Student blog – Visit to Torquay Museum

Last Thursday took place a new student meeting. In that case it was a cultural meeting. We visited the Torquay Museum!

Several days ago, when I knew where would be the meeting, I had looked for some information about the exhibitions to share it with other students throw Facebook. So, when Thursday arrived, all students gathered with TTPL staff at the entrance after the lunch to undertake that adventure together.

 

I remember that we had to enter in small groups and divide us into different rooms. The first that we found inside was a room dedicated to Sci-Fi movies, where we could see the costumes and props of some of the famous characters of Alien, Matrix, Star Wars, Terminator, Star Treck, Dr Who, I Robot, Fifth Element, V, Battlestar Galactia, Red Planet and Planet of the Apes. At the same time, other students and I had the possibility to take a photo with Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers or R2D2 and Darth Maul for instance.

Going on with our way, we arrived at Agatha Christie’s room where there were the original covers of the books which were drawn by Tom Adams. It was really interesting to be able to see with my own eyes those paintings which accompanied me lots of nights before felling sleep.

Then we could contemplate the oldest anatomically modern human fossil in north-western Europe and other samples which were found in Kent’s Cavern, one of the most important archaeological sites in Europe.

Eventually, we crossed a room which contained some discoveries about Egyptians like the coffin of the son of a king or more interesting findings that I just saw in the movies. All of that was incredible!

I really enjoyed the visit very much. It was a nice time as for the things that I saw as for people who were with me!

Students view of Torquay

It’s just three weeks ago I was in Spain with my family and my friends spending the time going to the beach and enjoying that I had finished the University. Nowadays, my situation is a bite different. The reason is why I wanted to live a new experience; I wanted to go to England to improve my English level, start to do some work practices related on my studies and, at the same time, learn to look after myself. So, in 15^th of July I took a plane to Bristol.

The first proof was not to lose when I got off the plane. I decided to do this trip alone so I had to be consistent with my decision. I had to buy the tickets and look for the bus and two trains which they would bring me in Torquay train station. I have never travelled alone and I have some problems to understand the English language when people speak with me quickly, so it wasn’t easy for me.

When I arrived in Torquay my host family went to the train station to welcome. They were very kind with me. They gave me a round by car to show the city and afterwards, they introduce me other students who live in the house as well.

I knew that I worked in The Training Partnership, the company which managers and organises the students’ stay. However, the first day that I stepped the building wasn’t my first day at work. The day before, I had a meeting with other newly arrived students. There were Italian, Germany and Spanish people and all of them probed to be nice people. After the meeting we went to drink something in a pub together and some of them have become to my first friends here.

About my job in the company, I have been helping to research some useful information by Internet, write some documents and use the network Facebook to contact with other students. The work environment is great, all the people are good with me and I’m practicing English a lot.

What’s more, I have met a lot of people; Italian, Germany, French and, of course, lots of Spanish. I have visited with some of them some near cities like Brixham, Paignton or Exeter. Also I have gone shopping and to the beach, using the good time of this week.

Although I miss my family and my friends, really I’m spending a good time here.