Hi there, my name is Leticia and this is LAL Speak to the world.
I am at LAL Cape Town on-site residence and I’m going to show you the room I’m staying in.
I am on a shared room. It’s quite big, actually.
There is a private bathroom here and another bed here.
You might be curious what I’m doing here!
Today is my first day at LAL Cape Town and I’d like to show you what it is like here.
I’m in front of LAL Cape Town campus right now, and I will show you how it looks from the outside.
LAL Cape Town was founded in 1996, so that’s about 22 years ago!
During that time, the school has been growing and apart from classrooms,
you can find a restaurant, a student kitchen, a self-study area, games room...
The school has even a swimming pool.
Hello! We’re a bit curious about security here in Cape Town and LAL.
For how long the security works here? Per day…
My name is Max. I’m one of the security guards here at LAL and we work 24/7.
And how many guards are there?
We are 5 people in total.
Ok! And how about weekends?
On weekends security mostly used to work alone and we've been trained to help the students. Sometimes we go to the airport to pickup the students
Alright, so Cape Town has a reputation of being a bit dangerous, but as Max here has already informed us the security here is very good.
Lets go to the reception right now, and here we have Marise!
Hello!
Hi Marise! Nice to meet you!
We're going to enter our school.
This is the cafeteria and I am going to have a very nice breakfast.
The area is very big and sometimes it can get a bit busy, but we also have some tables outside.
You can always find a place to seat next to a colleague and start your day with your friends.
The atmosphere here is very chilled and my breakfast is delicious.
So, we are waiting to have a tour here inside the LAL campus building.
We're about to have our tour!
Every Monday, there is a tour around the school for the new students.
So, this is where the study begins. There is an academic board, classrooms and students information.
And in this corridor, all of the classrooms.
As I said, the school has a pool and you can use it whenever you want.
This is the Braai area. This is where our Monday evenings braai happens.
For me, this is the most comfortable place in the school.
Students can also come here to study, or to chill and talk to their friends, do something on their computers
This is actually a very nice place to be.
We also have a game room with pool, table soccer and some other games.
And right next to it, we have a TV room.
So right now Iím here with Marise and she is going to show us all the accommodations that we have here in LAL Cape Town.
This first room is a twin one.
It has a private bathroom.
This is a shared room with private bathroom.
Now, this one is a shared room with shared bedrooms.
And this is a double room with private bathroom.
Right now I'm going on a city tour with the new students and we're going to many places here in Cape Town, and I'm going to show you in a bit.
Every new student gets into the city tour. This is actually a very nice thing to do in your first day
Because you get to know some nice places in the city, for you to explore during your weekends or your free time.
Our first stop is here in downtown Cape Town, we're going to do some exploring.
The downtown is full of South African history and the guide made sure we all got to know it.
Right now we are in Table Mountain national park. This is where you can see the most amazing sunset and also have a view of the Devil's Mountain.
The Devil's Mountain has this name because of the tale about the clouds that form sometimes above it.
On this top, we were able to appreciate the beautiful view, take many pictures and have some snacks.
We're in our last stop, which is Camps Bay Beach.
The last stop was the most amazing one, not only because of the beach is incredibly beautiful
But also, because we were lucky enough to see whales.
It's incredible how Cape Town surprises you in such an overwhelming way.
I've been putting the feet in the water and it's very, very cold! This water is so cold!
This is the end of our city tour. We're on our way to the LAL Campus right now and at night, we're going to have a braai.
So the Braai begun. Braai is short for braaivleis which is Afrikaans for roasted meat.
It is basically a social gathering in South Africa and other countries where people come together, socialize and gobble the appetizing food.
Here at LAL Cape Town the Braai happens every Monday evening.
Look at what I'm having at today's Braai. It looks amazing and it smells even more delicious.
Wow, that was a long and eventual day! I learnt a lot and experienced what it is like to have your first day at LAL Cape Town!
You would expect to like the school straight away, even on your first day because it is surely the best place to study English in South Africa.
Here you can savour Cape Town culture and have great adventures.
Are you going to visit the school soon? When are you coming? Leave us a comment!?
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