Onsdag 02/03/2016 kl 1630 til torsdag 03/03/2016 kl 1629

18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser det første afsnit af den anden serie af ”Grantchester”, en krimiserie, hvor helten er en anglikansk præst, Sidney Chambers, i en lille landsby, der ligger i nærheden af Cambridge.

Et underholdende tv-program, men det har et problem i, at Sidney og hans ven, Geordie Keating, en lokal politimand, må løse ugens forbrydelse indenfor 60 minutter (faktisk ca 45 minutter, fordi de viser det i ITV, en kommerciel tv-kanal). På grund af mangel på tid bliver gerningsmanden ofte  afsløret kun i programmets sidste to minutter, hvilket er lidt utilfredsstillende – du godeste, sikke en vanvid det er!!!!

Efter min mening spilder de også lang tid på unødvendige scener, indspillet til fordel for James Nortons mange kvindelige fans, da de for eksempel viser Sidney og Geordie smide tøjet og bade i floden – øv!

unødvendige scener til fordel for James Nortons mange kvindelige fans – øv!

En 15-årig gravid pige bliver fundet død efter en ulovlig abort. Hendes far falder over hendes dagbog, hvor hun skrev, at hun havde haft sex med en præst, så politiet anholder Sidney. Men det viser sig senere, at det var en anden præst, der gjorde det. Sidney bliver frigivet.

 

det viser sig ved slutningen af programmet at det var en anden præst, der gjorde det, og Sidney bliver frigivet af politiet

22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!!

03:45 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet.

09:30 Jeg sender en email til vores danske gruppes medlemmer, og jeg vedhæfter 100 engelske sætninger, jeg har oversat til dansk, for at hjælpe dem med at have styr på første halvdelen af Lektion 11 i vores danske lærebog – du godeste, jeg er så krævende ha ha ha!

09:45 Lois skal af sted. Hun mødes kl 10:30 med to af hendes tidligere arbejdskollegaer, Rose og Sheila. De skal smutte ind til M&S, drikke en kop kaffe og spise et stykke kage – uhm!!!

10:20 Jeg går en kort tur i nabolaget (jeg tilbagelægger 1,57 miles, 34 minutter, 140 kalorier: stien stiger sammenlagt 45 fods). Min rute: Borgergade, Shaw Green Lane og tilbage igen via Højgade og Dybegade.

Klokken er 10:20 og jeg går en kort tur i nabolaget

Shaw Green Lane: for enden af gaden ser vi Cleeve Bakke, men toppen er dækket med tåge – uha!

12:30 Lois kommer hjem og vi spiser frokost. Bagefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzzz!!!!

15:00 Dørklokken ringer – vores naboer, Stephen og Francis, smutter ind, og jeg står op. Vi drikker en kop te og snakke om deres ferie i New Zealand. De kom i mandags tilbage til England, men i de to seneste dage har de koncentreret sig om at vænne sig til engelsk tid. På vej til Australien boede de et par nætter i Hong Kong, og på vej hjem i Sydney og Singapore. Det er meget sjov at høre lidt om deres rejser, og de råder os om de bedste måder at  klare meget lange flyveture – du godeste!

English translation

Wednesday, 02.03.2016 at 1630 till Thursday, 03.03.2016 at 1629

18:00 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show the first episode of the second series of "Grantchester" a crime series where the hero is an Anglican priest, Sidney Chambers, in a small village, located near Cambridge.

An entertaining TV program, but it has a problem in that Sidney and his friend, Geordie Keating, a local policeman, must solve the week's crime within 60 minutes (actually about 45 minutes because they show it on ITV, a commercial TV channel). Due to lack of time the culprit is often revealed only in the program's final two minutes, which is slightly unsatisfactory - my goodness, what a frenzy it is !!!!

In my opinion, they waste too much time on unnecessary scenes recorded for the benefit of James Norton's many female fans when they, for example, show Sidney and Geordie undress and bathe in the river - boo!

unnecessary scenes for the benefit of James Norton's many female fans - boo!

A 15-year-old pregnant girl is found dead after an illegal abortion. Her father comes across her diary in which she wrote that she had had sex with a priest, so police arrest Sidney. But it turns out later that it was another priest who did it. Sidney is released.

it turns out at the end of the program it was another priest who did it,

 and Sidney is released by police

22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!!

