11:00 We talk a little on
whatsapp with Sarah, our daughter in Perth, Australia, and with Francis, and
their five and three quarter-year-old twin daughters, Lily and Jessie.
Jessie
We talk a little on whatsapp with Lily
and Jessie,
our beautiful twin grandchildren in
Perth, Australia
On Wednesday, the twins and their classmates are going to see "the real Gruffalo" in a show at one of Perth's theatres, something they are really looking forward to experiencing, to put it mildly.
It's the first day of a long weekend right now in Western
Australia - Monday (June 3) is Western Australia Day. There is a "Disney
on Ice" show taking place this weekend, but Sarah thinks the twins are a
bit too young, but next year is a possibility, she says. She suggests that Lois
and I time our next visit so all 6 of us can go see it next year.
Nice idea, but I know Lois’s
tummy turns over, whenever she thinks of getting on that plane again – poor
Lois! But she is longing to see the twins again in the flesh. And she also
wants to see her elderly cousin Stephen in Adelaide again, possibly for the
last time.
Lois reminds Sarah that we took her
and her big sister Alison to many ice shows when we were living in the US in
1982-85, especially "Ice-capades" and the Disney show in Baltimore
and Washington DC, which Sarah still remembers very well - it was
"magical", she says.
It's so nice to think that Lois
and I gave our two daughters some experiences they still remember with affection and
nostalgia, I have to say.
I just hope the ticket prices for
the Perth ice-show will not rise too much over the coming year. I recently read
an unsettling article on our go-to news site, Onion News, which revealed that the
prices of Disney attractions in Florida had risen five-fold over the past 10
years.
BAY LAKE, FL - A report published Thursday by Consumer Research McGann
& Associates cited a 75 percent increase in prices over the last decade to
explain why the rising cost of access to Walt Disney World is causing more and
more parents to leave their children at home when visiting the popular resort.
According to the survey, the price of a one-day theme park ticket has risen
five-fold, while many real salaries in the US have been stagnant over the last
30 years. A development that is forcing many mothers and fathers to park their
children with relatives or family friends before they even travel to visit the
magic kingdom, Epcot or any of Disney's other attractions.
Good grief - what madness! But it's
the kids I feel sorry for, I have to say. Photos that I took of our two young
daughters, Alison (9) and Sarah (7) in 1984 could become a thing of the past,
which would be a bit of a shame, to put it mildly.
Flashback to 1984: Alison (9) and Sarah
(7) standing on the left
Alison (9) at the Magic Kingdom (1984)
Sarah (7) with Lois in Disney World
12:00 Lois and I go out into the
backyard to do some gardening. There are two unauthorised "wild
trees", or "suckers" that have sprung up next to our 2 largest rainwater
butts, from the roots of a long dead almond tree - Lois has asked me to cut
both trees down as much as I can. I do the first one.
I cut down the first "wild
almond tree" as far as I can
We take a break and drink a cup
of coffee on the terrace to recharge our batteries, and afterwards I start to
tackle the second wild almond tree.
I start cutting down the second
wild almond tree as much as I can
Job done: "simples"
!!!!
13:00 We have lunch and
afterwards we go to bed for 2-3 hours. We read about 20 pages of our respective
bedtime books. We get up at 4:30 pm and relax with a cup of tea and a biscuit
on the sofa.
18:00 We have dinner. We know
that there must be great excitement right now in our daughter Alison's
household, as well as in Sharon's household - Sharon is Lois' niece. Tonight,
their favourite football team Tottenham Hotspurs are meeting their big rivals,
Liverpool, in the European Champions League final in Madrid. Both families are
enthusiastic Spurs fans, to put it mildly.
Flashback to Christmas: Alison’s
8-year-old son Isaac
in his shiny new Spurs Harry Kane tee-shirt
And Sharon, Lois' niece, posted a
typically optimistic post on Facebook this morning.
Flashback to this morning: Sharon's
typically optimistic post on Facebook
20:15 Alison texts me, to say
that the mood in her house is currently very stressed - Liverpool scored within
the first 2 minutes of the game, apparently from a penalty - yikes!
