Hello again!
Finally a new post. So much has happened since I last wrote a blog entry so I will try to tell it chronologically (tough word that is 
). To accompany this story I posted some new pictures as well in Flickr to amuse you all 
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18th of November
I went to London on the 18th to see Take 6. They are a six man a capella group from the USA and they are the best in the business. Their arrangements, new takes on old songs and the songs they write themselves are second to none. Therefore it is no surprise that they have won 13 grammy awards already. They gave a concert at the Barbican Centre in London because of London Jazz Festival (I couldn’t let that slip now could I ). They were fabulous as you would expect and they even gave two encores. I was impressed. Together with this visit to Take 6, which was on a Friday, we added the Saturday to look around London a bit more. I especially enjoyed the Tower of London which I hadn’t seen before (on the inside that is). In the Tower of London they keep the British Crown Jewels and I must say… they were beautiful. The biggest diamond in the world, the Koh-I-Noor (cut by a dutchman I must add), is the pride and joy of the Crown Jewels. But we also saw 2.2 million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pounds of diamonds. You can just hold them into your cupped hands with ease. Two point two million pounds. Only inches away. DAMN! So London was great as always.
1st of December
On the first of December we had a Christmas Fayre at school. I was asked to do the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket Tombola (try saying that five times in a row ). People could pay fifty pence and for that money they could dive into a basket to pick out five tickets. If one of these tickets was gold they would win a big prize. There were lots of stalls and parents and children alike had a lot of fun. There also was a raffle but I didn’t win anything. DAMN! All in all a good way to integrate into the community and to get to know some parents.
6th of December
On this day I went to London with Year 6 to go to West End to see the Lion King. West End is THE musical scene of Europe as Broadway is the musical scene for the USA. You can’t believe how many musicals play there. Dirty Dancing just came out and I believe the Lion King is in it’s 7th or 8th consecutive year. So we went with all the kids from Year 6 on a bus to London. It was marvellous. The trip as well as the musical. I already saw it in The Netherlands but that was of course in a different language and it has been over two years. It’s amazing how much you can forget in that time. I was so exhausted after the trip (50 kids to look after, entertain, etc.) but also extremely satisfied that I saw my first musical at the West End. DAMN!
Those were the most interesting things that happened over the past three weeks but more interesting things still to come. If I am not able to put that all on my weblog I can probably tell it all to you in person because in about one-and-a-half weeks I am coming home. That’s right. On the 21st of December my boat leaves at about 10.00h and I arrive at Hoek van Holland at about 15.20h. I am looking forward seeing you all. If I don’t talk to you before then… see you after the 21st. Otherwise…
Laterz,
G.
December 11, 2006 at 6:42 pm
you must be exhausted from time to time due to all those activities, are you ?
we were very glad to hear from you, because lack of news made us a bit nervous.
anyway, thanks for your phonecall and the explanation. by the way, are you moved
to another house or did you change chamber in the same house. mummy and i had
a dispute on this question. i learned that you will be in holland for 10 days as from
december 23. till then and take care.