The Austrian students stayed in Portsmouth for their internship and left us a feedback about their stay:

β€œAt first we were really nervous. Never before had we stated so long away from home. We worried about many different things, like the transport in England, the host family whom we stayed with and the company we would work for. We were afraid about the taste of the food, about the high prices everywhere and the different currency. The city seemed so big and we were afraid to get lost. We also worried about the weather and the communication with the English people.

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First, we had a little meeting with a nice person of the institute. She gave us a map with information sheets and a discount card for the taxis. Then the taxi driver took us to our host family. The family was much nicer than we thought they would be. They showed us our room, the whole house and told us about the other students that stayed with us.

On our first Monday, we had to meet at IBD. It was not really difficult to get there. The buses drove about every ten minutes and so we all were on time. The people of the institute were so nice and took many of our worries away. They told us, how we would get to work the next day. We could ask any questions we thought of and told us so many things about England.

Our English teacher showed us Portsmouth and told us many interesting things. We went on a tour that lasted about two hours through the City.

One of us worked at the Pharmacy. First, she was scared because the pharmacy in England looked so different to every pharmacy in Austria. After the first day she knew it was not as different as she thought it would be. Her daily tasks were to dispense the medicine, to prepare the prescriptions for the patients and a lot of other things. She also had to do a lot different things with the computer. The people were really nice; they were very interested about the pharmacies in Austria and what an ordinary trainee has to learn.

The other girl worked at the Museum. She was interested about the work there, because in Austria she works in a big company that deals with shoes. She knew nothing about the ship and tried to learn as much as possible from the volunteers of the museum. It was much to learn but the days were pretty good. The girl liked her work at the museum but she is happy to go back to her office.

Both of us were happy to take the chance to come to England, but we are also happy to go back home because we miss our families.

If we ever get a second chance to go on an internship, we would not hesitate to take it. We would recommend this trip to everyone who wants to get some new experiences, to improve English skills and who wants to take the chance to work in an different country in an unknown company.

Sincerely,

Two Austrian girls πŸ™‚β€