Saturday, February 24, 2007

Xavier's diary


MY DIARY
Xavier González
1st September 2006.
Today I got up at half past three in the morning. At quarter past four I went to Cláudia’s house and she went to the airport with me and my parents. Our plane to London took off at half past seven. In London we visited the Tower of London, Big Ben and the Westminster Abbey; we also took a boat cruise on the Thames. After dinner we saw the musical play “The Phantom of the Opera”. I think it was really good.

2nd September 2006
Today we went to Harrods in the morning, and then we went to the London Eye to see the city of London. After that, we took a bus to Plymouth, and after 2 or three hours in the bus we stopped to see Stonehenge. I didn’t enjoy the visit very much because it was cold and rainy. In the evening we arrived to Plymouth and I met my host mother. Her name is Kim, and she looks very nice and pleasant.

3rd September 2006
Today I spent all day with Kim. She taught me how to get to school, which buses to catch to go to the city centre and we went to the center by car.I watched the film “Scary Movie 3” too. I has watch it in Spanish before, but this time I watched it in English.

4th September 2006
Today was the first day of school. Kim took me there by car, but from tomorrow onwards I have to get there walking. My teacher’s name is Yvonne. She taught us somethings about Stonehenge and about the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings. We had to do an exercise in pairs, and my pair was Laura. In the afternoon all the class went for a walk through the city centre with Cláudia, Glòria, Sharon (another teacher) and James.

5th September 2006
Today it was the first time I had to go school walking, but I really got lost. I started walking here and there asking to people, but nobody knew where the school was. At the end I saw my neighbours leaving their daughter at her school, and I asked them about mine, and they left me there by car. In class, today we had to perform the exercise in pairs that we had done the day before. Then, everyone voted his favourite pair, and the winners were Laura and me, so the teacher gave us a Kit Kat. In the afternoon we sent an e-mail to our families, and we did some work for the radio project. Later we went shopping the city centre and we had free time.

6th September 2006
Today I met Samantha before going to school. We also met Carla and we went to the supermarket. Then we went walking to school. At class we did another exercise in pairs and we had to perform it too, and this time my pair was Brenda. Today Anna, Laura and Ruben got the prize. In the afternoon half of the group went to the swimming pool and the other half did more work for the radio project. I did work for the project.

7th September 2006
Today I met Carla to go together to school, but we didn’t meet Sammy because she missed her bus, so she was late to class. Today we studied Henry the VIII and his six wifes, and in the afternoon we went to visit the Plymouth’s local radio station, “Plymouth Sound”, and after the visit we went to the city centre and we has free time.

8th September 2006
Today I met Sammy, Carla and Mariano, and we went walking together to school. Today in class we talked about Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry the VIII, and about a play we are going to do in front of the other class. After lunch, we went walking to the pavilions with Glòria and James, where we did ice skating. After that we had some free time to do some shopping in the city centre, and then we went home by bus.

9th September 2006
Today I met Miquel, Sammy and Laura to go to the city centre together. All the class met with Cláudia and Glòria at the Royal Parade. In the morning we went to the city museum, and after that we had lunch at the Elizabethan Gardens and we visited the Elizabethan House. Then we went to visit the lighthouse and after that we had free time.

10th September 2006
Today I met Miquel and Laura to go to the city centre. I couldn’t meet Sammy because she went to sleep to Brenda’s house. All the class met at the Royal Parade, we had lunch and we went to the National Marine Aquarium. It was quite small; therefore I prefer the one in Barcelona. After the visit we went walking to the city centre and we had free time.

11th September 2006
Today I met Sammy, Carla and Mariano to go walking to school. In class, Yvonne gave us a copy of the play that we are going to do in front of the other class next Thursday. I am a narrator. After lunch we went walking to Plymouth Pavilion to do ice skating. After the skating we had free time.

12th September 2006
Today I met Sammy, Carla and Mariano at twenty to nine in the morning. We went to the supermarket and then we went walking to school. In class Yvonne taught us about the Victorians and specially about Charles Dickens. We worked with the play, and after lunch we went to the swimming pool at the Plymouth Pavilion. I really liked it.

13th September 2006
Today I met Sammy, Carla and Mariano at quarter to nine in the morning. We went to the supermarket and then we went walking to school. Today we did a quiz with questions like the ones are going to be in the test that we are going to do tomorrow. We also rehearsed the play that we are going to do in font of the other class. In the afternoon we went to the sports center, but in front of it a group of bullies threw stone to us and one of them hurt Laura on her head. They could have killed her, because the stone was just a little smaller than my hand, so it was very big and dangerous. An ambulance came and the police too, but I don’t know many things because Glòria and James told us to go inside the building. We could play basketball, badminton and football.

14th September 2006
Today I met Sammy and Carla to go to school. Today we performed our play in front of the other class, but first they performed their play. We also did a test. In the afternoon we went along the coast on a cruise. In the evening we went bowling. We ate packed dinner and a hamburger. We played two times, and I won both of them! When I arrived home I finished packing the suitcase and I went to bed.

15th September 2006
Today I got up at a quarter to seven. I had my breakfast and then Kim left me where was the meeting point. At eight o’clock the bus left Plymouth, and we went to the Moors. We stopper there twice, one time to see the animals and the other to see a Viking’s bridge. After that we went to London’s Gatwick airport. The plane wasn’t on time, so we arrived to Barcelona airport at nine o’clock more or less.

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