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Tenterground

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I went to the doctor this morning. I needed to register with the nurse. A lovely lady who sat down to talk to me, making jokes and took time to help me with my stuff. She even gave me two addresses that I need to check for work. She said I’ll get paid there to look for a job, isn’t that funny? Shouldn’t really abuse the system though… I might have a job opportunity already, just need to be patient and see how things evolve. I have enough to do over here so there is no rush.

Next week I’ll have to see the doctor in person, I met him briefly today and shook hands with him, he seems to be a really nice gentleman. They’re all nice and funny; making jokes all the time. No grumpy people at all. Can’t be true, please pinch me! I’m registered now so I don’t need to worry about this anymore. I will be able to get my medication and guess what, it’s free… Yeah that saves me 180 Euros per month! I think the system here is slow, but in a nice way, relaxed. I don’t have a problem with that at all and I don’t mind having to come back three times [Tuesday will be the third time].

I was there yesterday already and have spoken to another really nice man, who helped me out with the registration forms. He told me his ancestors came from Rotterdam and that there is a Dutch section in London where all the Dutch immigrants had moved into about 220 years ago. A. didn’t know about this when I told him. I would really like to go there and see what it is like these days. The name of the place is “Tenterground”. This morning when I came in, the man gave me a pile of papers. All the pages that he had found on the internet and that he had printed for me about the Tenterground, isn’t that sweet?

I’ll write more about this once I’ve been there; promise!

Noticeable Oddities of the Day:

Everyone is so kind and helpful, amazing! They take time to sort things out for you and you don’t even have to ask for it. If they hear you’re Dutch it seems to be the magic word and opening new dimensions, no kidding! I never thought I would love to tell people that I’m Dutch… *LOL* Thing is, I heard twice today that people believe I’m English. I seem to be good at it and they wouldn’t believe me when I told them I’m Dutch.

London Bridge

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Gosh, I didn’t realise it’s been a while since I’ve posted. We’ve been extremely busy doing fun things and now I’m tired of doing fun things and would love to sleep for hours… Well I can’t because I need to catch up with things starting the opening of the Drum Cafe on Wednesday evening…
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Drum Café is a corporate team-bonding concept, and is now gaining popularity as a place for strangers to get together and spend the evening banging on African drums. The launch party is on the 13th September and the first night open to the public is the 20th September. Acclaimed South African drumming company Drum Cafe who have wowed audiences all over the world with their Interactive drumming events for corporate and private clients is now open to the public.
Drum Cafe started in 1996 in Johannesburg and opened the famous Drum Cafe venue in Cape Town in 1998 .Due to the enormous success of the Drum Cafe performing for major corporations and private events around the world the Drum Cafe went international. They now have fourteen offices globally and a theatre show in New York that has been going for sixteen months. Drum Cafe has done 12,000 events in 28 countries and drummed for many world leaders and celebrities, the most recent list include Nelson Mandela, Nicole Kidman, Karl Lagerfeld and President George W Bush.
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I. picked me up from home and we drove into London to the Times building where C. works. A. works nearby so we waited for him to come over. We drove to near London Bridge and parked the car. I like the city a lot, it’s not that busy actually, wonderful buildings everywhere, old and majestic! We went to a pub to have drink first and then we walked over to Glaziers Hall where we were welcomed by drinks and food. I had a nice fizzy wine [several to be honest…] and the food was excellent, original African food. I had shrimps and rice, ribs and spicy chicken, lovely!
The show started at about 20.00 and lasted for an hour and a half. It was cool although the drum I had was not really good, didn’t make much sound. We had fun and it was a very nice experience! Here are some pictures taken that evening.