{"id":11,"date":"2008-04-19T19:33:04","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T17:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.igalia.com\/xavi\/?p=11"},"modified":"2008-04-19T19:33:04","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T17:33:04","slug":"back-from-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.igalia.com\/xavi\/2008\/04\/19\/back-from-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Back from London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back and working. I had several concerns about my trip but now I can talk about it without worry because everything was fine.<br \/>\nFirst of all, I want to talk about the accommodation and the English language school that I had to book from Galicia, only recommended by generic comments at different forums.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hyde Park Studios\" href=\"http:\/\/www.london-house.com\">Accommodation<\/a>: It was fine because the apartment was as I expected. Although the general cleaning seemed good I needed to roll the rug because of the dust. The apartments location is very good because they are near Hyde park and close to two tube stations (Bayswater and Queensway).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"My apartment\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.igalia.com\/xavi\/files\/2008\/04\/apartment.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"King Street College\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingstreet.co.uk\">King Street College<\/a>: It isn&#8217;t a big school and the courses are thought for longer periods (3 months for example), so I couldn&#8217;t find a specific course for me. However, I&#8217;m happy about the results because I could meet people from different countries and cultures (Korea, Japan, Poland, Germany, The Czech Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Turkey), therefore I could attend class in a completely English language environment with people who doesn&#8217;t have the same mistakes than I have. I was in different classes during the first week and the second week, you can see a photo taken during the my last class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"My classmates\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.igalia.com\/xavi\/files\/2008\/04\/classmates.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAfter school I always tried to visit the most important tourist places. I went to the museums, The Tower of London, The Tower Bridge, etc. And then, during the evenings I wanted to do different things that are difficult to do in small towns :):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I went to a classical music concert. I listened the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing Rossini, Beethoven and Mendelsohn. I like the classical music so I enjoyed a lot the concert because I could attend this concert.<\/li>\n<li>I went to the musical show &#8220;We will rock you!&#8221;: Incredible! I recommend it to everybody who likes Queen music.<\/li>\n<li>I attended a Jazz concert at <a title=\"606 Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.606club.co.uk\">606Club<\/a>. Although it isn&#8217;t easy to arrive at and the entrance can frighten a bit, once inside, the club is lovely and I felt very well in the club. The dinner was the best I had in London and they are very interested on having the best Jazz players performing in the club.\u00a0 The day I went, Paul Booth performed and I was very satisfied with the concert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, I need to comment the &#8220;pure chance&#8221; of my holidays&#8230; I was able to see the controversial Olympic torch before a girl were to walk along the Tower Bridge with the torch. I approached to the group of polices that surrounded the girl and I could take a photo :)&#8230; But I didn&#8217;t know the attempt of boycott and I didn&#8217;t realize that the police was alert and I could have been moved apart from them .. but finally nothing happened and they only said to me that I should keep away (you can see the police warning me&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The controversial olympic torch\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.igalia.com\/xavi\/files\/2008\/04\/olympictorch.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nTo sum up, I&#8217;m very happy with my trip and I think I&#8217;ll repeat when I can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back and working. I had several concerns about my trip but now I can talk about it without worry because everything was fine. 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