Cathlotr

So, here I am, in Kent for my summer job. We have 160 kids, the majority of whom are either Chinese or Taiwanese, and then we also have Spanish (from Barcelona), Italian (from Sardinia) and Portuguese, and we have outings each week (I went to Dover castle on Tuesday). So it's travelling of sorts because I dont know much about this part of the country at all, I've never visited. I'm working at a summer school for foreign kids, teaching English Sunday-Thursday mornings 9-1, and then in the afternoons I'm sometimes on duty - having to supervise the kids at lunchtime, doing afternoon activities, and then evening activities, which so far have been very enjoyable - last night we did a beauty night, which involved me and some other girls beautifying the kids, we had a ... read more

UntitledOk, so I havent started actually travelling yet, but I have decided to start early, because I'm so damn excited! So I'm in lovely Birmingham, where I go to uni, just tying up some loose ends before I set off into the mists of adventure that will be my year abroad! I go first to Salamanca in Spain - not sure of the exact date yet, because of the stunningly appauling organisation of the Year Abroad Office at Salamanca (could also have had something to do with me not sending the right form in soon enough), but mid September is about right. Then onto Augsburg, near Munich in Germany in about mid February (again, not sure of the date, and thats probably down to how much attention I'm paying to Salamanca - im bricking it, ... read more