Bye London - Day five and six

What a great time I am having in Stowmarket. This internship is so much better than the internship I had arranged in London.
I received a few scaring emails from the head of the so called London Street Food bank. He hoped to meet me on friday and asked me if I were okay and such.
Well yeah, I am okay. I definately am okay, but not due to HIS good work. Scaring man.
I am wondering if I should do something with it. What I do know, is that I am going to find out how trusty they are and if they really do exist. I want to know who this Jon Cairns is, and if I find out that he's a swindler. If so, take care Jon. I don't like these jokes.

So yesterday we've been to Cambridge. I've already been there once before, also with Klubgroup, 5 years ago. I was only twelve then, so I didn't really realise how beautiful the city is. But jolly, Cambridge is marvellous. We've seen a part of the city by boat, went for a little city walk, heard some of the history and then we had four (!) hours for ourselves to shop.
The weather was great, the city is terrific, what else do we need?

And today I will be teaching English to those sweet kids here. The afternoon will be filled with activities.

I'm so happy that my internship ends up so well. The food is great, the children are so sweet. This area is beautiful and the people working here are kind. I've got a warm bed and a lovely shower.
Still I can't wait to be home and sleep..

London Trip - Day four -> bye London

So. I have left London. Finally.
Today I've travelled from London to Stowmarket, where I will help at Klubgroup for the rest of the week.
I have got the feeling that the London Street Food Market does not exist. The organisation is really weird. It gives me a bad feeling actually, like they have been fooling with me.
Am I so blind, or was this just bad luck?
However, I have safely arrived in Stowmarket now, which gives me a much better and safer feeling.
I'm looking forward to do the rest of my internship. Tomorrow will be punting in Cambridge (again!). Yay!
My internship can finally start. Thank you teachers for helping me out so much. Thank you.
I actually don't want to think about what could have happened to me, and I didn't really think about it in such a way until one of the teachers here mentioned the dangers of being fooled like this.
This was an adventure already. Like they say in Holland 'een ervaring rijker, maar een illusie armer'.

London Trip - Day four

I don't get it. I just don't get it.
Am I dreaming? It feels like I am wandering around in some kind of nightmare. I feel lost in this city. I went for a walk on sunday, and didn't end up anywhere. The blocks seemed to be unending. I only saw homes, homes, homes. No Big Ben, no London Eye, no bridges, no river, nothing but houses.
And then yesterday. What in hell happened yesterday? I wanted to know where I had to go to for my internship. In an e-mail I got from the Food Bank, it said that I had to be at Agar St. at 8:30 PM.
So I went by underground, to the centre of London. I made sure that I got out the metro station closest to Agar St. so I had less chance of getting lost.
I found Agar St. Finally. But there was no building or anything saying London Street Food Bank. Nothing at all. After having walked in that block four times, I gave up hope. No London Street Food Bank. And so I went back to the hostel, to find out if it indeed was there. Couldn't find it. But the mail said Agar St, so no doubt it had to be there.
I went back to the place at 8:15 PM, and there were homeless. Lots of them. All waiting for something. And at around 8:35 PM, all the homeless people walked towards one place. I stood up to look where they went. There was some kind of car opened, and the homeless walked away with a carton with rice.
The e-mail I got from the Food Bank on monday told me I had to talk to the distribution guys Zac and Glen. I expected the people around the car, giving food to the homeless, to be Zac and Glen, so I qued up and whenever it was my turn, I asked for Zac or Glen. The distributors however, did not know any Zac or Glen, and neither did they know anything about a London Street Food Bank.
And I haven't found any Zac or Glen that evening..

Hateful city. No internship.
It's such a failure...

London Trip - Day three

I guess I've got a serious problem. I guess I have .

First of all, I am sure about the following: London is not my city. I don't really like the city. I get lost each time and even though I have several maps, I can't find the places where I want to go.

Secondly, I have to go to my internship tonight, but I just.. can't.. find it!

So that's why I decided to go back to the hostel, to find the exact place on the internet again.

London's making me think ironically. Maybe it's better to call it sarcasm. That's better.

Thank you tube for letting us know that 5 million British people deal with bladder problems.

For ugly English people who would like to buy a new face..?

Sorry, I can't help it..

Okay, so.. I think that I must not wait too long with going back to the block where the Food Bank is located somewhere. I maybe should just ask people in the area where the food bank is.

I'm getting nervous of it.

Tomorrow I'll let you know how my first day of the internship was.

London Trip - Day one

So, today is travelling day. My mum just brought me to Hoek van Holland, where I checked in on the Stena Hollandica to Harwich. I've just made myself comfortable on a hughe leather couch near a 'Barista Coffee House'.

I am stuck here on this Stena Hollandica until eight o'clock, so I considered a comfortable place as quite important. But hey, I am lucky. This spot has free internet, a pretty view, the sun shining through the glass and not too expensive coffee just 10 metres away from me. What else does a girl like me need? Maybe a toilet... But hey, I may not complain at all!

So... At eight o'clock I will arrive in England, and then I have to catch the train to London, to then find out how I will reach my hostel.

But I look forward to it. :)

Oh and they've got this new Ola Ice coffee on board, which is a good thing, because I'm feeling hungry all the time, even though I've just had lunch.. Since when have I got this super-metabolism?

Over the ocean

Tomorrow I will be on my way to London!

In order to graduate for my IB exam, I have to do an international internship.

After approximately two years of searching, mailing, asking and arranging, I finally managed to arrange something in the UK.

I'll be working at the foodbank for a week in the centre of London.

I'll keep you updated!