Busy, Busy, Busy

Last weekend were the best days of my exchange so far. This was my last weekend at the Telford’s family and we made it a good one.

Friday Tim and I both did not have any lessons in the afternoon, so we had left school after lunch and walked to Lewes Station. From there we took the train to Brighton. In Odeon Cinema we watched The Woman in Black, which was a very good and quite scary film. Before we got back to Lewes we had a drink at Caffè Nero (we just love that café) and walked through some of Brighton’s lanes. We almost got lost, but after a little while we had found our way to the station. After supper, Tim, Nick and I went to TGI night with their youth group at their church. There we had made two teams and we played some quizzes and games against each other.

Because I had not seen all of Brighton yet, Tim and I had decided to go back the day after. This time we took the bus and Evie and Ettie joined us. After a drink at Costa we went to the huge Churchill Square Shopping Centre. We had a look in a couple of shops, like Hollister, Topshop, H&M, Primark, Accessorize etc. and before we knew it was time to go back again. At home Tim and I quickly changed ourselves and at 6;30pm Matt came to pick us up. Maia was giving a house party that night and a lot of people were invited. We got to her house in Peacehaven and had a great time.

Surprisingly I did not have problems getting out of bed on Sunday. This was probably because I was really excited to go to London. After a quick breakfast, Tim, Nick and I took the train from Lewes Station to London Victoria. We had planned to go on a Big Bus Tour, a ride along the most famous places in London. When we had found the bus station we sat down on the second floor of the bus, with an open roof. We have driven through Oxford Street, along Madame Tussauds, the St Paul’s Cathedral and National Gallery, over the London Bridge and the Tower Bridge, along Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben and many more places. I loved the view we had and I made some beautiful pictures.

After our bus tour we visited the Tower of London, a historic castle that has played a big role in English history. We saw the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and learned a lot about the Tudors. After lunch we stepped into a cruise boat and sailed over the River Thames. We sailed under some famous bridges, like the London Bridge, Blackfriars Railway Bridge and the Millennium Bridge and we passed the London Eye, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the Tate Modern and many more buildings.

Tim’s parents were also in London that day. We thought it was a nice idea to meet for dinner at Café Rouge (yes RLW people, that lovely restaurant where we had eaten during the London trip in second year) for Michell’s birthday and my farewell. We had a lovely dinner and it was a good end of the weekend.

Yesterday my fourth school week had started. After school I got back to Tim’s to collect my loads of luggage. Lucy, her sister Katy and her father Paul came to pick me up and I said goodbye to the Telford’s family. Lucy lives about 20 minutes away from school. She is in my year at LOGS and I also have hockey practice with her. When we arrived home she showed me her house, which is really nice. I met her mum called Linda and a cat is present in the house as well, named Fudge.

On the 25^th of March will be the LOGS 500 Festival at Glyndebourne Opera House. A group of students will open the show by singing two songs. Because the teachers know that I like singing they had suggested me to join the group. I thought this was a great idea and today I had a rehearsal with the group. When we were finished I had a little talk with the companion and discovered that if I was going to sing I should stay backstage during the whole show, so I could not watch it. Unfortunately this made me cancel my performance with the group, because I really do not want to miss the show. At night I had hockey practice again. It was the last training of the season.