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From England . . . . .

Its starting to snow over here, although it didn’t settle, so no snow
fights as of yet. Last week I went to London as apart of a school trip
with a few mates, it was such fun. We went to see Grease at the
theatre. Oh it was amazing. Before the actual show we had spare
time so went shopping, they took me to this toy store - Hamleys. Five
floors in total, it was like being a little kid again. We also got lost in
Soho!
I’ve been to Alton towers with the school too, which is a huge
theme park, so big that it has gondolas to get you from one side of
the park to another as well as Cadburys chocolate factory where you
get to make your own chocolate bar.
I’ve also been to several other places but to name them all would
be far to time consuming.
- Kahlea Tamati, Corby (England) - Monday 3rd Dec

W

ell I have been here three months and so far I’ve had a great
time. It feels like so long ago since I left New Zealand. The
flight over was the pits!!! Twenty four hours on a flight with a five hour
delay in Melbourne. Argh!!! But I must say it was an adventure.
When I hopped of the plane at Heathrow I was too tired to care
about how I looked or where I was going so long as I could have a
shower and go to bed. It was a shock to the system when I didn’t
meet my host mother as I expected but an EF co-ordinator, telling me
that I would stay at a camp in Winchester for the night before I made
my journey North. I thought you had to be kidding me. On top of that
the weather was quite hot! 25 degrees, with me all dressed for the
winter. I wanted to die.
My first meal in England was an English Barbie and let me tell you
I was not impressed. The meat patties tasted like rubber and it was
burnt and the salad was completely foreign. But I got over it.
I’ve made loads of new mates over here and they are so
completely different to people back home but in a good way. School
is also something that is greatly different. Like we get lots of free
periods although to make up for it we get lots of homework.

Rear: Julian Krischker from Germany (July-November), Kwanporn (Dew) Kirdkidsadanont from Thailand (January-November), Birger Fuchs
from Germany (January-July), Guilherme Vaz de Mello from Brazil (January-July) and Kai Kammer from Germany (July-November).
Front: Kahlea Tamati to England (August 2007-January 2008), Jeroen Wilms from the Netherlands (July 2006 to July 2007), Victor Queroz
from Brazil (July-November) and Anni Harma from Eastonia (January-July).
All of our visiting students involved themselves in contributing to school life, going beyond expectations and leaving lasting legacies and
memories with staff and students.
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