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The big day
by Irina
Hello my name is Irina and I'm 18 years old and
I’m currently living in London for 5 months.
So today finally came the big day. We left for
London. We were all very excited but a little bit
sad at the same time because we had to say
goodbye to our families.
At 8 am we met at the airport. The group checkin was easy and luckily they didn't weigh our
suitcases ;). We said goodbye to our families and
got on the plane. When we arrived at Heathrow
airport the buses which brought us to our
families were already there. We got separated
into groups and bit by bit we got dropped off the
bus and said hello to our host family. We got our
instructions and then we had some time to
My first ride on the tub
organize ourselves and our rooms. Luckily I got a
nice room with a big bed. Others sadly have to
change their families. Two hours later we
already met at the school and received some
more information. The day slowly ended and we
all went to bed early.
The next day began and we had our first school
day. We got separated into two groups and had
some general English lessons in the morning and
business English lessons in the afternoon. At the
end of school some friends and I wanted to visit
Camden town, so we did. We took a walk
through the streets, equipped our phones with a
new sim card and had a nice meal at an Italian
place.
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Hello London I’m here!
by Sabrina
Hello my name is Sabrina. I’m sixteen years old
and I’m here in London to improve my English
skills and also to work in an English company for
nearly four months. After six weeks of English
the Madame Tussauds. I’ve already been there
once but it’s absolutely worth it to see these
unique wax figures again! On Sunday we’ll be
doing a bit of sightseeing.
I’m anxious to see what London offers me next
week!
classes I’m going to work in St Giles’ front office.
I’m very excited!
We have been in London for five days now. My
first impression was very good because I’ve
already met my future supervisor from St Giles
at the airport. She organized our oyster cards
and handed them over to us. The school itself is
just too much! It’s placed in a natural area and
the teachers are all very helpful and full of
energy. In our morning class we have students
from other countries so we can improve our
English skills even more.
I love the typical London houses.
My host family is absolutely lovely! They take
care of me and also want to know how I feel. My
host mother prepares my bed every day and
makes sure everything is clean. (Of course there
is not much to be cleaned in my room;))
Every day I get a bit more used to the huge
amount of bus lines and the different directions
of travel. For example, in my district there are so
many ways to get to St Giles. Nearby I have
three little villages where I can get all sorts of
useful things.
On Wednesday my friends and I went to a
bowling house near Finsbury park. This was one
of the weekly school events which are offered. A
teacher from St Giles and another student were
also there and we enjoyed a great evening with
a lot of talking about different subjects and of
course bowling.
Tomorrow is Saturday so my friends and I are
going to explore central London. In the morning
we go to another school event which is to visit
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Our first steps
by Rasha
Hi everyone, my name is Rasha and I’m 20 years
old. I used to live in a small part of Lucerne with
my family. Now though, I’m living in London and
I’m really excited about it.
I always told my friends and family that one day I
will leave the country in which I grew up.
We left Switzerland on Sunday morning and
arrived in London at around 11 AM. The taxi
driver drove us to our host families: I was
surprised after I saw how my host family’s house
was, especially my room. In the evening, we met
Mr. Spielhofer at the school we are going to visit
the next 6 weeks. Fortunately, I could arrange
sleeping at Kim’s host family for the first two
nights. After the first day at school, which was
really interesting, I met my second host family.
Leaving Switzerland
Sadly, this was no better place to stay at for the
next months. I spent two nights there and I
couldn’t wait to pack my bags and leave this
house. My new and hopefully last host mother
will be welcoming me on Monday. Until then,
I’m staying at a hotel. I’m trying to make the
most out of each day. Therefore, whenever I
come back, I’m really tired and sleepy. All in all,
I’m in love with London so far. The people, the
places, the atmosphere! I’m trying to share a
part of my trip in my video. Simon was, and still
is, a big part of the video production. I’m really
thankful for his help. Enjoy watching, lots more
to come!
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My first impression of London
by Kimberley
which I researched the night before. And
because I was already there I went and had a
look at Oxford street. I was really surprised to
Hello, my name is Kimberley and I’m 19 years
see so many different street artists on the way. I
old. I’ll be spending the next 5 months here in
even visited Waterlow Park, next to Highgate
London and hopefully gaining lots of experience
cemetery, which I’ve been hearing lots about
for the future.
and I definitely recommend going there, if
you’re ever in the vicinity of Highgate. It has a
I settled in quite easily actually, which surprised
nice atmosphere to it. Overall I think that I had a
me a little. I live in a lovely little flat together
few interesting days, considering that I haven’t
with my host mother and another student from
been here that long yet. I’m looking forward to
St. Giles. It’s absolutely great. Before coming to
participating in further social program events
England I was a bit worried about the host family
and my friends and I definitely plan to go on
I would get, because I already had a bit of a bad
some weekend trips together.
experience in the past. But in the end I didn’t
have to worry.
Well this has become a rather lengthy
monologue but I couldn’t help myself. I’m just so
Furthermore, I’ve gotten used to the
excited by what I’ve experienced so far, that I
atmosphere in St. Giles pretty quickly. The
can’t help but want to share my experience with
classes are interesting and the teachers really
you. Moreover, I can’t wait to see all the other
nice. They have a very different and modern way
things that London has in store for me.
to teach, which I’m positive will help to improve
my English greatly. My friends and I went to our
first social program last Wednesday. It was an
excellent experience. We went bowling with
another student and a teacher. It was a lot of
fun and I even won. The next night my friend
Naomie and I tried out the pup crawl. We met a
lot of interesting people there, all students from
St. Giles.
On Saturday we used the opportunity of the
social program to go to Madame Tussauds. I’d
been there once before but I really wanted to go
again, to be able to take a picture with the wax
Bowling night
figure of Benedict Cumberbatch. That’s
undoubtedly the only reason I wanted to go and
I wasn’t disappointed. It was so life-like and man
is he tall! After this fun experience we grabbed a
pizza and had a look at Regents Park. The next
day I made it my goal to explore Hyde Park a bit
and I don’t think that that was the last time I’m
going to go there. It was really beautiful.
Afterwards I checked out some Japanese stores,
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Getting to know our new home
I am very excited to find out what the next
by Jessica
weeks are going to be like. I know for sure that
we have 4 more weeks of school left and then
Hi there! My name is Jessica and I'm 19 years
we’ll start our internships. Lots to come!
old. I'm currently living in London with a lovely
host family and I am lucky to spend 5 months in
this beautiful city with my classmates.
We've been here now for exactly 2 weeks and I
must say I’m adapting really quickly. To get to
know London better I first of all visited some of
the most famous places and attractions. There
are still many to go but I’ve been to the ones we
hear a lot about like Big Ben, London eye,
Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar square etc. I’m
getting used to taking the tube or bus and I think
everything can be reached quite easily.
Our school St. Giles is situated in such a nice
area and I really like to go there. In the morning
we are a very international class and it’s
Picture 1: My morning class at St. Giles
interesting to get to know other cultures and
mentalities. My teacher Ellen is such a kind
person and she makes each lesson very fun. In
the afternoon it’s stricter because we have to be
focused on learning business English vocabulary
and prepare for the BEC Higher exam. All in all,
I’m sure we’ll improve our English from day to
day.
The two weekends we had so far were spent
really adventurously. We were lucky with the
weather so far so we could visit parks and
attractions as mentioned above. I have also gone
shopping already with friends whether it was at
Oxford Street, Camden Town or Westfield
shopping centre. It has just too many good
stores that we don’t have in Switzerland (for
example Primark or Topshop). One night we
went to the cinema and watched ‘Bad Moms’. It
was so funny and we had like big popcorn bags,
which made us enjoy the movie even more.
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Our first weeks in a city that never sleeps
by Lena-Sophia
After a great day in London with new stunning
experiences we went home tiredly to get up the
next day for some more sightseeing.
Hello everyone, my name is Lena-Sophia, I`m 19
years old and I`m currently living in London.
In Switzerland, I lived in a small village which is
really a completely different world than the big
city of London.
Our first weeks here were filled with
acclimation, getting to know our host families
better and of course discovering London. And so
the first two weeks went by in a flash as already
the second weekend dawned.
Kensington Palace
On Saturday morning we left the house at 11:00
am, took the tube and went to the Sky Garden, a
high building with the nickname “The WalkieTalkie” in the centre of London with a big terrace
from where you have a breath-taking view of
London. Having arrived there, we unfortunately
realized that you have to book tickets 3 weeks in
advance just to even get in. So we just decided
to come back someday and instead going to visit
the Kensington Palace. We took the Tube again,
went to the Queensway Station, walked through
Hyde Park and went to the Kensington Palace.
There we could marvel at some of Princess
Diana’s dresses and old rooms where the Queen
lived which was quite interesting. After spending
2 hours there we got hungry and decided to take
the tube to Leicester Square to eat something.
There we found a nice little Italian restaurant
where we had delicious pizza and some pasta.
After that we watched a great show by some
street artists which was really worth seeing.
As it suddenly started to rain heavily, we
escaped to the M & M`s world and bought some
souvenirs for the people at home.
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I’m very excited about the next 5 months
by Pamela
In my free time I go out with my friends. We do
a lot of things everyday like sightseeing,
shopping... We’ve been to almost all of the most
Hi there! My name is Pamela, I’m 18 years old
popular attractions in London (Buckingham
and I’ve been living in London for 3 weeks now.
