Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Fantastic summer in Portugal! Tess and Cameron with their grandparents and great grandmother in Portugal. Tess met the whole family for the first time. At the monastary in Lisbon -called GERNONIMOS where the tomb of Vasco da Gama is. With Nana in Lisbon for a great day of shopping and lunch. Baleal beach where we went surfing. Visiting the ancient town of Obidos.

Even though I always wanted to go on exchange for a semester, I ended up applying quite late. I applied in the third round on the International Office on March 1 for one of the leftover places. From what I had heard, there would be a big queue in the morning, so I came there the evening before. When I got there I was number 18 in line! The last day of the int.

Carefully formulated vocal lines and exemplary orchestra sounds of delicate transparency were coaxed from the orchestra by Jonas Alber. The fact that an orchestra such as the WDR Symphony Orchestra, used to the crème de la crème, should feel so inspired and motivated to follow the intentions of this conductor is further proof of his qualities. As a symphonic conductor, JONAS ALBER has led the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra,.

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