THIS IS THE END

Today we got up at the normal time. Then we went to have breakfast and have classes. When we finished, we went to have lunch and to continue to the theatre for the Final Festival.

The first thing we did was the penalty, where we chose a prize for playing the medals game, beggining from those whose were the best.

After a little break, we enjoyed the performances prepared by the groups of classes, helped by the teachers. Then the medals and prizes were given; sports medals, best diaries prizes and best effort. Finally, the Director P. Sorribes gave us the certificate of BCU and the Idiomas Manyanet one, adding a little present. To finish with the Festival, we saw a photo presentation about our trip in England this year.

Now we are going to the Disco and we are going to have fun.

Leticia & Maria A.

LAST SWIMMING POOL DAY

We started a new day. After having breakfast we had classes. Today in class we did a test for the final marks that are going to be given tomorrow. When we finished we went to the break time. The shop was closed, something that made some people got sad. We returned to class and we practiced the song and the dancing. When we finished, we went to have lunch. Then, we went to our last day of swimming pool, that we enjoyed playing tennis, badminton, table tennis or swimming.

Last match had been done, baseball was today's sport, and the Butterflies team was the first, while Eagles and Platypus drew.

Finally, we are going to see a chapter of the TV series "Heroes" and then pay the penalties. Then we are finishing our diary and having the snack.

Curiosity: Today was the last day of swimming pool and Laura and Pablo swam with us.

Angela & Nieves

WHERE THE MAGIC NEVER ENDS

Today we've waken up early, but for a nice reason, a special trip to the place "where magic never ends". After having breakfast, we took our bus to go to Alton Towers. There we had the chance to ride lots of rides as Air, Rita, Sonic Spinball, Oblivion, Nemesis, Congo River Rapids....

The Air's ride was very funny and curious because we became in Superman for a few seconds. Rita's one is one of the fastest rides of Europe, because its beggining is electrifying. There is also a Skyride in the park for moving fastly between the different rides.

At 13:00 we had to met for eat in the park of the entrance and then we came back to the rides since 5:30 pm. Then we returned to BCU and we went to the bedrooms. After that wehad dinner. Now we are returning to our bedrooms and tidying them up, finish our diaries and then go to sleep.

Curiositiy: We were so lucky because it started to rain when we were leaving the park to came back to BCU.

Sara S. & Laura S.

LAST CHANCE TO GO SHOPPING

As every day, after having breakfast and doing the first half of classes, we went to the break. When we returned to class, we spent our time playing games in english.

After having lunch we went to the train station to caught a train that brought us to Birmingham. Once we arrived, we divided in three groups. Today the visit was very short so we could have a lot of free time to go shopping and buy gifts for the family.

In the evening, we returned to BCU and put our tracksuits to have dinner and practise sport then. The dinner was special because it could be the best of the campus, fajitas, Mexican food

Footbal is the sport we practised today and when we finished we went to have a shower.

At this moment, we are going to watch the film "Enchated" and have time to phone our parents. Then we are doing the meeting and returning to our residencees to have the snack.

Curiosity: Today we had a lot of time to do shopping because it is the last day in Birmingham center.

Alvaro & Albert M.

STARTING THE 3rd WEEK

Today, as we have been doing for the previous week, we had english breakfast and then went to classes. When we arrived to class we had a little suprise because Miss Rogers was back.

We did classes and we also practised the dance we are going to show in the Festival. During the break, we lost a ball of table tennis while we were playing. Then we continued our classes and went to have lunch.

Once finished our meal, we returned to the classroom to play and go to other classes. Then, as the last monday, we went to the Sports UB (University of Birmingham) and we could swim, play tennis or practise, again, the dance.

Finally, we had dinner and sports time; basketball was the sport chosen for today.

Now we are going to continue watching the film.

David C. & Fernando

MCDONALDS & CINEMA, PERFECT DAY

Today in the morning, we got up 30 minutes later because there weren't classes. We had breakfast and the we went to mass.

When we leave the University to have lunch, we usually have packed lunch, but today was a very special day because we went to eat to McDonald's. There we could choose the McMenu we preferred having hamburger or nuggets, fries and a drink. We had a nice time there because we really liked the food.

