I am going to England

As it looks like I have a plan of what I am going to do after I completed my studies in Hamburg in September next year.

Since this school I am attending right now is not a university, rather a two year program for training professional musicaians I probably will go to England to do my Bachelor of Arts. This will take me another year.

My school here agreed to have a partnership with a university in Plymouth. The heads of the music department and two former music students (Phil and Tobi) came to Hamburg in September to make this agreement. I got to know them and a little while later the two students came back with their whole band and they stayed at my place, offering me to come to England anytime.

Since we just have autumn break for two weeks, I thought it would be a great time to accept their offer and to check out England and the university.
My room mate Lydia came with me and we stayed for about five days in England. Helena and Tobi where taking very good care of us and where showing us around the beautiful area. Phil, who I mentioned before was so kind to take us by car to Plymouth, which was another 1 and half hour drive.
There we went for two days and experienced a class where they where doing Indian rhythms and also participating in a gamalian orchestra plaing the gong. It was fun.
It was much more practical then I thought it would be.

This experience made me really think about going for sure, meeting my possible future class mates, experiencing the culture. It is very lean back and relaxed, different from the German well structure and thought through. But maybe it was just the place we stayed at- they had such an ease in life- very inspiring.

Exeter

On our last day we went to a river with Phil, Tobi and Helena close to the place where they live.
 
 
 
 

The moore

After our time in Plymouth we took a detour to the moor in the south of England. After climbing up the rocks to experience a beautiful view we went further to a little village to get typical cream tea- they serve bread with a butter like cream and jelly with black tea as their specialty.

 

 
 
 

The coast of Plymouth

 
 
 
 

Picture from my time in England

 
London in the morning- we arrived at night time- our friend Tobi came all the way from Exeter (5 hours away) to pick us up. There we stayed at hos friends house because the next bus drove in the morning.
 
That is the cathedral in Exeter, in the middle of the town
 
Tobias and his wife Helena took us to Exmith to the coast- beautiful place, where their universityx used to be.
 
In one of the shops in Plmouth we got these masks. Do you recognize me??

Family and concerts

September was a month full of events- at the same time the month of all my exam. I had up to 6 exams a week. So nowIm glad that I can breath through again:)
 
As every year we had a family weekend from my mothers side- the Hilligers. We had a great time in Woltersdorf (about an hour from Berlin)canooing, playing games, volleyball. So great to have a family- on this side its 13 cousins.
 
My aunt Bettina celebrated her birthday. For this occasion I travelled to Berlin- which is about a three hour trip. Parties at their house are the best- having a big garden, lots of food and nice people.
 
Roger Cicero- a pretty known swing singer in Germany gave our school tickets for free so we got to see this amazing big band and a great show on a September evening.
 
In the last week of September the students above us celebrated their graduation concert. To this event friends of mine from England came to be a part of it- The Roots Union- a great band. The band, five of them and the main singers wife stayed at my place and my neighbours who where willing to open there houses.