A unforgettable travel.
 

A month ago, I began my big adventure. For be the first time that I went a other another country, I wasn't nervous, because I really wanted go there. My destination was Dublin, capital of Ireland.

I was in the plane for three hours. I was very tired because I had slept nothing in hadn't slept all night. I was doing packing my suitcase until late. When I arrived, it was raining and very cold. In Spain, the summer is very hot and the weather from Ireland is as the winter here, but I managed to adapt to the climate soon quickly, although I had to buy a raincoat, water boots, a sweatshirt and two umbrellas because the air wind broke them! (This sentence is easy to understand, but it's what we would call a "run-on sentence." It would be best to turn it into several shorter sentences. For example: In Spain, the summer is very hot. The weather from Ireland is as the winter here, but I managed to adapt to the climate quickly. However, I had to buy a raincoat, water boots, a sweatshirt, and two umbrellas. I had to buy the second umbrella because the wind broke one!)

I stayed in with a host family. They were so dirty. that They never cleaned for the time that I was there, and the house smells smelled bad. Also, there was a fishbowl green!!!  green fish bowl! (Remember, English is a little different than Spanish -- adjectives will always come before nouns.) I believe that there were dead fish inside. In the kitchen, there were shoes on the floor, next to the table where I ate!!! Food was pre-cooked and every day, I ate a sandwich of cheese (This works, but we will usually say "cheese sandwich."). I didn't like pizza in my host family my host family's pizza, although it's my favorite food. They didn't wash me the my clothing. All was terrible in the house, less my italian room mate. She was sympatic and funny. We spoke in English but when we didn´t know some word, we told spoke in our mother language and we could understand us each other because the italian and spanish are similar languages. She hated the family too, so she prefered a to change to a dorm, although it was more cheaper and she lost money. However, I could be with her more of a week. My travel lasted two weeks. Despite this, I could enjoy my travel because I wasn't in the house for the day, I went there on the night only. only went there at night.

The first day, I was alone because I didn't meet nobody anyone. Then I hadn´t been in the academy and my room mate hadn't arrived yet. I took the bus and I went to center city, and I was walking and seeing the city all afternoon. (This sentence also works. But maybe you want to say "exploring the city.") I saw the Liffey river. It´s a river that through the city and it has many bridges. I was surprised. When I wanted to come back home, I didn´t know the which bus that I had to take, but a an Irish man helped me. The irish people are generous and kind. When I was seeing looking at my map, they always asked me if they could help me. Also, they are were saying "sorry" all day, although they touch you only only touched you. In Spain, we aren't don't say "lo siento" ("sorry" in Spanish) when we touch other another person in a shop or in a street.

I will continue tomorrow telling how was my experience how my experience was. See you!!

Good job, this is very easy to read and understand. I made corrections that I think will help you improve. Also, I'm sorry to hear about your problem with the host family. That's really unfortunate. >.<
 

I can only tell you what works for me, and this might be different than the answer someone else will give you (in fact, I'm sure it will.) But here is my opinion: I think this depends on how good your English currently is. If you are just beginning to learn a language, the most important thing to do is to learn basic grammar, and basic vocabulary. English is a phonetic language, and there are only 26 letters. It will be way, way easier to learn to read English than to speak it. Once you have an understanding of how the language works -- and you seem to -- the best way to get better at speaking it is to... speak it. I know, that isn't very surprising, and it's not a magic way to improve quickly, but it's really the only way to go about it. From the moment you think you are able to do so, you should be trying to have conversations with other people. Since you're living in China now, using a program like Skype can be good for this. But, let me also give you a simple and easy exercise that might help you. You don't need anyone to do this, you just need a few spare minutes: read things out loud. Find something that is on your reading level, or just a little bit higher, and read it out loud. When we read, we tend to pass over words quickly. But by saying them out loud, your pronunciation will improve, and the more you do it, the less you will stumble. It will make your communication better. 加油！

"Up to" is a slang term to refer to what you are doing. Example: What are you up to? Meaning: What are you doing now? You can also use it to describe behavior. Example: He is up to no good. OR He is up to mischief. Meaning: He is doing something bad. But I've never heard this phrase used, "be up to someone." It's possible that what you read was a mistake, or that the person used the term incorrectly.

1. Almost. You can't replace "with" with "have." But you CAN replace it with "who have." The reason for this: "have" is a verb. A verb can't be used to describe a noun ("those"). However, you can turn it into an adjective phrase which is okay to use. That's what "who have" is. That phrase describes "those," so it works. 2. Actually, I think you are right. I don't think the word "studying" should be there. "Most children are sent to a primary school around here" is a complete thought. It works by itself. You can then give more information if you like: "Most children are sent to a primary school around here, for studying." But you should not use the word studying by itself. I hope these answers help you.

If you like martial arts (specifically wuxia) there are a few books by Jin Yong that have been translated. I've read and can recommend both of the following (with The Book and the Sword being, by far, the better of the two.) The Book and the Sword Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain Brothers by Yu Hua is also a highly critically acclaimed book. If you know a bit about the context (the Cultural Revolution) than you will probably enjoy it.