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John Lanceley

Happy happy holidays!

July 8, 2006 at 10:07 AM

Hi everyone, its a long time since I have been on this website due to the fact that my computer has been down. But I am now on holiday visiting relatives in the beautiful city of Perth, Australia, and they have broadband so here I am! It is winter here so it gets dark really early, its not even 6 oclock yet and its pitch black. Today I went to the beach with my uncle and saw lots of surfers, I think there was some kind of event on because it was really busy. The weather here is lovely, its about 22-24 with a nice breeze and hardly a cloud in the sky. If we get a day like that in england everyone rejoices but it seems to be like that every day here. Its great! Today I practiced my violin for the first time since monday, which is the most time that I have had off from playing probably since I started the instrument. It didnt feel much different really, but I suppose it will catch up with me if I dont do some more work soon. I only played Czardas, I need to do some work on Bach and Mozart soon though if im serious about putting a recital on. But id rather go down and swim in the sea! Haha. But with no teaching commitments for 9 weeks, hopefully I might be able to do both. Australia kicks ass!
From Ben Clapton
Posted on July 9, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Welcome to Lovely Perth! It is winter at the moment, but I'm sure you'll find it much more accomodating than your English winters.
From John Lanceley
Posted on July 10, 2006 at 1:27 PM
Yeah, english winters suck, as do english summers. Too humid. Australian weather is nigh on perfect so far!

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