Jane told us today that we're actually not going to watch the "Cirque du Soleil" but "ShangHi: Cirque du Ciel"!
Well, it'll be awesome nonetheless, I suppose (Chinese physical artists, how can that NOT be marvellous?!) :D
Sorry for any inconvenience ;)
9/09/2012
9/08/2012
15 clicks ...
... left until YOU clicked my blog 1000 TIMES! Gosh, I would have never even guessed I'd reach 500 :D Thanks for all your support whereever you are in the world right now (lots of kisses to Pia in China and Lisa in Spain)!
By now, I truly enjoy my stay here (although boredom is sometimes inevitable, especially on a warm and sunny afternoon after work when you feel a little tired and dull and you're about to doze off). Max and I have the weekend off, so we went to Colchester today (and learned how to play Canasta from Jane). Tomorrow I'll go to my first English church service; pretty excited about that 'cause I know - in principle - German services but in another language I must be weird and beautiful at the same time.
Wanna hear some other thrilling news? We're going to see the "Cirque du Soleil" on Monday x) Managed to get tickets for one of the two extra shows in Ipswich.
It's a bit frightening to think about returning to Germany. Those 6 1/2 weeks went by so fast, I enjoyed the travelling/1st time wwoofing as much as I do now enjoy the 2nd time wwoofing. There are so many changes coming up and loads of things to settle ... exciting but surely exhausting! Nevertheless, I am OF COURSE looking forward to see y'all again :D Anxiety and pleasant anticipation are the two most dominant feelings fighting in my head currently. We'll see how everything turns out ;)
Okay, there isn't anything else of large interest to tell you and I'm sorry that my entries get shorter and shorter, without further impressions (just bought new batteries for the crappy camera today, hopefully, I can take some nice pictures from around here for you and me ;)).
Lots of Love,
Katrin
[day 46]
By now, I truly enjoy my stay here (although boredom is sometimes inevitable, especially on a warm and sunny afternoon after work when you feel a little tired and dull and you're about to doze off). Max and I have the weekend off, so we went to Colchester today (and learned how to play Canasta from Jane). Tomorrow I'll go to my first English church service; pretty excited about that 'cause I know - in principle - German services but in another language I must be weird and beautiful at the same time.
Wanna hear some other thrilling news? We're going to see the "Cirque du Soleil" on Monday x) Managed to get tickets for one of the two extra shows in Ipswich.
It's a bit frightening to think about returning to Germany. Those 6 1/2 weeks went by so fast, I enjoyed the travelling/1st time wwoofing as much as I do now enjoy the 2nd time wwoofing. There are so many changes coming up and loads of things to settle ... exciting but surely exhausting! Nevertheless, I am OF COURSE looking forward to see y'all again :D Anxiety and pleasant anticipation are the two most dominant feelings fighting in my head currently. We'll see how everything turns out ;)
Okay, there isn't anything else of large interest to tell you and I'm sorry that my entries get shorter and shorter, without further impressions (just bought new batteries for the crappy camera today, hopefully, I can take some nice pictures from around here for you and me ;)).
Lots of Love,
Katrin
[day 46]
9/05/2012
muhahahaha :D
Uh, geheimnisvoller Posttitel!
Nächsten Montagabend passiert etwas ganz Tolles, etwas Wunderbares; Maxime und ich haben ziemlich viel Glück. Mehr dazu nächsten Dienstag ;)
Es geht mir gut, auch wenn die Arbeit hier manchmal echt langweilig und total simpel ist. Das Wetter ist zur Zeit hammermäßig und ich kann euch ganz genau sagen, wie gut: so gut, dass wir heute Heuballen vom Feld auf den Traktoranhänger geladen haben und als der Anhänger voll war (und damit etwa 4 Meter hoch), haben Maxime und ich oben drauf gelegen und sind zurück zur Farm (die eigentlich gar keine mehr ist, die Milchkühe haben sie schon in den 90ern verkaufen müssen; jetzt vermieten und verwalten sie Ställe an Pferdebesitzer und haben einen ganzen haufen Hühner).
Naja, soweit alles paletti!
Hab euch lieb,
Katrin
[day 43]
Nächsten Montagabend passiert etwas ganz Tolles, etwas Wunderbares; Maxime und ich haben ziemlich viel Glück. Mehr dazu nächsten Dienstag ;)
Es geht mir gut, auch wenn die Arbeit hier manchmal echt langweilig und total simpel ist. Das Wetter ist zur Zeit hammermäßig und ich kann euch ganz genau sagen, wie gut: so gut, dass wir heute Heuballen vom Feld auf den Traktoranhänger geladen haben und als der Anhänger voll war (und damit etwa 4 Meter hoch), haben Maxime und ich oben drauf gelegen und sind zurück zur Farm (die eigentlich gar keine mehr ist, die Milchkühe haben sie schon in den 90ern verkaufen müssen; jetzt vermieten und verwalten sie Ställe an Pferdebesitzer und haben einen ganzen haufen Hühner).