After having lunch, we had 30 minutes of free time in the Bullring and then we met to go to the cinema. We saw the film "Shrek Forever After". There we met the people who are staying with English families in Aston. Next we took the train to arrive to BCU where we went to tidy our bedrooms and then had dinner.

Finally we are having a meeting related to medals and penalties and then we will go to sleep.

Curiosity: The film started 1h 30min later, and we had to wait for the beggining of it in a room next to the screen room.

Paula T. & Belen M.

SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY

Today we had an english breakfast, again, a meal that not everybody likes. Next, we went to the classes and there weren't normal because Chanel, the niece of Miss Leane, came to our class. She asked our our questions and she talked about her life in England.

When we finished the lunch, we took the bus and we went to Stratford (in Stratford country). There we saw a lot of things related to Shakespeare and later we had free time to bought some souvenirs. When we returned to BCU we had dinner, but cold dinner that was not as good as the normal one. Finally we went to our bedrooms without watching the film because it was a busy day.

In our flats we used our time to practise our dances and finish the personal diary.

Marti S. & Elena C.

DANCE & SKATE

Today, after having breakfast, we went to class and we practised for the dance with the song "Like a boy". Then we went to have lunch and we, today, only ate vegetables.

After the meal, we took the bus to the Sollihul's Ice Rink to spend one hour skating. Although we had a very good, some people fell down, getting a fright with a particular case, that ended in only a bruise.

When we finished, we returned to BCU and we had an hour to do personal things as tidying up our room, finishing the diary, etc. At 6 o'clock we had dinner and we continued our day playing doge ball and volleyball; we mixed this sports in 3 matches, two of volleyball and one of doge ball.

In the evening we went to the TV room to start a film related to the Saturday's trip to Stratford.

Javi G. & David B.

BACK TO ROUTINE AFTER LONDON

Today in the morning we have classes, as every working day.
After lunch, we had english activities and we practised the dance for the last day, when we are having The Festival and we are showing it to everyone.

When we finished that, we went to the swimming pool. While some people were playing sports as tennis, ping pong, or badminton, some girls used their time to wash carefully their hair, because there isn't enough time for it after the sports.

Then we arrived to BCU to have dinner, and later we played baseball.

Now we are going to finish the Fantastic Four and start another one.

Sara M. & Irene E.

VISIT TO LONDON

Today we got up very early in the morning because we went to London.

The travel to London takes about three hours but we stopped to have breakfast in a road restaurant.

When we arrived to London we started the visit at the British Museum. The we walked for an hour and a half but it was really good because we visited lots of interesting sites: Covent Garden, St. Martin's church, National Gallery, Trafalgar square, Buckingham palace, the Horse Guard, Downing Street, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, London Eye... We ate in a big and nice park called St. James Park.

After lunch with the pigeons we went shopping with our groups and we bought some souvenirs from Hamlesy's toy store and from other shops.

When we were finishing it starts to rain and we continued the visit by bus visiting St. Paul cathedral, the City, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge where we stopped to do some more shopping and take our last London pictures.

Carlos F. & Miguel G.

ROUTINE MORNING, DIFFERENT AFTERNOON

Today we woke up and we went to breakfast, and then to class. It was a special day because we had a test but we also had activities based on computer games. One of the groups listened to the song called "Waka waka", famous because the World Cup. Finally, we went to have lunch.

In the afternoon, we went to Birmingham and we were divided in age groups and we visited the canals (1st group), St. Philips cathedral and St. Martin's church (2nd group) and Symphony Hall and BBC (3rd group). Once we finished visiting them, we had free time in the "Bullring", a famous shopping centre of Birmingham

When we returned to BCU we had dinner and did another new sport, baseball.

Now we are going to continue watching the film, Fantastic 4 and the Silver Surfer.

Carlota & Carolina

FIRST DAY OF RAIN

This morning, after having English breakfast again, we realized we had a new teacher because Stacey had to leave the city for some days.

After classes we had lunch, and then we had English activities where we practised some different games. Once finished it, we went to the Sports Center of the University of Birmingham, where we could play tennis, badminton, table tennis and had fun at the swimming pool.

When we arrived at BCU, we had dinner and then we went to play sports. Today, we played anew sport, basketball; everyone liked it.

Now, we are going to start the second part of Fantastic 4.

