once week ago, I’ve just got back from Dubai.

It’s the first time I have ever left without my

parents. I was going on a student exchange tour to Dubai. Fortunately, I met some new friends
from all walks of life on the trip. Our group met for the first time at the airport. There were fifteen
of us. We chatted for over ten hours on the flight to England. Once we arrived at Heathrow
Airport, we then took a coach to one of the schools in Oxford.

On the first day we had lessons in the school campus until the coming of evening. We were all
excited to know who would be our host. A rich or middle class family. My host mum was Candice.
Her apartment was in an old historic building with beautiful gardens around it. She helped me to
settle down and cooked a meal for me. Then my friends and I went to a disco in the town centre
for the night’s entertainment.
The next day we went to London by underground for the whole day. We wanted to explore every
corner of London’s streets. It was an amazing experience for us to discover the culture of the
country. We shopped at Harrods after visiting Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum. The museum
was packed with lots of people and it was too crowded to take pictures with the wax characters.
We found that there was a fast food booth at St Paul’s Park selling hot dogs which tasted
delicious and only cost two pounds. They were about 20cm long. I couldn’t finish the whole
thing.
There was one really memorable incident during the trip. My Italian roomates found out that our
host mum was a lesbian! I could not believe this shocking fact and I did not dare to ask Candice
about this matter.
The trip was fantastic. I learnt about British culture and met people from different backgrounds. I
am determined to go to England again and explore the southern part of England