Hi!
I live in a town called Uppsala. It's a University town with one of the oldest universities in Europe. Lots of students means lots of bicycles! On my way to school it feels like I'm seeing more bicycles than cars which I consider to be a very good thing.
Uppsala has bicycle paths next to the majority of the roads. They are well built and nice to cycle on. It does get confusing in roundabouts and when srossing major roads but i really prefer cycling here compared to Guernsey. There are also paths for cycling in the forest that's close to where I live. I love cycling in the forest. It's just awesome.
I will now take a moment to have a bit of a rant. HELMETS! There are far too many people who do not use helmets. Every day, someone ends up in the hospital as a result of cycling accidents. The ones who wear helmets get considerably less serious injuries. My source: my mum is a nurse at A&E here at the university hospital. PLEASE WEAR A HELMET AND BE CAREFUL IF YOU CYCLE! I know taht it isn't cool but ending up paralysed, in a coma or dead is far worse than enduring not being in the 'cool crowd'.
Rant over.
Next topic: sweets and Swedish food in general.
Bye Banan!
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Hello again
Hello!
I am typing this on my school laptop which is really good.
I have not written in way too long but I am back.
I am loving it here in Sweden. At the moment the weather is pretty miserable but it was really nice throughout September until the end. We've already had frost and that makes the pedals really cold when cycling to school. School is good. Scouts is great! I am going away next weekend and was away last weekend with Scouts.
Speaking of cycling; next post will be on that topic!
Check back soon!
I'll try to write more reguarly!
Bye Banan!
I am typing this on my school laptop which is really good.
I have not written in way too long but I am back.
I am loving it here in Sweden. At the moment the weather is pretty miserable but it was really nice throughout September until the end. We've already had frost and that makes the pedals really cold when cycling to school. School is good. Scouts is great! I am going away next weekend and was away last weekend with Scouts.
Speaking of cycling; next post will be on that topic!
Check back soon!
I'll try to write more reguarly!
Bye Banan!
Monday, 2 September 2013
Update
Hi!
I know I haven't written enough lately but I've been busy and have not had an ounce of inspiration. School is going really well. I love the school and I've made some new friends. I'm still in contact with my Guernsey buddies and one of them (who has a blog called georgiabrouard@blogspot.com) told me to update this blog. I don't know how much I have said about my school. I go to Katedralskolan in Uppsala. I am doing Pre-DP for the IB at the moment. It's too boring to explain what that is. It's great so far though. This is the third week and my class is really great. We are so international that we could have like a mini-UN. I will now list some of the languages people in my class speak;
Swedish
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Arabic
Flemish (methinks)
Hungarian
Etc.
One of our mentors is a Spanish teacher and he listed the languages he has studied. It involved; Spanish, English, Swedish, French, German, Arabic etc.
My friends are very entertained at the thought of my previous school. It was perhaps slightly different.
My school is named after the big Cathedral. It was called a Katedral when it was built but is now a DomKyrka. Uppsala is the seat of the archbishop of Sweden. All the places with Domkyrkor have bishops but Uppsala has the Archbishop. 'Cos we the best. My friends claims that Uppsala is a suburb of Stockholm because Stockholms local traffic runs trains to Uppsala. Meh. I don't agree but anyway. I'm meeting up friends after school on Thursday when we finish at 11.20. We start at 9.00 and finish at 11.20 every other Thursday. The other weeks we have lab sessions and then I finish at like 13.30. I love that timetable. It would be unheard of at my old school. Mwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I don't really have anything else to say. Well I do but I don't think I should treat you to an essay like I did with my friends yesterday. They were amused.
Bye banan!
I know I haven't written enough lately but I've been busy and have not had an ounce of inspiration. School is going really well. I love the school and I've made some new friends. I'm still in contact with my Guernsey buddies and one of them (who has a blog called georgiabrouard@blogspot.com) told me to update this blog. I don't know how much I have said about my school. I go to Katedralskolan in Uppsala. I am doing Pre-DP for the IB at the moment. It's too boring to explain what that is. It's great so far though. This is the third week and my class is really great. We are so international that we could have like a mini-UN. I will now list some of the languages people in my class speak;
Swedish
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Arabic
Flemish (methinks)
Hungarian
Etc.
