A Holiday in Dublin I decided to spent two weeks in Dublin this year. I flew there on August 29th and I found my accomodation at 48 Charleville Avenue in Dublin 3 where I had previously booked for the period indicated. The landlord managed to operate a system in which it wasn't necessary to meet her. The system included to find the key for the small house in a box that you could open with a code which had been sent to me by email. I entered the room and I found it very small, in fact in a single room there was a bed, a table and a tiny kitchen. The bathroom was in another room. I decided that it was ok and on Monday I started to attend an English course in the city centre. I had to take bus to and from downtown to reach the school and my apartment. The English course was good, there were great teachers and we had the opportunity to communicate with other students from all over the world. I'm back to Italy on September 13th and I soon realized that the weather in Italy was better than in Ireland.

My Holiday (Vacation) in Dublin I'm travelling to Ireland in Dublin on August 29th to attend an English course for two weeks. I planned the journey three motnhs before the date of departure. I had to find a studio where to live with Trip Advisor while the College had been indicated by my English Teacher Marzia. It was quite difficult to find a decent studio because the prices were all high and I have a limited budget. So I decided for one which is thirty minutes' walk away from the city centre. I saw the College's webiste and the school seems well organized with a lot of interesting activities. I was in Dublin three times in past and I like that city for two main reasons: it's an english-speaking city and there are lots of foreign tourists. However, this is the first time I go there to improve my English. I'm very happy for my journey and I hope it will not disappoint expectations. I hope to learn something new and to make new friends and contacts to talk with on Skype on my return to Italy. Let's keep our finger crossed.

What I Have Done Today Friday was a beautiful day. I woke up at nine o'clock, I got up immediately, I had breakfast and I washed my teeth. I decided to go to the supermarket to do some shopping, I bought: some bread, some salad and two little boxes of tuna. I came back home and I put these things in the kitchen. At midday I cooked some pasta and I went to a bar to have a coffee, I met my friend Dario and we spoke about the news. I started to study English in the afternoon and I finished at half past five. I prepared dinner, which consisted of a box of tuna with some salad and some bread, and I watched the news on TV. I went out to get together with Daniele, Ivan and Omar and we spent a night at the Cascate a local pub.

My trip to London I booked a flight to London on August 1st for August 3rd. I prepared my suitcase with all my personal belongings and my father drove me to the Malpensa Airport in Milan at one o'clock in the afternoon. I made the check-in and I moved towards gate twenty-three, which was the gate indicated in the boarding card. I waited to board the air-craft. There was a delay of thirty minutes so I sat down on the benches near the desk. The flight assistent announced that the flight was ready to board and I directed towards the boarding card control. I made my way to the tunnel which led to the airplane and I eventually boarded the plane. It took me two hours from my house to the plane and my trip hasn't started yet.

Trying to Do Your Best I studied English at school from 11 to 16 years old but I didn't study much at that time. Now I'm thirty-eight years old and I have been studying English seriously for five months. I know it is not a long period of time but I really would like to understand if I'm improving or not. When you start to study English you are told that there are four skills you have to develope: writing, reading, speaking and listening. I'm trying to keep up with all of them. I practice my speaking while I have chats with other people on the internet, I improve my writing when I write short stories on this website. I listen to the news on the BBC to improve my listening and I read newspaper articles to understand how to read effectively. I hope this is enough.

A Night With Friends Tonight I went out with Gerardo, Marco and Ilenia. We have been at the Due Spade, which is a bar in Pogliano Milanese, where we had decided to spend a night. We got together in Parabiago at half past nine in the evening and we settled to leave my car there. We got on Gerardo's car and we drove to Pogliano Milanese. We parked in front of the Due Spade and we walked into the Pub. There were different tables in the bar and also outdoor. We headed toward the open space and we sat in a table in front of the rear door. The ambient was good and dozens of people were sitting at the tables. We started to have a chat and Ilenia began talking about our friend's relationship with a guy whose name is Marco. She told us details of our friend's affair and I was surprised at how many personal things she knew about them, While she was telling us the story we sometimes laughed because it was really funny. In the meanwhile we ordered some drinks: a beer for Marco, a mojito for Gerardo, a weisse beer for Ilenia and a coke for me. Ilenia drank the beer very slowly, it took an hour and a half to finish it while we terminated soon our drinks. I was having a look at the tables next to ours when I suddenly saw three of my friends: Ivan, Omar and Simone. I interrupted Ilenia and I asked them the permission to go to greet my friends, they said it was ok and I went to my friends' table. I saluted them and I started to talk about Saturday night. We decided that we would have met at nine o'clock in the evening. I returned to my table and the conversation was going on, so I asked my friends at what time they wanted to leave and they replied me: "at half past twelve". I relaxed and I began to ask questions but I noticed the Marco got worried and I couldn't understand why. I asked him :" Marco what's going on?" and he replied me: "I'm just getting drunk": So I thought that probably he didn't get worried and he was just a bit drunk. I tried to think to other things and I looked at other tables again, there were lots of people of about twenty years old who were drinking beer, girls who were flirting with other guys, waiters that were walking fast through the Pub. I couldn't see a person like me, I mean a person who didn't drink alcohol. I got tired and I asked my friend if it was possible to go home. They replied: "Yes, of course!". And we directed toward the car park just in front of the pub where we talked about our holidays, we got on Gerardo's car and we drove to Parabiago.

Learning English I've been studying English for five months. Actually I studied it at school from 11 to 16 years old but I didn't study much at that time. I have divided my study sessions in different parts: I study grammar in the afternoon, I listen to the news on the radio in the evening and I practice English in an exchange Language community at night. I think that studying grammar is quite repetitive even if it is necessary and that listening to the news is really interesting even though the speakers usually speak very fast. I like practising English in an Exchange Language community where I can have chat with other Language buddies and also have audio call with them. I'm trying to do my best and I hope to have started improving my Language skills.