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New thoughts and experiences

I just think that from now on I only write posts which summarize a little bit the best, outstanding activities. Because I haven't got the time to post something every day and it might become a little bit stale. On Thursday we went to the pictures. I have learnt that people here don't really use the word cinema any more. It became outdated in these days. They say "the pictures" and "wood" instead of forrest. That are little details that you only get aware of when you are living here and hear the people speaking. So we went to the pictures with Max and Jan and saw "Far from the madding crowd" by Thomas Hardy. I must admit that I did not read the book but the film was really fabulous. We went to Loughborough in the cinema "Odeon" and there weren't many people so we could decide where we would like to sit. I really liked the set and the costumes the people wore! And the actress (Carey Mulligan) is brilliant. She smiles in a way that makes you smile as well. The film was dramatic but (of course) it had an happy ending. 

Yesterday I was with J. at a birthday party. The man had his 75th birthday and they celebrated in a pub which was called "the plough". There were many people and his daugther had organied the party as a suprise. There was a huge buffet and you could decide what you want to eat. It was very different from our kind of German buffet but i liked the fact that after everyone was full, you were able to pack you a "doggy bag" with food for the evening. I was not able to take a picture of the gorgeous which a friend of John had made.

We went home and had a little  break and in the evening we went to J.'s  choir practice and I was asked if I would like to join singing. I said "yes!" and so I was standing in the alto and sang with them. It was great fun. After and hour of singing we went straight to Max and Jan because it was again Scrabble time. They were very nice host and we played for nearly 3 hours. In between we had a break with wine, cheese and biscuits. It is kind of an ritual here.

The evening went on and we were at home at 11pm. I fell fast asleep. 

Today we had breakfast as usual, went out with the dog (as usual,too) and shortly afterwards Bethan came around by car to pick us up for a cofee date. We went to "Haven" a nice little village with a farm-café. It was so pretty we had cappuccinos and lattes and bought some buns for lunch. 

While we were eating J. lost one tooth! What a shock! She needs to go to the dentist but of course the dentist is closed at midday. So now she waits and waits for the dentist to open.

We will see what comes of it!

 The café and the field outside with sheep