One of our mentors is a Spanish teacher and he listed the languages he has studied. It involved; Spanish, English, Swedish, French, German, Arabic etc.
My friends are very entertained at the thought of my previous school. It was perhaps slightly different.
My school is named after the big Cathedral. It was called a Katedral when it was built but is now a DomKyrka. Uppsala is the seat of the archbishop of Sweden. All the places with Domkyrkor have bishops but Uppsala has the Archbishop. 'Cos we the best. My friends claims that Uppsala is a suburb of Stockholm because Stockholms local traffic runs trains to Uppsala. Meh. I don't agree but anyway. I'm meeting up friends after school on Thursday when we finish at 11.20. We start at 9.00 and finish at 11.20 every other Thursday. The other weeks we have lab sessions and then I finish at like 13.30. I love that timetable. It would be unheard of at my old school. Mwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I don't really have anything else to say. Well I do but I don't think I should treat you to an essay like I did with my friends yesterday. They were amused.
Bye banan!
Monday, 26 August 2013
Results
Hi!
I got my GCSE results last thursday emailed to me. Note the poor grammar. I have my A* in English language now. I don't need to use proper grammar. I am very happy to have achieved 1A*, 7As and 2Bs.
Hope everyone receiving results did well.
Bye banan!
I got my GCSE results last thursday emailed to me. Note the poor grammar. I have my A* in English language now. I don't need to use proper grammar. I am very happy to have achieved 1A*, 7As and 2Bs.
Hope everyone receiving results did well.
Bye banan!
Update
Hi!
So I haven't been on here for ages. Sorry!
School Is awesome and so is Sweden in general. I love it here!
I was at a friend's house this past weekend which was great.
Swedish lessons are fun. We have been doing runes and the general history of the language. It's really interesting.
My class is epically international.
There are people who have lived in Bosnia, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Russia etc.
I have the same physics book as last year. It will be pretty boring i'm sure.
Bye banan!
So I haven't been on here for ages. Sorry!
School Is awesome and so is Sweden in general. I love it here!
I was at a friend's house this past weekend which was great.
Swedish lessons are fun. We have been doing runes and the general history of the language. It's really interesting.
My class is epically international.
There are people who have lived in Bosnia, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Russia etc.
I have the same physics book as last year. It will be pretty boring i'm sure.
Bye banan!
Monday, 19 August 2013
First day at school
Hi!
Today was my first day at gymnasiet. I will be doing the IB programme.
The school I go to is enormous. IB is not the only programme. There is also a humanities programme, a science programme, a children and free time programme and a social sciences programme. There are three year groups so you can see that it's a big school.
I was really nervous. I saw that some people already knew each other which made me even more nervous. My class is great though. The girls outnumber the boys. Our mentors seem really nice too. We got our timetables today. We start and finish at different times every day which is cool. I don't know what else to say at the moment so.....
Bye banan!
Today was my first day at gymnasiet. I will be doing the IB programme.
The school I go to is enormous. IB is not the only programme. There is also a humanities programme, a science programme, a children and free time programme and a social sciences programme. There are three year groups so you can see that it's a big school.
I was really nervous. I saw that some people already knew each other which made me even more nervous. My class is great though. The girls outnumber the boys. Our mentors seem really nice too. We got our timetables today. We start and finish at different times every day which is cool. I don't know what else to say at the moment so.....
Bye banan!
Sunday, 18 August 2013
Nervous excitement
Hi!
I start school tomorrow. Exciting! I've got all the stuff that I need, hopefully. 🎒
I'm happy because I've been looking forward to starting gymnasiet for ages.
I get to study Swedish for the first time since year 1, which should be interesting. 📝
Only one of my three fountain pens is working at the moment. Very annoying. ✒ I think most people use pencils anyway ✏
Wish me luck for tomorrow!
