time just goes way too fast *period*

Ai, ai, ai… already 2 weeks behind with blogging and only 1 week left in England L.

So, we had a week B, followed by a week A. Although this post will cover 2 full weeks, this might be one of the shorter ones since I just realized that I don’t really remember in detail what I did or what happened 2 weeks ago … 0:-)

Starting with week B, week 4 of exchange: …………………..

(I’ll get back to that later)

Then obviously, week B/week 4, was followed by week A/week 5 (I know, English school even enables us Dutch students to understand things like this, must be EXCELLENT education….!!!) Week 5 was actually pretty busy for me! I had quite a couple of Dutch tests. Monday was Harvey’s birthday and therefore we had breakfast all together and gave him his presents. When I got to school, Ms. Rosin told me and Manon that she hadn’t received the Latin test (for which I had studied Sunday night till I-don’t-know how late) yet. She did receive a Dutch test, which I decided to make that same day after some quick revising. Monday night we went out to Brighton with Zoe, Phoebe and Josh to have dinner at Italian restaurant Zizzi’s.

Tuesday was a normal day at school, nothing extraordinary à I did loads of Dutch homework (ok, maybe a little :P), revised a little and even had some nice free time J. After school, I didn’t have hockey training since the hockey season has practically ended here in the UK.

Wednesday was a normal day at school and after school we were supposed to play a mixed match against “the farmers” again. At school we heard that the Plumden College team wouldn’t be able to get to Lewes due to a lack of transport, but because of the fact that some of the sixth formers would be examined for P.E. in this match, P.E. teacher, Ms. Webster asked some other sixth formers and some students from year 10 to play with us after school. So.... after some hitting around, we played a nice mixed match with year 10s and sixth formers, all from LOGS.

Thursday, my parents and brother came over for the weekend. Weekend of week 5 would’ve been my last weekend and therefore they had planned to pick me up, but because of the week extension we got here at LOGS, they left Sunday again, without me, but with one of my 2 bagsJ. Thursday night, after dinner, Claire and I went to the Shelleys Hotel in Lewes where we met my family. Claire met my parents, my parents met Claire. We had a drink all together and after giving Claire all the liquorice and cheese my parents brought from Holland (especially the ‘Oude Kaas’ she got introduced to during her stay in Amsterdam as a student), Claire left and we had some time with the four of us. Around 10, after Harvey’s hockey training, Geoff and Harvey came to the hotel to meet my family and to take me back home. It was very nice introducing my English and Dutch family to each other and it was good to see that they liked it as well (and if not, they did a hell of a good piece of acting out there!!). Around 11, 11.30, we went back home and I figured that the people at the hotel must’ve thought the Waller family took me from my family à 1. We came in with the message: Hello, we are here to meet Sanny’s parents. 2. Then we had some time with the 4 of us. 3. Geoff and Harvey came, had a drink and 4. They took me with them again.

Friday morning I just went to school, made my Latin test and at the beginning of the big break I picked up my parents and brother from their hotel (which is located next to the school) and took them down the road to the Buttercup café where we had lunch and a nice piece of cake. After lunch, we helped Claire with cleaning the basement of the café for Harvey’s birthday party that night and around half 4 (very illogically for Dutch people à half 4 is 4.30), we split up again to meet later that evening for the party. Almost everyone was from LOGS and it was really nice!!

Saturday morning I was dropped off at Shelley’s to have a day with my parents. After they finished breakfast, we walked to Lewes train station to get the train to London where we went to Harrods where did some very nice shopping J. Around 1, my dad and brother left my mom and me to go to a football match (Arsenal - ....?....). My mom and I therefore had a nice lunch and went to Camden market in the afternoon. I hadn’t heard of Camden market before Gabi told me to go there and, just as she said, it’s a crazy, crazy place!! It is extremely busy, but there is a great atmosphere!! We walked around for a while and had a nice cup of tea before we went back to Lewes where we met up with Claire to have a lovely ‘girls night out’ (my brother and dad at the football, and Geoff and Harvey away for hockey).

Then on Sunday, Claire dropped me off at Shelley’s on her way to the café. After a stop at the house of the Waller family to pick up one of my bags for my parents to take home already, I took my parents to Brighton to show them around a little. We walked along the seafront and through the lanes. Unfortunately we didn’t have much time, because at 1 I had to be back at the café to meet Claire for Glyndebourne. So, after having a drink at the café with my parents, brother and Claire, we had some: ‘See you in a week’ and Claire and I went to Glyndebourne in Glynde to see the show LOGS had prepared for for a very, very long time to celebrate their 500^th (O_O) anniversary!!!! It was a great and spectacular show presented, acted, sung and danced by students from Lewes Old Grammar.

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I can’t and don’t want to believe that the 5^th week in England has already passed as well… only one more week and then I’ll be back home again L. This can only mean one thing though: we need to make the 6^th and final week of exchange a very, very good one and lets hope everything will last extremely long this week J.

Xxx <3