Palace, Big Ben, London Eye, Piccadilly Circus…)
I’m very excited about the next 5 months I’m
and most favoured shopping sites (Oxford
going to spend in London.
Street, Westfield Shopping Centre Shepherd’s
Bush…).
I highly recommend visiting Sky Garden to
I’ve enjoyed my 3 weeks here a lot and I got
people over 18, it’s a building called “Walkie
used to the diverse life in London in contrast to
Talkie” where you can get a view over whole
the Swiss life.
Central London. Sky Garden is a very popular bar
Unfortunately, I had to change my host family
on the 2nd day of my arrival due to some
difficulties. I got lots of support from the school,
therefore they found a new host family for me
and restaurant, so if you want to go to the bar
it’s better if you go on a Friday than on Saturday
due to the many visitors, but the view is worth
the wait.
on the same day.
Now I’m really happy with my host family. I live
I can’t wait to become acquainted with all of the
between the Victoria line and the Piccadilly line,
unexplored places here in London!
so it takes me about 20 minutes to get to Central
London.
Unluckily my journey to school takes 40-50
minutes. But when I’m in the tube time flies, so I
don’t get the impression that it takes me so long
to get there.
In the morning we attend 3.5 hours of general
English and in the afternoon we join 2.5 hours of
Business English. In about 3 weeks we start our
internships, until then we can go to the company
we’ll work for and get a first impression of what
is expecting us when we start working there.
As for me I’m going to work in a Language
School called International House. The Language
School is situated in the heart of Covent Garden,
which is a 30-minute journey from where I live.
My friend Mariana and me in front of the
Buckingham Palace
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Getting used to everything
by Irina
Hi it's Irina again. This is now my second blog
post. I have been in London for nearly 4 weeks.
Wow already 1 month. Maybe you wouldn’t
believe it but time flies so fast here.
I'm already used to my daily programme and
waking up in a different family is already totally
normal. We all even got used to the very hot and
crowded tube in the rush hour.
Inside huge Westfield Shopping Centre
For lunch we eat at the canteen in the school
because the food is really good and the
atmosphere with all the other students very
amusing. In school we started practising for our
BEC higher exam. I passed the BEC vantage but I
really underestimated the level of the BEC
higher. The vocabulary is so difficult but I think I
get used to the business words once I start
working in my company.
One of my favourite places is Leicester square.
We go there a lot because every day there is
another act on the street. We saw singers,
dancers, magicians, comedians and acrobats.
There are also a lot of nice different restaurants
around the square. Really special is also that
there are 3 big cinemas around. They are so big
they even have a balcony sometimes.
Today I visited my future company for the first
time just to get some information and to
introduce myself. The people there are very nice
and my little working place also seems very cute.
So I'm very excited for my first working
experience in the company.
Everyday there's so much going on and there is
always something new to see, so when I'm home
I'm really tired and fall asleep quickly.
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Time flies
by Sabrina
reached it. We took many pictures and selfies
and had a very good time. After taking like 200
pics we walked to the Brighton Pier with the
Week five has begun and so have our last two
casino houses and the amusement park (casino
weeks at St Giles. Time flies and I have the
for all ages).
feeling my English improves from day to day. I
start forgetting words in German and like to live
like a Brit.
In the afternoon we spent some time shopping
in the city, later on we bought a pizza and finally
travelled back home tired. This was a successful
and fun day.
I made some new friends at school and during
Now I think you are up to date again. I’m looking
the lessons we get to know each other better.
forward to another week in London!
Last weekend my parents visited me and we
spent two days walking through London with the
emphasis on “walking”. ;) I was the tour guide
and so we explored the city and visited some
nice places like the princess Diana Memorial and
the Tate Modern Café. There we had a lovely
view on the millennium bridge and the St Paul’s
Cathedral. Back in my parents’ hotel room we
had to recharge our batteries for a moment
before we went up to the 15th floor to eat dinner
with view over London at night.
On Sunday my parents and I spent another day
At the beach in Brighton. What a peaceful place!
in the heart of London. After visiting the nice,
little village Crouch End Broadway we took the
tube to Leicester square, walked to Piccadilly
circus and bought some bus tickets for a tour
through London. We stood on the bus for more
than two hours (we did the whole tour)! Then
we were hungry so we looked for a good
restaurant. Luckily we found a great one near
Piccadilly circus, it was a Jamie Oliver pub (we
are fans of Jamie and his kitchen)! This was
another wonderful day!
The weekend before my friends and I made a
day trip to Brighton. It was cloudy and in the
afternoon it started raining but we were too
excited to care about the weather. First, we
went straight to the beach. I love the sea so I
literally ran down the street until we finally
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I don’t want to go back
by Rasha
Somehow I was never really homesick since I
arrived in London. The only thing I miss is my
family. Fortunately, my mother is going to visit
School’s almost done, so is the first month in
me this weekend with my little sister. I’m
London. It was a very interesting time. I got used
looking forward to seeing them. Also, this
to many things.
weekend is the British Open Knockdown Karate
Tournament. I’m finally going to see some of my
friends again.
Unfortunately, the tube isn’t one of them. First
of all, it’s always really hot and crowded, but at
the same time windy and cold. That’s why I
I think that’s it for now. If you want to follow a
caught a cold after the first weeks. Also, I’m not
bit of my stay, just have a look at our youtube
a big fan of the underground system. I believe
channel
it’s difficult to understand, still I think I’m getting
used to it.
Let’s start with school! The appealing topics and
lessons are in the morning. Whereas in the
afternoon, Business English lessons are on. Of
course it’s really informative and important, but
not really interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjPKB5mlb
After the first video I originally made for this
Cw
blog, I started to film quite a lot. With Simon’s
help, we created a youtube channel. With our
videos, we try to capture a glimpse of our
adventure and share it with you. It gave us a
reason to just leave our homes and explore the
beautiful, unknown parts of London. This made
me realise how much I love this city. It’s not Big
Ben or the things you see on postcards, it’s
about the atmosphere and the off-the-beatentrack places.
Some of us went to Brighton last weekend,
which is a place you have to visit whenever you
come to the UK! It has an absolutely stunning
stone beach and cliffs with an amazing view. We
captured it for you! Video is below
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So many sights to visit
by Kimberley
I even got a visit from family members since I
wrote last. Because they came during the week
though, I could only do something with them in
Hello, it’s me again! It’s been a while since my
the evenings. But it was still fun and I was glad
last blog and I’ve managed to do a lot of things
to see them again.
and visit many places.
School is still great, but having English until 5
The sixth and final week of school has ended,
p.m. every day is hard work and it’s slowly
which means we’ve started our internships. It’s
getting to us. It’s getting harder to concentrate
so surreal and I can’t believe how fast the time
the later it gets in the day, but I’m trying as hard
went.
as possible to learn as much as I can before the
courses finish. On the other hand, it’s also fun
I really wanted to eat a full English breakfast
since we play many games to use our new
while I’m here and where better to go than
vocabulary and one teacher even took us to see
Speedy’s café?! It sated my desire and I got to go
the Imperial War Museum. It was impressive but
to a place which is featured in one of my favorite
I didn’t like it so much. Mainly because I don’t
TV shows ‘Sherlock’. It was delicious and it filled
like war and violence.
me right up - I didn’t have to eat anything else
for the rest of the day. After that, I went with a
Last Friday we went to Jamie’s Italian to
friend of mine on a tour of the Houses of
celebrate a friend’s birthday and I suggest going
Parliaments, which one can visit during the
there if you ever have the time. The next day
summer. We got to hear about the history of the
there was a trip to Springfield Market and Brick
building and the phases the British government
Lane with the social program. I definitely
went through to get to this stage. Not to forget
recommend going there if you like markets. The
the tremendously beautiful architecture from
vendors sold many unusual items and I couldn’t
different time periods.
resist buying something. We even saw the
Cereal Killer café, which sells only cereals, but
I’ve also been to St. Paul’s Cathedral and to the
we didn’t go in - we didn’t really fancy a bowl of
British Museum. That was on the day they
cereal at two in the afternoon.
burned the huge art project on the Thames in
honor of the great fire of London 350 years ago.
I feel like all I’ve been doing since I got here is
I didn’t go and watch it live, I watched it on the
going to school or visit places. I can’t even
Internet via live stream. I’ve even managed to go
remember the last time I slept in. But you should
to the church pub once, which was vigorously
make the most of your time here I guess, I can
recommended from last year’s class and I must
rest again when I’m back in Switzerland.
say it’s pretty special. I can only pass on this
recommendation.
One Saturday my friends and I went to Brighton
to visit the seaside, the pier and to go shopping.
As always, it was a bit colder than in London and
very windy, but it’s a beautiful city and I love it a
lot. It was nice to be back there.
Speedy’s Café
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Lots of love for this city
singing was incredible and I enjoyed it very
much. I’m definitely going to another musical
by Jessica
again sometime.
Our 8th week here in London is almost over,
I’m excited to tell you about my workplace in the
school’s ended and we started our internships
next blog!
already. I’ve visited a lot of places since my first
blog post and I want to tell you about it.
One of my favourite places is Covent Garden.
