Saturday 18^th of April

I flew from Tampere to London Stansted. My flight was 5,5 hours late. There was some problems on the airplane.

Due to the delay of the flight my connections went wrong. I had ordered and paid a bus ticket to Oxford and one night in a B&B place in Oxford. I was able to change my ticket  but I couldn’t go to the original hostel to sleep, because it was too late and the place had closed. I decided to leave for London at night.  A name of the place was B&B Jubilee. It is situated near Wictoria Coach Station. I went in to Jubilee little bit after midnight. Now they only had one double room left. I took it and slept “widely”.

Sunday 19^th of April

After breakfast I took a bus to Oxford. A bus company was National Express.  The coach was new and fine. There was a free Wifi in the coach!

I was in Oxford about at 11 o’clock a.m. I walked around  Oxford for 6 hours. I went to snack bars and looked at different sights. I visited one sightseeing tower and  Bodleian Library. The library has been open since the Middle Ages. I attended  a guided tour in the library too. I could see from the other participants’ faces  that it was a very interesting tour. But I didn’t understand anything. 🙂

In the evening I took a train to Charbury. My host family (Claudia and Mel)  picked me up from the railway station. Our destination was a little village, Finstock.

I lived at the place of my host family,  Mel and Claudia. They were a retired couple. Mel was 70 years and he was my teacher.

From Monday 20^th to Friday  24^th of April

Every day I had a same kind of timetable:

• 6:00 am: wake up, study and a morning walk
• 8:30 am: breakfast
• 9:00 am: English lessons 3,5 hours, one break
• 1:00 pm: lunch
• 2:00 pm English lessons 1,5 hours
• 4:00 pm: freetime and study
• 8:00 pm: supper

We ate and spent a lot of freetime together. We walked around village and we visited in few villages and towns near their place. I met their neighbours and I got to practise my conversation skills.

Saturday 25^th of April

I woke up 3 o’clock and travelled by coach to Stansted Airport via London.  Now my trip went without problems. I arrived to Finland at 4:00 pm. I was tired but happy. Overall, the trip went very well. I really liked it. I got more motivation for my English studies. And now I know, that I cope alone abroad – if I have money!

 (Our speed is 728 km/h on Jurttipellontie.)