First week in Cambridge, Second time in UK

     First week in Cambridge, Second time in UK

 

             

 

               This is my first time studying English here, in Cambridge. So, talking about travelling in UK is about my last time in the previous year. I have been to UK during long holidays with my family. A vacation included London, Salisbury, Liverpool and Manchester. The climax of the trip is watching big football match between Manchester United and Liverpool. In the stadium, the fan clubs of each team were concentrating on the match and cheering out very loud. I can feel the feeling and atmosphere around there that how football is influenced British people. Tourist attractions in London such as Big Ben, London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, etc. are also spectacular. Sitting in a 443ft-tall giant Ferris wheel, situated on the banks of the river Thames, give me a stunning panoramic view of the capital city of England.



                                                                                                                          Panoramic view from the top of London Eye

              This time, as being an international student here, travelling to conventional tourist attractions seems to be too simple. Visiting historic sites such as ancient monasteries and magnificent cathedrals can be visited in daytrips, but tasting real British life and experiencing its living culture couldn't. So, this may be the reason why I'm here.


Liverpool

If you have dream about visiting the city of Liverpool than you should be one of the millions fans of the most well known band in the world, The Beatles. I can tell you it is an unforgettable trip !

Liverpool is an amazing city, as soon as you arrive the city you can see a huge church on the summit of the sightseeing, that is the Liverpool Cathedral, it's the fifth biggest cathedral in the world and the biggest in England. I am sure that even you are from a different religion you will love to visit it, there you can see an modern 101 meters (331ft) church, which has the highest (67m/219ft) and heaviest (31.5tonnes/31 tons) ringing peal of church bells in the world.

However, the most visited place in Liverpool city is The Beatles museum, this city is labelled the World Capital City of Pop by Guinness World Records, in proud of The Beatles, and other famous bands that brought out in Liverpool. The Beatles museum worth every time and money paid, it's a amazing tour where you can learn all history about the four boys of Liverpool and how this band changed the world pop music.

But if you are a sport loving you probably will love to visit the famous Liverpool F.C.. This is one of the most famous European football club, and make a tour into the Liverpool F.C. stadium will be a one off experience for you.

In my opinion, Liverpool city is full of stories, every place can tell you a famous story or a famous fact that happened there, in addition, it is a very modern city with beautiful buildings and green parks. It's definitely one of the bests cities I have visited here in UK.
 

What happens in London, stays in London! by DSGC

Dear students/travellers/teachers/multicellular organisms

Hello again!

Today I would like to tell you about one of the bests ways (if it's not the best) for going to London.

 

First of all. Let's clarify how it's the thing, and let me tell you that London is not the type of place in which you can see and experience all his majesty JUST in a few days.

 

 

 

 

Just now I can make a huge list of places to go in London, BUT as you know. London, as a huge capital city, is very expensive.

 

So you will neither have money nor time to visit all these places.

 

SO, now I will have to select just a few places?

 

Yes, maybe.

 

But, NOT with this:

 

 

 

With this you will be able to visit as many London' attractions as you like, paying little money in comparison the money you will spend going to the same attracionts without London pass.

 

With the London pass you can go to more than 60 attractions FREE!

 

Look how it works:

Once you’ve bought a London Pass you don’t have to pay to get into any of the attractions it covers. Simply show your card at the entrance or ticket office of any attraction included on the London Pass, and you will be allowed entry. THAT EASY!

 

You will also be able to buy a travel card with the London pass. (with the Travel card you will access to Buses, Trams, Over-ground Trains and the famous London Underground or ‘tube’for free)

 

Make a comparison and look how much you will save, believe me, it's very cheap and easy!

 

 

Enjoy your travel!

 

See you in another life.

 

DSGC

 

 

 

 



 



LONDON

*MARKET*

 

 

As you know, London is famous for lots of markets. Each markets sell their particular type of goods on different day and place. So I'm going to show some notable markets.:)

 

 

1.Borough Market

 

Borough Market is located near London Bridge station. It's only for foods. Every store sell their local and traditional food. Not only you can buy some food but also you can eat delicious things in this market. It is divided three sections Green market, Jubilee market and Middle market. Keep in mind that the retail market open only from Thursday to Saturday.

 

 

 

 

2.Potobello Market

 

Have you seen the film 'Notting Hill'? Someone who has seen this film always wants to visit this market. It's located near Notting Hill station. There is lots of directions, so it'll be easy to go there. The main market day is on Saturday. The markets sell lots of interesting and fascinating antiques from another countries. There are also vegetable and fruit stalls. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Camden Market

 

Do you like vintage stuff like clothes, accessories and furniture? If you like it, I'm sure you really enjoy this market. They sell lots of vintage stuff. If you aren't interested in vintage, you can enjoy because most of stores are decorated in individual and unique way. There are two Tube stations to get it. One is Camden Town, the other is Chalk Farm road and both of them are on the Northern Line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My trip to Leeds Castle

   Have you ever been to any castle? If you never seen castles with your own eyes, you should go.

   On the last Saturday, I went to Leeds Castle.  I had heard this castle had been chosen as the loveliest castle in the world, so I was really looking to see it. You may want to ask me how it was, indeed. It was amazing. Very lovely!!!

