THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER - Michaela

Yes, today was the last whole day in England. I find it a pity that the two weeks have gone so fast away, but I look forward to my own bed again at home.
Today, we had our final exams and wrote a real Business English Certificate Preliminary. This was only an exercise so that we feel safe at the right examination in November. After the exams we went  to a café with our English teacher because it was our last lesson with Toni. She is definitely the craziest teacher I know! She is about 50 years old, her favourite music is Heavy Metal and her old VW-car has thousands of adhesives on it.

After teatime, we went to the famous Seven Sisters cliffs in Eastbourne and enjoyed the beautiful view. I think it will always be one of the loveliest places on earth for me. We also went to Beachy Head, that’s the biggest cliff in Eastbourne and it is well-known for the many suicides that are committed there.
Later we went back with our sightseeing-bus and ate dinner with the host families. The school organised a Goodbye-Party for our class and so we enjoyed the last evening in Eastbourne. It was a great time!

MICHAELA

SCHOOL BREAK AND...

FRIDAY 27th SEPTEMBER - Justine and Dominik

This was our last day in Eastbourne and when we came to school with our suitcases we had already said goodbye to our host families. Most of the families had been very friendly.
In the morning we got the results of our exams, which we had written a day before. During the school lessons we were all very tired because we had gone out the night before. Mr Bischofberger then showed us the videos with the presentations which he had filmed and we had clipped. The students could vote for the best video and the best liked one was the “Tower Bridge” presentation. The winners received some presents from Mrs Marolf. 
Afterwards Mr Bischofberger showed us some other videos and photos which he had taken during our stay.
After these impressions we gave Mike, our social organiser, some money and a card as a thank-you gift for what he had done for us. He was a really good social organiser and we all liked him.
Then Mike took some pictures of the whole two classes. After this we had a break. Many students ate in Mc Donalds because we didn't have much money after these two weeks. Some of us slept during this break. After that we all said goodbye to the team at Eastbourne School of English and we started our journey home. 

JUSTINE AND DOMINIK

THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER - Corinne

Today is the last whole day that we spend in England. I'm pretty sad that we already have to leave again - the two weeks have flown by. I met some very lovely people in our school like a girl from Korea. 

Today we had our final exams. We wrote a real Cambridge First Certificate Exam but it didn't count for real.
After the exams we had the chance to visit Beachy Head, the famous cliffs in Eastbourne. About 10 students from our classes went up there in a typical sightseeing-bus. When we stood by the cliffs the view took my breath. The sun was slowly disappearing in the sea and some seagulls were flying over us. The feeling was undescribable. If you ever get the chance to see these cliffs on a sunny day, take it! 

After the excursion to Beachy Head I went back home and had dinner. The school had organised a Goodbye-Party for our group in the evening and nearly everybody came. We had a good time and enjoyed our last night in Eastbourne. Hopefully I'll get the chance to go there again! 

CORINNE

FRIDAY 20th SEPTEMBER - Jael

As usual we had classes in the morning. Afterwards, in the afternoon, we had some given free time, so we went into town to get some shopping done. (Because apparently we hadn't bought enough already;))
Later that day we all went home to eat the dinner the host families had prepared for us. As it was Friday night and we didn't want to waste the night, some of us decided to go to Brighton to check out the bars. And as we were waiting for everyone to come we met Mr. Bischofberger, who was just walking out of the train station. That was a funny coincidence.
It didn't take us that long to get to Brighton. Once we were there we walked towards the lovely pier to explore all the bars. We met some strange people walking down the street but we had a great time and we will never forget the time we spent together as a group.
We all went to bed with a smile on our faces.

JAEL

ENTERTAINMENT IN THE COMMON ROOM - Janis

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WEDNESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER - Fabienne

Today we went to Brighton, the capital gay town in Europe! After some lessons in the morning to prepare for our final exams tomorrow, we all took the train to Brighton. First we did some Sightseeing and visited the Royal Pavillon and the Pier. Then we had freetime :)) Some of us went to the big shopping-center to spend their last money and some of us went on the pier to ride on rollercoasters and gamble in the casinos. Finally we took the train back to Eastbourne to enjoy one of our last evenings. Two beautiful weeks are nearly over :(


FABIENNE

TUESDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER - Katharina and Simon

Today we stayed at school the whole day. In the afternoon we had to do a presentation about our host families. It was very interesting to hear about all the other hostfamilies. We all really like our families. 
After school we went to a little restaurant. There we drunk coffee and ate some cakes. In the evening we met our friends in a shisha bar. It was a very lovely evening.