The place has a lot of nice cafes and restaurants
and you always pass singers or comedians in the
street. The place is known for its markets and
fashion boutiques. You also find the London
Transport Museum, Royal Opera House and
Neal’s yard there, which I really recommend
visiting. After exploring Covent Garden with my
host sister we took the bus to Southwark, where
you can find the Tate Modern Museum. We
went up to the 10th floor to experience the
amazing view over central London. We were
Lion King Musical
able to see St. Pauls cathedral, the Millennium
Bridge and the Shard. Later that day we had a
delicious Japanese dinner.
Last Saturday, my friends and I went to the
famous Highgate cemetery. We were really
impressed by all those old graves and the
beautiful nature they were surrounded by. By
the time it got darker and colder and we felt a
bit scared walking around on dead bodies so we
left. But it was definitely an adventure!
Besides having fun and exploring new stuff all
the time, we still have to focus on what’s
important – the BEC exam. It’s our last week at
St. Giles and that means our last real exam
preparation. But we’re all getting really excited
about working for the first time.
Last Wednesday, I went to the Lion King musical
with my friends. It was an amazing show and the
actors and actresses were so good. Also their
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Big City Life
by Lena-Sophia
Hi everyone out there, it`s Lena again. Our
school time here in London has ended and I
started working in a charity company called “All
Aboard”, which is situated in Watford.
William was celebrated. Lucky us, on the day
we were there, we could visit an exhibition of
the Queen’s wardrobe, with original famous
outfits.
At the end of the day we ate dinner at the
Spaghetti House, which is always worth a visit.
Afterwards we tiredly went home to our host
families to get some sleep for the next day of
sightseeing.
Anyway I`m going to let you know about the
weekend when we finally went to Sky Garden.
On Saturday morning we got up, took the tube
and went to Sky Garden. It was very windy and a
little bit cloudy but that couldn`t worsen our
good mood. Once there, we had to pass a really
strict security check and after that we waited for
the lift which took us 155 metres up in just 10
seconds. After all we reached the top, we had a
stunning view over London, you could see the
Me at Sky Garden
Olympic Stadium, the Tower Bridge and of
course the Shard. Even the garden up there is
quite cool, you can just sit there and relax or
take great photos. If you want to eat something,
there is a bar and some restaurants, which
looked really nice. If you visit London someday,
Sky Garden is definitely a thing to do which I
recommend, but don`t forget to book 3 weeks in
advance.
On Sunday we went to the Buckingham Palace,
for which we also had to buy tickets in advance,
because it was sold out every day at the time.
The day we went there was the last day this year
you could visit, because now the Queen is back
in house. The rules in Buckingham Palace were
really rigid. You weren`t allowed to take your
phone or even a camera with you and you have
to pass a security check which is quite similar to
the one at the airport. Despite all, it was very
interesting. You could see all the rooms where
normally state receptions are held and even
the room where the wedding of Kate and
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My first work experience in London
by Pamela
I started my internship in London. I work at a
language school called “International House”.
The language school is situated in Covent
Garden; it’s a part of Central London. Covent
Garden is a short walk from Oxford Street,
Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. The
working times in London are unlike the working
times in Switzerland. While Swiss people start
working around 7:00 am or 8:00 am, people
from London start working at 9:00 am or even at
10:00 am. Lunchtime here is between 1:00 am
and 2:30 pm whereas Swiss people tend to eat
lunch at 12:00 noon or at 1 pm. The working day
mostly ends at 5:00 pm just like in Switzerland.
Picture: This is my workplace I share with my
supervisor, which is also the entry of the
Executive Centre.
My working place in London
The language school I work at focuses on
Business English, so I’m using a lot of Business
Vocabulary, which helps me improve my
Business language for the BEC-Higher Exam. The
BEC-Higher Exam will take place in November.
I work on the fifth floor in the Executive Centre.
Today, on my first day my supervisor helped me
to install my E-mail and the entire login’s. She
also introduced me to some colleagues and
showed me the whole school. The people are
very friendly and polite with me and welcome
me happily. My supervisor explained what tasks
I’m going to work on in these 4 months. Mainly
I’m going to be the contact person for student
inquiries and pick up the phone if agencies call
to book a language stay for their clients. Today I
could help some of the students and answer
some simple questions.
I need to know the most popular course prices
and how much the total costs so I can counsel
them and help them to find the best price for
their client.
I’m really looking forward to start taking over my
first responsibilities.
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Our first working experience – and trips we
took
by Irina
Hi It's me again. This week’s blog is about our
trips and our internship we just started. It was
very exciting for all of us considering this is the
first working experience for most of us.
I had the feeling that the six weeks of school we
had, were some of the fastest weeks I've ever
had. I really mean, when we just started to get
the hang of it, we were thrown out of our
rhythm again. Two weeks ago we all started our
internships in different companies. My working
place is a nice small office room with just five
employers. I think I’m getting along with my
work well even though this is my first working
experience. To just use English the whole day
and just work in English was easier than I
imagined. I don’t think about speaking English
anymore, I just do. A few days ago I even had my
first phone call at the office. I was really nervous
but I could manage it well. I'm still figuring out
the best way to go to work, because different to
my way to school, I can't just go on the tube, go
out of the tube and be at the school. Now either
way I have to get on the tube, change it and take
a bus, go on the tube and take a bus or just take
a bus. But the traffic here in the morning is really
bad and the bus is so full in the morning that I
had to stand in the bus for 1 1/2 hours. So I'm
still trying out the different ways of travelling.
Otherwise I can't complain about my life here. I
enjoy it with all its sides.
If you like creepy things, I can recommend
visiting the Highgate cemetery. It's a really old
and famous cemetery where also a lot of famous
people lie. It is so old that at some places the
trees even grow through old graves. The
atmosphere is so special there that you easily
get goosebumps on your arms.
A few weeks ago we went to see the award
winning Lion King musical. It was truly amazing
so I'm definitely going to watch it again with my
family when they are coming to visit me. Even if
you are not a big fan of musicals I can really
recommend going there.
Highgate cemetery
Since we’ve been here we took a lot of trips.
One time we went to Brighton. I’ve already
visited Brighton when I was here for holidays but
it was still beautiful even the second time. It's
right at the sea and you feel like you're in
another country. The weather was really good
although it was really windy. We enjoyed sitting
by the sea and just relax and listen to the sea
and the seagulls.
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In the working mood
by Sabrina
Now we have officially started working. I have to
say I wasn’t too nervous on my first day because
many teachers and office workers I’ve already
seen in the corridor or spoken to at the front
office. As expected everyone was really nice and
friendly. (They still are!)
But let’s quickly go back some days. I
experienced a wonderful 17th birthday with my
friends in a Jamie Oliver pub. The number of
presents I got is just too much! But it wasn’t the
presents which made this evening so wonderful
and unique. It was the fact that I could spend it
with four of my best friends. Thank you so
much!
this programme. Another thing I deal with are
the students’ certificates. At the end of every
week I need to prepare personalised envelopes
and put in the appropriate certificate for the
leaving student.
There are many other things to do and I’m glad
to have a notebook where I can write down the
steps of more complicated tasks since I know
one day I’ll have to deal with those on my own.
I’m excited to learn more in the following
weeks!
Between then and now my uncle and my aunt
came to visit me. They stayed 7 days and we
nearly spent every day/evening together. I was
very happy to see them again! One Sunday we
visited the Natural History Museum near the
South Kensington Tube station. This museum is
huge and after about 2 ½ hours I had a
headache, although the dinosaurs and special
exhibitions were impressive. After this visit we
spent some time in Hide Park and had a look at
some pieces of art. One evening we sat in a
lovely restaurant next to the Thames on the
North side and enjoyed a delicious dinner. These
days have flown by too fast!
After the gorgeous musical “The lion king” a few
weeks ago it was time for another musical
called, “Matilda”. It’s about a smart little girl
with horrible parents. They don’t treat her well
but Matilda knows how to strike back. Luckily
the story has a happy-end.
Back to my work experience. I now slowly get
used to the daily office tasks and the way to deal
with student desires. Every day I get to learn
something new. I for example have to check
student information on a programme called
“Class”. Basically everything I need to know
about the student and his/her stay is saved on
Birthday at a Jamie Oliver Pub
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Busy, busy, busy...by Kimberley
It’s already been three weeks since we started at
our work placement and lots of things have
happened. I’ve visited many more places and I
want to share some of them with you.
Naturally, I’m also going to speak about my work
a bit.
It’s been even more hectic than when I was at
school. The change from school to working is
taking its toll on me and I’ve been more tired
recently. I still want to visit so many places and I
have to practice for the BEC Higher exam, while
also doing some French homework. So as you can
imagine sleep falls pretty short on my list of
chores. But I don’t mind. I’ve managed somehow
until now.
The first impression of my work placement wasn’t
the best. No one had time to properly take care
of us because they hit a busy spell in the office, so
we spent a lot of time just waiting around. Two of
us didn’t want to carry on with their internship in
that company, so they decided to leave. The rest
of us decided to stay on to wait and see how
things would develop, which was worth it. The
people at work are so nice and welcoming and
with a bit of communication, I think that all
problems can be solved. It’s gotten much better
since the start and next week we’ll be able to
really start with tasks.
