Hello to everyone :-)

Hello, I´m Carina and I have been in England for 2 weeks now.

Take part in my experiences and enjoy reading the blog...

The first question I asked myself before I left was “What am I expecting from my stay abroad?” and the answer was simple: a lot!!!

First I was keen to meet my host family, my colleagues at work and new people. I was also interested in visiting sights and landscapes. And of course I wanted to improve my language skills. The only thing I was afraid of was driving on the “wrong” side ;-)

My journey started at 4 a.m. in the night  so I had to say goodbye to a sleepy boyfriend ;-)

I got through the journey in good time and I arrived at the port of Calais at 9 o´clock. I was therefore able to take a ferry earlier … I really enjoyed the crossing – I was sitting on the deck and the sun was shining...

 

After leaving the ferry the adventure began … the first roundabout with two lanes was waiting for me and I nearly took the wrong exit … but fortunately I recognized that before driving against the traffic and so I passed the roundabout twice ;-) The rest of my trip was really nice and I enjoyed seeing the beautiful countryside.

I finally arrived in the afternoon and I was excited to meet my host family.

And I can tell you: I´m a really lucky girl – my host family is very nice and friendly, they have a cute baby and live in a gorgeous area… so I felt safe and homelike directly.

On Sunday my host family and I visited two bigger cities near to us – Poole and Bournemouth. It´s really nice there and we had a lunch in a restaurant on the beach – so you can understand that I think I´m on holiday :)

We took a walk and I fell in love with this area immediately. It was really surprisingly for me because I´ve never thought that England is so amazing. Near to us there is also the fourth expensive region of the world!

On Monday I started working in our subsidiary. I met a lot of people and everybody was very friendly. I´m working in the marketing department and I have had a lot of fun :)

My host father and I cycle to work every day and that´s really nice …

Last weekend I visited a friend of mine in London and we had a great time ...

Yesterday my host family and I visited some friends who live on a big farm. We sat all together in the garden and enjoyed the sun. Their garden was the most beautiful one  I´ve ever seen :)

Then we took a walk. Close to their property is the “New Forest” - a gorgeous area of southern England with pasture land, heathland and forest. I can hardly describe how amazing it is there. 

That´s why I want to visit New Forest again next weekend. So follow my blog and

look forward to finding out what happens next week.