Naja, soweit alles paletti!
Hab euch lieb,
Katrin
[day 43]
9/02/2012
hmm...
Tja, da bin ich schon auf der zweiten wwoofing-Farm und somit meiner letzten Station hier in GB angekommen. Die Morgans (Jane und David) sind nett, aber Jane scheint ein bisschen sehr vernarrt in ihre Hühner ;) Verglichen zur Hazel Brow Farm wird das hier wohl eher leichte Arbeit sein; ich habe das Wochenende frei und mehr oder weniger feste Arbeitszeiten. Ich werde gut gefüttert (Cath, you still cook the best!), hab wieder ein eigenes Zimmer und Maxime (23 Jahre), der französische andere Wwoofer, ist auch meganett. Die Umstellung nach drei Wochen in North Yorkshire (hier ist es wärmer und so unglaublich flach =D) bei den Calverts ist grad noch etwas krass und ich denke ständig "Das war bei Cath anders (und besser)!", aber das legt sich in den nächsten Tagen, hoff ich (beim Kochen will Jane z.B. nicht gestört werden; hat mich und Max zum DVD gucken weggeschickt, wie 14-jährige, die man mit sowas immer ruhig stellen kann. Da kam ich mir schon ziemlich dämlich vor, der Ton ist so 'n bisschen "Geht schön spielen, Kinder"-like...) =D
Computer- und Internetzugang hab ich hier leider nicht so frei zur Verfügung, muss an den PC von Jane, Max fragen, ob ich seinen Laptop benutzen darf und als letzten Ausweg hab ich immer noch mein Wi-Fi-fähiges Smartphone :P Alle zwei/drei Tage alles (Mails, fb, Blog) durchchecken müsste drin sein ;)
Mal sehen wie das hier so wird!
Bis bald,
Katrin
[day 40]
Computer- und Internetzugang hab ich hier leider nicht so frei zur Verfügung, muss an den PC von Jane, Max fragen, ob ich seinen Laptop benutzen darf und als letzten Ausweg hab ich immer noch mein Wi-Fi-fähiges Smartphone :P Alle zwei/drei Tage alles (Mails, fb, Blog) durchchecken müsste drin sein ;)
Mal sehen wie das hier so wird!
Bis bald,
Katrin
[day 40]
9/01/2012
so much to say, too lazy to express
Today with categories.
#Cambridge/London
#Cambridge/London
Wanted to meet Maria (who's staying as an au-pair in London right now) but since she was free for the evening only and I didn't want to spend a day in London again I decided to go to Cambridge. Did a walking tour (how surprising! =D), had a glimpse into the Fitzwilliam Museum, wrote a postcard and - whoosh, caught the train to London. Here three impressions of Cambridge (I now visited both University Cities! Yay *.*)
The Cam. Actually, it's quite obvious why the city is called Cambridge ^^
a college. forgot which one =D
King's College!
Then I met Maria (was ein Wiedersehen =D), we had a beer, a walk around and very good talks :) Caught the train back to Darlington and fell asleep in my bed around 2.15am after a 20 hour-day!
#tasks
My bigger and smaller projects here on Hazel Brow: creosoting the inside of the field shelter, clearing out the office, doing the visitor centre's paperwork, weeding a large horseshoe-shaped flowerbed, feeding&mucking out a quantity of animals (nearly) every morning, serving visitors in the tearoom for 1 1/2 days, helping Cath with farm tours, sheep races etc., doing the social media stuff of Hazel Brow (which I'll continue doing when I'm back in Germany!), a big muck out I did together with Issey (Cath's niece; took us roughly 20 wheelbarrows to empty the goat pen entirely). Apart from these activities I did a lot more and all in all I can truly say: I achieved what I aimed to get: (ooh, double colons, the tension's mounting =D) an insight into the life on England's countryside.
#eating
I don't know who/how often/where I told THAT but here's the inevitable truth: Cath is the master of cooking and baking. Even if she'd never heard of the recipe before the result was always stunning! I cooked once (Pfannkuchen ^^', das einzige deutsche Gericht, dass mir zu "typisch deutsch" eingefallen ist). Said enough =D I enjoyed every single meal; I'm looking forward to try all that myself (und ihr werdet meine Versuchskaninchen sein. Muhaha.).
#other people leaving
Lisa took her plane to Madrid today, Pia is going to China tomorrow (Pia's blog: http://piasara2liuku.jimdo.com/blog/pia/). I'll miss you!
#last day
Today, I worked in the tearoom in the visitor centre and did the animals for the last time. We're having tea in a few minutes and Cath suggested to go to Tan Hill Pub tonight, the highest pub in England :) Packing is half done, I'm pretty sure that the backpack's zip won't close properly. Planned arrival at Colchester Station tomorrow: around 2.30pm.
