Okay, I'm not
I'll start from the beginning:
Travelling.
Before I start describing, let me just mention that I had a mother of a cold. It will heavily influence the flight.
So, first we had to drive in a bus to Ljubljana. Not Graz but Ljubljana. We drove two hours to arrive at some mini airport and fly from there to Cambridge in some old propeller plane. The plane wasn't a big problem, I've had a lot of experience with those kinds of planes. The problem was the cold I mentioned before. I felt like I had my whole head wrapped in cotton because my ears and nose were really stuffed. Somewhere in the middle of the flight my ears were hurting so much because of the pressure and I thought my eardrums would just explode so I spend 30 or more minutes frantically chewing gum and crying. When I got out of the plane I was half deaf. From the airport we took another bus to Cambridge. Somewhere in the city we had to get off and wait for cabs picking up every group and bring them to their host family. My friend and I were one of the last ones and it was freezing (Not the best conditions for my cold).
The "family"
The family was a single mother and her 6-7 year old daughter (plus the mothers "friend" - pretty sure it was boyfriend - that stopped by a few times) and I think they volunteered to keep us because of the money.
I kinda feel uncomfortable talking about them since I still feel like I'm hurting their feelings but...it's just a really big part of why I was so disappointed in the whole trip.
So...their house was small. Not a problem, small houses are cozy. BUT it was dirty. We were told that English people have another sense of cleanliness, but we didn't expect...THAT.
The living room was a mess. Clothes (dirty and clean), toys of the kid, electronics, all kinds of things lying around the whole room. I really had to watch my step!
The kitchen was no better. Dirty dishes and pots everywhere, the gas stove looked like it hdn't been cleand for MONTHS.
Our room was small and quite stuffy...but okay. Though the first time my friend sat on one bed it broke down. She didn't even launch herself onto it, she sat down normally and BAM it broke. It wasn't exactly breaking, it just folded down and we had to put it together again. But then she wanted me to sleep in it in fear it will happen to her again. I was totally okay with that...only my blanked seemed to be an old, fuzzy one and it was a little bit uncomfortable feeling the little fuzzy bits against my skin.
Well, the room wasn't all to bad, but what really was shocking was the bathroom. It was dusty - there was a thin layer of dust everywhere! We didn't dare to put anything down that we needed to clean ourselves, like towels, toothbrushes n stuff. The shower had mold on the ceiling. Just...EW. NO. MAYBE I'M JUST ACTING LIKE A SPOILED RICH BRAT BUT IT WAS SO DISGUSTING. Can you imagine how happy we were when she said she had to clean the bathroom?? And how disappointed we were when all she did was swipe off a little bit of dust from the washbasin and put away all the showering supplies lying around???
I'm not commenting much on the food she made - it was mostly some pre-made stuff thrown together and once Toad In The Hole. I'll be honest: most times it was not good. Again, maybe I'm just really spoiled but I just couldn't help it! I'm sorry >_<
Cities
The cities (Cambridge and London) were awesome. I'm not gonna lie, the cities are beautiful! Awesome buildings, stores and streets!! Also, wonderful landscapes! I really loved siteseeing and taking photos and listening to people narrate facts and history about their home. We did most of the siteseeing on London because we went to school in Cambridge. The school was quite okay, the teachers were good and fun, but I can't really say that I learned something..."Lunch" was a sandwich with either ham, cheese, ham and cheese, turkey or salad. yes, there was a sandwich with only salad. I hope I don't have to explain how hungry we were. But anything else, we had to buy with our own money and only at certain times because "the food was for the students and they wouldn't have anything to eat" suuuureee. cafeteria ladies were b*tches. (I'm so sorry for swearing like this)
When we went at London, we didn't sleep there. We went there by train in the morning and came home at night (12 pm or even 1 am. SO TIRING) The lunch pack our dear host mommy made us both days was: one little sandwich split in half, a packet of chips and one sweet. No drink. Thats it. That should be our food for THE WHOLE DAY.
Facit: most frequented places were subway, pizza hut and McDonald's and loads of money got wasted for additional food.
We went to Westminster Abbey, The Shard, Tower Bridge, Greenwich, The Royal Palace, some of the Universities in Cambridge, Ely etc.
Red Telephone Box. Need I say more?
There was a man....playing guitar....in a litterbox.
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.......yea.
Well...so much for my visit in Cambrigde! I hope you see why it was so disappointing for me. I swear I'm not exaggerating!
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