Alison texts me, painting a
picture of a very stressful atmosphere in the house
... and Sharon puts one of her typical responses up on Facebook
21:00 Alison puts a touching
picture up on Instagram - her 10-year-old daughter, Rosalind, is finding it too
stressful to watch the game with the rest of the family. She has withdrawn into a far corner of the living room and is watching the game on her Mac - yikes!
Lois and I are very happy that we're not interested in football at all, to put it mildly! My father was the Nottingham
Forest's biggest fan, but he could never bear to watch their games in case they
didn't win – my god, what madness !!!!
Rosalind finds it too stressful to
watch the match with the rest of the family,
so she withdraws into a far corner of
the living room to see it on her Mac - yikes!
22:00 The game ends and Liverpool
have won 2-0. Sharon puts one of her typical posts on Facebook.
Sharon's disappointed post
on Facebok at the end of the match
I have noticed that the Danish
media have taken a keen interest in this game, partly because one of Spurs’ best
players, Eriksen, is a Dane, and they speculate whether Eriksen will now try to
get a transfer to another club, after the disappointment of the final.
Eriksen and Harry Kane attempting to
convince the referee,
that it WASN’T a penalty
The Danish media say also that
the game was "boring" and that it was a lightly-clad female streaker
who stole the show, according to the Danish press (ekstrabladet.com). The young woman was quickly caught
and escorted off the field, it appears.
an unknown
lightly-clad blonde streaker appears,
and steals the show, according to the
Danish media
Lois and I did not know that apparently all
such streakers are routinely not-filmed by the TV cameras – in an effort to discourage
such antics, we imagine, which seems a bit of a shame.
My goodness, what a crazy world
we live in !!!!
22:15 We go to bed - zzzzzzzzzz
!!!!!
Danish translation
11:00 Vi taler lidt på whatsapp med Sarah, vores datter i Perth,
Australien, og med Francis, og deres 5,5-årige tvillingedøtre, Lily og Jessie.
Vi snakker
lidt på whatsapp med Lily og Jessie,
vores smukke
tvillinge-børnebørn i Perth, Australien
Det er en lang weekend i Western Australia – mandag (den 3. juni) er
Western Australia dag. Der er et ”Disney on Ice”-show, der finder sted denne
weekend, men Sarah synes, tvillingerne er lidt for unge, men næste år er en
mulighed, siger hun. Hun foreslår, at Lois og jeg timer vores næste besøg så vi
alle 6 kan se det.
På onsdag vil tvillingerne og deres klassekammerater se ”den ægte
Gruffalo” i et show på ét af byen Perths teatre, hvilket de glæder sig meget
til at opleve, for at sige mildt!
Lois minder Sarah om, at vi tog hende og hendes storsøster Alison til
mange is-shows, da vi 1982-85 opholdt os i USA, i sær ”Icecapades” og
Disney-showet i Baltimore og Washington
DC, som Sarah stadig husker meget godt – det var ”magisk”, siger hun. Det er
rart at tænke, at Lois og jeg gav dem nogle oplevelser, de stadig huske med
hengivenhed og nostalgi – det må jeg nok sige.
Jeg håber bare på, at billetpriserne ikke stiger
for meget i løbet af det kommende år. Jeg læste forleden en uberoligende artikel
på vores go-to nyhedswebsted, Onion News, der afslørede, at priserne på
Disney-attraktioner i Florida var steget fem gange over de seneste 10 år.
BAY LAKE, FL- en
rapport offentliggjort torsdag af forbrugerforskningsfirma McGann & Associates
anførte en 75 procent stigning i billetpriserne i løbet af det seneste årti,
for at forklare, hvorfor de stigende omkostninger ved adgang til Walt Disney
World får flere forældre til at forlade deres børn derhjemme når de besøger det
populære feriested.
Ifølge
undersøgelsen er prisen på et en-dags temaparkskort vokset fem gange, mens
mange reelle lønninger i USA har været stillestående i løbet af de sidste 30
år. En udvikling, der tvinger mange mødre og fædre til at aflevere deres børn
med deres slægtninge eller familievenner, før de selv rejser for at besøge det
magiske kongerige, Epcot eller nogen af Disney Worlds andre egenskaber.
Du godeste – sikke et vanvid! Det er børnene, jeg har ondt af – det må
jeg nok sige. Fotoer, som jeg tog af vores 2 unge døtre, Alison () og Sarah ()
i 198. kunne blive en ting af fortiden, hvilket ville være lidt af en skam, for
at sige mildt.