CU soon, love,
Katrin
[day 39]
8/29/2012
I think we're having green gazpacho tonight
Hey there!
Had a 2 hour walk to Reeth today (impressions can be seen on facebook as profile/cover photos) to visit Reeth Show, an annual agricultural show that had its 100th birthday this year. There are competitions in all sorts of disciplines:
- bakery
- art (with food, knitted stuff, photography, painting etc.)
- craftsmanship (hiking poles, sheperd's crooks etc.)
- agricultural products such as vegetables, wool, hay etc.
- best sheep/poultry/horse/pony breeds (in different classes)
- nicest vehicles drawn by horses
- some curiosities, mostly for kids ;) -> best hand writing, nicest painted picture etc.
- fell racing in all age groups (the fells are the hills so some sort of a test of stamina, for both males and females, mainly carried out in the Dales as well as in the Lake District which is Cumbria)
In addition to that they presented:
- a tractor parade
- a Zetland Hunt display. Two men wearing hunting red coats on very well-behaved and -trained British hunt horses with a pack of hounds, Foxhounds to be exact, and the host with the microphone said something about 16 1/2 couples. Cath and I are musing about what he might have meant with that, we suppose he was referring to the dogs but we're not sure and google doesn't speak to us... Anyway, impressive thing those hunting displays! Oh, one information for all animals' rights activists out there: hunting was banned in Scotland in 2002, in England and Wales in 2004. But still it's lovely to watch, very majestic horses, the sound of the horn that keeps the hounds together, the hounds themselves! Actually, this hunting thing is quite interesting and very traditional in England, so why not take an hour or so and google it? ;)
I have just three days left here on one of which I'm in Cambridge for the day and in London for the evening (meeting Maria! :)). Time went by so fast and it was a lovely time I enjoyed a lot.
Lots of Love,
Katrin
[day 36]
Had a 2 hour walk to Reeth today (impressions can be seen on facebook as profile/cover photos) to visit Reeth Show, an annual agricultural show that had its 100th birthday this year. There are competitions in all sorts of disciplines:
- bakery
- art (with food, knitted stuff, photography, painting etc.)
- craftsmanship (hiking poles, sheperd's crooks etc.)
- agricultural products such as vegetables, wool, hay etc.
- best sheep/poultry/horse/pony breeds (in different classes)
- nicest vehicles drawn by horses
- some curiosities, mostly for kids ;) -> best hand writing, nicest painted picture etc.
- fell racing in all age groups (the fells are the hills so some sort of a test of stamina, for both males and females, mainly carried out in the Dales as well as in the Lake District which is Cumbria)
In addition to that they presented:
- a tractor parade
- a Zetland Hunt display. Two men wearing hunting red coats on very well-behaved and -trained British hunt horses with a pack of hounds, Foxhounds to be exact, and the host with the microphone said something about 16 1/2 couples. Cath and I are musing about what he might have meant with that, we suppose he was referring to the dogs but we're not sure and google doesn't speak to us... Anyway, impressive thing those hunting displays! Oh, one information for all animals' rights activists out there: hunting was banned in Scotland in 2002, in England and Wales in 2004. But still it's lovely to watch, very majestic horses, the sound of the horn that keeps the hounds together, the hounds themselves! Actually, this hunting thing is quite interesting and very traditional in England, so why not take an hour or so and google it? ;)
I have just three days left here on one of which I'm in Cambridge for the day and in London for the evening (meeting Maria! :)). Time went by so fast and it was a lovely time I enjoyed a lot.
Lots of Love,
Katrin
[day 36]
8/26/2012
Newcastle!
Some photos from my day trip to Newcastle!
1. Grey's Monument marks the centre of modern Newcastle
2. Replication of a stage prop
3. Grainger Market
4. view on Tyne Bridge (with Olympic rings attached) from Millenium Bridge
5. :D
Newcastle's the first city I had to explore myself (guided walking tour started too early) but that was a welcome variation. Was a bit disappointed by the art gallery and the museum I visited; anyway, the walks I did were interesting and I took more photos than in York.
When I arrived back in Darlington I had to wait 2 hours for Cath, she'd been to somewhere west of Manchester with her daughter and they came back with a huge delay. Was quite boring, I just had my music (couldn't even wander around Darlington, it was late so all shops etc were closed).
I started to creosote the field shelter which I'll finish within the next few days. Unfortunately, the weather up here is very changeable, rain, sun, warm, cold, morning fog.
On Wednesday, I have another day off and I'll go to the next village Reeth where they're having a show (http://www.reethshow.co.uk/); on next Friday I'll make use of the next to last travel day on my Interrail-Ticket and on next Sunday I'll use the last one to get to my last station here in the UK: the farm of the Morgan's near Colchester.
So far, so good!
Lots of Love,
Katrin
[day 33]
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