09:30 I send an email to our Danish group members, and I attach 100 English sentences, I have translated into Danish, to help them to get a grip on the first half of Lesson 11 in our Danish textbook - my goodness, I'm so demanding ha ha ha!

09:45 Lois has to be off. At 10:30 am she is to meet with two of her former work colleagues, Rose and Sheila. They will pop into M & S, drink a cup of coffee and eat a piece of cake - yummy !!!

10:20 I go for a short walk in the neighborhood (I notch up 1.57 miles, 34 minutes, 140 calories: the path rises a total 45 feet). My route: Borgergade, Shaw Green Lane and back again via Højgade and Dybegade.

The time is 10:20 and I go for a short walk in the neighborhood

Shaw Green Lane: at the end of the street we see Cleeve Hill, 

but the top is covered with fog - oh dear!

12:30 Lois comes home and we eat lunch. Afterwards I go to bed and take a long nap - zzzzz !!!!

15:00 The doorbell rings - our neighbors, Stephen and Francis, pop in, and I get up. We drink a cup of tea and talk about their holiday in New Zealand. They arrived back in England on Monday, but in the last two days they have concentrated on getting used to English time. On the way to Australia, they stayed a few nights in Hong Kong and, on the way home, in Sydney and Singapore. It is a lot of fun to hear about their travels, and they advise us on the best ways to cope with very long flights - my goodness!

Tirsdag 01/03/2016 kl 1630 til onsdag 02/03/2016 kl 1629

17:30 Vi spiser aftensmad, og derefter skal Lois af sted. Der er en bibelseminar i aften i Brockworth, hun vil deltage i.

19:00 Jeg har lidt alenetid, men der er ikke noget interessant i fjernsynet – pokkers! Jeg beslutter at se det 6. afsnit af ”Trapped”, den mørke nordiske krimi-serie, som jeg i lørdags optagede på vhs – hurra!

Andri, byens politimester, der tog mange fejl og så ud som en landsbytosse, da han først gik i gang med at eftersøge det første af de mange mord, der er blevet begået i denne lille by, begynder nu at ser ud som en Hollywood helt – hurra! Han holder tale foran byens beboere i den lokale kirke, indrømmer oprigtigt og ydmygt sine fejl og forpligter sig til at gøre sit bedste til at finde og anholde gerningsmanden (eller gerningsmændene!).

Andri, byens politimester, taler oprigtigt og ydmygt med beboerne i den lokale kirke

Han bliver til en sand Hollywood helt. Selv hans fraseparerede kone, Agnes, begynder at sværmer for ham igen – du godeste!

Agnes, Andris fraseparerede kone, begynder at sværme for ham igen !!!

I mellemtiden, ved ingen for tiden, hvem har myrdet borgmesteren (Hrafn), den seneste offer. For mit vedkommende er jeg begyndt at spekulere på, om gerningsmanden var Andris svigerfar (Agnes’s far), Eirikur, der måske har en affære med borgmesterens kone,  Kolbrun. Du godeste – sikke en redelighed!

Den afdøde borgmesters kone, Kolbrun, kommer sent i kirken, og Eirikur, Andris svigerfar, sender hende et lille øjenkast! Har de en affære?

Ved slutningen af dette afsnit, finder Andri endelig det sønderlemmet lig, der forsvandt  fra fryseren! Sigurdhur, byens vice-havnmesteren (?), stjal det tilsyneladende og gemte det i lastrummet på sit lille båd – øv!! Men hvorfor gjorde han det???

Byens politimester, Andri, og hans kollega(er), går om bord Sigurdhurs lille båd. Han truer dem med en riffel, men de afvæbner ham – hurra!

de finder endelig det manglende sønderlemmet lig i lastrummet – øv!

22:00 Lois kommer tilbage og vi går i seng – zzzzz !!!!!

03:45 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg har fået en email fra Tünde, min penneveninde i Budapest. Hun fortæller mig, at hun har meget travlt for tiden. Der sker snart en konkurrence mellem områdets pensionist-klubber (en quiz måske?), hvor deltagerne skal svare på spørgsmål om Greve István Széchenyi (1791-1860), den berømte ungarske politiker/forfatter, der er kendt som ”den største ungarer”, og som arbejdede så hårdt for at modernisere landet. Han besøgte England mange gange, og blev venner med berømte ingeniører som for eksempel James Watt, Brunel og Adam Clark.