As for the places I visited since last time: One
Sunday I went to a Japanese Matsuri Festival with
a Japanese friend from St. Giles. It was packed,
but then again events like these always are. I
should have known as I’ve been to events like
these back in Switzerland. But it’s always a nice
experience and I had fun.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t spared from the illness
bug that seemed to float around and I caught a
bad cold for a week. I was really annoyed because
I had to cancel a lot of things which I had planned,
but I’m better know and I made up for the lost
time since then.
Of course, I couldn’t leave out going to a musical
while here in London, the musical metropolis,
and I went to see Lion King and Matilda until now.
The Lion King was so nostalgic, with all the songs
and the story, which I hadn’t heard or seen since
I was a child. It was beautifully made and very
enjoyable. On the other hand, I didn’t know what
to expect from Matilda. I hadn’t seen the movie
before and I didn’t know what it was about. Mindblowing. That’s the only thing I can say about it. I
think I liked it even better than Lion King. The
performance was great, especially the ones of the
children. And the story was beautiful too. I lived
through so many emotions watching it.
Enjoyment, laughter, sadness, happiness. I
definitely recommend seeing it if you’re ever in
London. I know I wouldn’t mind seeing it again,
that’s how great it was. I should go and watch
some more as long as I’m here.
I finally gathered myself up and went on a
weekend trip to Oxford, Windsor and Eton. And I
must say, it was worth it. Eton and Windsor are
such beautiful little towns and they have a real
homely feel to them with all those old streets and
cute English houses. I especially liked that you
could see a few remnants of the past. It was very
interesting to hear about those. And I was so
surprised to hear that the pavilion in the park that
we saw, was the present of the population of
Windsor for the Queens 90th birthday.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to visit the
castle, which I’ll definitely be doing in the near
future. Oxford, on the other hand, was just
inspiring. Seeing all those universities and
colleges, especially Christ Church College (where
a few Harry Potter scenes were filmed), and all
the students that I was able to see on that day
wearing their uniforms, has definitely opened my
eyes and given me a new perspective of what my
future could be/hold.
Now that I know how things work a little better
and I’ve settled in, I can much better plan and
organize the remaining sights and weekend trips
I want to do. I want to see as much as I can while
I’m here so that I won’t have any regrets when I
return.
Musical Matilda
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New everyday life
by Jessica
Hi guys. In this blog post I will tell you all about
my workplace and other things I’ve been up
to.
The company I work for is called PSL
Recruitment Services and is situated in Angel,
Central London. It is a very nice area with
many restaurants and shops around. It takes
me about 45 minutes to get there. Luckily, I
start work at 10 a.m. and finish at 4 p.m.
already. It’s rather a short but intensive and
super interesting day I spend at the office. The
company recruits candidates with clinical
experience for hospitals and other managers.
Since my boss and supervisor both are
experienced healthcare clinicians and have
worked as physiotherapists before they have a
lot of knowledge to impart to me. Almost
every day we have candidates coming in for an
interview and attending them is one of the
most interesting parts for me. We are a small
team of 8 people and the company fosters a
personal environment. The people I work with
are all kind and helpful and I feel very
comfortable working here.
decide what to eat since all the dishes were so
good but we ended up eating Bratwurst with
Roesti and for dessert a chocolate fondue. It
was delicious and next time I’ll take my friends
there.
Now I am extremely excited for Halloween
next weekend! My friends who study here
have organized a Halloween party at a club. So
excited to go there…dressed up as a vampire
maybe?
My workplace: Psl office
Last Sunday, thousands of people celebrated
the 15th year of London’s Diwali festival (Hindu
festival of light) at Trafalgar Square. And my
friend Abby and I were involved as well! There
was live entertainment throughout the whole
day with dancers, singing, and food but also
stalls where you could get Henna tattoos or
try on a sari (traditional Indian dress). The
actual Diwali falls on October 30 so the UK
pre-celebrated.
As I am really missing Swiss food I went to this
cute little restaurant called “St. Moritz” in
Soho with my friend. He knew the place and
took me there as a surprise. We couldn’t
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The best weekend so far
by Lena-Sophia
Hi guys, it`s Lena again. So much happened over
the last few weeks, we started working, my
family visited me and my boyfriend came over
for the weekend.
And this weekend is what I`m going to let you
know about now.
it. But the highlight on Monday was definitely
our ride on the London Eye at night. Luckily we
booked fast track tickets, so we didn`t have to
wait long. Up there the view over London with
those millions of lights was incredible. So as you
can see, we had a fantastic weekend in this
exciting city and I`m really looking forward to
seeing my boyfriend again in 3 weeks when he`s
back in the city. You`ll hear from me in a few
weeks, have a good time!
The last weekend was the weekend my
boyfriend visited me here in London and I think
it was the best weekend so far because without
wanting to sound kitschy, there is almost
nobody else who makes me as happy as he does
and I really missed him. So on Friday he picked
me up from the railway station and it was a
great feeling having him back because you know
it isn`t always that easy to have a long-distance
relationship while you`re still young,
nevertheless I think we`re really getting on well
with it. First we checked in at our hotel and after
that we went to Westfield Shopping Centre on
Friday night because he wanted to buy a new
jacket and I wanted to eat at Nando`s which is
both possible at Westfield (really worth a visit).
On Saturday we visited the London Dungeon,
which is kind of a chamber of horror. I was so
scared the whole time because even though it’s
really interesting and stunning, it`s also spooky
and frightening. Afterwards we went to
Chiquito, a Mexican restaurant, for dinner.
Relaxed, on Sunday morning we went to sky
garden where we had a great time even though
it was raining and we couldn`t go out on the
terrace. Subsequently we went to a nice Swiss
restaurant where we had some fondue for
dinner.
London Eye
Monday at lunch I had a little surprise for my
boyfriend. I booked a table in a well-known
restaurant of Jamie Oliver. Our meal there was
unbelievably good and I think he really enjoyed
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Ghostly Halloween Greetings from London
lenses. There were so many people in front of
by Pamela
the clubs so we just hung out in our friends’
Although every one of you knows what
Halloween is, everybody celebrates it differently.
Here in London Halloween is a really big issue,
comparing to the Swiss Halloween celebration.
Here every one gets ready for Halloween a lot of
weeks before, there are lots of pumpkin markets
and Halloween shops, as you can see in the
pictures above. I went to one of the biggest
apartment, ordered some pizza and went to
Camden Town.
So if you plan to go out on Halloween, I advise
you not to go as late as we did because there are
too many people who want to get into the clubs.
Now soon it gets serious…in about 2.5 weeks we
will take the BEC Higher Exam and I hope
everyone passes the exam.
Halloween shops called “CYBERDOG”, they don’t
just sell Halloween stuff, but also really crazy
clothes, make-up and accessories. When you go
into the shop there are neon lights and they play
really loud techno music and every worker is
very abstract and they wear crazy clothes.
As you know form my last blogs, I work in
Covent Garden which is Central London. It’s a
beautiful part of London and there are a lot of
cute little cafés and restaurants there. On
Halloween every café and every restaurant is
decorated with scary Halloween decoration and
PumpkinMarketCoventGarden.jpg: Here you see
a Halloween Pumpkin Market in Covent Garden.
all workers dress up and put on scary make-up.
There is a cute little store near my office and
they were selling Halloween cupcakes and cakes
for about 1 month. The cupcakes were so
delicious and how they decorated the cupcakes
was just amazing.
In Covent Garden there’s also a little market
which sells pumpkins ready to carve or already
carved.
On Halloween my friends and I dressed up as
Zombies and put on scary make-up and white
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Getting into a work routine, getting more
my supervisor has a lot of off days in the next
responsibilities and days off
months. But she gave me clear instructions what
by Irina
my daily routine will be like. I`m still a bit scared
that I do a lot incorrectly, but that`s just me
Hi it`s me Irina once again. If you still follow our
overthinking. Fingers crossed that everything is
blog posts I want to thank you.
going to work out .
The last weeks were actually really busy.
I have to tell you that it amazes me from time to
time how crazy British people sometimes are.
Because when we were at the beach down by
Firstly, because I got so many visits from friends
and family, and secondly, because work is
getting more serious and I get more
responsibilities and important work every day.
the coast, it was really windy and cold. But
British people just don`t seem to care, they were
swimming and surfing despite the fact that it
was only 13 degrees and the sea was about 12
As we don`t actually have holidays here in
degrees! You can see a girl wearing swimsuits
England, you still read right in the title. Due to
and if you turn to the right side you see a girl
the fact that I work in a Jewish company, I had
wearing boots, a hat, gloves and a thick winter
some work free days, because all the important
jacket. I just don`t get it. You see basically
Jewish holidays fell on October this year. So I
everything here! 
used the chance to invite my family and friends
over so I can spend some more time with them
than just on the weekend. My parents used the
chance to drive around in England with a rented
car, so also I got the chance to see more of
England than just the always busy city London.
I also noticed how fast time flies here.
Considering you will only get the chance to read
my blog posts 2 more times, it makes me realize
again that my stay here is just going too fast. Still
I try to enjoy every single minute of this stay
which I`m sure I will never forget.
Because I had company from family and friends
from Switzerland 4 weekends in a row, I barely
had some time for myself and I really noticed,
that in a mega city like London, you just have to
have some days to relax. But I don`t regret any
minute of it. 
