The first two days in Bournemouth

Hello everybody!

I really enjoyed my first two days in Bournemouth. They were exciting and I’ve seen a lot of new things! But let me start at the beginning.

Fortunately, I could travel to England with two classmates from Switzerland. I was very happy because of that. It was my first flight. But I can say, everything went well. I enjoyed the time when we were over the clouds. It looked so amazing!

 

At the airport (London Gatwick) a woman of EF was waiting for us. She was very friendly and helped us to find our driver to Bournemouth. The journey to Bournemouth by car was very long.

I arrived at the house of my host family at approximately 8:30 p.m. But to my astonishment it wasn’t the family which I expected. The reason for that is that our first host family decided not to take EF students at all. So the EF team had to search a new family for us.

They showed me everything in the house and presented me to the family members. There is another girl with me. She is called Cécile and she is from Switzerland, too! But this doesn’t mean that we are going to talk only in Swiss German together. She is from the French speaking part of Switzerland.

It was funny to talk with the family in the evening and I was astonished that I understood almost everything.

On Monday morning we were brought to the school and our first day at EF started. There were a lot of other new students. The EF team showed us the school and gave us first information.

A police men came and told us some things about the local rules and the security. It is pretty funny: If you ask a police men to take a photo with you he must say yes! As far as I understood they are not allowed to say no.

Afterwards, we went together in the Town centre and had time to eat lunch and enjoy the city. We went to a little garden which was very beautiful.

 

Back again at the school, Cécile and I were informed that we have to move to another host family on Tuesday. This means that I have to pack all my things again in my case… I hope that we can stay with this family for the whole stay. Maybe they can cook a bit better than our first family?

There is another funny story: When we arrived at home on Monday evening. The door was locked and nobody was there… So we had to wait outside the house. Luckily, it wasn’t raining. While we were waiting there a boy came and asked us if we can help him to find an address. We couldn’t help him but we found out that he was an EF student too and he had arrived the first time with the bus from town. But I think he found the way back home. His host family had given him a big map and had showed him where their house was. He had a key for the door… If we only could have changed with him. ;-)

Despite all this complicated changes I can say that I am really enjoying my time here! It is interesting to talk with people from all different countries. I like the English houses with the red bricks and I am looking forward to go to the beach.

Last but not least:

Wie ihr bestimmt bemerkt habt, habe ich mich entschieden, diesen Post in Englisch zu schreiben. Sorry für all diejenigen, welche nicht so gut im Englisch sind. Ich hoffe ihr versteht trotzdem den grössten Teil. Ansonsten kann ich euch einen “sehr hilfreichen” Übersetzter empfehlen… google translator. ;-)

I wish you all the best,

Junia