Hi!
I'm back!
Sunday was fun. Woke up in Germany, had breakfast in Belgium, lunch and dinner in France and went to bed in Guernsey. It was interesting.
Now I'm back in Guernsey for about two weeks. I've got to pack the rest of my stuff but I'm still really tired after night sailing. My body clock is all messed up from night sailing still.
I took some photos of the Normandy bridge which I might upload later.
I don't have anything interesting to say now so I'll sign off.
Bye banan!
Monday 29 July 2013
Saturday 27 July 2013
Oskar is coming
Hi!
I will first explain the title.
There was some thunder and lighting today where we were in Germany. Thunder in Swedish is åska. My first memory of thunder is my older sister telling me that thunder happens when a man called Oskar is angry and marching around. I believe her.
So today I woke up in Sweden, took the ferry to Germany and will be sleeping in Germany. Tomorrow I will be returning to Guernsey.
You may remember that I was really excited about a sailing course on a tall ship. It was awesome!
It's absolutely boiling here. More than 30 degrees Celsius. Way too hot!
Bye banan!
I will first explain the title.
There was some thunder and lighting today where we were in Germany. Thunder in Swedish is åska. My first memory of thunder is my older sister telling me that thunder happens when a man called Oskar is angry and marching around. I believe her.
So today I woke up in Sweden, took the ferry to Germany and will be sleeping in Germany. Tomorrow I will be returning to Guernsey.
You may remember that I was really excited about a sailing course on a tall ship. It was awesome!
It's absolutely boiling here. More than 30 degrees Celsius. Way too hot!
Bye banan!
Thursday 25 July 2013
Sunsets and sunrises at sea
When I was on my tallship sailing course we did some night sailing (awesomeness) and this meant that we got to see some epic sunsets and sunrises. I will now treat you to photos of this epicness.
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Sweden
Hi!
I haven't posted in absolutely ages! I have a very good excuse though because I have been at sea for ten days on a tallship. Awesomeness! We did night sailing and had loads of fun but I am now exhausted. I did take some good photos of sunsets and sunrises though which I will be uploading when I have access to a computer as they are on my camera.
Sweden is so beautiful at sea!
Bye Banan!
I haven't posted in absolutely ages! I have a very good excuse though because I have been at sea for ten days on a tallship. Awesomeness! We did night sailing and had loads of fun but I am now exhausted. I did take some good photos of sunsets and sunrises though which I will be uploading when I have access to a computer as they are on my camera.
Sweden is so beautiful at sea!
Bye Banan!
Saturday 13 July 2013
Lots of countries
Hi!
Hallo the time is 11.46 and I am in the Netherlands. We're on our way from France to Germany. So far today I have been in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. We'll soon be in Germany and today we're going to Sweden. So exciting!
The most exciting part is that I'm going on a sailing course on a tall ship for ten days in Sweden for ten days. Which is likely to mean no blogging.
When I actually get to the hotel and can post this I will upload a photo from each of the countries we've been in today. Unfortunately they're not very good quality because mum is against opening the window when we're going at 130km/h. Still there should be some cool ones of the epic bridge in Normandy.
After my sailing course we're going up to where we used to live in Sweden. This means I get to see my best friend (hopefully) who I haven't seen since Christmas. Yay!
I might carry this on when I actually post it later. Good day!
It's Thursday morning and I still don't have wifi. Hmph!
It's beautiful here in Rostock. I took some photos that I'll post separately because they're on mum's phone.
We're going on the ferry to Sweden today and driving up to the town where my sailing course starts TOMORROW.
I will post this when I have wifi.
It is 11.58 on Friday the 12th and I am in Rostock mit my mother. We haven't found any wifi yet and mum is getting desperate. It's very amusing. It took about an hour to find the city centre even with a satnav. Here comes
mum. Better put my phone away.
She's left again. There is some awesome architecture here. I'll post photos later when I have wifi. It will probably be tomorrow at the hotel in Sweden.
I don't know what this post is about anymore.
It's really funny driving with a Guernsey car because they have weird number plates. Guernsey is the only place in the world that has only numbers on the number plates. It's brilliant because people have no idea where it's from.
Also our car is packed to the brim with vacuum packed clothes. It looks pretty funny.
Bye Banan!
