Spring Vibes

Nooooo! I really don’t want to think about the fact that I am leaving this awesome place in only six nights! This has been my last weekend and my last school week will start tomorrow. LOGS people, do not make any plans for coming Friday, ‘cause the Dutchies will probably organize a farewell party!

The last days have been really good again. On Thursday, all year 12 people went on a trip to the University of Sussex after the fourth period. Unfortunately, Sanny, Jop and I were not allowed to join them, which meant that it was just the three of us at the Sixth Form House that afternoon. Sanny and I decided to go into town and look around in some shops. Because it was really hot outside we both got that lovely spring feeling and sat in LOGS’s garden afterwards.

Friday was a hot day as well. In the morning I had made my Latin test from the Rijnlands, which took me two full periods. During the big break many people went outside. Some year 12 people had created a human pyramid in the garden, which took some time but had a really cool result. After school Lucy and I set off to Brighton to go shopping (yes, again!). I bought a new pair of All Star shoes. Before we went back home we stopped at the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop, where I had the biggest bowl of ice cream I had eaten in my entire life.

On Saturday, Lucy and I had decided to go for a bike ride. I was quite scared to cycle on the other side of the road, but fortunately it went well. When we had found a nice place for our picnic we stopped and settled ourselves on a big grass field, where we listened to music on our iPad and ate plenty of food. We both left the field slightly tanned. At night Lucy’s parents went out for dinner with Bessie’s parents. Lucy, Katy and I stayed at home. Bessie came over and the four of us had dinner. Afterwards we watched the film It’s Complicated.

Today had been the day that everyone at LOGS had been looking forward to: LOGS 500 Festival at Glyndebourne Opera House. The performance started at 3pm. In the morning, Lucy, Paul and I went for a drive to Eastbourne. They showed me Beachy Head, a chalk headland east of the Seven Sisters from which you have a beautiful view over the channel between England and France. Paul had told me that Beachy Head is a famous place for people to commit suicide, so it was quite a bizarre place to be… When we arrived home we changed ourselves and sett off to Glyndebourne. We had plenty of time until the performance started, so we sat down in the beautiful gardens around the Opera House and had a picnic. At 3pm the show finally began. Mr Blewitt had reserved the best seats for Jop and me, in the middle of the front row. The opening song was amazing and great acts followed. During the interval Jop and I went backstage to have a chat with our friends. We wished everyone good luck and went back inside to see the second part of the performance, which was very good as well. I really enjoyed seeing all the kids singing, dancing and acting on stage.

I am going to enjoy every second of my last days at LOGS, ‘cause this exchange will never come back again!