A trip to Great Britain.

In this article Sirine ( 14 years old ) describes her holidays in England. It was her first trip to Plymouth and she enjoyed it very much.

During my holidays I went to a language school in the south of England. I spent my holiday in Plymouth near the sea. I stayed nine days there.

I was a bit anxious because it was the first time I'd met people who didn't speak French at all. But my host family was really nice and warm-hearted. They had two cute sons, Brinley and Kieran who were six and nine years old. There were used to being a host for foreign students and therefore were very nice. I got on well with them. Every morning I studied English from 9.00am to 12.30 pm. I enjoyed it very much because I had the opportunity to learn a lot of things. On the first day I was frightened because I got lost in the middle of the city! I came late to school because I'd missed my bus and had taken the wrong bus! I managed to get out of that difficult situation by asking an English passer-by my way. But on the following days I paid careful attention to get on the right bus!

Every afternoon we went out and visited the city. We were lucky because it didn't rain and it was very sunny however, it was windy because we were near the harbour.

We visited the famous harbour where the Pilgrims had left for America. Plymouth is a new city. In fact, the town was almost entirely destroyed during the Second World War by the Germans. However, there remains some lovely places to be visited near the harbour.

We also went bowling and to the cinema. We watched a very good film

( in English of course) but I didn't understand everything.
We also visited a huge aquarium and we saw sharks, turtles and we touched skates as well.

It was wonderful.There are also a lot of pubs and big shopping centres. Besides, the city of Plymouth is reknowned for its "gin" which is the best of all. We also went to Cornwall with my family to visit a park called "Eden Project"( a complex that houses plant species from around the world ). We walked in the villages of fishermen. It was very interesting and beautiful.

During my stay, I noticed that the English ate a lot, because I could never finish up my plate and we often had dinner in front of the TV so we couldn't speak together. Actually my holiday in Plymouth just flew by. It was great and I really enjoyed myself.

Acknowledgements : Photos provided by : diolbygraham ( Bus Plymouth) ,Paul Keleher ( Mayflower II) werewindle ( Plymouth), Marxchivist ( Meet the Pilgrim Fathers), Sleepless in Sommerset ( Plymouth aquarium) Kinicol ( aquarium) Bhicks359 ( turtle), Dysanovic ( The Eden Project Cornwall) under Creative Commons Licence via Flickr.