In my working life, it gets busier and busier
every day. Because I now got into the working
Tower Bridge
routine and understand the I tasks I have to do, I
get a lot more responsibilities each day. In the
future I get even more responsibilities because
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Where has the time gone
by Sabrina
On Sunday my friends and I visited the Science
Museum and the Imperial War Museum. I must
say the big halls were impressive. At most
And another week has started. I really love my
exhibitions you had to read a lot so we mostly
work experience at St Giles Highgate! Whereas I
just walked by. In the War Museum however we
haven’t had that much motivation to go to
found some interesting and also sad exhibitions
school, I have no problem getting up for work in
about the first and the second World War. While
the morning. I start work at 8:30 but mostly I
we were there I also bought a Christmas present
arrive earlier. I like to work in the morning. It’s
for my uncle as I am his “secret Santa” this year
quiet and you’re not already exhausted from the
(He loves planes). This was a successful and cold
day. My daily tasks are varied and I have a lot of
day! The temperature sank rapidly since the
contact with the students. On some days there is
beginning of November.
not as much to do as usual so I’m a bit bored (I
don’t like to be bored). But most of the time I’m
busy which is good.
Between this and my last blog I thought it was
time to change my hair a bit. No worries, I didn’t
colour it pink, I just cut it up to my shoulders. It’s
Since I’m here I haven’t really studied for
nice to have less hair to wash, even though it
anything. The BEC Higher is dangerously close
doesn’t make much of a difference for me (I
and I still struggle with the vocabulary. The best I
have a lion’s mane).
can do is just learn as many of these words as I
can. It’s just hard to focus on one thing if you
know there is still French homework and our IPT
Now I don’t know anything else to write.
Hope you’re all well!
work.
But, we are not complaining, no, no!
On Saturday my mum arrived in London. She is
also studying English here for two weeks. On
Friday night I created a sign for her which I took
to the airport. It was more a joke as of course
she knows what I look like but it was funny
anyway. So after the airport we went to my
mother’s homestay in the east of London. The
people are lovely. Quite a big family though, four
Food market in East London.
children! The rest of the day we spent at Oxford
street.
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It feels like things are finally going the right way
the cheaper and easier version of a taxi.
by Rasha
Whenever you don’t feel like taking the tube for
Let’s start with work again. My first few weeks in
the company are over and I only have positive
things to talk about. We are a homestay
one hour, you can simply just open your Uber
App and after a couple of minutes, your Uber
arrives.
provider and are located in South Quay, a tenminute walk away from the Canary Wharf
station. To live with a host family while studying
is not just much cheaper, it is also a great
opportunity for students to speak English all the
time. I work in a team of approximately 10
people. It’s not really a team. It’s more like a big
Last but not least, my best friend came over for
the third time. It helps me a lot when she’s here.
She makes me forget about how far away we
actually are from our homes. I’m looking
forward to seeing them all again in December.
family. At the end of the day, I don’t feel like I
was at work even though I have a lot of work to
do throughout the day. There is a really good
atmosphere at work, which motivates me each
day to get up with a smile.
I also finally found a gym. It took us about three
months to find one. The feeling I have, after
From left to right: me, Selma and Denise
working out, is something I really miss. I can’t
wait to start working out again. Plus, a big
motivation is the gym itself. It’s designed by one
of the most famous club designers in the UK and
has its own DJ. The membership includes
personal training and all classes.
What I personally will miss for sure, when I get
back to Switzerland, are the healthy fast food
chains. There are so many places where you can
eat healthy for less than £10. All fresh, organic
and ready to go. Switzerland unfortunately
doesn’t have any of these. Oh and Uber. Uber is
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It’s getting serious
looking at all those stalls. It even had a guy who
by Kimberley
did the limbo. I’ve never seen anyone do that
The date of our BEC Higher exam is creeping
nearer and (at least for me) the stress about the
IPT documentation that we have to write has
begun.
Besides getting nervous and worrying about my
grades I’ve finally managed to visit Warwick
Castle, which I intended to do even before I
came here. It was a long day trip because they
were open until 9.00 pm thanks to their
Halloween attractions. I would say it’s more
something for a family with kids, but I still
enjoyed myself. It was really interesting to learn
about the castle's history and it’s an impressive
site. I always loved castles and this one didn’t
disappoint me. You could literally feel those
medieval vibes. It was surrounded by trees and
green fields, which I thought helped to create a
lovely atmosphere. I did my first Dungeon
experience there and I must say that it wasn’t
before. Since my last blog I had another visit
from my mum and this time she came along with
my godmother. I really appreciated that my
godmother made the effort to come and visit me
in London as she doesn’t get to travel a lot and
hardly speaks any English.
Of course, I also met up with my friends a few
times since I last wrote. Not so much now that
we are working, but we still try to see each other
frequently. We went to the Science Museum
together, which seemed to me like a mix
between the Transport Museum in Lucerne and
the Technorama in Winterthur. We’ve also been
to dinner at a few places. For example, at Meat
Liqueur or Twinseltown. I strongly recommend
the latter. It’s an American restaurant and their
Texan Hot Dog is heavenly. Especially if you eat
it with the ‘Oh my God! Garlic Mayo’. Their
desserts are delicious too.
really scary. Even though I’m a person who
After one of these dinners we felt that it was still
doesn’t like horror stuff. But it was fun.
too early to go home, so we went and saw
Especially because it was designed after the dark
Tower Bridge at night. It was beautiful. We
past of the castle. At the end of the day when it
walked around a bit, took some pictures and had
was dark I went and watched how they fired off
a really great time.
a ball of fire with an authentically reconstructed
catapult. It was awesome.
Our exam is only a week away now so I’m
starting to repeat some business topics and
I also went to Portobello market. It was huge. I
important vocabulary. I’m nervous about the
couldn’t believe it. There were lots of different
upcoming exam and I kind of want some more
things to see and various things to buy. Not to
time to prepare, but on the other hand, I’ll be
be left out are the street artists every hundred
glad once it’s over with. After that, I’ll be able to
meters. I think they make the place even more
concentrate fully on my IPT. Fingers crossed that
lively by giving an entertainment in between
it all goes well and that I’ll pass!!!
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Birthday celebrations
When I came into the office the next day my
by Jessica
colleagues surprised me with a cake and
It’s crazy how fast time flies. Just 5 more weeks
presents. This made me feel much appreciated.
till we are back in Switzerland to celebrate
Now I guess we’re all freaking out because of
Christmas and New Year’s. Veeeeery excited!
the BEC exam that’s coming up this Saturday.
We will all be happy once it’s done. Wish us luck
guys, we need it haha!
In this blogpost I’m exclusively going to talk
about my birthday weekend. It was amazing! My
family, my godfather and cousin came to visit
me from Friday to Sunday. That was actually the
biggest present I could have got for my
20th birthday.
On Friday evening, we went to the Shard and
had delicious Chinese food at the Hutong
Restaurant on the 33rd level. The view from up
there is just breath-taking. For me London is
definitely the city of lights.
On Saturday, my cousin and I went shopping at
Oxford Street. Despite the weather we had a
Oxford Street by night
great time and bought so much stuff. For dinner
my fam and I had typical British food – fish and
chips. Later that night I celebrated my birthday
at a club with my cousin and friends who study
here.
I enjoyed the next day with my family at the
Thames. We had lunch at the Southbank
opposite the Westminster area. Fortunately, we
got very lucky with the weather on my birthday.
In the afternoon I had to say goodbye to them
because they headed back home but I could
spend the evening with my godfather and cousin
who were still here till the next day. All in all, it
was the perfect weekend for me!
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Exams done, now final spurt until Christmas
On Monday morning we were told to go to one
by Lena-Sophia
of the charity shops of our company. It was
really interesting and we gained a new insight
into the system of how things are going on.
Hi guys, it’s Lena again. It’s been a while since
From now on we’re going to work every Monday
you’ve heard from me and during this time a lot
in one of the shops which I really appreciate. So
has happened and I can’t believe there are only
you will hear from me around Christmas which is
a few weeks left till Christmas. So I am just going
only a few weeks away and I’m really looking
to let you know about my last weekend, which
forward to coming home for one week to see my
was the exam weekend.
boyfriend, my family and my friends.
On Saturday we got up very early to go to
Wembley for our BEC Higher Certificate. I think
nobody was very excited the weeks before but
as we arrived there everyone just got more and
more nervous. The people there were really
friendly and helpful and the whole setting was a
bit smaller than back in Switzerland where we
did our BEC Vantage Certificate. We had a lot of
time between the written tests and the
speaking, so we just went shopping at centre
premier of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them
court shopping. In the end, it wasn’t as hard as
we expected but it’s quite difficult to estimate it,
so just see what the results will say (we will get
them around Christmas). After that we went for
dinner in a nice little Spanish restaurant and had
a fantastic paella.
On Sunday I slept in because the weather was so
bad and I didn’t feel like going out. But at 4pm
we went to the Odeon cinema at Leicester
square to see the premier of “Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find Them”. It was really good but
I think it’s kind of too long-winded so that it gets
boring after a while.
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Finally the exam’s over
dishes and music. As you might’ve guessed by
by Pamela
now, I’m half Colombian.
The BEC Higher exam’s over and we can go back
to our daily routine.
Two days ago we had the BEC Higher exam and
I’m so glad the exam’s finally over.
In my opinion the Reading part was the most
difficult one. I had a lot of time pressure,
because I always checked my answers twice and
in the end I didn’t have enough time.
