Blogs from Europe - page 10092

Many things have been happening in these last few weeks before we have Christmas break. Lots of dancing, lots of booking (pray for this one please - we don't have a fully booked concert schedule yet), and lots of praying. This past Sunday we had a performance of 5 of the 12 songs from the concert concept we will be doing starting in January. I was only in one of the dances on Sunday because it was a combination of all three concert teams. The dance I had to do is one which requires me to do a backbend, something I had not even attempted to do before I arrived here. Even though the countings flew out of my head when I looked out and saw an audience staring back at me, thankfully I was still ... read more

I went with some colleagues on the London Eye for a bit of a Christmas 'do'. It was great fun even tho' I have been on it a couple of times before. What was especially good was that we started our 'flight' in the light, at 1600, and by the time we came down 30 mins later it was just about dark - so we had the best of both worlds! The views were excellent. I have also added in a few photos of the lights in Regent Street, Eros in Piccadilly Circus, and a photo of a Christmas tree in the Marriott Hotel where we went for our champagne afternoon tea after our flight on the eye. I can recommend champagne afternoon tea - very lovely! ... read more

On the 13th of December I went with my host mum to Mou school. We left earlier as the girls in her class were doing their Lucia concert at 8am, it was not as extravagant as the previous nights Lucia, but they did a good job and improved in confidence as they went along. They first performed in front of the younger year levels, then to the yr 7’s, 8’s and 9’s and then in front of the Grade 4’s, 5’s and 6’s. After Recess I went with the year 8 class and the interviewed me about Australian Christmases. I then stayed with them and watched their presentations on Christmases around the world. There was one on USA, two on Australia and One on Christmas in Egypt (which had a shortbread like biscuit with icing sugar ... read more

Well, I said goodbye to Franz Ferdinand and the dogger days of Wien and arrived in Prague early last week... and in this city, I feel like a princess. I feel like I've escaped into another time in a fairy tale... The only moment in my life that I remember that compares to this was when I was 5 years old, and I looked up at Cinderella's castle at Disney World for the very first time... it's simply magical here. Prague is a bohemian wonderland of gothic castles, churches, and underground secrets. There are moments when I feel like I'm lost in one of my brother's dungens and dragons fantasy lands. Even the trees here have eerie shadows that make this paradise seem slightly unreal. I randomly stop and gaze around me in awe, and at ... read more

Ja så var det dags för sista bloggen i år. Har varit ganska hetsigt de två sista veckorna då det är tentaperiod och har inte heller gjort nåt speciellt. Nu i fredags var det dock "Gala" här på skolan då alla studenter får leka uppklätt och springa omkring som tokfulla galningar. Även fast det är klädsel kavaj så har den inte riktigt samma atmosfär som sittningar hemma i Uppsala. Det är mer sydeuropeisk känsla över det hela. För er som varit på Ibiza förstår ni nog ungefär vad jag menar... Hur som helst så var det mer eller mindre en tentafest för oss då de flesta av oss blev klara med våra tentor i fredags. Det kostade 12 euro inträde och då fick man open bar mellan 22 och 01. Carlos och Mattias var där prick ... read more

Sorry everyone, this is gonna be a very long one, so if you don't want to read all of it I'll sum it up.... It was a great conference and I had a blast in Berlin! =) Now for the rest of you, here are the details... enjoy =)...... After having finally finished writing about the first two days I've realized it's going to be really long. I don't want to have to cut anything out 'cause I'm so excited about what I wrote, so I decided to break it up into a few journal entries so it doesn't look too overwhelming. Skim it if you want, only read parts or if you have a lot of free time read it all. =) Hope you all enjoy.. there will be more coming. (If you want to ... read more