Translation of superficie

In the that time of the year, when I used to go to school, I had to get up very early and leave the house at around seven o'clock in the morning. At this time it was still night, dark and cold outside.
It's like a fairytale. Many green areas, play grounds and many children playing on the streets and a gold court at the end of my street. I've found a great partner from Greece to play with at the weekends.
We had coffee, played cards and waited for our guide. We had booked the tour with Handspan, so that we were confident that he would show up. In the end the guide was a 'she' and not a 'he'.