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

Today I have as I wrote earlier been home  from school. It has actually been quite nice. It's been warm and lots of sun. Around lunch I did as my stepmom suggested and ate an onion. It wasn't very tasty but it did help me get rid of my fever. And after that I've actually been feeling pretty well. We went to the beach. Karen, Charlie and me. It was really nice and it was so hot!
 

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

The birds here aren't afraid of humans at all, they sit just a few inches from you and look completely relaxed.

Day 7 - exeter, dartmoor and the beach

This morning was actually different from the rest - I got to sleep in. Since it is weekend the leaders thought we should get to sleep a little longer than usual. Anyway,
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.
Hanna, Lisa and me
Lisa, Amanda and Hanna
Amanda
Amanda
Hanna
Hanna, me, Lisa and Amanda
Viktoria and Lisa
 

Day 5 - Tea and skones

On the fifth day of our trip we went to this beautiful place called Cockington village. We fed ducks in a pond and after that we went to a cafe to try Tea and skones like they eat it in england. We got this two storie plate with skones, jam and clotted cream. And ofcourse we got tea, lots of tea. It was really tasty, and I drank like 4 cups of tea.
Amanda
Hanna and me
Johanna eating skones
Alva
Johanna
Viktoria
Viktoria and me

My host family

Some pictures of the family I'm living with right now. They're so friendly and nice, it's better than I ever could have expected. I'm so happy about everything. Ofcourse i miss my family, but it's so much fun here you don't have much time to think about that stuff to be honest. At first it was really wierd speaking english all the time, but you do get used to it. I don't even think about it anymore, it's just plain talking. Tomorrow we're going to Quay west to visit a waterpark with lots of slides and other fun stuff.
Buddy
Charlie and Buddy
Charlie
Karen and Buddy
Hamster of which I have forgot the name

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

I can't believe this! At this point tomorrow I will have arrived to England. I don't know what to say exept I AM SO NERVOUS!

Mysphotos.blogg.se

Hey check out my other blog where I usually write (in Swedish). Of course during the trip I will only be uppdating on this blog. But right now you can still visit mysphotos.blogg.se to see my photos and read about my everyday life.

Packing List

CARRY-ON BAGGAGE
WALLET:
money
bank card
 
chewing gum
1 book
passport
STS lexicon
ABC manual
sunglasses
presents to the host family
almanac
headphones
important papers
 
CLOTHES
2 tank tops
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
joggingpants
jeansjacket
 

small bag
beachbag
towel
books
adapter
 
ELECTRONICS
camera
mobile
mobilecharger
cameracharger
hard drive
computer
computercharger

NECESSARY
DRUGS:
Asthma: Bricanyl, Pulmicort
vegetarian tablets
esperitox
alvedon
Ipren
alergimedicin
nezeril
mildison
resorb
cortisone
 
scissors
tweezers
shampoo
conditioner
perfume
soap
sunblocks (6, 15)
bodybutter
makeup
hairbrush
hairbands and hairclips
jewelry
razor
deodorat
toothbrush and toothpaste
 
As you see I'm not going to pack much clothes. But that's just because I'm planning to go shopping lots of clothes when I get there.

Nice dinner and 11 days to go

Today dad, Katarina and me had a lovely dinner out on our terrass. Mm, summer!
Each day it's getting closer and closer to the trip, today it's 11 days to go. To be honest I'm actually quite nervous. I'm pretty scared of riding the airplane even though I've done it a million times before. But after all this is the first time without either of my parents or sister. I packed most of my stuff today and I'm very proud my bag didn't weigh to much, it was just 12 kilos and you get to bring 23 kilos. That just means more space to fill with shopping, right? I will buy shampoo, conditioner, sunblocks and that kind of stuff there otherwise the bag would definately weigh to much!