So far the first semester ended. At the beginning it was a little bit hard to truly understand the English, especially here in the North of England. I love the Geordie accent, but it's still hard to understand this accent.

The University is great. I'm studying English Literature and English Language, not to confuse with learning English, it is Linguistic. The tutors teach a lot about language, and plus i don't have many hours a week, only 8 hours the last semester, and in the 2nd one I will have only 7. This is great, but I have two read 4 or 5 books, and I still didn't finish the neverending story.
I met really nice students here, and they are always impressed due to studying abroad which isn't as hard as people might think unless you are homesick, then the beginning can be very hard. I made very good friends here, two of them are from abroad. Nancy is French, and Ula is Polish. English people are very funny; they have a good sense for humor.

If you are thinking about studying abroad, just do it, don't think too much about it, and take the chance. I did the same, and I am not disappointed.

This was the 1st semester. More about the 2nd semester will come in June/ July.

Love you all,
Olga