Bye banan!
I start school tomorrow. Exciting! I've got all the stuff that I need, hopefully. 🎒
I'm happy because I've been looking forward to starting gymnasiet for ages.
I get to study Swedish for the first time since year 1, which should be interesting. 📝
Only one of my three fountain pens is working at the moment. Very annoying. ✒ I think most people use pencils anyway ✏
Wish me luck for tomorrow!
Bye banan!
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Home
Hi!
I got to Sweden yesterday :)
I have now sorted out my room at the house we're staying at for the next couple of months. I've found a few shelves and drawers in various places for my clothes and my suitcases are under the bed with various things still in them. My room is presentable now though but I'm really looking forward to December when we move into our apartment. It's going to great!
So, entertaining stuff that happened during the trip.
1. My bags were too heavy. One was 20kg and the other was 24.9kg. Luckily mum had lighter bags and could take some of my stuff. She did end up with a hand luggage bag of a similar mass to a bag of cement in her view but oh well.
2. The bus driver at Gatwick took everyone from the Guernsey flight we were on to the wrong place. We ended up in domestic arrivals instead of international arrivals. We had to take the bus back to the right place as that was where our bags were and we had to go through passport control. It's good arriving from Guernsey at Gatwick because you just hand in your boarding card and get to skip the queues.
What was the third entertaining thing? Oh yeah.....
3. I missed the train today! I booked a ticket on the machine for 12.11 to the place where my best friend lives. I then ran to the platform and when I got up there the train was just leaving. I was very annoyed. The one time the train leaves on time, I miss it. I then got another ticket for the next train which was at 13.11 so I had to wait around for ages. I did end up in the right place in the end but I barely recognised the area around the train station from when I lived there because there are so many new buildings. It was fun though.
GCSE results are out next Thursday. It will be interesting to see what I got. They don't matter for me but I still worked really hard so I want to know.
Bye banan!
I got to Sweden yesterday :)
I have now sorted out my room at the house we're staying at for the next couple of months. I've found a few shelves and drawers in various places for my clothes and my suitcases are under the bed with various things still in them. My room is presentable now though but I'm really looking forward to December when we move into our apartment. It's going to great!
So, entertaining stuff that happened during the trip.
1. My bags were too heavy. One was 20kg and the other was 24.9kg. Luckily mum had lighter bags and could take some of my stuff. She did end up with a hand luggage bag of a similar mass to a bag of cement in her view but oh well.
2. The bus driver at Gatwick took everyone from the Guernsey flight we were on to the wrong place. We ended up in domestic arrivals instead of international arrivals. We had to take the bus back to the right place as that was where our bags were and we had to go through passport control. It's good arriving from Guernsey at Gatwick because you just hand in your boarding card and get to skip the queues.
What was the third entertaining thing? Oh yeah.....
3. I missed the train today! I booked a ticket on the machine for 12.11 to the place where my best friend lives. I then ran to the platform and when I got up there the train was just leaving. I was very annoyed. The one time the train leaves on time, I miss it. I then got another ticket for the next train which was at 13.11 so I had to wait around for ages. I did end up in the right place in the end but I barely recognised the area around the train station from when I lived there because there are so many new buildings. It was fun though.
GCSE results are out next Thursday. It will be interesting to see what I got. They don't matter for me but I still worked really hard so I want to know.
Bye banan!
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Of rafts and teddybears
It was the harbour carnival yesterday. A great event with lots of stalls, food and fun. The main attraction is normally the man powered flight. The goal of the man powered flight is to reach Herm. It's very entertaining because most of the entries simply jump and don't get any flight time in. There is also a tug of war at the mouth of the harbour with one team ending up in the water each time. There is a ladies dinghy race, which I was roped into along with some friends at the last minute last year as a scouts team. The raft races are also very entertaining. The emergency services have raft races. This year entertainment value was added by the fire truck soaking the participants. 'twas most amusing.
