Well… today the weather is not very lenient but we hope to enjoy many other summer days in London and what’s better than environmental-friendly sport and transport?

Pick up a bat and play at one of 100 ping pong tables popping up across London this summer.

Ping! has installed table tennis tables at some surprising locations in the capital. Bats and balls are included so all you need to do is show up and have a go!

London’s newest public transport system goes live with 315 docking stations and 5000 bikes available!

On 30 July 2010 The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, launched the jewel in the crown of his cycling revolution.  Docking one of thousands of new bicycles at a Barclays Cycle Hire stations. It has never been so easy to hire a bicycle in London!

In its 12th year Carnaval del Pueblo starts with a spectacular and colourful float procession from Elephant Road (Elephant & Castle) at 12 pm making its way through Walworth Road and Albany Road to finish at Burgess Park at 3pm where the party begins until 10pm.

This display of vibrant costumes and dances is inspired on the famous carnivals of Rio de Janeiro, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador and others. This year´s theme is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Independence of many countries from the Latin American Region, and it will be a show not to be missed.

Start your day with a free early morning yoga session on London Riverside.

Lessons are suitable for all levels and are run weekly on wednesday from 7.30 to 8.30 am until 25th August.

The Scoop, London, SE1 2DB

We are pleased to announce to all our customer from outside EU that on 9th July 2010 English UK has won its case in the High Court against the last Home Secretary’s decision to raise the level of English which students must have before they can get a UK visa to learn the language here.

All students applying for a General Student Visa should be at CEFR Level A1 (elementary) or higher, and capable of following a programme of study at CEFR Level A2 or higher.

This is a considerable success on behalf on English UK and their members, and a decision that places the UK back in a market-leading position to welcome long-term applications from all over the world.

Time can fly and it is never enough to do all you thougth before your journey. So, plan your priorities, especially if your visit is for a short time: make a list of all the things you MUST do!

Here are some more popular tonguetwisters to practice your language skills with your friends and have fun!

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
And chuck as much as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

Picasso major exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in Kings Cross:  “Picasso: The Mediterranean Years (1945-1962)” until August 28.

With a focus on Picasso’s most intimate works, “Picasso: The Mediterranean Years” will provide an important contrast to Tate Liverpool’s exhibition “Picasso: Peace and Freedom.” Between these two exhibitions, visitors to Great Britain in the summer of 2010 will have an extraordinary opportunity to explore the public and private faces of this peerlessly multi-dimensional artist in the 1950s.

And if you need accommodation in London, Dinwiddy House is just round the corner!

Oyster Card - this is the electronic payment system for London
tubes and buses. It makes travel on them cheaper.

You could also have a discount as a student.

Here are few English short tongue twisters to start with:

- Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter “T”.

- Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.

- Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.

- I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

- I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

- How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

Check the words you don’t know to increase your vocabulary and try to repeat them many times with your friends and as quick as possible to improve your pronunciation: have fun!