We arrived back at our hosts house half an hour ago. They are really nice to stay with, they have a son who toured, so they know what the ACC is all about and what hosting is all about, makes things quite easy and relaxing for me. It's also a 3 night stay which is nice.
Yesterday we went to 2 radio stations and were aired live, that was really neat for the kids. Most times only 2 or 3 get to go in, but at the second place they all got to, they let us watch, I forgot to bring in my camera to take pictures. We also performed at the Business in the Community office in Belfast. We did a concert for them when we were here in June. They raised over 2000 pounds for our choir so they presented us with a cheque and took pictures. It was the highlight of their day being able to see the kids. It was pouring rain yesterday :( Today is just cloudy and cool. I don't know if the sun is gone for a while, I'm hoping not.
Today was a school day. The kids just started learning division and they are picking it up so quickly, we were all shocked they grasped it in about 2 lessons. We taught syllables today which they also understood really quickly. They are like little sponges soaking everything up. I really enjoy school for that reason. It's much easier to teach children/people who want to learn rather than someone who is being forced to do it.
Time to eat, be back later!
We are going back to Larne tomorrow for 2 nights. Our concert got cancelled, not sure why, but that means it won't be a late night for the kids, so that's good.
I'm going to do some reading, take a shower and get some sleep :)
P.S. I love my dark brown hair!
Thursday, 24 September, 2009 12:17PM Larne, N. Ireland
Hey everyone!
I'm in a cafe in Larne, we are staying all together again, but we don't have Internet where we are staying so Jenny and I decided to just bring our laptops into town instead of taking them all the way to Belfast, we are going there in a few minutes, so I'm typing quickly.
Because we are all together we don't have to be back until 8PM, which is really nice. We are planning on going to a movie and out to eat. It's an hour train ride, so we have to time everything properly, the train only comes once every hour, so we don't want to miss it.
It's another lovely day, I'm so grateful. It's rained maybe 3 times in the last 2 weeks.
I meant to say the other day the kids got to play with a parachute for the first time. I took a few photos and put them on facebook. I need to put the links on here again. It just takes a lot of time. Hopefully the next time I get wireless in a host family I can do it, I have some good ones.
I had a dream last night that I told everyone I was going to Vancouver for my day off, then one of the Chaperones told me "Do you realize where you are??? You are in the UK. You'd have to fly there, and you don't have enough time." I was quite sad. In the dream, I did the same thing the next week, and the same thing happened. I guess I forgot where I was... It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while I forget I'm on the other side of the world. I know I'm not in my own bed, but I don't always know I'm so far away.
I better get going, so we don't miss the train!
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