My host familiy

A few weeks ago we made a school trip to Southbourne in England. Together with Aylin I lived in a very lovely host family. The parents, Jon and Janet had two little sons who were very cute and funny. The house looked typically English like apparently all houses in Southbourne. It was a very old house so the family had just decorated the living room new which looked great. Although the house looked quite tiny and narrow from outside, there was easily enough space for the family and also for us. We had a nice, comfortable room with the softest beds that you can imagine and we even got an own bathroom! I really liked our accommodation and I was glad that it was that nice and tidy.

the house

our room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortunately our family was very friendly and helpful so we enjoyed talking to them. Their English was very beautiful without any accent so I could understand them well but sometimes it was a bit difficult to understand the little boys.

 

we and our host family

We ate breakfast and dinner at the host family and surprisingly we only got one English meal, namely self made chips, baked beans and cooked eggs. We often had Italian or Indian meals and for breakfast we had toast, cereals, fruit and coffee. Once I tried some toast with marmite which I didn't like because it was so salty. All in all the food was really delicious and mostly healthy. But the best thing was definitely our host mother's Indian Tendoori chicken!

Staying in a host family was a very nice and interesting experience and it made me more confident in speaking English.

Martina J