Maandag 8 November-Woensdag 10 2010~I didn’t really do much other then get off on the wrong train stop so I had to wait for the next train to come so I could get to the third stop of my trip. So when I was really suppose to get home at around 11am I really got home around 11:50am. After that nothing big really happened for me. Dinsdag and Woensdag nothing really happened went to school, played hockey and got to know my new family.
Donderdag 11 November 2010 ~Today I celebrated Saint Maarten dag with my family back in De Weere. St Martin's day is celebrated in the evening of 11 November in Flanders, parts of the Netherlands – primarily the southern and north-western parts – and most areas of Germany and Austria. This is where children go from door to door carrying paper lanterns and sing traditional songs about Saint Maarten to the householders in return for sweets and goodies, a custom which can be likened somewhat to the American tradition of 'trick or treat' at Halloween. Here is a song that I had to sing on St Martins day (11 November is de dag /11 November is de dag/ dat ons lichtje, dat ons lichtje/ 11 November is de dag/ dat ons lichtje schijnen mag ) So today I had to make a lantern and dress up warm to go door to door with my first family host sister Mariëlle. The night was fun and I got a lot of candy from all the house in De Weere.
Vrijdag 12 November 2010~Today I had school till 11 then I had to go with my friends Tammy and Jessica ( who are on the same exchange program as me and their both from Canada also) to Den Haag for another Rotary weekend. So we took the train and while on the train we found that the train the was suppose to take us straight to Den Haag change and was going back to Hoorn. So we had to rush off the train and find the next train but we missed the train that was placed for the passengers of the last train so we had to wait for the next train to Den Haag. In the end we finally made it to Den Haag Round 5:40 when we were suppose to be there at 5pm but we still weren’t late. After everyone had arrived we were sorted into house mate groups their were 6 people in my group and everyone was starting to wonder on how we were going to be staying with our host family. It turned out the our host family there own a 4 story house that looked like the house from the cartoon pippy long stoking just with out the horse. After dinner we all watched a movie and then went to bed.
Zaterdag 13 November 2010~Today we woke up and walked to the museum called the Gemeente Museum. Which I must say was very strange. It’s a abstract art museum with supper strange art even for me. I usually really like art but these art piece I just could understand were the artist was coming from. Most art piece I saw either had something to with certain parts of the male and female body or they look like one thing then you look from another side you realized you really never know what it was. After the museum we went to the Sinterklaas parade which was huge but in the end I actually never saw Sinterklaas and his horse. After we had lunch and then we had to go a get gift for a person you were given. After we had dinner and then we met up at the dolfijn bowling place to open our gifts and play a couple rounds of 10 pin bowling. After everything we went home and watch another movie and went to bed.
Zonderdag 14 November 2010~ today I was super tired since I had to sleep on the grounded since one of my roommate popped my bed the night before so I really didn’t have the greatest of sleeps. Once everyone was pack the twins brought us to the back yard were they wanted us to try there zip line which ended up me crashing into a tree just like in the move Tarzan. After we met up at a restaurant and got on a bus (which was called the FUN BUS) it was pretty fun and the bus driver like playing really old dutch music which wasn’t so bad it was more funny to listen and watch the Rotarians dance to the music. After the fun bus we had lunch and then went to the
Maandag November 15-Vrijdag November 19 2010~was a normal couple of days that nothing big really happened. I had school and Field hockey like normal and I went with my host mother and my two host sister to
Zaterdag 20 November 2010~ Today I bought Roses for my third host family because of what their having to go thought at the moment and then after giving the flowers I went off to play my first Field hockey game here in Holland. The game was pretty good I still have a lot to work on but with practise I will become a better player. After the game we drove to Hoorn Hoorn
Zonderdag 21 November 2010~ Today we celebrated Sinterkaas at Oma Loos’s house were two black pete’s came and gave gift to all the kinds in the house we also sang songs and danced. After the fun filled day I couldn’t help but be tired so I went to bed early.
Zonderdag 28 November 2010~Today was a relax day Luuk , Kyllian and I went and watched a movie and then I was dropped back off at my new home. Then I had dinner and went on my computer.
Maandag 29 November –Vijdag 3 December 2010~ This week it snowed so I didn’t have to play field hockey which was nice for a change since it’s not that fun when you have to rush back and forth from one village to a town that is a 15 min train ride away. School was ok but still kind of boring. I also learned how to bike in the snow and on ice but it was still very slippery. On vrijdag i also sang Sinterklaas songs and put my shoe out for Sinterklaas to come.
*****(Sinterklaas is a traditional Winter holiday figure in the Netherlands , Belgium , Aruba , Suriname , Curacao, Bonaire, and Indonesia ; he is celebrated annually on Saint Nicholas' eve (5 December) or, in Belgium Amsterdam United States
Sinterklaas and his Black Pete usually carry a bag which contains candy for nice children and a roe, a chimney sweep's broom made of willow branches, used to spank naughty children. Some of the older Sinterklaas songs make mention of naughty children being put in the bag and being taken back to Spain
Zaterdag 4 December 2010~ Today I felt sick and so I didn’t really do much I worked on my Surprise for Sinterklaas and finished the Article for my home town Summerland’s new paper. After all that I I felt tired and really I didn’t do anything that could really tier me out.
Zonderdag 5 December 2010 ~Today I still felt sick but not as bad as before. Today I finished my gift and had some cup of soup. I waited till the party begain, today we celebrated Sinterklaas by give a gift to someone. The gift included a poem and a hand made gift. After everything I went to bed around midnight.
Maandag 6 December –Vrijdag 10 December 2010~This week it snowed and it was super slippery. ( for a place that bikes so much I really think they should make it a rule that everyone must have winter tires on their bikes it would save everyone the pain of falling). So since it was so slippery I ended up falling and getting caught under my bike and almost breaking my foot in the few moments that I had while falling. Once I was back up I had to walk to school since my bikes chain fell of and the bikes here the chains are really hard to put on so I had to get my schools concierge to put the chain back on. I also played Judo in school which ended with my have like a billion burses everywhere. After the school week was over I was super happy that it was the weekend. I also had dinner at one of my firends houses and we cooked beef dip and watched "The voice of Holland" and we played Rock band on the Wii.
Zaterdag 11 December 2010~ Today took a train to Woerden the south bound Farewell Party were we listened to the Rotary District Chairman talk and we watched video on there trip. After we played some music had lunch and listen to more talking after that we went to the train station and ended up missing our train so we had to wait 30 min for the next train. Once home I had dinner and pack for my night out with Isabella. Once they arrive we went off to the Black and White in Medemblik. It was fun I didn’t drink anything but coke a cola and listen to music and watch random drunk people try to dance and do what random drunk people do. WE also played foosball and talk. We went home after the place closed for the night which was around 4 am but we didn’t arrive home time half past 4.
Zonderdag 12 December 2010~today was a slow day since I was running on 5 hours of sleep. Neils had dropped me off around 12pm. So when I got home I cleaned my room and took a 2 hour nap. After 2 hours I woke up wondering were I was and what time it was and I though I had over slept and was late for school but really I wasn’t and it was only 5 30 pm the same day so I decided to get and go down stairs where my host mother and I went to a local snack bar and got fries and other goodie and we had dinner. After dinner I went up stair and go ready for bed.
