So we knew it had to end someday… Today was the last day in Holland, and everything has happened so fast… But let’s explain how the day was!
I got up a bit earlier because I wanted to take some pictures of the house and the family. I enjoyed everything I did, thinking it was the last time I was going to do it: taking a shower in that bathroom, having breakfast with Bill… Before going down to the kitchen Bill’s father came to shake hands and say goodbye, as he had to leave now. So once I was prepared to go I took my camera and started picturing each corner of the house, except the upper floors, so that I could remember how my exchange was. Finally, I took a Photo of the family: Tessa, Bill, Lobke, Guislaine, the nanny and her husband. I will keep that picture!
Bill’s mother drove us to school with the bags, and we said goodbye then. Some minutes later we left Cals to go to Utrecht by tram and spend the day there. We had some free time when we arrived, as the first group was going up the tower. That was really tiring! We had to go upstairs for 80 meters of height, and those were 465 stairs! But it was worth, the views up there were very beautiful, and we could visit the rooms where the bells were. Even Wessel played a melody with the bells! So after that we went to an indoors-climbing place. It was 60 meters tall and that was too scary for me… I didn’t try to climb, as I’m a bit afraid of heights, but I helped the people in my group, Uri and Adriaan. Uri got to the top of the easiest one and tried also a couple of difficult ones, but always got stuck in the middle, as Adriaan.
We went back to the station; it was time to return to Cals College. When we were there, the Dutch partners told us to wait outside, as they had prepared a little surprise for us. So we waited, talking and trying not to think in the few time we had left. But they said it was all set, and we went in there. Ben was holding his Les Paul, and everyone was in a circle. The Spanish also stayed around them, sitting inside the circle. The surprise was a song: Time Of Your Life, by Green Day. They started to sing it at the same time, all together, and that moment will be in my mind for a lot of time. The song said:
Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.
It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories
and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,
it was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
My eyes started to get wet and I didn’t want that to happen, not yet. It was so emotive, and I just couldn’t stop some tears falling. When they finished everyone started hugging and saying goodbye. There was an hour left, but it was like seconds, lots of things were happening at the same time. I managed to not cry, and Ben played some more songs, as Wake Me Up When September Ends. We all sang it together, holding hands. When the teacher said the bus had arrived, it was the saddest thing ever. We looked for our bags and once they were inside the bus I started to say a final goodbye to everyone. The last person to say goodbye, just as I was going inside was Bill, it was the third or fourth time we did it. But when I saw them from the windows I realized that it was over, and how much I would miss them. The driver turned on the engine and there was a huge wave goodbye. We got away and when I couldn’t see them from my sit, I just couldn’t stand it anymore and cried silently. After twenty minutes or half an hour Miriam came to sit besides me, and we talked about the most funny and important moments in Holland. We had some laughs and the trip didn’t seem that long.
In the airport we checked in and we didn’t have to wait much. I bought some souvenirs, as I couldn’t buy them anywhere else, and after a while we entered the plane. I sat with Joana. We listened to music during the trip, and we arrived in about two hours. It was half past eleven when we arrived, and at the time we were in the bus from El Prat to the school it was Eli’s birthday. We arrived and our parents were already there. I said hello and went home while I started to explain how everything was.
And that’s it, that was the end of my day, but I don’t think I will easily forget it, neither this nor the people we left in Holland. Sincerely, I think it was the greatest time I had in my life.
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