Southampton, a nice place in The United Kingdom.

 In 2014, I traveled to the United Kingdom to improve my English.  I took three courses at Lewis School of English in the city of Southampton. “General English, Reflective Teacher and The student-centered approaches to teaching English. I used to receive from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in The City of Southampton.

As soon as I finished classes every day, I used to go out and see Southampton streets, which rarely were full of people, but the ones I could see there walked fast, their steps were quick and they always looked to the horizon: "They walked as if they were over the moon… but if I asked them something they answered friendly.

I spent 30 days in Southampton, a city in the south of England, which hosts the country’s most important shopping ports.

After spending three weeks I started to adapt to the cold winter in this quiet town. What more can I say of Southampton. It is a city bathed by the Itchen River; it still retains some of its walls.

As a tourist it is interesting to know that on the Itchen River Water, waters sailed the Mayflower, carrying those Pilgrims who arrived in America looking for Freedom, looking for a better place to praise God according to their religious beliefs, contributing to the creation of the Grand Nation of United States of America. Equally important is to say that from Southampton’s port, the famous Titanic Ship started two of its three trips, including the one that triggered the tragic outcome. I could say that the City of Southampton has been an important strategic point in English history and world history.

I visited and learned a lot in the Sea City Museum, in which people can learn in a didactic way about the naval history of the city, as well as the history of the Titanic, its crew, passengers, how the facts happened, and the trial of people who had responsibility in this event that shocked the humanity and have inspired films and literary texts. Similarly, with information I had from the Tudor House, which is another major museum of the town.

Many times I got up early and felt the cold morning, but I was always comforted by God’s warmth of light: I saw in the landscape how a tree naked its body in winter to receive the water that will reactivate it in the beautiful spring, spring in which they flourish… its flowers will bring sweet fruits, acid fruits, fruit of all flavors which the palate of man can enjoy…