Jeg mindes, at Lois og jeg besøgte Szechenyi Slot i 2002, sammen med vores ven, ”Magyar” Mike, og Mikes kone, Mary. Slottet, hvor grevens familie boede, ligger i Nagycenk, en lille landsby 9 miles fra Sopron. Vi var dengang på vej fra Sopron til Balatonsøen. Vi hyggede os meget i Sopron, hvor vi opholdt os i 3 dage, og vi mødtes med vores veninde, Ibolya. Men mens vi var i byen, fik vi desværre et telefonopkald fra England: Lois’s svigersøster, Jenny, fortalte os, at Andrew, Lois’s bror, var alvorligt syg på hospitalet i Oxford. En bekymrende periode for os.

 

Szechenyi Slot i 2002 (Nagycenk, Ungarn). Lois holder en paraply op, og Mary gemmer sig bag et træ – ha ha ha!

11:00 Vi går en kort tur i nabolaget. Det er hundekoldt, det blæser og det regner – uha! På vej smutter vi ind til landsbyens apotek og jeg henter 16 ugers blodtrykpiller, så jeg ikke vil løbe tør af dem, mens vi er i Australien. Vi kommer tilbage via Møllegade og Borgergade. Brrrr !!!!!

13:00 Jeg drøner ud i køkkenet og laver frokost. Senere går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzzz !!!

15:00 Jeg står op og kigger lidt på Facebook. Jeg ser endnu et charmerende billede af Sarahs og Francis’s tvillinger, Lily og Jessica, vores børnebørn, på ferie i Australien, langs kysten nord for Perth.

Vores små børnebørn, Lily og Jessica. Vi savner dem så meget, nu hvor de pludselig er tusindvis af miles væk herfra, i Australien - uha!

16:00 Vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.

English translation

Tuesday, 01/03/2016 at 1630 till Wednesday, 02/03/2016 at 1629

17:30 We eat dinner, and then Lois must be off. There is a Bible seminar tonight in Brockworth that she wants to attend.

19:00 I have a little alone-time, but there is nothing interesting on TV - damn! I decide to see the 6th episode of "Trapped", the dark Scandinavian crime fiction series, which I recorded on vhs on Saturday - hurrah!

Andri, the city's police chief, who made many errors and looked like a village idiot when he first started to investigate the first of the many murders that have been committed in this small town, is starting to look like a Hollywood hero - hurrah! He gives a speech in front of the city's residents in the local church, admits sincerely and humbly his mistakes, and undertakes to do his best to find and arrest the perpetrator (or perpetrators).

Andri, the city's police chief, speaks sincerely and humbly with the residents in the local church

He becomes a true Hollywood hero. Even his estranged wife, Agnes, begin to fancy him again - my goodness!

Agnes, Andri's estranged wife, begins to fancy him again !!!

Meanwhile, no one knows at the moment who has murdered the mayor (Hrafn), the latest victim. For my part, I am beginning to wonder whether the offender was Andri's father in law (Agnes's father), Eiríkur, who might be having an affair with the mayor's wife, Kolbrun. My goodness - such goings-on!

The deceased mayor's wife, Kolbrun, comes late to church, and Eiríkur, Andris father-in-law, throws her a little glance! Are they having an affair?

At the end of this episode Andri finally finds the dismembered corpse that disappeared from the freezer! Sigurdhur, the city's deputy harbor master (?), stole it apparently and hid it in the hold of his small boat - ugh!! But why did he do it ???

The city's police chief, Andri and his colleague (s), board Sigurdhur's small boat. He threatens them with a rifle, but they disarm him - hurrah!

they finally find the missing dismembered corpse in the cargo hold - ugh!

22:00 Lois comes back and we go to bed - zzzzz !!!!!

03:45 I get up early and take a look at the internet. I have received an email from Tünde, my pen pal in Budapest. She tells me that she is very busy at the moment. A competition will soon be happening between the area's retiree clubs (a quiz perhaps?), in which participants must answer questions about Count István Széchenyi (1791-1860), the famous Hungarian politician / writer who is known as "the greatest Hungarian" and who worked so hard to modernize the country. He visited England many times and became friends with famous engineers such as James Watt, Brunel and Adam Clark.

