♥ A wonderful day with family Scott







♥ I'm back in Sweden

♥ Picknick
From 11 this morning to about 15 I think we were at Babbacombe beach, it was really nice and it was a beautiful beach. At the beach there were a beachshop where Alva and I bought a boat together. Actually it was a one-man boat for kids but we got in both of us at the same time. Then we had a little race with Amanda who had also bought a boat like ours. Today we had planed to go to the parc and have an nice picknick, Victoria, Hanna, Alva, Johanna, Amanda, Lisa and I. Alva, Amanda and I went to Pizzahut to get our food. I ordered a large pizza with cheesecrusts. When we ordered our pizzas he who took our order asked for our names so we told him. When we got our pizzas there were small tags on them which said the names of the person to who the pizza belonged. But he had heard our names a little bit wrong, because the tags said "Manda, Amber and Ellie". Haha! Not one name right. The picknick was really nice though. The others had apparently already eaten so they had just brought candy and snacks and that kind of stuff. Johanna had bought a jar of nutella which she ate just as it was - with a spoon. It doesn't sound very tempting to me... We also had this wonderful dessert at Pozzahut which was Chokolate Chip Cookie Dough with Ice Cream and Chokolatesauce, best thing ever! After the picknick we went to meet up with the other sts groups in one of the other parcs. There we had what the leaders called "leader quiz". The read some stuff and we were supposed to guess which leader it had happened to (Sofia, Hubbe, Hampus, Ida or Rodrigo). "Which leader has skiied at full speed straigh into a resturante and turned a table over?", "which leader had a pig as a pet at the age of 8?" and "who has been arrested in london?" is some of the questions we got to answer. The answer to the last question was Rodrigo and it was actually kind of a funny storry. He got arrested because the police thought he was an illegal emigrate, but as soon as he showed them his spanish id card they let him go. We also got to know that this spring Sofia got chased by an angry elephant, and that Hubbes nickename is "Mr Blowme" because that is kind of his lastname in swedish or something. Tomorrow we're all going to New Quay. We might even get to try on surfing or something like that, I would really like that since I've never tried it before. I'll write more tomorrow I think. I've got to go to bed now to be able to get up in the morning. Bye, and goodnight!
♥ Hey all
Hi everybody! Today was a really good day. This morning we went to the port to go bananaboat. At first it didn't go very fast since we had told the driver we didn't want to fall of. After a little while he started going in circles and we had to hold on hard to not fall, Johanna fell in the cold water anyway. And she dropped her bikini, haha! In the end all of us except Viktoria jumped of the bananaboat. It was really fun! After the days lessons we had "evening cruise" as activity. It wasn't very special. But it was nice, we were out on the water for about 45 minutes I think. After the cruise me and my friends went to subway for cookies and tea. Maybe I'll post some pictures from the cruise tomorrow or something. Tomorrow we get to sleep in! Woho! We don't have to be at the clocktower untill 11 o'clock. And then we'll head off to meadfoot beach or babbacombe beach. That's the beach I went to with Charlie and Karen. I think we will have a great time! Let's hope for good weather too. Here's a picture on cute, best Tindra who now sits as princess among the angels up in heaven!
♥ The beach and the cinema




♥ Postcards
Today I'm ill, I have a sore throught and a really bad cough. And i also think I might have a fever. So today I'm staying at home, resting. I've spent the morning writing postcards to my familly. And the rest of the day I think I may just lie in my bed watching movies.
♥ QuayWest
Today it's QuayWest on the schedule. It's going to be so much fun - swiming in the pools and going in the slides. Let's hope for some sun today too, that could make the day even better. Almost everyone in our group is coming I think, the activity is optional. Which means that the explorerpass doesn't include it, you have to pay it separately and there by now one can be forsed to come. Our leader won't let Alva and Johanna come because they've been ill recently. I'm just geting worse, my throught has been hurting for a while now but today the coughing began. Look at the picture and see I FOUND SWEDISH CANDY! Well, have a nice day!
♥ Birds here


♥ Day 7 - exeter, dartmoor and the beach
I got up at a quarter to 8. Then at 9 o'clock I went to the Coachstation to catch the bus to Dartmoor with the rest of my group at 10. Dartmoor was as it turned out like
a big mountain. It was a really cool place and I would have loved to climb at it. Unfortunately we didn't have the equipment needed for that kind of thing. But it was
fun!
Exteter was the next stop. It was a really nice town. The first thing we did when we came there was to watcht all the birds. There were swans and seagulls, since we
had lots sandwiches left from our lunches we used it to feed the birds. After that we went shopping. I found a pair of shorts in a really cool golden colour.
When we came back home we just changed to beachclothes and went right back out. We met up at the beach at 7. It wasn't very hot in the water but it was okay. We even had
a "seaweed-war". Then I just went straight home, to tired to stay out with the others. When we first came here Alva was kind of sick, her throught was huring and she had
lost her voice. Now she's better and everyone else has gotten her virus and is just getting worse. But I'm guessing it'll be better soon since it went away pretty fast
for Alva.












