Welcome to my first English post and I hope I'm able to continue writing German and English.. also it's slightly different than the German version, but now it's time to have a quick overview of the last week.
Actually my last week was again alright, I really enjoy my project and I am nearly always busy, but in a positive way! Nevertheless it was very cold, rainy and freezing.. well I'm in England so I didn't have any other expectations! During the last week there weren't any special moments, so I'm concentrating on my last freakin' weekend!
In the Friday evening Monika (the girl from Hungary) and I had to leave Alton and we were on our way to London!! It was very hectic, because we wanted to arrive early (means 9.30 pm). The reason for our trip is the birthday of a good friend of mine, called Tabea who is also a volunteer from Germany and living in Orpington, which is a district of London, very much on the edge of the London border. So we took the fast train and after 20 minutes we arrived. And there was no London feeling anymore, because it was like that we travelled to another small town. Well, after we were several times lost, while it rained cats and dogs we finally arrived at our destination!!
In the meantime our lovely volunteers in Alton were again spending time in searching for the perfect pub. And this time they were encouraged by a real British lady!! Namely our coordinator from Treloar who wanted to go out with us in a pub and just having a nice chat. According to their talks it should have been very, very lovely, but also weird.. No more comment to that!
Coming back to Tabea's birthday I have to clarify that there was a massive party going on and with our arrival it was just going better... 'cause we were the first ones!
So we talked a lot and the more guests were coming the better it got and finally the party started.. in the kitchen?! I mean there was a huge and cosy sitting room, but we prefered the kitchen. Anyway, here you can have a watch through some pictures:
The party ended at 5am with loud music, a lot of weird dances and pretty much fun! During the night I talked with "old" friends from the arrival camp, but also met nice new people like DoDo from Taiwan and the amazing Liz from Australia, who are also living in the house!
So great, great, great!!
On the next day Tabea and I went to London Oxford Street, definitely the shopping hell in London and oh gosh I hate this place so much! Everyone is grumpy, busy and so damn rude that you are purely becoming the same mood. And it's so crowded and it takes ages to finally enter into the shops.. I'm looking forward to Christmas shopping!!
Nevertheless I said goodbye to Tabea and I went with the Brazilian girl, Mariana to Camden Town. And what could I say.. I love Mariana for her happiness and calmness as well as Camden Town itself! There are so many alternative shops and international stuff that it was so hard not to stop at every dump. Well we did so, because we were taking photos in every single corner and it took us nearly 4h to get outside of the market! According to photography I would claim that she is kind of my soulmate.
Well, now you'll have a quick overview:
Yeah, after all that we went to Wilton's Music Hall, an antique theatre, which is nowadays kind of an alternative theatre and a bar as well.. so lovely!! Amazing, awesome and so expensive! Because of that we went to a near pub, next to the Tower Bridge and at a hidden place on the Themse. It was also wonderful, but definitely not that good as Wilton's!
For everyone who is interested can watch the link below for pictures and more information:
Wilton's Music Hall
Around midnight I went alone back to Orpington, but then I found 2 other German volunteers from the arrival camp, who are living near to Birmingham and after travelling and walking we had another nice chat in Tabea's lovely lounge. Well on Sunday Monika and I went back and after several trains we finally arrived home at 4pm. Gym, information exchange and chilling were the next thing on my list and well, I feel great!
When I'm looking forward I see 3 trips to London during October and 1 week holiday in Denmark.. sounds quite nice!! But of course I'm glad to work with my students again, so let the week begin!
See you later!
xxx Jan xxx
P.S.: For all who wants to see more pictures, scroll down and enjoy!
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