Sad goodbyes
Hi!
I'm leaving Guernsey in a couple of days to move back to Sweden. As I've said earlier on here it's been very chaotic with all the packing and I've been very tired. It's very surprising how much stuff two people have when it's all packed up in boxes. Also, I officially hate cubic foot. Working it out is way too confusing and weird.
Anyway, I wanted to write about saying goodbye. Today I said goodbye to a friend of mine who has been an awesome friend to me for the past couple of years. A few days ago I went to a BBQ at a friends house which turned out to be a leaving BBQ for me. My friends are awesome and I'm going to miss them so much. I didn't quite realise how much until they showed me a video they had made which almost made me cry. Luckily we have Facebook, Skype, Email etc. to stay in touch with.
I'm still really excited to go back to Sweden but I've realised that I'm really going to miss all my friends.
Bye Banan!
I'm leaving Guernsey in a couple of days to move back to Sweden. As I've said earlier on here it's been very chaotic with all the packing and I've been very tired. It's very surprising how much stuff two people have when it's all packed up in boxes. Also, I officially hate cubic foot. Working it out is way too confusing and weird.
Anyway, I wanted to write about saying goodbye. Today I said goodbye to a friend of mine who has been an awesome friend to me for the past couple of years. A few days ago I went to a BBQ at a friends house which turned out to be a leaving BBQ for me. My friends are awesome and I'm going to miss them so much. I didn't quite realise how much until they showed me a video they had made which almost made me cry. Luckily we have Facebook, Skype, Email etc. to stay in touch with.
I'm still really excited to go back to Sweden but I've realised that I'm really going to miss all my friends.
Bye Banan!
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacking
Hi!
I have almost finished packing.
Yesterday I had one bag weighing 17kg and one weighing 22kg. Today, despite putting some of the stuff in removal boxes, I have one bag weighing 21kg and one weighing 19kg. It doesn't quite add up because the total yesterday was 39kg and today it's 40kg.
If I had tried checking them as 17kg and 22 kg respectively I would have asked to repack at the airport. I don't understand the point of this because it is still the same total mass. Oh well, at least we're not flying with that lovely budget airline *******. Rant over.
I leave the island in a week and I'm very excited!
Bye Banan!
I have almost finished packing.
Yesterday I had one bag weighing 17kg and one weighing 22kg. Today, despite putting some of the stuff in removal boxes, I have one bag weighing 21kg and one weighing 19kg. It doesn't quite add up because the total yesterday was 39kg and today it's 40kg.
If I had tried checking them as 17kg and 22 kg respectively I would have asked to repack at the airport. I don't understand the point of this because it is still the same total mass. Oh well, at least we're not flying with that lovely budget airline *******. Rant over.
I leave the island in a week and I'm very excited!
Bye Banan!
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Two weeks
Hi!
It is two weeks (which autocorrect wanted to change to weekends before I changed the language) until I start my new school in Sweden. I am very excited! My new school is absolutely massive compared to my current school. I will no longer have a school uniform (worth going just for that) and I will be studying Swedish for the first time since I was eight (nervous about that part).
I'm obviously sad about leaving Guernsey (well my friends) although there are some aspects I won't miss (*cough* constant roadworks *cough*).
I just had an idea for a new post so check back soon and it should be up.
Bye banan!
P.S. it would be greatly appreciated if You could go and like my Facebook page :)
It is two weeks (which autocorrect wanted to change to weekends before I changed the language) until I start my new school in Sweden. I am very excited! My new school is absolutely massive compared to my current school. I will no longer have a school uniform (worth going just for that) and I will be studying Swedish for the first time since I was eight (nervous about that part).
I'm obviously sad about leaving Guernsey (well my friends) although there are some aspects I won't miss (*cough* constant roadworks *cough*).
I just had an idea for a new post so check back soon and it should be up.
Bye banan!
P.S. it would be greatly appreciated if You could go and like my Facebook page :)
Monday, 29 July 2013
Back in Guernsey
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!
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!
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
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