Unfortunately we have to wait until midDecember to get our results, but let’s hope for
the best.
The next day my friends and I went to watch
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. The
movie was amazing, it’s a spin-off of the Harry
Potter books and movies. I really recommend
that movie, although it can be complicated to
We also went to visit an old friend of the family,
who actually was my parents’ witness when they
got married almost 22 years ago in Miami.
I really enjoyed the weekend with my family,
though I already miss them and saying goodbye
was really hard.
I’m really excited about Christmas and all the
Christmas lights. Here in London I start feeling
that Christmas is not far away. The Christmas
lights and decorations are amazingly beautiful
and everyone’s getting ready to start buying
Christmas presents.
And in a month we’re going back to Switzerland
for 9 days and I’m really looking forward to
seeing my friends and family again.
understand the meaning of some acts.
About one week ago my parents came to visit
me in London. I was really excited to see them
again after such a long time and I felt how much
I’d missed them. My little sister was really sad
about me not being in Switzerland for her 10th
birthday, but she was so excited to know
everything about my life in London.
I introduced my family to my supervisor and
showed them my workplace. I took them to a
Mexican restaurant, Japanese restaurant and
also to a Colombian restaurant. My family
enjoyed the Colombian restaurant very much,
Christmas lights in Covent Garden.
because it felt like home with all the Colombian
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Christmas feeling is here and BEC Higher exam
to wait until it`s dark outside, because it already
by Irina
gets dark at 4.30pm now!
This week’s blog consists of our BEC Higher
Last Friday was Black Friday so nearly every shop
exam experience and the Christmas feeling that
had big sales, so we wanted to go Christmas
is starting to show up.
shopping, but to be honest, there were just too
many people in the shops. But we still looked for
Christmas present ideas for our family and
Hi, so last week we had our BEC Higher exam. As
part of this education we are doing the highest
business English exam. While I passed the BEC
Vantage exam last year with a good grade, I`m
not so certain about this one. But I keep thinking
positively. The level really rose sharply between
these 2 exams.
The exam took place on a Saturday and it took
the whole day. In the morning we first had the
reading part for one hour. And I tell you, time
was really tight. Next we had our writing and
listening parts which were a bit easier for me
due to the fact the reading part is mostly the
friends.
I`m really looking forward to seeing my family
soon when we are home for Christmas. But at
the same time it saddens me to know when we
are coming back to London after Christmas, we
will only stay here for another 24 days and I`m
really enjoying my time here.
Because we missed our food from home we
went to a Swiss restaurant called St. Moritz
where we had some Swiss food like Cordon Bleu
with Spätzli, Fondue, Älplermagronen and a
Chocolate Fondue to finish this evening off.
most difficult one. In the afternoon we had our
speaking part with our chosen partner from our
class which was a big advantage because you
feel a bit more comfortable. The second part
where you have to choose a topic out of three
and talk about it for one minute, is normally
quite easy for me but not this time because the
three topics were really hard so it was harder
The Natural History Museum
than usual to talk about it, and I know I could
have done better. But we will see.
Despite the fact that it`s so cold now, we love to
walk around when it`s dark outside because the
Christmas lights have been up for 2 weeks at
Oxford Street and everywhere else. It`s not hard
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My favourite time of the year
recommend visiting this place if you like Harry
by Sabrina
Potter. I really missed my “big sister” I call her.
Hey guys Sabrina here.
She is just like me only older. (Not old, older!)
I’ll start with some facts: Christmas time has
Today we decorated our Christmas tree at the
definitely arrived in London, I’m in a “buying
school. We put it in the entrance hall where now
Christmas presents” rush and all in all I’m pretty
everyone can admire it. With some good
stressed out at the moment.
Christmas music and a happy team this was a
fun afternoon. Not to forget the Mannequin
As my class mates mentioned in their blogs, our
BEC Higher exam is done so we can forget about
it and just hope we’ll pass. Now we have the
Challenge! We thought it would be fun if the
whole scene would play around the tree. It’s
now more a Christmas Mannequin Challenge.
time, or not, to concentrate on our French
homework and the IPT documentation. Ten
minutes ago I’ve finished my French homework
for this month! Tomorrow is the deadline so I’m
really glad I had some help from my colleague at
work and my auntie back in Switzerland.
Oh yes! I nearly forgot. When my mum was here
we went to the musical “The Bodyguard”. I have
to say the movie is better but the singers were
brilliant! Beverley Knight as Rachel Marron and
Rachel John as Nicki Marron (the sister) killed
I write the IPT at my work placement as I don’t
the stage with their voices. At the end of the
have that much to do sometimes. It’s really hard
show everyone clapped and danced to the song
for me to find the right words to describe my
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody”!
work experience here! Anyway, I hope I can
finish it on time.
Goosebumps everywhere!
So, now I’ve finished.
One weekend I was Christmas presents shopping
I wish you guys a wonderful pre-Christmas time!
in the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford,
East London. Unfortunately, one of my friends
joined me so I couldn’t look for her present! No,
I’m kidding, it was good to have company. So we
walked around for approximately 3 ½ hours.
After that my feet said STOP! Luckily I found
some presents but I’m not done yet.
I was very, very, very excited about last Friday.
My friend from Switzerland came to visit me and
we went to the Harry Potter studios on
Fir at school
Saturday! This day was unforgettable! I strongly
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A few more days left
on Thursday. I was happy about that, because I
by Rasha
wanted to buy one anyway :D
I honestly can’t wait until Christmas break is
here. I’m super excited to see my family and
friends again. Christmas is usually not a big thing
in our family. We just like to get a little tree and
spend some time with each other. Somehow I
feel like this year is going to be special because it
feels like I haven’t seen my family in ages. I did a
lot of Christmas shopping last week. I got my
family something personalised presents, which
they will hopefully like. I didn’t really have an
I was also asked to be part of a show which was
presented by Brooks and Brooks (three times
London hairdresser of the year). Of course I said
yes! It was an experience I won’t forget easily
and I was really happy to be a part of it. Their
theme was something between avantgarde,
modern 90s and punk. Obviously not an
everyday look but still, I enjoyed it :)
idea on what to get for my sister. So last
The design museum in Kensington had its big
Saturday we went to Camden Market and I
opening last weekend. I thought it’s a good idea
found a cool artist who is located there. She
to go on the first day. I honestly don’t know
does hand-painted shoes, t-shirts, jumpers and
what I was thinking. As soon as we got there, we
caps. I immediately knew that my sister would
were told by a staff member to queue for 30
love to get some customized shoes. So I asked
minutes outside and once we get inside the
her if it’s possible to get a pair with Simba and
museum, there will be another queue which we
Nala on it. She is going to drop me an email
have to wait in for 40 minutes. Well, after 5
when she finished painting them. I can’t wait to
minutes we decided to leave and go to South
see them. Oh and by the way: your shoe size is
Bank. South Bank is a significant arts and
your price! Lucky me, my sister has just turned 8
entertainment district.
and still has tiny feet.
Also, winter season has begun! There are so
many cute places to visit, during winter time.
Between those weekends, I go to the gym and
work from Monday to Friday. Which doesn’t
really feel like work to be honest. As I already
Such as Winter Wonderland, Tate Modern
Christmas Market, Somerset House Ice Skating
or Oxford/Regent Street by night.
mentioned in my last blog, our team is more like
a family. We spend a lot of time with each other
outside of work. This Thursday for example will
be our Christmas party at the Grand Union in
Brixton. Out of nowhere, my manager felt like
we have to wear some funny Christmas jumpers
Oh and I bought myself an early Christmas
present. I’m going to see one of my favourite
artist, Schoolboy Q, live in Brixton next week. I
will tell you a lot more about it in my next blog
:).
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Christmas time is here
by Kimberley
Wow, this is already my 5th blog. Time has flown
by so fast I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas and
we’ll be going home to Switzerland soon for the
Christmas period.
The Christmas cheer has taken over this city.
Everywhere you go, you’ll see beautiful Christmas
lights and decorations. Not to forget those
Christmas shoppers. I faced them one Saturday
and I never want to go through that experience
again. It was ten times worse than in Switzerland
and it isn’t even close to Christmas yet. Even at
my workplace people have gotten into the
Christmas Spirit. Together with a colleague I got
to put up and decorate a Christmas tree in the
office’s waiting room. It was fun and now every
time I see it when I come in in the morning, it
cheers me up and seems to inspire me for work.
The atmosphere in the office changed too in my
opinion and everyone seems more cheerful. My
work experience up until now was ok I guess. We
have mostly been cataloguing and updating files,
which becomes a little boring after a while when
you have to do it for several weeks at a time. This
week we received the “get go” for answering
online chats, which has me excited. We didn’t
have any customer contact yet, so I’m looking
forward to implementing the things I learned
during training and getting used to speaking to
customers. Up to this time, I got to have a deeper
insight on how the insurance industry works,
which I’m sure will benefit me greatly in the
future. And at least after working in the insurance
industry, I can say that I don’t want to work in this
sector after my education.
