17:00 Jeg
lytter lidt til radio, en interessant program kaldet ”The Last Word”, fordi jeg
gerne vil få at vide, om nogen i de seneste 1-2 uger er død eller ej. Det viser
sig at kun 5 personer er død – hurra, så ingen grund til panik! Jeg har bemærket,
at der i de fleste uger kun er ca. 5 dødsfald. Jeg ved ikke, om nogen i den
seneste uge er født eller ej (det er dette program tavs om!), så derfor antager jeg, at verdens befolkning er faldet med 5 også.
Det viser sig,
at Charmion Carr døde på 63 år, efter at have i mange år lidt af demens. Hun
spillede det ældste Von Trapp barn, Liesl, i Sound of Music. Hendes mor foreslog
hende for den Liesl-rolle til instruktøren, fordi hun så meget yngre ud, end
hun faktisk var (23 år, ikke ”16 going on 17”). Nicholas Hammond, der spillede
familiens ældste søn, Friedrich, der dengang var 15 år, blev ”varm” på
Charmion, men han siger, at hun brugte sin tid på at drikke med Christopher
Plummer – du godeste, sikke en redelighed!
I vores
familie optog vi filmen på vhs i 1980’erne, og vores to unge døtre elskede det,
så vi endte med at se den mangen gange.
Charmian Carr spillede Liesl, den ældste Von Trapp barn (og var ikke
den
søde teenager hun så ud som!!!)
Edward Albee,
den amerikanske dramatiker, er også død, på 88 år. Han er mest berømt i
Storbritannien for sit skuespil, ”Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf?”.
Da jeg var
teenager, tog mine førældre på ferie til Holland, sammen med os tre børn.
Vi boede i tre uger i Haat i en privat
bolig, hvis ejeren var i udlandet. I huset var masser af hollandske bøger. Jeg
kunne dengang tale lidt hollandsk, og jeg interesserede mig for husejerens
bøger. Jeg så ”Wie is er bang for Virginia Woolf på hylden, og jeg besluttede
at læse den. Hvor var jeg dog dengang en irriterende knægt – det har jeg ikke
nogen tvivl om !!!!
den engelske version, med Liz Taylor og Richard Burton på omslaget
Den hollandske version, som jeg som irriterende knægt nåede at læse – uha!
Mig
i Kijkduin, Holland i 1965. Hvor var jeg dog en irriterende lille knægt!!!!
17:30 Jeg får en email fra Alison, vores ældste datter, der bor i
København sammen med Ed, sin mand, og deres 3 børn: Josie (10), Rosalind (8) og
Isaac (6). Alison siger, at de ikke skal få andre gæster ved juletid, og de vil
være glade for, at Lois og jeg besøger dem igen, som sidste år – hurra! Jeg vil
prøve at booke flybilletter i denne weekend.
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad
og derefter bruger vi aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser Grand Designs,
med Kevin McCloud som programmets charmerende vært.
Parret i i
aftens afsnit er en engelsk tømrer og hans japanske partner, der gerne vil
bygge et træhus i Cambridgeshire, i nærheden af Ely.
Det er rigtig overraskende,
hvor mange gange vi ser par i dette show, hvor kvinden er orientalsk – måske de
kan ikke lide typiske engelske huse, og tvinger deres mænd til at bygge noget
anderledes – du godeste!
Jeg må
indrømme, at det nye hus ser meget smukt ud – både indefra og udefra.
Jeg må indrømme, at det nye hus ser meget smukt ud, både indefra og udefra
Men efter min
mening ville huset være meget svært at bo i. Der er en enorm stue, der
indeholder køkken, spisebord-område og sofa-område, og man kan også kigge ned ind
i stuen fra første sal – uha! Der er ikke nogle gulvtæpper så der må være meget
meget meget lydt der i huset – ingen tvivl om det. Og akustikken må være
forfærdelig! Og forstild dig, hvordan
det lyder, når fjernsynet er tændt!
En gigantisk stue, uden gulvtæpper : der må være
meget
meget meget lydt der i huset – ingen tvivl om det!!!
21:00 Vi
fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser ”Joanna Lumley’s Japan” (tredje
del af tre).
Hun besøger i
aften Nagasaki, og ser de enorme værfter, som for eksempel Mitsubishi-værften,
som jeg så i 1971, da jeg var studerende. Det er meget nostalgisk for mig at se
byen og værfterne igen efter 45 år – du godeste. Jeg bliver gamle – det ved jeg
med sikkerhed!
Joanna Lumley besøger Nagasaki og ser de enorme værfter i nærheden af havnen.
Mig sammen med Hiro, én af mine klassekammerater, på Nagasaki-værften, i 1971
Mig
foran Nagasakis katolske katedral i 1971
22:00 Vi går i
seng. Jeg læser 8 sider af min ”godnatbog”: ”1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow” af Adam Zamoyski (uofficielle underoverskrift - Napoleon: Their Part in his Downfall). Så glider jeg
over i søvn zzzzz!!!! (drift off to sleep).
05:00 Jeg står
tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtester. Jeg laver
to kopper te og bringer dem op på vores soveværelse. Vi står op og spiser
morgenmad.
09:00 Lois
kører over til det lokale Sainsburys-supermarked. I går købte hun en knaldrød nederdel
størrelse 12, og den var lidt for stram, dan hun herhjemme prøvede den. Hun vil
gerne udveksle den med en størrelse 14. Vi er begge to for tiden på slankekur,
men det viste sig, at størrelse 12 var lidt for optimistisk – pokkers!
