Goodbye
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=EE2026Mp160




Chariots of fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7Vu7cqB20

Today is my last day my parents will pick me up!!!!!!

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci and Mona Lisa

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519)

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, having been a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Born as the illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant girl, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter, Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, spending his final years in France at the home given to him by King François I.
Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention.He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo was and is renowned. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper occupy unique positions as the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.[1] Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also iconic. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques, and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and his thoughts on the nature of painting, comprise a contribution to later generations of artists only rivalled by that of his contemporary, Michelangelo.
As an engineer, Leonardo's ideas were vastly ahead of his time. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime,but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics.



Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.
The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting's continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing and parody.

Secound Weekend

My weekend was boring, because we only drove to Madam Tussauds Museum!!! Then we had only 1.5 hours to go shopping. sunday was boring, too!!! Sunday was not well because I was very tired because I had got a new room mate and he ask me stupid a lot of things!!!!! the competitions on this day were very BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Secound excursion to London

The second excursion was boring too. First we went by bus I had listen to music then I slept. And we got our lunch, of course it was only a sandwich. Then we met our guide, it was the same like last week, she was splitting all the time and she closed always her eyes when she spoken. After the tour with the crazy woman we went to the Belfast Ship that was boring too. The ship smells not well!!! After the tour through the ship we went to the buses and drove home.

Weekend

My first weekend was quite good. On Friday, first we had lessons, of course it was boring!!!
Then we had the Farewell Assembly in the theatre, it was funny but I didn't get a certificate. After that we had activities and I chose Football of course . For me it was successful because I scored 5 goals. On Saturday we went shopping in Cambridge. We could went shopping for 3 hours and I bought my grand-mother tea, and my girlfriend a chains with diamonds. then we went home by bus and then we had dinner and after that we had disco night but I was very tired and went to bed very early. On Sunday some Queenswood students went to Throne Park, but I stayed at Queenswood and we had a lot of free time and activities. At first I had chose Football then Badminton and after that again Football.

First excursion to London

The first excursion was boring! It rained only and we became all wet. The old crazy woman who told us a lot about ghosts was boring, she told us too much. After that we had a bad lunch which consists of a sandwich, an apple, a Kit Kat and a bottle of water. So we bought fish and chips in a shop. Then we went to the Tower of London and it was very crowded. Then we drove back to Queenswood.

Trip to cinema

The trip to the cinema was OK, becuase we only saw a film called Hancok. the popcorn which salty.

The first days at Queenswood

Yesterday I arrived at Queenswood! I was tired, because I didn't sleep in the plane and we had to wait at the airport more then 3 hours, because other stundents arrived later. At Queenswood I got my room and I met my flatmate Michele. Then we had to go to bed. The next mornig I was waked up at 7:45 am. After that we had breakfast. The breakfast was not really well, because there is not a lot of selections. Then we were divided into our classes. I came into the class of Mike. The pupils are very nice here and instruction are very funny. One lesson goes to 45 minutes long. Then we had lunch I had at a long queue to employ itself.