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Photos (hopefully)
This is my attempt to upload photos to this blog. Please leave a comment to tell me if it works or not as sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. All of these photos are on my Facebook page which is called thoughtsofaswedemovinghome so if you can't see them on here go there.
Here goes nothing
Monday 8 July 2013
Packing
Hi!
I am officially done with compulsory education. It doesn't feel like anything has really changed though. My exams finished almost a whole month ago and my last lesson was in early may. Mum and I have been packing today. We're leaving on Wednesday to go to Sweden and are bringing a lot of stuff for the move at this point for various reasons. We have too much stuff, it's official after today.
We've vacuum packed a lot of our clothes. It's really cool to watch because the clothes really decrease a lot in size. It is quite weird to see my prom dress vacuum packed though.
We also went shopping and did some recycling. I was tired when I woke up so now I'm exhausted. Not physically more mentally. It's quite mentally taxing to pack the room you've lived in for eight years. Despite the fact that I never wanted to live here in the first place, I'm going to miss it.
I was asked a week ago after commemoration how it feels to be 'finally free'. I wasn't sure at the time and I'm still not sure. I'm going to miss my friends but at the same time I've never felt like I actually fit in here. I won't miss getting lost in the identical looking lanes every other day. I certainly won't miss school uniform. At the same time it's going to be strange to not wear school uniform. In short, I don't know how to feel about leaving Guernsey. I'm happy but sad at the same time.
Plenty of people have asked me if I'm excited to move to Sweden. My immediate answer is always a big grin. I'm so excited. That was why I started this blog. It was for me to record my feelings about moving home and hopefully offer some insights on the differences between these two wonderful countries.
So yeh, same thing tomorrow I guess. Pack the last stuff, find some wellies and hopefully we'll start packing the car so that Wednesday isn't too stressful.
Thanks for reading this blog. I'm now going to post some photos from Jersey zoo on my Facebook page (thoughtsofaswedemovinghome) so please go check that out because I think I got some cute pics.
Bye Banan!
I am officially done with compulsory education. It doesn't feel like anything has really changed though. My exams finished almost a whole month ago and my last lesson was in early may. Mum and I have been packing today. We're leaving on Wednesday to go to Sweden and are bringing a lot of stuff for the move at this point for various reasons. We have too much stuff, it's official after today.
We've vacuum packed a lot of our clothes. It's really cool to watch because the clothes really decrease a lot in size. It is quite weird to see my prom dress vacuum packed though.
We also went shopping and did some recycling. I was tired when I woke up so now I'm exhausted. Not physically more mentally. It's quite mentally taxing to pack the room you've lived in for eight years. Despite the fact that I never wanted to live here in the first place, I'm going to miss it.
I was asked a week ago after commemoration how it feels to be 'finally free'. I wasn't sure at the time and I'm still not sure. I'm going to miss my friends but at the same time I've never felt like I actually fit in here. I won't miss getting lost in the identical looking lanes every other day. I certainly won't miss school uniform. At the same time it's going to be strange to not wear school uniform. In short, I don't know how to feel about leaving Guernsey. I'm happy but sad at the same time.
Plenty of people have asked me if I'm excited to move to Sweden. My immediate answer is always a big grin. I'm so excited. That was why I started this blog. It was for me to record my feelings about moving home and hopefully offer some insights on the differences between these two wonderful countries.
So yeh, same thing tomorrow I guess. Pack the last stuff, find some wellies and hopefully we'll start packing the car so that Wednesday isn't too stressful.
Thanks for reading this blog. I'm now going to post some photos from Jersey zoo on my Facebook page (thoughtsofaswedemovinghome) so please go check that out because I think I got some cute pics.
Bye Banan!
Sunday 7 July 2013
Jersey
Hi!
I came back from a weekend trip to Jersey a few hours ago. I went with three friends. It was the first time we went on a trip completely by ourselves so that was exciting. I've uploaded photos of Elizabeth castle and from the beach on my Facebook page (thoughtsofaswedemovinghome). I'll probably upload them on here when I have access to a computer that cooperates with this website (that I am technically competent enough to figure out).
We went to the cinema, shopping and the Zoo. It was very fun. Kinda bittersweet because I won't see those friends much more before I move (I think they're relieved).
Also, there was a group of people our age who we kept seeing. It was a large group of Danes and Swedes. It was quite funny at the Zoo when they looked surprised at someone talking to them in Swedish. Also, a group of leaders were walking in front of us talking in Swedish with no idea that I could understand every word they said.
