The destination of all these courses were seaside villages in West Sussex and Dorset and both teachers and kids lived with host families — who spoke only English — or boarding schools that were empty at this time of year.
My first experience about living in England was 21 days with the Irish family in Bognor Regis.
18 years later, I went to Bognor Regis again this saturday. It's funny how I still remember the places, the roads, the houses... I still remember the way I used to cycle every single day from the Irish family house to the Sea Cadets headquarters, the make-shift school for my Portuguese kids. Butlins is now much bigger and well known, but they still have the 100% covered waterslides that I saw and experienced there for the first time in my life! I am sure the Irish family still lives there, but I didn't gather enough courage to knock on their door, even though I saw it at a distance.
I also took Maria to see Arundel, a small castle village in the middle of the countryside, and rounded up our small trip by visiting Chichester, which I had never been.
ARUNDEL:

2 comments:
Adorei a 4a foto!
Muito giro! Não foste com ela aquela coisa dos animais?
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