Now on to another topic: I got a visit from my
parents one weekend. It was fantastic. The last
few times they came was always during the week,
which meant that we couldn’t spend so much
time together. On Saturday, we visited the
Portobello market at my father’s request as he
always wanted to see Portobello Road. Later that
evening we went to watch Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them. I loved it. I highly
recommend seeing it, if you haven’t already done
so. The next day we went to the Christmas market
at the Southbank Centre. It was fun and we found
some Christmas presents, but in hindsight I was
disappointed that we didn’t choose to go to the
Winter Wonderland Christmas market together. I
went with a friend on a later date and it was
incredible. The Christmas atmosphere there was
amazing. It really was a Wonderland in Winter.
I’m definitely going again if I find the time.
At another weekend, I tried to tick off some of the
places I still want to visit before I go home. I spent
a morning in Hamley’s, which is a giant toy shop
for those who didn’t know. After that, I made my
way to Primrose Hill and climbed to the top
where I got a beautiful skyline view of the city. To
get to the next thing on my agenda I had a
leisurely stroll through Regents Park to the
Sherlock Holmes Museum. It was interesting to
see and I went a bit crazy in the gift shop. On
Sunday I finally went to Camden Market. It was a
pleasant experience, but I still didn’t find a
present for my Secret Sancta. I’m starting to
despair. Eventually, I’ll have to visit every market
there is until I hopefully find a suitable present.
Just my luck to get the one person in the family
for whom it’s so hard to buy for.
Besides worrying over my presents shopping, I’m
madly working on my IPT. There’s just no minute
to relax. I’m glad when I’m going to be back in
Switzerland again. Ten whole days to just relax.
I’m going to milk them for all that they’re worth
because it’s going to get tough again in January as
we try to finish everything for the final part of our
stay. Until next time. Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year everyone!
Entrance to Sherlock Holmes’ House
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Making the most out of it
boss plays all the winter songs all day long. We
by Jessica
have two ugly jumper days coming up and we’re
It’s all about making the most of this very
different but great life here in London.
Although we’re going to spend another 3 weeks
in London after New Year’s it feels like
everything we still want to do has to happen
now before we are heading back home for
Christmas.
Two weeks ago I went to Brighton with my class
also playing the Secret Santa game. On
23rd December we’re having an international
food day at the office, where everyone brings in
food from their country. I have to find some
good cheese since I’m not really able to bring
something cooked or baked in.
Now everyone out there have a great Advent
season and the next time you will hear from me
is when we're back in Switzerland for the break!
friend. I’d been there before with my family
and when we reached the beach and Pier
it appeared very familiar to me again. We spent
most of the time at the beach, sitting in shingle
since it’s not a sand beach and enjoyed the
good weather, waves and sunset at 4pm. Later
on, we went to the Pier, had good crepes
and enjoyed a ride on the rollercoaster. It was a
really good day and we loved Brighton so much
that we want to go again!
A weekend later, one of my best friends from
Big Ben’s silhouettes
Switzerland came to visit me here. Luckily, she
could stay at my house so we got up very early
every morning and had a full programme
throughout the day. On Sunday we went on the
London Eye. It was amazing I recommend
experiencing this view to everyone! After that,
we went to the London dungeon and spent our
last evening at the cinema watching Jack
Reacher.
In the meantime, it’s getting so Christmassy. We
got a little Christmas tree in the office and my
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Soon Christmas, soon back home and some
patient and the other ones who aren`t that easy
more things about work
to handle, you get used to.
by Lena
Maybe you want to hear something about my
Hi guys! It`s been a while since you`ve heard
last weekend here. So one day I went with a
from me, now it`s almost Christmas. To be
friend to the rainforest café. Although we had to
honest with you, I`m really happy to be back
wait 20 minutes for a free table, it was really
home for a few days next week. Don`t get me
worth it. The food is good and the atmosphere is
wrong, it`s unbelievably exciting to live in
peerless. Another day, we went to Winter
London, it`s a totally different life than at home
Wonderland at Hyde Park. There we visited the
but it doesn`t feel the same to live without your
Magic Ice Kingdom, which was just very
family, your boyfriend and your friends, so I`m
impressive. I can`t imagine that all these
really looking forward to having them back soon.
sculptures were made by people. We had a
But until then, I`ll let you know some things
great weekend and I really recommend visiting
about my daily work life.
those things if you`re in London in December.
You will hear from me around Christmas, when
The main thing which we`re doing is picking up
the telephone to arrange collections for the
I`m back home in Switzerland, have a wonderful
Christmas and a joyful time with your families!
donors. They tell us what they want to donate
(mostly clothing or bric-a-brac, but also
furniture) and we arrange a date with them and
with our driver. This also means, that we have to
get their address, their postcode and the exact
number of bags or boxes they have. This might
sound easy to you, but it isn`t always that easy
because sometimes there are people with
Magical Ice Kingdom at Winter Wonderland
strange accents or elderly who don`t hear well
anymore, there are even people who are
shouting at you just because we can`t arrange a
collection for the next day. Nevertheless, you
get some really good experience, which I think
could be useful for your whole life. Moreover,
there are some people who are very friendly and
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Christmas Cheer
basically just baked some Christmas biscuits,
by Pamela
cooked and went to Bicester Village. Bicester is
It’s our last week in London and everyone is in a
really different to London, it’s a little, cute and
rush! In four days we’ll all be back in Switzerland
quiet village in contrast to the loud, big and
with our friends and family. Somehow I’m really
extravagant city London.
looking forward to seeing everyone again, but it
There were a lot of Christmas lights, cute shops
feels really awkward to go back to Switzerland.
and outlets.
I really like my workplace and the people I work
Last Thursday I went to watch Rogue One, a Star
with even more. They’re all really nice and they
Wars story with a friend because we’re both
are like family to me.
really big Star Wars fans. The movie was
Here it’s really common to give presents to
amazing!!!!! Before the movie started there
everyone, I got about 5 presents from teachers
were about 6 to 8 Stormtroopers dancing in
and colleagues and it’s not even Christmas yet!
front of thecinema and in the cinema they sold
Our company had about 3 Christmas parties and
Star Wars cups and Star Wars Popcorn buckets.
there I definitely saw with my own eyes, why
Also before the Star Wars movie started, there
everyone says English people drink a lot, it was
was a Premiere of the movie Collateral Beauty
so fun and we all enjoyed the party.
with Will Smith and we actually saw Will Smith
in front of the cinema. We were so
Because it’s the end of the year and Christmas is
overwhelmed, I think it was the best night ever.
here soon, everyone’s in a rush. Everyone is
buying Christmas presents and finishing things
I wish you all a beautiful Christmas and you’ll
which have to be done before the New Year
hear from me before New Year’s Eve!
starts.
A lot of our teachers are on leave now, as well as
my supervisor and the Director of Studies
Assistant, so the only ones working in the
Executive Centre of the Language School are the
Director of Studies, some teachers and me.
We get a lot of calls and bookings now before
Christmas, because everyone wants to book
their language stay before the Christmas
vacation.
On my last weekend before Christmas I went to
visit my friend in Bicester (near Oxford). We
This is the Star Wars Popcorn Bucket and the
Star Wars cup.
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The journey is not finished – still it’s my last
blog!
by Irina
Hi, it’s me Irina once again. Sadly, I have to say
that this will be my last blog. But anyway I will
tell you how my working experience is going and
what the winter in London feels like.
I’m still very happy with my working place, even
though a lot has changed now. My supervisor
cut down her working days and is only in the
office 3 days a week. First it was just me and one
other intern. But this intern also stopped
working now because it was planned anyway
that he will only stay for some months. But now
on two days of the week, I’m alone in the office.
Sometimes the boss shows up but not for long
because he has to attend client meetings. Since
I’m alone I have even more responsibilities but
still I’m not allowed to send documents to
clients without getting them checked first from
my supervisor. I just have to do them and wait
until the next day for it to be checked.
looking around. However, we were more
interested in the roller coasters and fun houses.
When eating churros and drinking mulled wine
(Glühwein) I even felt like I was at home for a
moment. Everything in general in London is
decorated so festively and Christmassy, it’s
impossible not to get in the Christmas mood.
When it’s dark outside but cloudy, you can even
see all the lights reflecting in the sky.
Last week I went to Leicester square and there
was a movie premiere of a new movie with Will
Smith that is coming out. It was so exciting for
me to see the scenery because I get fascinated
by the movie world so fast. I could even take a
quite good look at Will Smith when he stood on
a podium.
So, this was my last blog about my adventure in
London. I have really enjoyed every single day of
it so far and I’m very grateful to have the
privilege to be here.
Thank you for reading my blog, goodbye and I
hope you have a great Christmas and a fresh
new start into the year 2017!
However, since it’s Christmas time, things are a
lot quieter in the office. Due to the fact that I
work in a building company, it’s obvious that no
one wants to start a new job at Christmas and
New Year because it’s so busy and you have
guests etc.
On the 23rd of December we will fly home for
Christmas and New Year. I’m really looking
forward to that. Just to see my family and
friends again and just the feeling of being home.
I mean I also feel home at my host families
house but it’s different.
Will Smith at the premier
Last week another friend from Switzerland came
to visit me. Luckily I just have to work until 3 pm
everyday so I could meet her and show her
around in the city. It was funny when I realised
how well I got to know this city by now. We
went to visit Notting Hill because we heard there
is a huge market every weekend and just in
general Notting Hill is something you have to
visit in London. It’s famous for its cute little
buildings. The special part is that every building
is coloured differently. I showed her the winter
wonderland in Hyde park. It’s so beautiful there
and huge! It has a cute Christmas market at the
beginning where you could spend hours just
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Home sweet home
by Sabrina
A couple of days ago was the Holy Night, it was
Christmas Eve! I spent the evening with my
loved ones and together we had a wonderful
time.
