Hi María, hope you are well!
       Your sister told me that you are coming to Oxford, and you want to stay at the same Hall of Residence as me. But, before you make that mistake, I want to give you a word of warning... THINK IT TWICE and DON'T COME!!!
      The conditions are horrible. It's not only that the rooms are small, dark and filthy but algo cold, and you will have to sleep with a snoring flatmate, that thinks that the all floor is for his dirty socks.
      I hope I am in time to change your decision abou where to stay, so I will recommend you to look a room with a host family. The rooms will be small but clean and lovely. Furthermore, these houses use to be near to the school and the city centre, so in this way, life would be easier to you.
      There are my survival tips, use them if you want not to get depressed (or sick). Hope to see you soon, tell my mum to send me soup and pizza, and give kisses to all our friends.
   

    Love, Marta.