18:15 Vi ankommer til Andy og Angies hus i Twyning, en lille landsby der
ligger i nærheden af Tewkesbury.
Twyning, en lille landsby der ligger ikke ret
langt fra Tewkesbury.
De har inviteret os og ca. 25 andre mennesker til en barbecue i deres
baghave. Vi er dødheldige, fordi solen skinner for en gangs skyld – du godeste!
Vores venner, Angie og Andy
Angie, Andy sammen med deres familie
Jeg er lidt nervøs, da jeg ankommer, fordi jeg bryder mig ikke ret meget
om fester, og jeg er bange for, at jeg bliver involveret i gruppesamtaler med
en masse barnagtig drilleri, den slags samtaler, jeg finder slet ikke underholdende
eller morsomt – du godeste, jeg er bare et pivehoved, som altid! Men faktisk heldigvis
har jeg ikke nogen problem med at finde interessante mennesker, som jeg kan
tale med én-til-én på en fornuftig måde men også med ægte, intelligent humor og
finesse – hurra, det må jeg nok sige, det er sandelig en overraskelse! Du
godeste!
21:00 Det er ved at blive for koldt i Andys og Angies baghave. Nogle
gæster begynder at dække sig med tæpper, men Lois og jeg beslutter os for at
tage hjem.
22:30 Vi går i seng – zzzzz !!!!
06:00 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtester.
08:00 Jeg skynder mig ind i køkkenet og jeg laver to kopper te. Jeg
bringer dem op på vores soveværelse. Vi ligger inde i sengen og drikker teen.
Bagefter står vi op og spiser morgenmad.
09:30 Vi taler lidt på telefon med Sarah, vores yngre datter, der bor i
Perth, Australien, med Francis, hendes mand, og deres 3-årige tvillinger. Familien
har i løbet af de tre sidste dage flyttet ind i et nyt hus i Yanchep, en lille
forstad til Perth. Mens vi taler med hende, kører hun i bil til en
ejendomsmægler for at give tilbage nøglerne til familiens tidligere hus, der
ligger i Iluka, en anden forstad til Perth.
Det nye hus er større end det gamle, og der er en flot udsigt over kysten.
udsigten over kysten fra Sarahs og Francis’s
soveværelse
Huset har tre sale. Sarah og Francis sover på første sal, og deres
3-årige tvillinger sover i stueetagen. De har også et pænt legerum i kælderen.
Vi får aftalt at tale med Sarah igen i weekenden på Skype, og hun vil kunne
vise os hele huset.
10:30 Vi kører over til Evesham fordi Bob og Margaret, vores venner, har
inviteret os til frokost. Det er meget nostalgisk at se Evesham igen, den by
hvor Sarah og hendes familie boede før de for 9 måneder siden flyttede til
Australien. Vi opdager igen, hvor meget
vi savner dem – du godeste!
14:00 Vi kører hjem og går i seng i et par timer.
16:00 Jeg læser 7 sider af min sengetid bog, ”1812: Napoleon’s Fatal
March on Moscow” af Adam Zamoyski. Bagefter står vi op og slapper af med en kop
te på sofaen.
English translation
18:15 We arrive at Andy
and Angie's house in Twyning, a small village located near Tewkesbury.
Twyning, a small
village located not far from Tewkesbury.
They have invited us and
about 25 other people to a barbecue in their backyard. We are dead-lucky to
have the sun shining for once - my goodness!
Our
friends Angie and Andy
Angie,
Andy along with their family
I'm a little nervous
when I arrive because I do not care much for parties, and I'm afraid that I may
get involved in group conversations with a lot of childish banter, the kind of
conversations I do not find at all entertaining or amusing - My goodness, I'm
just a sourpuss, as always! But actually, fortunately, I have no problem in
finding interesting people that I can talk with one-to-one in a sensible way
but also with genuine, intelligent humor and finesse - hurrah, that, I must say,
is indeed a surprise! My Goodness!
21:00 It is becoming too
cold in Andy and Angie's back yard. Some guests begin to cover themselves with
blankets, but Lois and I decide to go home.
22:30 We go to bed -
zzzzz !!!!
06:00 I get up early and
do one of my routine Danish vocabulary tests.
08:00 I hurry into the
kitchen and I make two cups of tea. I bring them up to our bedroom. We lie in
bed and drink tea. Afterwards, we get up and eat breakfast.
9:30 We speak a little
on phone with Sarah, our younger daughter, who lives in Perth, Australia, with
Francis, her husband and their 3-year-old twins. The family has over the last
three days moved into a new house in Yanchep, a small suburb of Perth. While we
are talking with her, she is riding in the car to a real estate agent to give
back the keys to the family's former house, located in Iluka, another suburb of
Perth.
The new house is bigger
than the old, and there is a nice view of the coast.
views of
the coast from Sarah's and Francis's bedroom
The house has three
levels. Sarah and Francis sleep on the first floor, and their 3-year-old twins
sleep on the ground floor. They also have a nice playroom in the basement. We
have agreed to talk to Sarah again this weekend on Skype, and she will be able to
show us the whole house.
10:30 We drive over to
Evesham because Bob and Margaret, our friends have invited us to lunch. It is
very nostalgic to see Evesham again, the town where Sarah and her family lived
before they moved to Australia 9 months ago. We discover again how much we miss
them - my goodness!
14:00 We go home and go
to bed for a few hours.
16:00 I read seven pages
of my bedtime book, "1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow" by Adam
Zamoyski. Afterwards, we get up and relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
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