{"id":2018,"date":"2012-06-02T21:51:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T21:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2019-01-23T20:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T20:58:58","slug":"a-little-bit-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/a-little-bit-of-england\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Bit of England…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well here it is, the obligatory Jubilee post!<\/p>\n

This is me, aged two.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I look absolutely thrilled about The Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations don’t I? \u00a0 In fact it looks like my parents had to bribe me with a packet of Fruit Pastels to get me to agree to having my picture taken at all!\u00a0 Some things never change…<\/p>\n

This picture was taken in Germany, where my Dad worked, and we lived at the time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It seems like I am not ever destined to spend a Jubilee in the UK (not that I’m particularly a Royalist, I just like the excuse for a knees-up, and the opportunity to feel patriotic occasionally! \u00a0 Plus I will admit that my friend’s celebration photos – up and down the UK – are making me feel slightly homesick!)! \u00a0 For the Golden Jubilee, Mr R and I were in Istanbul for our friend’s wedding (a story for another day…),\u00a0 and for this – The Diamond Jubilee, I find myself back in Germany again bizarrely enough!<\/p>\n

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Not to be left out, we had our own little corner of England yesterday afternoon at an English friend’s house, where we overdosed on real cups of tea (in the best china of course!), scones, strawberries and cream, sausage rolls, cucumber sandwiches, plus the odd glass of Pimms<\/a>!\u00a0\u00a0 And best of all, it felt like home…<\/p>\n

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Would the German neighbours have minded?\u00a0\u00a0 Not in the slightest…\u00a0 Lots of them have spoken to me enthusiastically about the Jubilee (unprompted!) and what an achievement it is for the English Queen.\u00a0\u00a0 I even heard our National anthem on the radio yesterday, which was quite quite surreal!<\/p>\n

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But the main reason I wish I was at home this long weekend?\u00a0 To celebrate my little sister’s birthday tomorrow…\u00a0 Have a lovely day sweetie.\u00a0\u00a0 I miss you!\u00a0 Oh and have a very happy first wedding anniversary as well! \u00a0 Can’t believe it’s been a whole year since that lovely day already!… Not sure I will ever forget the green hair incident!!<\/a><\/p>\n

Cin cin everyone!\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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