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Door: Tjerk Zult
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19 Januari 2013 | Verenigd Koninkrijk, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hello friends,
Here are my first writings from British ground. I will try to give a short update every week, but don't worry if there is a week without ones.
Last week was quite heavy, with a fantastic goodbye party last Saturday (which I can't remember fully) and lots of other goodbye moments later that week. At Friday January 18th I said for the last time goodbye to my parents, sister, grandparents and Flash (the dog of my parents) and thereafter I disappeared by boat to Newcastle Upon Tyne. A lot of Dutch Newcastle United fans were on board, so it felt still a bit confidently.
At 9 am. next day the boat arrived at Port Newcastle and there my 2 supervisors picked me up to bring me to my new home and to look a bit around in the city. One of their first questions was: How to pronounce my name. Tjerk was to difficult, so they call me T. now. It's really snowy here at the moment and my supervisors think that there is a relationship between my arrival and the weather. Hopefully for them I will bring some sun as well.
This evening I had dinner with one of my supervisors, did again some site seeing, and of course we drank some pints. Maybe it was because of the pints but he told me that my English was quite good. Hopefully it’s a sign that I become quickly familiar with the English language. My supervisor is a great Arsenal fan, so tomorrow we will watch Chelsea vs. Arsenal in a pub. I Hope the Gunners are doing better than Newcastle United today, because Newcastle played a horrible match and lost from Reading.
Some pictures will follow in a mean time and I keep you posted about all my experiences.
Cheers,
T.
Here are my first writings from British ground. I will try to give a short update every week, but don't worry if there is a week without ones.
Last week was quite heavy, with a fantastic goodbye party last Saturday (which I can't remember fully) and lots of other goodbye moments later that week. At Friday January 18th I said for the last time goodbye to my parents, sister, grandparents and Flash (the dog of my parents) and thereafter I disappeared by boat to Newcastle Upon Tyne. A lot of Dutch Newcastle United fans were on board, so it felt still a bit confidently.
At 9 am. next day the boat arrived at Port Newcastle and there my 2 supervisors picked me up to bring me to my new home and to look a bit around in the city. One of their first questions was: How to pronounce my name. Tjerk was to difficult, so they call me T. now. It's really snowy here at the moment and my supervisors think that there is a relationship between my arrival and the weather. Hopefully for them I will bring some sun as well.
This evening I had dinner with one of my supervisors, did again some site seeing, and of course we drank some pints. Maybe it was because of the pints but he told me that my English was quite good. Hopefully it’s a sign that I become quickly familiar with the English language. My supervisor is a great Arsenal fan, so tomorrow we will watch Chelsea vs. Arsenal in a pub. I Hope the Gunners are doing better than Newcastle United today, because Newcastle played a horrible match and lost from Reading.
Some pictures will follow in a mean time and I keep you posted about all my experiences.
Cheers,
T.
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20 Januari 2013 - 02:10
Jurre:
Lol, T.! Dat is geen verkeerde bijnaam! "I pity the fool"!
Mooi dat je goed bent aangekomen. Ben ook benieuwd naar de eetgewoonten daar! Wat ontbijt je, hebben ze er kwark/havermout ;) en dat soort dingen.
Hoe ga je nu Heracles volgen? Ze zijn Armenteros kwijt hè.
Breng ze daar een beetje Twentse cultuur bij!
Heanig an en rap wat, De Draak. -
20 Januari 2013 - 11:59
Cynthia:
Ben jij de nieuwe aanwinst van Geordie Shore? Veel plezier daar! -
20 Januari 2013 - 18:22
Annet:
Typisch, die reactie van Cynthia :P Maar leuk stukje mr T.! -
20 Januari 2013 - 19:49
Tjerk Zult:
Ik verwacht het niet Cynthia, maar het kan raar lopen natuurlijk ;) Het eten is hier tot nu toe wel te doen. Heb de kwark, yoghurt en havermout nog niet kunnen vinden, dus ik ben bang dat ik het de komende tijd moet doen met muesli en Griekse yoghurt. Ik heb vandaag wel een pot peanut butter gekocht, maar als ik zie hoe het eruit ziet ben bang dat dit niet kan tippen aan de Hollandse pindakaas. Ik Blijf het nieuws over Heracles wel volgen via de verschillende fansites en als het uitkomt probeer ik de wedstrijden wel te kijken via internet.
Ik zal ze proberen wat Twentse cultuur bij te brengen Jurre. Het is niet echt Twents, maar ik heb ze het woord proost al geleerd vandaag ;) -
23 Januari 2013 - 21:55
Cynthia:
Ik vind het wel hilarisch! Bovendien zo weet je waar de party is :D
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