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| Holland |
In 1978 Rose was sent to England by the Sarawak government to do a post grad master degree in linguistics. I was attending a six weeks drilling course, sponsored by Shell, in The Hague, Holland in April 1979. After the course, I spent one week touring Europe and another week seeing London. Rose was my tour guide there! We did the usual tours of Kew gardens, Hyde Park corner, changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, madam Tussat, Big Ben, Tower bridge, river Thames cruise and also a visit to Shakespeare’s birth place, Stratford-on-Avon. Rose did Shakespeare in school. So, it was a compulsory stop for my tour guide and me. haha!
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| Buckingham palace |
In the evenings, Rose and I went to the theatres to see The King and I starring Yul Bryner, the man himself! Also Jesus Christ, Super star. The stage effects for the death of Christ on the cross were very realistic, complete with thunder and lightning! We stayed at a bed-and-breakfast in London and every day caught the tube (underground trains) to go everywhere. Taxi cabs in London were very expensive! I had to walk great distances every day for a week! Having been brought up in a British colony and attending an English language school for twelve years meant that I know more of English history and geography than I do of China! In fact I saw London first in 1979 and only managed to visit Beijing for the first time, 22 years later, in April, 2001! I am now a confirmed capitalist and I love my Mercedes!
