Then, we went to a park near the swimming pool and we played baseball until it started to rain. We swam during an hour, more or less and it was amazing! After that, Father Jesus gave us some advice and we came back home.
We are looking forward to going to Alton Towers!!!

Deborah

OXFORD UNIVERSITY T-SHIRTS AND JUMPERS, TODAY?

On the 16th of July, we visited Oxford, one of the most famous cities in England. However, during the morning we attended our English lessons with Ruth. In the lessons we learnt pronunciation and we cut out photos of Leamington. After class, we went to the train station because our train was leaving at 1 p.m. Owing to that, we had to go to the station really fast and we had our packed lunches in the waiting room. Once in Oxford, we visited lots of places: Carfax Tower, the Brigde of the Sighs, some colleges...We were luckily and we could visit Merton College!! It was a perfect chance so as to know how students live in Oxford. We also had one hour to go shopping, in which almost everyone bought t-shirts or jumpers of Oxford University. We came back to Leamington by train and it was completely overcrowded; we had to stand up the entire journey! And once more, when we arrived in Leamington, it was raining!

Pablo

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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