Finally managed to negotiate the site and be able to post a blog - albeit at the third attempt, several security alerts from google and 300 emails which filled up my inbox from a site created by Nathan. Had a good experience so far. I have learned a lot especially about the Cambridge system for assessing English and the exams that students have to take to get through it. I’ve also been lucky in the sense that it has been possible to implement some of the useful techniques learned in Chester through UKLC and also theCELTA course. Moncada is very quiet - to put it as charitably as possible. But it is a very friendly place and seems completely safe - unlike many places in the uk. Valencia is a great city and it has been really good to see it and spend time socialising there with the other people on the placement in this area. Although I am much older than almost everyone, everyone has been really inclusive and friendly, and that aspect of the experience has been really great. The staff at schola - my language school - could not have been more accommodating so I would recommend this experience to anyone. The cost of living is quite low as well so the 10 pounds a day subsistence allowance is easily enough to buy food and any other essentials.