   The first thing that surprised me is a peacock. There was a peacock in the garden of the castle, naturally. He can peck you because he was not hitched. Then I saw the castle! It was very beautiful. The garden and the castle were like the place which appears in fairy tales. It was small, but very clean. Furniture and decoration were splendid. An Easter event is going to be held. It will be nice.

   I would like to visit there again, in summer.

Travelling in the UK

The London Bridge, Buckingham Palace, the Parlament House are some of the most famous attraction in London. But there is a lot of details that makes of this city one of the most attractive of the world.
I had been in Cambridge just for nine days, and I'm staying for six months. My first travelling out of the city was London by the day. A big city, and a lot of people, and high antiques buildings. If when I have seen the city on movies I loved it, now that I visited I loved it more.
I went with some friends, and one of them was our personal touristic guide. It was great, because without him I definitely would lost.
In a couples of week I'm coming back to London to see my parents for two days and I hope not get lost so I can show them the city.
Now I'm planning go to Paris with a friend I made at the school, and go to Italy for the Easter to visit my best friend, who studies film.
 I think travelling is the best investment, so I work for a year to have the enough money to travel and been in all the places that I can, and when I finished my classes I have two months to have itchy feet. The countries I want to be the most are Greece, Morocco, Croatia and Turkey.

Good experience

I have been for 6 months in the UK, studying and living with new people who I have never imagined to know. This experience was wonderful. Firstly, I have improved my English because this is very important for my professional future.

Secondly, I have met people from all the world. This experience has made me more patient and more tolerant about cultures and different habits.

During my journey here, I visited Holand and Switzerland. Amsterdam is one of the best cities that I have been. Switzerland is incredible as well. I went to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe - with 3.571m high. For sure, the best view that I have seen in my life.

Now, my time in the UK is finishing and I am so happy. I will never forget it.

4 months in Cambridge, UK

I love traveling and having new experiences as many other young people do, and traveling around Europe with friends is amazing, is easy, cheaper and fun. 

 

This is my second week in Cambridge and despite being away from home, I feel happy because I am making a lot of friends from different cultures, languages, nationalities  and most of all I am improving my English.

 

Last Saturday I went to London with my friends, it is a big and beautiful city, is the place where you can walk without a map and you can get lost and you will be fine. Wherever you are you will find a nice place to go shopping and to take a cup of tea.

 

Is there anything better than being lost with five friends in a big city, with nothing to do, just having fun?

 

 

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1.If you're a new student that wants some advices about travelling in this whole new country for you

2. Also if you stay here a long time you can buy one for 130 pounds and when you leave you can sell it to them in half of the price or a little more.

3. …a shop named Poundland were all is 1 pound

4. If you want to take some good pictures to the colleges…

5. The staff was very helpful and warm welcoming…

6. We transfered a train to go to Oxford…

7. I have learned english, not perfectly but I improve so much in 7 month…

8. …your food never will be the same, and yes you going fat in 2 month although you dont want.

9. I make real friends hear, who support me during my journey in UK, and I hope continous talking to them for all my life.

The Answers:

1.If you're a new student that wants some advice about travelling because this is a whole new country for you.

2. Also, if you stay here for a long time you can buy one for £130 and when you leave, you can sell it to them for half of the price or a little more.

3. …a shop called Poundland where everything is £1 :)

4. If you want to take some good pictures of the colleges…

5. The staff were very helpful and they gave us a warm welcome…

6. We were transfered to another train to go to Oxford.

7. I have learned English, not perfectly but I  have improved so much in the last 7 months…

8. …your food will never be the same, and yes,you are going to be fat in 2 months even though you dont want to be.

9. I have made real friends here, who have supported me during my journey in the UK, and I hope to continue talking with them for the rest of my life

Launch of 'Blog of the Week'

This is the launch of the Eurocentres...

Blog of the Week!

from today you are invited to post on the topic of

Travels around the UK 

You can write your about experiences

or provide us with a review

you can give some travel tips

and tell us a story too!

 

The student who receives
the most number of comments and / or shares on Facebook or Twitter
on their post by Sunday 17th March will...

• receive the esteemed title of Blogger of the Week 
• have special mention on our Eurocentres Facebook page 
• get to choose the topic for the next weeks blogging!

So get blogging and good luck!

:)

This is my last week in Cambridge

The end is close. This is my last week in Cambridge. After 3 months, studying English, making friends, traveling, having fun,now  is the time to said good bye.
This experience has changed me. To live far from home,alone,without my parents,my boyfriend and my friends, with different cultures, languages and personalities,definitely I have became a better person.
And the opportunity to travel for all Europe is amazing.Is cheaper and easy too, very different to Brasil. I had been in France, Scotland, Germany, Ireland, Swiss, but the best country for me is Italy, is really beautiful,warn and with a lot of history and every city, especially Rome.
I make real friends hear, who support me during my journey in UK, and I hope continous talking to them for all my life.