Last Friday we flew back to Switzerland. We had
to be ready at 8 o’clock as the group taxis picked
us up between 8 and 9. After the driver picked
me and my group up, we drove to Heathrow
airport and met the others there. Different from
our first flight form Zürich to Heathrow on the
21st of August, we had to board and check-in on
our own. It all went well so my friends and I
spent approximately three hours sitting and
chatting in a cafe waiting for the information
where to go for our plane. Although I’m always
nervous about flying, everything went without
problems and we touched down safely in Zürich
at about 16:50 local time.
The weeks before our departure we celebrate
pre-Christmas at St Giles. On the 9th of
December there was a huge X-mas lunch in the
canteen. Every student could buy a ticket and
take part at this lovely event. The canteen team
prepared a massive turkey and after lunch we
sang Christmas carols in different languages.
This was great fun. In the evening the teachers
and the office team, which I am a part of, went
to the pub “The Grafton” and enjoyed a second
meal and some fun games.
I’m excited about the new people as it means I
have enough to do! I don’t like it if I have
nothing to do and as this was the case in the last
few weeks I’m really looking forward to January.
Mostly, I was done with my daily work in about
an hour so I just continued working on my
documentation or did some French homework.
This wasn’t really a pleasure I have to say. Don’t
get me wrong but if I’m at work I would like to
work and not doing something else. Well it also
had a good side. I had to study less at home.
On my last day at work, a miracle happened. We
finally received our BEC Higher exam results! I
never ever believed I would pass. But I did! At
that moment I nearly started crying and basically
couldn’t deal with so much happiness at once.
Now, I have a C1 level in Business English.
This was my last blog. I hope you all enjoyed
reading it. I definitely enjoyed writing about my
experiences in London.
Thanks very much for the support and the
opportunity to study English abroad!
I wish you all a happy New Year!
Although the holiday break was close, we had
around 10 new students arriving on the last
Monday. I guess most of them are staying in
London until the school opens again on Tuesday
the 3rd of January 2017. Monday is a bank
holiday. St Giles has a lot of bookings for January
so I had to prepare everything before I went
home for my own break. This especially includes
the orientation packs. Those packs full of
worksheets and laminated papers are made for
the first few lessons before the students are sent
into their class. In the orientation they first
absolve a placement test to see what English
level they have. After, they get some
information for example about how the tube
works or about St Giles and who they need to
ask if they’ve got any questions.
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Thank you London
So, having a cold while flying back to home isn’t
by Rasha
the best feeling you can have.
Time really flies. It feels like I just arrived
My ears started to hurt so badly that I felt sick
yesterday. But actually, we are leaving in a
and almost threw up. I’m really happy to be at
month already.
home now so I can spend at least some days
with my family and friends.
I can’t say I’m not happy to go home. I definitely
am. In another way I don’t want to go home.
Feeling the difference between the two cities is
This experience gave me so much. It’s not just
crazy. I didn’t even think about it. But being back
the language you learn when you move to
feels strange. Not only are the people really
another country. But also you learn a lot about
different from the ones in London but also the
yourself and you grow in many different ways. I
whole atmosphere is different. Let’s not forget
think it’s the perfect length to be abroad. You
about all the things that changed in Lucerne
have enough time to do any kind of things.
while I wasn’t here.
Last time I was writing about the upcoming
Anyway, I’m looking forward to the next weeks
concert of Schoolboy Q. It was great! We were
in London. Will try to make the best out of it, so I
on the Balcony in the first few rows. It was hard
won’t regret it when I’m back home :)
getting up the next morning and go to work but
it was totally worth it :)
To be honest, the last few days before going
back to Switzerland were quit boring. I haven’t
done many things and I just wanted to go home.
We did have our Christmas dinner at the Grand
Union in Brixton which was a lot of fun! There
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are some pictures if you go to Facebook and
search for HFS London.
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There's no place like home
The evening before we were picked up to go to
by Jessica
the airport, I had a nice dinner with my host
mom and the two other students in the house. I
am very happy with my host family and could
Three is nothing better than your own bed,
not have got luckier. I’m sure my English
mom's cooking and having the best people
improved massively thanks to my host mom.
around you.
And I was even rewarded with the BEC Higher
Diploma.
My goal for the next three weeks in London is to
It is so good to be back even if it’s only for a few
days. Nevertheless, I’m very happy to spend
another 3 weeks in London to enjoy a good
ending and to say proper goodbyes.
I had a great welcoming party with my best
friends when I got back on Friday. The next day
was already Christmas Eve and due to the nice
visit the last good places I haven’t been to
already and to go to my favourite spots one last
time. I’m incredibly happy to have been able to
undergo this experience abroad and won’t ever
forget the time in London.
Thank you for reading and following our
adventure. Have a prosperous New Year!
weather and no snow (as always) the
Christmassy feeling wasn’t very strong. But I’m
always very excited for Christmas and it is one of
the best nights to celebrate with my family.
Before coming home to Switzerland, I had an
awesome week at the office. There wasn’t a lot
of work left to do so we allowed ourselves to
have a good time and enjoy ourselves. I am very
grateful to have my first work experience in such
a company. I was able to experience two
“Gonna miss Nandoo’s”
different departments, Compliance and
Recruitment, and will be working in the Finance
department in the next three weeks. I feel really
prepared for my workplace at Schindler now and
got to realize that my colleagues imparted a lot
of knowledge and skills to me, which will help
me a lot in the future.
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Coming back home for Christmas
As you can see, there isn`t much to let you know
by Lena-Sophia
about but I hope you had a joyful Christmas time
On the 22nd of December I flew back home for
Christmas and New Year`s Eve. It`s a great
with your family and I wish you a happy New
Year!
feeling being back and enjoying the time with
my family, boyfriend and my friends. That`s why
there isn`t that much to tell you about.
Before I left, my host mother gave me some
presents for my whole family, which was very
lovely of her. My flight from London City Airport
to Zurich was great. I had a stunning view by
night not only over London but over the whole
countryside of England. It was fantastic to see all
the lights from high up there. The flight was
about 1.5h but it felt like 20 minutes and having
arrived there, I had a very warm welcome from
my mom.
On Saturday morning we decorated our
Christmas tree, and afterwards we had a nice
evening with the whole family and a delicious
View from the airplane
“Fondue Chinoise”, unfortunately we didn`t
have a white Christmas but it was fantastic
anyway. The days after we went skiing and
walking in the mountains which are close to
where I live. On New Year`s Eve we`ll go to
Gstaad to celebrate and to meet some friends.
On the 1st of January I`ll fly back to London to
work there for another 3 weeks. Before I went
home, I was told that I passed my BEC Higher
Certificate, you can`t imagine how happy I am
about that.
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Getting close to the finishing line
by Kimberley
Welcome to my final blog on this website. It has
been a great journey and I enjoyed sharing it
with you. So for the last time I’m going to tell
you what has been going on in the past weeks
and also share my future plans for the last weeks
in London.
A few weeks ago I downloaded an app called
Fever. On it you can choose a city and activities
that could interest you, which the app then
proceeds to find. When I did it, the Harry Potter
Knight Bus Tour came up. I decided to check it
out because it sounded interesting and I wasn’t
disappointed. Altogether we were eight people
and the guide took us around London in our very
own bus to go and visit all the sights which
appear in the Harry Potter movies. I met a new
friend there and we ended up spending the
whole day together.
studios as well as a weekend trip to
Edinburgh. Cambridge is next on my list. Other
than that I will visit some more places in
London, go and see a pantomime and maybe
one more musical. I’m so excited. It’s going to
be great. Not even the thought of my French
homework or the IPT and the presentation can
stop me from enjoying the last weeks.
After all that excitement I will be grateful for a
bit of peace and quiet when I’m back in
Switzerland. What the ten days over Christmas
taught me was that I want to live in an English
speaking country, but not in London. It was a
bit too hectic for me there at times. I would
like to take this opportunity to say a big thank
you to everyone who has made it possible for
us to have this experience as part of our
education. Well this is it – take care and stay
safe.
Other than that my time was mostly consumed
by finishing and handing in the first two parts of
the IPT. But there was no time to relax as the
company began to pile task after task on us at
the same time. It became pretty stressful for us,
especially because it was a few days before we
flew out. But I guess it was a good experience as
in the real working world not everything will go
smoothly and there will probably be times
where one will get lots of tasks at once and get
stressed out. News that cheered me right up
were the results of the BEC Higher. I passed it. I
was elated and relieved.
In my free time I was on the hunt for my last
Christmas presents. I’m so glad that I got
everything. It’s the first year where I was
remotely organised and finished a week before
Christmas with getting all of them together. I
have the markets to thank for that.
On the last Sunday before we went back to
Switzerland, my friends and I had a night out
at a pub, where I had a delicious Sunday roast,
to exchange Christmas presents amongst us. It
was an amazing night with cheer and laughter
and I want to thank all of my friends for that
and again for all those nice presents.
The Knight Bus
For my plans in January I have already taken
action and booked a day at the Harry Potter
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