Hun kører hjem
igen, men parkerer bilen i Borgergade i stedet for foran huset, fordi der i
morgen finder sted byens halv-maratonløb. Den vej, vores hus ligger på, bliver
lukket i flere timer, og hun skal til Tewkesbury for at deltage i to
gudstjenester – du godeste, livet er nogle gange svært, er jeg sikker på!
10:00 Vi går
ud i baghaven og plukker madæbler af ét af vores to æbletræer.
12:30 Vi
spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en gigantisk
eftermiddagslur – zzzzz!!!!
15:00 Jeg står
op. Lois smutter ind hos naboen (Mary), for at drikke en kop te og spise et
stykke kage. Jeg slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
English
translation
17:00 I listen a little to the radio, an interesting
program called "The Last Word", because I want to know if anyone in
the past 1-2 weeks has died or not. It turns out that only 5 people died -
hurrah, so do not panic! I have noticed that in most weeks there are only about
5 deaths. I do not know if anyone in the past week has been born or not (it's
something the program is silent about), So I assume that the world's
population has fallen by 5 too.
It turns out that Charmion Carr died at 63 years old,
having for many years suffered from dementia. She played the eldest Von Trapp
child, Liesl, in The Sound of Music. Her mother suggested her for the
Liesl-role to the director, because she looked much younger than she actually
was (23 years old, not "16 going on 17"). Nicholas Hammond, who
played the family's oldest son, Friedrich, who was then 15 years, was
"hot" for Charmion, but he says that she used her time to drink with
Christopher Plummer - my goodness, such goings-on!
In our family we recorded the movie on VHS in the 1980s,
and our two young daughters loved it, so we ended up seeing it many times.
Charmian Carr played Liesl, the eldest
Von Trapp child (and was not
the sweet teenager she looked like !!!)
Edward Albee, American dramatist, has also died, at 88
years. He is most famous in Britain for his play "Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf".
When I was a teenager, my parents went on holiday to
Holland with us three children. We stayed for three weeks in The Hague in a
private residence, whose owner was abroad. In the house were lots of Dutch
books. I could then speak a little Dutch, and I took an interest in the
homeowner's books. I saw "Wie is er bang for Virginia Woolf" on the
shelf and I decided to read it. What an annoying kid I was at that time - I
have no doubt about THAT !!!!
the English version, with Liz Taylor
and Richard Burton on the cover
The Dutch version that I managed to read, like the annoying kid I was - oh dear!
Me in Kijkduin, Holland in 1965. Yes, what an
annoying little kid !!!!
17:30 I get an email from Alison, our oldest daughter who
lives in Copenhagen along with Ed, her husband and their 3 children: Josie
(10), Rosalind (8) and Isaac (6). Alison says that they are not going to get
other guests at Christmas, and they will be happy for Lois and me to visit them
again, like last year - hurrah! I will try to book flights this weekend.
18:00 We have dinner and then we spend the evening
watching TV. They show Grand Designs, with Kevin McCloud as the program's
charming host.
The couple in tonight's episode is an English carpenter
and his Japanese partner, who would like to build a wooden house in
Cambridgeshire, around Ely.
It is really surprising how many times we see couples in
this show where the woman is oriental - maybe they do not like typical English
houses, and force their men to build something different - my god!
I must admit that the new house looks very beautiful -
both inside and outside.
I have to admit that the new house
looks very beautiful from both inside and outside
But in my opinion, the house would be very difficult to
live in. There is a huge living room that includes the kitchen, dining area and
sofa area, and you can also look down into the living room from the first floor
- oh dear! There are no carpets so it must be very very very noisy in the house
- no doubt about it. And the acoustics must be horrible! And imagine how it sounds
when the TV is on!
A gigantic living room without carpets:
it must be
very very very noisy in the house - no doubt
about it !!!
21:00 We continue to watch TV. They show "Joanna
Lumley's Japan" (Part three).
Tonight she visits Nagasaki and sees the huge shipyards,
such as the Mitsubishi shipyard, which I saw in 1971 when I was a student. It
is very nostalgic for me to see the city and the shipyards again after 45 years
- my goodness. I am getting old - I know that for sure!
Joanna Lumley visiting Nagasaki and
seeing the huge shipyards near the port.
Me along with Hiro, one of my classmates
at the Nagasaki shipyard, in 1971
Me in front of Nagasaki Catholic Cathedral
in 1971
22:00 We go to bed. I read 8 pages of my "goodnight
book": "1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow" by Adam Zamoyski
(unofficial subtitle - Napoleon: Their Part in his Downfall). Then I drift off
to sleep - zzzzz !!!!.
5:00 I get up early and do one of my routine Danish
vocabulary tests. I make two cups of tea and bring them up to our bedroom. We
get up and eat breakfast.
09:00 Lois drives over to the local Sainsbury's
supermarket. Yesterday she bought a bright red skirt size 12, and it was a
little too tight when she tried it on here at home. She would like to exchange
it for a size 14. We are both currently on a diet, but it turned out that the
size 12 was a little too optimistic - damn!
She drives back home, but parks the car on Borgergade
instead of in front of the house, because in the morning the city's
half-marathon takes place. The road our house is on will be closed for several
hours, and she needs to get to Tewkesbury to attend two church services - my
goodness, life is sometimes hard, I'm sure of that!
10:00 We go out in the backyard and pick cooking apples
off one of our two apple trees.
12:30 We eat lunch and then I go to bed and take a gigant afternoon nap - zzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up. Lois pops in to the neighbor's (Mary), to
drink a cup of tea and eat a piece of cake. I relax with a cup of tea on the
sofa.
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