I remember that Lois and I visited the Szechenyi Castle in 2002, along with our friend, "Magyar" Mike and Mike's wife, Mary. The castle where the Count's family lived, is located in Nagycenk, a small village 9 miles from Sopron. We were then on the way from Sopron to Lake Balaton. We enjoyed ourselves very much in Sopron, where we stayed for 3 days and met up with our friend, Ibolya. But while we were in town, we unfortunately got a phone call from England: Lois's sister-in-law, Jenny, told us that Andrew, Lois's brother, was seriously ill in hospital in Oxford. A worrying time for us.

Szechenyi Castle in 2002 (Nagycenk, Hungary). Lois is holding an umbrella up, and Mary is hiding behind a tree - ha ha ha!

11:00 We go for a short walk in the neighborhood. It is freezing cold, windy and it is raining - oh dear! On the way we pop into the village pharmacy and I pick up 16 weeks of blood pressure pills, so I will not run out of them while we are in Australia. We return via Møllegade and Borgergade. Brrrr !!!!!

13:00 I hurtle into the kitchen and make lunch. Later I go to bed and take a long nap - zzzzz !!!

15:00 I get up and take a look at Facebook. I see another charming picture of Sarah's and Francis's twins, Lily and Jessica, our grandchildren, on holiday in Australia, along the coast north of Perth.

Our little grandchildren, Lily and Jessica. We miss them so much, now they are suddenly thousands of miles from here, in Australia - oh dear!

16:00 We relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.

Mandag 29/02/2016 kl 1630 til tirsdag 01/03/2016 kl 1629

18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser University Challenge, ét af de få tv-programmer, der ikke er egnede til dumme mennesker – ha ha ha!

21:00 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant dokumentarfilm, der handler om ”renæssancen” i kunsthistorien (3. del af 4 – Venedigs bidrag). Programmets vært er den ekscentriske kunsthistoriker, Waldemar Januszczak (jeg kan aldrig udtale hans navn), der slæber sine rekvisitter med i en voldsramte gamle kuffert.

Han har en ironisk sans for humor, som jeg godt kan lide. Han er lidt overvægtig, og vi ser ham stampe lynhurtigt men tungt og larmende rundt i Venedig,  op og ned ad trapperne osv, hvilket jeg synes er en fornøjelse at se (og høre).

Det er en fornøjelse at se den overvægtige Waldemar stampe lynhurtigt og larmende rundt i Venedig!

Han er lidt skeptisk overfor den idé, at renæssancen var en genfødsel i civilisationens historie.  Han viser, at renæssancens-kunstnere interesserede sig meget for at male nøgne eller næsten nøgne kvinder, især gudinden Venus, og Maria Magdalene, som de insisterede på, at hun var prostitueret, selvom Bibelen siger næsten intet om hende!  Du godeste! Sikke en redelighed!

Waldemar er lidt skeptisk overfor renæssancen: ikke en ægte genfødsel !!!

De venetianske malere interesserede sig meget for gudinden Venus. Du godeste, men hun var ikke så sej, som hun gerne ville have folk til at tro - det ved jeg med sikkerhed!

De interesserede sig også for Mary Magdelena, som de skildrede som prostitueret – du godeste, intet andet end en produkt af deres fantasi! Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!!!

22:00 Vi går ind i sengen og åbner vores nuværende sengetidbøger, men vi beslutter, at vi er for trætte til at læse videre – du godeste! Vi glider over i søvnen – zzzzz !!!

03:30 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet.

08:00 Jeg bringer Lois en kop te. Vi ligger inde i sengen og på hendes vegne tjekker jeg op på hendes emails på min smartphone – hurra! Hun har fået en email fra Sylvia, hendes kusine i Melbourne. Sylvia har organiseret en hel uges aktiviteter, startende fra den første dag vi ankommer i byen. Du godeste! Jeg synes ikke, at Lois og jeg vil noget andet, end at gå i seng efter vores rejse fra Dubai – vi ankommer kl 05:30 i Melbourne. Hvem ved, om vi vil have sovet eller ej !!!!!

10:00 Min ven, ”Magyar” Mike, kommer, og vi studerer ungarsk i en time. Han er meget begejstret over, at hans ældste barnebarn,  Stephen, skal tilbringe ét år i Prag, startende fra september, som en del af hans uddanelse på Lancaster Universitet. Mike holder meget af Prag og planlægger at besøge Stephen under hans ophold i Tjekkiet.