I love traveling and always having new experiences,I'm always looking for new places I can go and meet lots of people.Currently I'm spending a couple of months in UK.Cambridge,to be exact.And I'm loving every minute I'm spending here,although the cold.It's been amazing living here.
I am studing in a lenguage school at the moment,here in Cambridge.I came here to improve my english and have an experience to live abroad.
If you're coming here and want some advice,I can help you.
First of all,if you chose Cambridge to pass this international experience.you're having a good start.Cambridge is perfect for students that are coming from another countries because It's a small city where you can enjoy a lot without having big city problems.Is a beautiful city,with a lot of nature and a lot of activities to do all day.You can take a tour around the city to know the principai tourist spots.

I am at Eurocentres Language studio, and I feel really proud, because staying away from home is hard, but not impossible. I have learned english, not perfectly but I improve so much in 7 month, now I can understand everything in english, but I still have little stops in my speking, but I thing for be perfect you have to live more than 2 years.
Is not only about come to the school, because here in cambridge you start a new life, new friends, and your life change in everything, for example, your food never will be the same, and yes you going fat in 2 month although you dont want.
If you want your certificate you must come to the school nearly every days, but this do not mean that you cant go out at night.
We are young, and you have to try to be flexible here, you maybe going to change somethings in your personality, you going to be more indepents, because really you are along here, and sometimes the things are not like you spect to be, remeber nobody think like you and nobody is kind, for this reason be strong, and dont care about silly things, be relaxing and think that this oportunities few people have, and enjoying. try to travel around england there are many places to know.
Remember one day you were so strong to come here far away to home, you have to be strong in everything that you lived here, and strong to keep the important things and people in your heart, and away the no important or painful things.
I would never change this time, this people and UK.

Your first time in London? by DSGC

Dear students/teachers/travelers/readers/bloggers/human beings/aliens/whatever you're

DSGC here!


If you're a new student that wants some advices about travelling in this whole new country for you.  WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE EUROCENTRES! I'm sure that you will enjoy your stay here, and I will be doing, through this blog, my best to help you in this new city/school.

First of all. As the title says, you want to go to London for your first time ever, and I suppose that you're not totally sure about what you will be doing on London, or how to do the things you want to do. Perfect, no problem.

Let me tell you that London is not the type of city where you can get lost easily (If you ask questions as: "How can I go to......?" in the underground, you'll be fine there.). Is it a big city? Yes it is. There you can stay one week going to new places everyday and you won't be done there.

Fine, London is a big, safe and entertaining city, LET'S GO!!!

 

NO,

 

 

WAIT!

BEFORE visiting amazing places such as London eye, the HUGE Buckingham palace (believe me, is HUGE [700 rooms is enough?]), the Westminster Abbey, the Parliament House (with Big Ben in), Tower Bridge, etc.  You have to know WHY they are there, or inclusive WHAT THEY ARE.

I really recommend you THIS before going to so big and amazing places in London:

 

 

 



New Europe is a company doing FREE walking tours around Europe, and guess what: they are in LONDON!

It's free and very interesting. I really recommend you going with this tour to know the city, and understand what had happened to London during the centuries to become the city that is nowadays.


Last recommendation:
Spend 1 day with morning's free tour in Old London (where you go to see House of parliaments, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey), and in the afternoon go to the New London Tour.

With both of this tours you're done. Believe me.
AFTER this go another day to attractions, or two days, or the days you like.

In just one day you will pay almost nothing and you will have seen the 80% of what London is.

And if you don't like it you have the right to go to throw rocks at my window.

Enjoy your staying.


See you in another life!

DSGC

 

For new students

Dear readers,

 I'm going to talk you about my experience here in cambridge and I'll give you some tips.
 1.- I think what you should do first when you arrive in Cambrigde is to rent a bike in station cycles , so you can ride it through all the city and know some places.Station cycles is the best place to rent because the bicycles you can rent are very good bikes.Also if you stay here a long time you can buy one for 130 pounds and when you leave you can sell it to them in half of the price or a little more.

 2.- Then if you want to buy something and you find that they are very expensive you can go to the Graffton shopping mall to a shop named Poundland were all is 1 pound , its like a supermarket and it sells all kinds of stuff.

3.- If you want to take some good pictures to the colleges you can go punting and Scudamores is your best choice, you'll see a lot of interesting things like the King's College the Mathematical Bridge and others.

4.- And also if you want to travel to other places of Europe I recomend you to see packages in expedia.com and also if you want to know what you can do there you must check tripadvisor.com.

   It has been 20 years since I left Canada and went back into my country, Greece. I forgot all about English and now that I start from zero again , I discovered Eurocentres by coincidence; I was rejected by CCSS (preparation for higher education in Cambridge University).After the age of 28 no one can apply for CCSS.So while I was walking by the Bateman street ," a door opened": Eurocentres.
   The staff was very helpful and warm welcoming, so I made my first progress there. New directions and new horizons are infront of me now. I applied to Wesley House , one of the 38 colleges here in Cambridge , and O wonder of wonders! I was accepted for a Distance Learning Diploma-Certificate. However, I still need to improve my English and I have to achieve a high degree in essay writing , more than 70 %. I also have to take the IELTS and achieve at least 5.0.
 

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