I think that's enough rambling for today so good night and
Bye Banan!
I came back from a weekend trip to Jersey a few hours ago. I went with three friends. It was the first time we went on a trip completely by ourselves so that was exciting. I've uploaded photos of Elizabeth castle and from the beach on my Facebook page (thoughtsofaswedemovinghome). I'll probably upload them on here when I have access to a computer that cooperates with this website (that I am technically competent enough to figure out).
We went to the cinema, shopping and the Zoo. It was very fun. Kinda bittersweet because I won't see those friends much more before I move (I think they're relieved).
Also, there was a group of people our age who we kept seeing. It was a large group of Danes and Swedes. It was quite funny at the Zoo when they looked surprised at someone talking to them in Swedish. Also, a group of leaders were walking in front of us talking in Swedish with no idea that I could understand every word they said.
I think that's enough rambling for today so good night and
Bye Banan!
More photos
Hi!
My iPad is not cooperating with my attempts to put photos up. I will keep trying but for now I'm uploading photos on my Facebook page. There are photos from Guernsey, Jersey etc.
I'm going to keep trying to upload photos on here but if you want to see some photos of two beautiful islands, they are on my Facebook page. It's called thoughtsofaswedemovinghome. If you hit the lonely like button, you'll be updated when I put more photos and posts up.
Thanks for reading my blog!
Bye banan!
My iPad is not cooperating with my attempts to put photos up. I will keep trying but for now I'm uploading photos on my Facebook page. There are photos from Guernsey, Jersey etc.
I'm going to keep trying to upload photos on here but if you want to see some photos of two beautiful islands, they are on my Facebook page. It's called thoughtsofaswedemovinghome. If you hit the lonely like button, you'll be updated when I put more photos and posts up.
Thanks for reading my blog!
Bye banan!
Monday 1 July 2013
The return of the fog
Hi!
I know I've already written about fog on this blog but it is annoying me again. My dad was in London this weekend, supposed to return this morning. Fog!
We had lovely weather last week (of course I didn't not get burnt mum) with lots of sun and warmth, for what feels like the first time this year.
Then came the fog.
This is the problem with living on an island. The planes depend on there not being any fog so that they can fly. Although a positive is that when we had the ash cloud from Iceland our planes could still fly because they fly much lower than normal planes, courtesy of their small size.
The ferry depends on the seas being calm as they would probably roll on wet grass. This is not ideal in the English Channel, where the D-Day landing convoys had to be delayed due to choppy seas. Storms are frequent in winter (erm all year long) and fog is a constant menace.......
So I'm waiting for my dad to hopefully make it back today. After all, it would be tragic if he missed my last commemoration service with school.....
Bye banan!
P.S. check out these awesome blogs
georgiabrouard.blogspot.com
eleanorshaw.blogspot.com
I know I've already written about fog on this blog but it is annoying me again. My dad was in London this weekend, supposed to return this morning. Fog!
We had lovely weather last week (of course I didn't not get burnt mum) with lots of sun and warmth, for what feels like the first time this year.
Then came the fog.
This is the problem with living on an island. The planes depend on there not being any fog so that they can fly. Although a positive is that when we had the ash cloud from Iceland our planes could still fly because they fly much lower than normal planes, courtesy of their small size.
The ferry depends on the seas being calm as they would probably roll on wet grass. This is not ideal in the English Channel, where the D-Day landing convoys had to be delayed due to choppy seas. Storms are frequent in winter (erm all year long) and fog is a constant menace.......
So I'm waiting for my dad to hopefully make it back today. After all, it would be tragic if he missed my last commemoration service with school.....
Bye banan!
P.S. check out these awesome blogs
georgiabrouard.blogspot.com
eleanorshaw.blogspot.com
Seafront Sunday
Hi!
So last post was about the cage fighting on Saturday. This post should be about Seafront Sunday.
Four Sundays every summer the island has a Seafront Sunday. It's supposed to be the first Sunday of each month but neither one has been so far. In my experience they always coincide with at least one cruise liner being present off the coast of St Peter Port.
So anyway, people have stalls along the seafront where they sell things like antiques, jewellery, food etc.