Tilbageblik til
1984: Alison (9) og Sarah (7) til venstre
Alison og The Magic Kingdom
Sarah med Lois
12:00 Lois og jeg går ud i baghaven for at lave lidt havearbejde. Der er
to uautoriserede ”vilde træer”, eller ”rodskud”, der har sprunget op ved siden
af vores 2 største regnvandsbeholdere, fra
rødderne af et langt dødt mandeltræ – Lois har bedt mig om, at skære begge træ
ned sa vidt jeg kan. Jeg takler det første.
Jeg skærer det første ”vilde mandeltræ” ned, så vidt jeg kan
Vi tager en pause og drikker en kop kaffe på terrassen for at genoplade
vores batterier, og bagefter går jeg i gang med at takle det 2. vilde
mandeltræ.
Jeg
går i gang med at skære det 2. vilde mandeltræ ned, så vidt som muligt
Jobbet klart: ”simples” !!!!
13:00 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går vi i seng i 2-3 timer. Vi læser
ca 20 sider af vores henholdsvisse sengetidbøger. Vi står op kl 16:30 og
slapper af med en kop te og en kiks i sofaen.
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad. Vi ved, at der må være stor begejstring i
vores datter Alisons husstand, såvel som i Sharons husstand – Sharon er Lois’
niece. I aften møder deres yndlingsfodboldhold Tottenham Hotspurs deres store
rivaler, Liverpool i den europæiske Champions-League finale. Begge familier er
entusiastiske Spurs-fans, for at sige mildt.
Tilbageblik
til jul: Isaac i sin spritnye Spurs Harry Kane t-shirt
Og Sharon, Lois’ niece, lagde en optimistisk post op på Facebook i
morges.
Tilbageblik
til i morges: Sharons optimistiske post på Facebook
20:15 Alison sms’er mig, for at sige, at stemningen i huset for tiden er
meget stresset – Liverpool scorede indenfor kampens første 2 minutter, fra et
straffe – yikes!
Alison sms’er
mig og skildrer en meget stressende stemningen i huset
...og Sharon
reagere på typiske måde
21:00 Alison lægger et rørende billede op på Facebook – hendes 10-årige
datter, Rosalind, finder det for stressende at kigge på kampen sammen med
resten af familien. Hun har trakket sig ind i et hjørne af stuen og kigger på
kampen på sin Mac – yikes! Lois og jeg er meget glade for, at vi slet ikke interesserer os for fodbold, for at sige
mildt! Min far var holdet Nottingham
Forests største fan, men han kun aldrig tåle at se deres kampe for det
tilfælde, de ikke vandt – du godeste, sikke et vanvid!!!!
Rosalind
finder det for stressende at se kampen med resten af familien,
så trækker
hun sig ind i et fjernt hjørne af stuen for at se det på sin Mac – yikes!
22:00 Kampen slutter, og Liverpool har vundet 2-0. Sharon lægger en typisk
post op på Facebook.
Sharons
skuffede post på Facebok ved slutningen af kampen
Jeg har bemærket, at de danske medier har interesseret sig meget for
denne kampe, fordi én af Spurs bedste spillere, Eriksen, er en dansker, og de
spekulerer på, om Eriksen nu vil prøve at få en transfer til en anden klub,
efter skuffelsen af finalen.
Eriksen og
Harry Kane forsøger at overbevise dommeren,
at der IKKE
var straffe
De danske medier siger også, at kampen var ”kedelig” og at det var en
letklædt kvindelig baneløber, der stjal billedet, ifølge den danske presse
(ekstrabladet.com). Den unge kvinde blev i øvrigt prompte
indfanget og behørigt eskorteret uden for banen, lader det til.
en ukendt letklædt blonde løbebaner dukker
op,
og stjæler billedet, ifølge de danske medier
Lois og jeg ikke vidste, at alle sådanne
baneløbere rutinemæssigt ikke bliver filmet af tv-kameraerne – for ikke at
opmuntre disse slags afbrud, formoder vi, hvilket virker lidt af en skam.
Du godeste, sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!!
22:15 Vi går i seng – zzzzzzzzzz!!!!!
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