♥ Day 5 - Tea and skones










♥ My host family





♥ Today
I know I said that I would write à couple of days ago and then I haven't. But today I will. Tonight and tomorrow night is like the only sparetime we've got. Er got to sleep in this morning though. We're going to Exter and Dartmoor and we're supposed to meet up at the coachstation at a quarter to ten. I've got to go now but I'll see you tonight!
♥ Finally there
This is the first time since I came here I've been able to use internet and write on the blog. Everytime I've been on my way asking them for the password for their wi-fi I've just forgotten. I will write later tonight though. When I'm on the computer. Hugs
♥ I can't believe this
♥ Mysphotos.blogg.se

♥ Packing List
passport
STS lexicon
ABC manual
sunglasses
presents to the host family
almanac
2 shorts
1 skirt
1 dress
2 long sleeve shirts
2 sweatshirts
1 pair of jeans
1 pair of short jeans
nylon stockings
leggings
raincoat
underwear (panties, socks and bras)
3 bikinis
1 cardigan
1 cap
running shoes
platform shoes
ballerina shoes
flip flops
small bag
beachbag
towel
books
NECESSARY
DRUGS:
Asthma: Bricanyl, Pulmicort
vegetarian tablets
esperitox
alvedon
Ipren
alergimedicin
nezeril
mildison
resorb
cortisone
tweezers
makeup
hairbrush
hairbands and hairclips
jewelry
razor
deodorat
toothbrush and toothpaste
♥ Nice dinner and 11 days to go

♥ How much money?
I think that totally depends on how much you want to go shopping and so on. There are many things to keep in mind when deciding how much money you should bring. First: destination. In my case I'm only going to need money for 3 ordinary weeks with a little shopping, one day in London, and also I'm going to need money to pay for the buss to school.
I'm bringing 2000 per week, but I've saved for a very long time and I just don't want to risk having too little money with me.
So I hope that answered your question, and otherwise, ask on facebook!
♥ Finally




My price has finally arrived and I must say I'm posetivly surprised. The package contained a Sts-bag, a T-shirt with the text "Language Trips, Summer of experience, Sts", 2 Sts pencils, 3 Sts candies, a Sts catalog and a Sts lexicon.
♥ Other bloggers
Anyway I can't believe it's just 40 days to go. In 40 days I'm already there - in Torquay! Woho!
♥ No big news
Now to something that doesn't really have anything to do with my Torquay-trip. It's really rainy outside today, and I'm thinking about just hanging in the couch drinking tea and watching movies. How nice? I think it'll be Pirates Of The Caribbean On Stranger Tides. Because I just can't get enough of that movie, I particularly like the mermaids.

♥ Sts countdown
"How did you get the countdown to Torquay on your blog?"
And here's how I did it.
It was actually quite simple. You just klick on this link and choose the date for your trip. Then you copy the code in the box that says "html:koden" and you paste it in your "kodmall" where you want the countdown.
♥ I'm the winner
PICTURE TRANSLATION:
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are one of the 5 winners of the STS QUIZ.
Now we just need to know your address and then we'll send the price!
Answer in 5 days. Otherwhise we will pick someone else!
Best Regards
THE STS BLOG
STS language trips
♥ Host Family

When I saw this information I immediately called my father. I was screaming and so close to crying. This is real, not a dream! It's happening, I'm going to TORQUAY!
♥ Departure time
Departure time is 14 July 5.55 am. Pretty early, but that's one of the things I love so much about trips. Without that early morning you won't get in the right mood. So I was really happy when I saw that the trip was starting in the morning!

I know, I know, the text in the picture is in swedish...
♥ Clothes to wear...






♥ 68 days
♥ Answer
I'm flying to Torquay from Stockholm, Arlanda. Since I live quite near Arlanda that was actually an easy choice. And no, I don't know which family I will be staying with yet. But I have got the username and password to the site where this information will be appearing. So now I'm very excited but I'm still waiting.
Thank you for your question, if you're wondering anything, just ask!


Some pictures I took today just outside my house.