My first impression in the UK

Kevin AVOGNON

January 2014

          This wasn’t the first time I came to England. I came twice when I was 9 or 10 so I’m used to going abroad. But when I came again on last Thursday, knowing that I will be staying here for 3 months, I really was happy. Because in France, I live in Disneyland and I have to travel nearly 2 hours daily to get to EPITA. So, knowing that my family is only 5 minutes from the school, it will be a great thing for me to be close to it. Then, I wanted to improve my English comprehension before having the final TOEIC test. So these 3 months will be worthwhile for me regarding my English comprehension and my spoken English.

          I was actually sleeping during the last 30minutes I was in France and the first 10minutes in England, but before I took the Eurostar, I didn’t want to speak English and once in England, but  I told myself that it was time to speak. Once in London, when I saw the English sky, it wasn’t raining so I thought that was a nice start. But when we arrived  Stafford, the sky became grey.

          As soon as we arrived in Stafford, we decided to go to the university by using a Taxi. The people we met were very nice, and I prefer them to the people in France, because they aren’t used to stopping for a few seconds to help people who are lost or something.

         So to conclude, my first impressions in the UK were good