We left saint exupéry airport at about 8 o'clock, after we recorded our luggage and we got directly into the plane... this was a new experience for me ! easy jet company was chosen for this flight. once arrived at the airport of london-gatwick, after an hour and a half, a minibus picked us to take us to the canterbury college. we visited the colle

Canterbury is a small city of kent, located in the south east of england, at 86 miles from london. it has about 45,000 inhabitants. this is one of the oldest cities of england. since the sixteenth century, canterbury is the seat of the spiritual head of the church of england. today, canterbury is mainly a tourist and university center, with the ver

During my work placement weeks, i began every day at nine o'clock in the morning. i had a break at half past eleven. lunchtime was at half past twelve and lasted one hour. on the afternoons i only had two hours of work at the workshop. the working methods were pretty much the same. during my work placement, i didn't do a lot of different things, bu

My company i worked in canterbury college which is located in the center of canterbury. there are 800 employees. it was created in 1947. i worked with the team specialized in the water and heating systems and maintenance of the college. i met my mentor during the first day of my work placement. his name is mickael powel and he is 58 years old. he i

The company , the staff and my mentor it's in a little english company directed by mrs keith that i did my work placement. this company named higham plumbing and heanting sometimes works in homes or in professionnal buildings.the company is located in margate in england more precisely in the north of canterbury, and we could work in the whole kent

Why participating to this project ? i wanted to participate to this project because it is a rewarding experience for my cv for an immersion in a foreign country is very appreciated by employers, but also to discover the english culture and have a new way of perceiving the world, of studying with european students and living with an english family t

The first day for the departure to england, we had an appointment at 5.00 a.m at the saint-exupery airport. the flight lasted 1 hour 45. when we arrived at gatwick airport, a coach collected us and drove us to canterbury. my fellow students and i were very happy and excited to know that we arrived soon. an hour later, we finally arrived at canterbu

During my stay in canterbury, i was in a typical british family who lived in sturry, a little city located at 10 minutes by bus from the centre of canterbury. they have two children : one girl aged fifteen who is at the canterbury college, and one boy of eight years old who is in primary school in canterbury. he practises football in a club also lo

During my work placement i worked in swann plumbing company. swann plumbing services is a small family run plumbing and heating business situated in whitstable, kent. simon, my mentor, has been working in the plumbing and heating industry for many years and has worked for large and small companies but has always been disappointed by the level of se