11:00 Mike skal af sted. Lois fortsætter med at gøre lidt forskning om sit familietræ, især familien Cox (sin mors familie). Hun håber, at hun kan være færdig med denne gren af sin familie om de næste 2 uger.

13:00 Vi spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzzz!!!!

15:00 Jeg står op og vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.

16:00 Jeg kigger på internettet og ser nogle charmerende fotos af vores yngste datter, Sarah, hendes mand, Francis, og deres 2,75-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica, på ferie langs kysten nord for Perth (Australien). De har passeret Stenbukkkens vendekreds (eksisterer sådan et sted for alvor???) og er i gang med at kigge rundt omkring in Shark Bay (Haj Bugt) og fodre de lokale delfiner. Du godeste, Sker det virkelig? Gjorde de virkelig det???!!!!

Stenbukkkens vendekreds (eksisterer sådan et sted for alvor???)

Du godeste, Sker det virkelig? Gjorde de virkelig det???!!!!

English translation

Monday, 2/29/2016 at 1630 on Tuesday, 01/03/2016 at 1629

18:30 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show University Challenge, one of the few television programs that are not suitable for stupid people - ha ha ha!

21:00 We continue to watch TV. They show an interesting documentary about the "renaissance" in art history (Part 3 of 4 - Venice's contributions). The program's host is the eccentric art historian Waldemar Januszczak (I can never pronounce his name) who drags his props along in a battered old suitcase.

He has an ironic sense of humor, which I like. He is slightly overweight, and we see him stamping fast, but heavily and labouredly around Venice, up and down the steps, etc., which I think is a pleasure to see (and hear).

It is a pleasure to see the overweight Waldemar stamping fast and very loudly around Venice!

He's a little skeptical of the idea that the Renaissance was a rebirth in the history of civilization. He shows that the Renaissance artists were very interested in painting naked or nearly naked women, especially the goddess Venus, and Mary Magdalene, whom they insisted was a prostitute, though the Bible says almost nothing about her! My Goodness! Such goings-on!

Waldemar is a little skeptical of the Renaissance: not a true rebirth !!!

The Venetian painters were very interested in the goddess Venus. My Goodness! But she wasn't as cool as she would like people to believe - that I know for certain !!!!!

They were also interested in Mary Magdelene, whom they portrayed as a prostitute - my goodness, nothing but a product of their imagination! What a crazy world we live in !!!!!

22:00 We get into bed and open our current bedtime books, but we decide that we are too tired to read further - my goodness! We drift into sleep - zzzzz !!!

3:30 I get up early and take a look at the internet.

08:00 I bring Lois a cup of tea. We stay in bed and on her behalf I check up on her emails on my smartphone - hurrah! She has got an email from Sylvia, her cousin in Melbourne. Sylvia has organized a full week of activities, starting from the first day we arrive in the city. My Goodness! I do not think that Lois and I will want to do anything except go to bed after our trip from Dubai - we arrive in Melbourne at 5:30am. Who knows if we will have slept or not !!!!!

10:00 My friend, "Magyar" Mike, comes, and we study Hungarian for an hour. He is very thrilled that his eldest grandson, Stephen, is to spend a year in Prague, starting from September, as part of his training program at Lancaster University. Mike is very fond of Prague and plans to visit Stephen during his stay in the Czech Republic.

11:00 Mike has to be off. Lois continues to do a little research on her family tree, especially the Cox family (her mother's family). She hopes that she can be finished with this branch of his family in the next 2 weeks.

13:00 We eat lunch and then I go to bed and take a long nap - zzzzz !!!!

15:00 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.

16:00 I look at the Internet and see some charming photos of our youngest daughter, Sarah, her husband, Francis, and their 2 and three-quarter-year-old twins, Lily and Jessica, on vacation along the coast north of Perth (Australia). They have passed the Tropic of Capricorn (does such a place exist for real ???) and are starting to look around in Shark Bay and feed the local dolphins. My Goodness! Does this really happen? Did they really do it ??? !!!!

the Tropic of Capricorn (does such a place exist for real ???)

Does this really happen? Did they really do it ??? !!!!