Curiosity: Today at the swimming pool, our leaders Victor and Pablo played with us and we enjoyed a lot

When we went to have breakfast it rainned for the first time in this week.

Carles D. & Marti

A DAY FREE OF CLASSES

Today, although being Sunday, we got up at the same time, but instead of having classes we went to the Catholic Cathedral of Birmingham after having breakfast. We went by bus, and then we walked along the canals before getting there. We participated to the Mass in English, and we tried to understand as much as possible; however, we could also follow the Mass with a book that the priest gave us.
When the Mass ended we went to BCU to have lunch before going to a big park where we did a gymkhana. We spent a good time among friends and we went back to the residence. Now we are getting prepared to have a barbecue and watch the football match: Spain vs. Netherlands.
We wish that Spain won the World Cup Final.
Today we have finished the first week in Birmingham.

Maria G. & Marta B.

ROBIN HOOD'S LAND

Today we woke up at 8 o'clock; when we got up we went to have breakfast and when we finished we went to have classes. Then, we had lunch and we went to our next trip, Robin Hood's village.

When we arrived to Nottingham, we visited the famous castle and the statue of Robin Hood. In the square of the city hall we found a kid playing drums really well and we also saw different stalls, one of them with paella. Finally we finished our visit having some free time.

At 6p.m. we took the bus back to BCU. When we arrived we had time for studying and tidying up our rooms.

Now we are going to finish watching Robin Hood film that we have been watching all the week.

Curiosity: the breakfast was like yesterday, an English breakfast with with sausage, bacon and fried eggs.

Nacho & Luis

HOT BREAKFAST, COLD SPORT

Today we had a typical English breakfast which includes bacon, sausages, beans, toasts and scrambled eggs. After that we've done an English lesson. It was different because we've done a little bit of grammar like the superlatives and a lot of new games where we practised our speaking.

Later we've eaten pizza, one of the best meals we have eaten here. When we were prepared to go skating, the bus arrived late, 30 minutes. For some of us, it was the first time that we went to an ice rink. We've skated twice. At the beginning it was very difficult but the second time it was easier. When we returned to BCU we played volleyball and dogeball.

Finally we've had a shower and watched a film.

Roger & Guillermo

A SPORT DAY

Today we got up at quarter past eight. we had breakfast and we went to classes. we learned a lot of things and we went to the break. later, we had lunch and came back to the classes. In the class we prepared a dance for the last day.
In the afternoon, we went to the swimming pool, but some people preferred staying in the gym. In there, people played table-tennis, badminton, basketball and so on. After that, we went to play football in groups.
Finally, we went to the theatre and we saw a part of the film "Robin Hood" and the monitors said the penalties

Esther & Carmen A.

FROM YORK TO THE FINAL

Today we visited York we wake up at half past seven. We visited the York Minster and Clifford's Tower. Around York there are walls that protected it in the past. After we eat we have free time and we buy lots of souvenirs. We do a quiz of York.

Then we saw the match of Spain and we won Germany 0-1 Spain, gooooooooaaaaaaal of Puyol with the head. Netherlands is waiting us in the final. We are going to win!!!

Pablo C. & Borja G.

BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE

Today after lunch, we've gone to the centre of Birmingham. First, we divided the group into three smaller groups depending on the year that we were born. The youngest of the group visited the canals; the monitors were Victor and Elena. Those born between 1997 and 99 visited some buildings of Birmingham, and the BBC, and they went with Laura, Pablo and Anna. And the last group went to see the Cathedral of Birmingham, where a woman guided us through it. The leaders of this group were Edu and Ricard.
After that the whole group went to the Bullring (a huge and nice shopping centre in Birmingham).
After having dinner we have done sports: today we have played football.

Curiosity: when we were in the Bullring some of our friends from last year staying this year with a family have come to meet us.

Maria B. & Maria O.

FIRST DAY

The travel with the plane has been better than the travel by bus.

Today we got up at 10.00 and we were so tired because yesterday we arrived late at night at the residence after travelling by plane and by bus. Then we went to have breakfast. After that we met the teachers at the University and there we had an English class. Then we went to the dinning room and there we ate food from a buffet. After that we did a level test to organize the groups. Then we went to the swimming pool and we returned back at the BCU residence to practice some sports.

We are so tired but we're making lots of friends.

Javier C. & Pablo V.