And my
story begins :)
Yesterday I arrived in London in airport
Heathrow. Taxi are black cars with yellow numbers and it is more expensive than in others European countries.
I decided to go by underground. In flight I met an interesting young man. He lives in
London but he got a job in Moscow. He helped to buy underground ticket. My
hotel is located in zone 1 on Russell Square station. Station is called Holborn
or Russell square. When I went to outside subway I felt fresh air and warm
wind. At 4 p.m. night is coming on.
So... When I came to hotel I spoke about
directions with an elderly woman She didn't
wear any stoking, temperature was
+13C.
After a few minutes I saw my hotel. I took a shower and went to the city. It was the 31th of
December, it was New Year.
In spite of the fact I was tired, I went to walk.
On the Covent Garden square people saw different shows. I chose a nice restaurant
and ordered hot wine and pasta.
I didn't wait for a salute, because I was
tired and I went to the hotel to bed.
The next day I saw a famous English breakfast.
Nothing much: eggs, beans, tomatoes, fried mushrooms, bacon, sausage, and
porridge, of course. My choice was porridge, cheese and honey. I decided to eat
very well as I didn't know when I have lunch. After tea I was planning for the
day. My choice was trip by tour bus around London. I asked about any tickets at
the reception and I took a map. After 2 hours it began to rain and didn't stop
all the day. In spite of my goal in London (to study English) I switched audio
guide to Russian. In the evening I was tired and I went to hotel after dinner.
Monday was my first day in the school . I
forgot to say about facilities of my hotel.
It has gym, swimming pool and sauna. Monday I
began with shower and English breakfast, because gym opens at 8:00 a.m. every
Monday. In my opinion breakfast was simple for European country: sausages, bacon,
eggs and porridge, of course. I found my school easy. It is located not far
from the hotel - about 5 minutes by foot. Class started at 8:30 a.m. every day and
finished at 5:00 p.m.
We had the first class about program and we
met with other students.
Timetable for the day included practice,
grammar and pronounce. Also we got projects about new ideas, new creative
products. The first day I didn't understand anything, because teachers spoke very fast, but each new words
they explained.
On Tuesday early morning I was in gym, as usual and after
breakfast I went to the school about 8:30. At 10:45 during a coffee break all
students met and talked about last evening. In this day I didn't come back to
the school after lunch, because I went to walk and I did shopping. Shops in
London are better than shops in Rome. Harrods and Selfridges are famous shops in
London. Very popular streets for shopping are Bond and Sloan street. There are
many brand stores.
On Wednesday we had lunch all together near
the school. One girl was Russian, but we didn't speak Russian. It's true!
During lunch I met with French and Japanese guys. They were jesting. We planned
to go to the cinema. And we did it. We saw "Mission impossible". It
was my second time, but in English - first! I understood about fifty percent. I
have a nice photo called «GPS united and my friends» it was very funny.
Thursday was as Tuesday, but every Thursday
every group prepared presentation in the same subjective. Subjective is given on
Tuesday. Every week we had new topic. Our first topic was about aliens and
about five things which we wanted to send on other planet.
Every Friday students must go to the pub with a
teacher and to speak to improve their English.
English pub is a noisy place but when you drank beer you forgot about grammar
and spoke free.
Saturday I went around London by tour bus with
students of school.
Sunday I did shopping and after I wanted to
see the London eye, but it was closed for repair.
Every Monday groups change or add new
students. To our group arrived a French old woman. She is fifty-three years
old. But she began to study English! I respected her! On the third lesson she
cried, because she didn't understand anything. Tomorrow she was moved to the
other group. But we did presentation with her, she wanted so! Every week groups
of students must do presentation on new
subjects . On the first week we spoke about aliens and five things which we
wanted to send them. The second subject was about a new product. It's a new
idea of Quick stick with butter, honey, jam, marmalade.
Wednesday I went to the musical Chicago. But I
left it after entr'acte.
That time I thought only about my boyfriend,
about Moscow and my dog Elli. I missed my life at home!
On Tuesday after school I met my new friend. He
lived in London more than 10 years and knew about it many stories and many
interesting places. We went to store with famous tea and very aesthetic cafe.
Evening was interesting, but we spoke Russian and my submersion stopped.
Friday was my last day in the school and
birthday of my new friend – a French woman. She is fifty three years old, but
she began to study English. Early morning I went to the florist`s and I bought a
bunch. We prepared a surprise when she came in the class. We sang: "Happy
birthday" altogether. She cried for happiness.
For lunch we went to the restaurant to
celebrate birthday of Farida.
On Saturday
I met Alexander and we walked in the Regent's Park and Baker Street. We visited
museum of Sherlock Holmes. After walk we went to the pub and I drank Italian
beer. London is not too big therefore - we went to the hotel by foot.
I dream about tomorrow about my flight to
Moscow.
