Angloville 3 week programme review

Angloville was an experience like nothing I have ever done before; overall, it was a very rewarding trip that enabled me to work with some amazing children and meet some equally incredible native speakers from all over the globe. I completed 3 weeks of programmes back-to-back in Budapest, Krakow and Warsaw so that I was able to achieve the Tefl qualification. This did mean that it was a very busy trip with few opportunities to rest, so potentially choosing to take a break between programmes to spend time in the cities might be wise, especially if you're planning on spending more than 3 weeks with Angloville. I really enjoyed my programmes in each of the venues- the schedules were jam-packed, but the days ran smoothly on the whole, with the help of the hard-working mentors and coordinators. The standards of the venues were mainly good, however the food sometimes let the side down; I have food allergies which were made very clear and confirmed before my travels began, however I was often catered for poorly at the hotels which was sometimes challenging. Despite the fact that my Angloville experience as a whole was very worthwhile, I personally did also suffer from some complications in the middle of my programmes- I was completing my Angloville journey with my friend and half way through our second programme we were "moved" without notice to another venue in Poland for the following week. This was unexpected and stressful as we had already booked transport to our original venue in Warsaw. Thankfully, our coordinator in Krakow did his best sort out our situation, but this help wasn't coordinated well with the Angloville offices and so, the situation wasn't actually sorted until the day before we were due to travel to Warsaw. We are unsure why this happened in the first place, but it left us feeling worried that we were not going to be able to make our third and final programme.