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Lara (14-year-old) is from Spain. She lives with a WHG host family and attends a local comprehensive school. Her twin sister Margaux is also living with a WHG host family 20 minutes away from Lara but attends a different school. Both decided to stay in the UK during the 'Lockdown'.

Lara - 'I was the one who decided to go to the Uk for a year because I wanted to take a break from my life in Spain because I wasn’t really happy, and that way I could have a new life with a fresh start for a while, and my parents also thought it was a good way of improving my English. When lockdown began, I thought that I was just wasting my exchange year because I couldn’t do most of the things I came here to do like going to school or being with my friends, but then I got used to it and realised that I was really lucky to be here and not in Spain, because at least here, I can go out and do exercise, and there’s a garden, and in Spain, I would have been really bored. And it hasn’t been difficult, because I get to spend a lot more time with my host family, and do a lot of fun things, and I really enjoy that. Here we are taking some daily exercise together.'