The catering company I work for basically does a promotion of Guernsey produce. One stall had a sausage making competition for visitors. Another was teaching people how to cook mussels. The stall I was at (with 9 other people for some reason, we had 5 last time) was giving away freebies of cold leek and potato soup (can't spell the French name), Guernsey cheese, Guernsey peppers and basil (for some reason). Ten people were doing this.
The soup wasn't well received at all last time. People heard the word soup and ran for the woods. That's a joke, we don't have any woods on Guernsey. Yesterday the weather wasn't great so people were more willing to try the soup. Towards the end we put cups of soup on trays and walked around trying to get people to have some soup.
We also had cheese of four types.... We were only giving away free samples but people kept asking how much it was and trying to buy packets. We kept directing them to the only little supermarket in town open on a Sunday. We did actually check that they had the cheese after directing what felt like a million tourists to the shop. Luckily they did sell it. If they didn't, that would have been bad. Someone asked if they sell Guernsey cheese in the US. I replied that I haven't been there (that I remember) so I don't know. I then added that they probably export it to the UK but probably not to Jersey.
We also had peppers. Red, green, orange and yellow Guernsey grown peppers. They are absolutely delicious. We also had a herby mayonnaise to go with the peppers. Apparently it was delicious. We had loads of peppers.
We used up all of the soup yesterday. We also used up all of the cheese. However we were nowhere near using up all of the peppers or Basil.
Yes, Basil. We had bowls of Basil which we trying to get people to take samples of Basil from. We didn't understand why we were giving out basil. My friend ended up going round all the stalls and asking people to buy packets of basil for charity. She did get rid of about half the box.
I like working on seafront Sundays because last time we got to take cheese and peppers home and this time we were allowed a pack of basil each. Free food!
In other news I now have blisters on my feet from walking around in uncomfortable shoes on Saturday night at the cage fighting and yesterday. Add that to the blister on my thumb from Friday and the lack of blister plasters in this house, I am not a happy funny (a phrase my old physics teacher used to use).
Bye banan!
So last post was about the cage fighting on Saturday. This post should be about Seafront Sunday.
Four Sundays every summer the island has a Seafront Sunday. It's supposed to be the first Sunday of each month but neither one has been so far. In my experience they always coincide with at least one cruise liner being present off the coast of St Peter Port.
So anyway, people have stalls along the seafront where they sell things like antiques, jewellery, food etc.
The catering company I work for basically does a promotion of Guernsey produce. One stall had a sausage making competition for visitors. Another was teaching people how to cook mussels. The stall I was at (with 9 other people for some reason, we had 5 last time) was giving away freebies of cold leek and potato soup (can't spell the French name), Guernsey cheese, Guernsey peppers and basil (for some reason). Ten people were doing this.
The soup wasn't well received at all last time. People heard the word soup and ran for the woods. That's a joke, we don't have any woods on Guernsey. Yesterday the weather wasn't great so people were more willing to try the soup. Towards the end we put cups of soup on trays and walked around trying to get people to have some soup.
We also had cheese of four types.... We were only giving away free samples but people kept asking how much it was and trying to buy packets. We kept directing them to the only little supermarket in town open on a Sunday. We did actually check that they had the cheese after directing what felt like a million tourists to the shop. Luckily they did sell it. If they didn't, that would have been bad. Someone asked if they sell Guernsey cheese in the US. I replied that I haven't been there (that I remember) so I don't know. I then added that they probably export it to the UK but probably not to Jersey.
We also had peppers. Red, green, orange and yellow Guernsey grown peppers. They are absolutely delicious. We also had a herby mayonnaise to go with the peppers. Apparently it was delicious. We had loads of peppers.
We used up all of the soup yesterday. We also used up all of the cheese. However we were nowhere near using up all of the peppers or Basil.
Yes, Basil. We had bowls of Basil which we trying to get people to take samples of Basil from. We didn't understand why we were giving out basil. My friend ended up going round all the stalls and asking people to buy packets of basil for charity. She did get rid of about half the box.
I like working on seafront Sundays because last time we got to take cheese and peppers home and this time we were allowed a pack of basil each. Free food!
In other news I now have blisters on my feet from walking around in uncomfortable shoes on Saturday night at the cage fighting and yesterday. Add that to the blister on my thumb from Friday and the lack of blister plasters in this house, I am not a happy funny (a phrase my old physics teacher used to use).
Bye banan!
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