The show’s over, for me anyway!I got some good vibes from peers and judges about my third routine, but I only came third of fifteen. I won’t be staying on the extra day for the champion of the meet, but I’m staying in Munich until Sunday when I begin my journey back home by way... See More »
Practice, practice, practice!A cliché saying from an old movie, it is the mantra and you have to get into it! My late brother said he couldn’t believe how strong I am considering that I was so thin! Sinewy strength is the style of dancers and gymnasts. My brother like my... See More »
I have been practicing my second routine and I am happy with it!My first performance in this second round is in twenty minutes, at midday. Hopefully I will impress the judges enough to get through to the next stage. There’s more winnowing out than I had anticipated but I am confident. If I don’t get through I wil... See More »
More and more “followers” here are being blockedThey don’t read! It’s just so ignorant! Why be a follower if you can’t be bothered to read what a person posts so you don’t have to ask so very insensitive questions? Ignorant people have never appealed to me, the world is full of ignorant idiots... See More »
I am going home Sunday/MondayI have about a month gap in my schedule and I’m going to see my friends and my house, but I’m also thinking about my grandmother, my only family member. She lives in a small town to the west of Jerusalem in Israel. I haven’t seen her for a year almos... See More »
Through to the next round after one performance!They seemed impressed with my routine and the skill I showed in the delivery of it. They were so happy to push me through to the next round and I could have done it all at the top level of the competition. A different class, it was just that I... See More »
Sixty eight Euros a night for a double roomI have a room at the hotel near to the venue for the competition I am going to be in, and I’m looking forward to the morning meeting and the first round of the competition. I have a good routine which I have worked on, and in the morning there are... See More »
The area of Western Ukraine that is to me homeZakarpattia Oblast Ukrainian: Закарпатська область, romanized: Zakarpats'ka Oblast', also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian: Kárpátalja) or Transcarpathia in English, is an oblast located in the Carpathian Mountains... See More »
It’s a very cool, even cold morning. Five Celsius.I chose my most heavy clothes to put on, to wear, this morning, jeans with a sweater and my full length coat. It is adaptable enough to be able to woman-handle my suitcases to the station, and onto the train. They aren’t huge anyway but I have to u... See More »
Three and a half hours to Stuttgart…..Change at Stuttgart with almost an hour to wait, and then nearly two hours to Munich! I should get there by lunchtime, not too bad. Someone told me it takes seven hours to get there! I’m on the train and we are still in France I guess. I’m sipping... See More »
Waiting for the train to MunichI have had to get my belongings across the top of central Paris to the train station to get the early train to Munich. I have a number of vacuum bags which the gadget removes air from so I can pack more into the larger of my luggage 🧳 I have had to... See More »
Do you just hate those solitary conversation starters that…Are yes or no answers and suggest that the person offering it has likely a limited number of responses available to them, or little interest in getting a response? Has the art of small talk in the West died? Is it a consequence of the multicultural... See More »