By Diane de Molinari (Belgium)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7iyvhfkjm4ia9o/EF%20Santa%20Barbara.mp4?dl=0
My video about the life at EF Santa Barbara
I made a video about the life here, at EF Santa Barbara, to show you, future EF students or parents, how SB is a real paradise.
I have been here for 3 weeks and I am leaving this beautiful place on Saturday, to go to Miami for one month more.
I think one month is the perfect duration to stay here. As you can see in my video, you can do a lot of things here and you never get bored.
I stayed in the residence and I can tell you that the environment there is very good. Everything is very organized and always clean. I have a lot of friends who are in host families, like you saw in my video, and I think that it is very different than the residence, but that is also good for your learning and to discover the Californian culture.
During the weekends, and sometimes in the week, there are different activities. You can do activities with or without EF. Personally, I went to Camarillo, which is a big outlet with a lot of brands, and I also went Jet Skiing. It was very beautiful and so fun to do it. There are a lot of different aquatic animals in Santa Barbara!
The meals at the residence’s restaurant are always very different and delicious, both breakfasts and dinners.
In the residence like in host families there are some rules like that you have to be in your room at 10pm but it is not really boring because you do so much things during the day so you are very tired in the evening that you want to sleep!
The EF teachers are very cool. It is not like your teacher at your school, there are so cool here and sometimes they just ask you what you want to do, like more grammar or more vocabulary and they understand you so that is really great.
I think that to go away from your family and friends for 2 months is a beautiful experience which teaches you a lot of things. This is the kind of experience which grows you up and which teaches you to be independent.
So if you are hesitating to book a trip with EF, just do it, you will not regret it.
Diane de Molinari, in Santa Barbara since the 30th July until the 26th August 2017.
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