Best wishes
SIMON & KATHARINA

MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER - Anduena

The weather on this Monday was just wonderful! As we came to Eastbourne, we all thought it would rain for the whole 2 weeks. But no that's not true! The sun was shining today and it was about 20 degrees :-)
In the morning we all were tired because of the weekend. We did and saw so much. So our teacher had compassion with us in the morning. But in the afternoon we had to do a speaking exam, which was similar to the FCE Exam. To be honest I think we were all a bit nervous, but I believe that we were all good.

ANDUENA

THURSDAY 19th SEPTEMBER - Stefanie

It was a typical, rainy English day and we had to spend the whole day in school. Most of us were a little bit tired because of the football game & musical in London the night before! It was okay, though, because we can already smell the weekend! :)

STEFANIE

FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL - Serena

On my first day of school I was very positive that it would be good. We were sitting in the homelike room and waiting for the responsible teachers to appear. We were warmly welcomed by the managers of the Eastbourne School of English and given our school material for the following two weeks. I then got to known our class which – in the morning – only included me and three other students. Since I am in a class which also includes other students from different countries, it was very interesting to hear the special things about their country. I must say I was very surprised that on this school there are actually quite a few Swiss students.

SERENA

FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL - Thomas

The whole class had to be at school at 8.45 a.m. After a short introduction we were separated into 4 different classes. Then we could go to our classroom.
At the Eastbourne School of English (short ESOE) one lesson takes one hour. Then we can relax in a short break. 
After lunchtime, in the afternoon, we had lessons until 3.45 p.m. Then we went on a short tour through Eastbourne with Mike. In the evening we all met at school at 8 p.m. and we could drink some welcome-drinks. After that we went to a pub.

THOMAS

TUESDAY 17th September - Ruhi

The day started at 9 o 'clock in the school. In spite of the exciting evening last night, the students were very active during their lessons.

In the morning Mark showed us the different ways to use the phrasal verb 'come', how to build and use the passive and the most important thing we learnt tday was the correct pronunciation of the English language.

In the afternoon we practised the sepaking part of the FCE exam with Mitch.

In the evening there were two possibilities for what we could do. One of them was to play bowling, the other one was to play laser quest. Anyway, we all went together by train to the Lloyds Lanes in Hampdon Park. We were free to do whatever we wanted and enjoyed the evening. We had a lot of fun.

RUHI

FIRST IMPRESSIONS - Sven

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My first impression was very good. I think all the families are very friendly. The town is very big and I had problems to find the school.
The teachers are very friendly too and they can explain the things well. But I think we have too much school. Our free time is too short and at lunch time we have always very littel time to eat.

SVEN

TUESDAY 17th September - Silvia

Tuesday in the morning, I woke up at 7.30 and after breakfast with my lovely host family I went to school.  Yesterday, which was the first morning of this language stay, Ms Biss drove me to school, but today I took the bus with Michaela. We met at the bus station at 8.30.
The school wasn't very special. I think it’s a normal English school.
We ate lunch in a restaurant and had the typical English food, fish and chips. After school we went to Primark, which we had been looking forward to since the day before. We bought some clothes there :-). In the evening bowling and laser quest was on the programme.

SILVIA

OUR SCHOOL - the Eastbourne School of English

 

 We have a fanstastic school: - a very comfortable common room where you can play table tennis, look at useful information material, borrow DVDs, sit and chat in comfy chairs, have lunch, play the piano, meet people from all over the world -  or from Switzerland.. Hmm.. There is also a refreshing green garden with trees and flowers. Lovely for recreation! The classrooms are all excellently equipped and the study centre with computers and WiFi is lovely and cherished by teachers and students alike :-))