Smooth Sailing, or so I hope

This Scan I had done whilst In hospital In Germany, I believe it was the 11 week mark.  Would you look at "it's" legs such a cute lil thang =)

And a more detailed scan at 13 weeks.  Just Incredible how much they can develop in such a small space of time.


Well as most of you know I've had a "rough" couple of months, this hypermesis has been kicking me in the ass.  Basically been violently sick every day for past 2 months and lost a total of 8 kgs!  Having been in and out of hospital I am hoping that I am now on the road to recovery.  I've had a couple of "good" days where I've managed to keep my food and fluids down so I just need a few more days like this.  


I think a lot of me feeling better has to do with the fact that I am no longer In Germany and I'm now just feeling like a  massive weight has been lifted from my shoulders. 


So.... from here on out It will be smooth sailing =) 

Scan of lil poupée

Neustadt Germany

First vineyard as you enter the property.  My Apartment Is directly behind it.

Illness...

In case anyone was wondering I'm much better after being Ill for about 7 days.  It got sooo bad when i was back in Glasgow that I thought I was gonna die!!!  Found out there is a name for ppl who get sick while in Mexico  "Montezumas Revenge"

Welcome to Germany

Well Today was my second day working and I must say, so far I am very happy with the job.  It's incredibly demanding both physically and emotionally but It's far from dull.  Yesterday the mother had ordered lunch for us all from one of their restaurants..  We enjoyed a spread of char grilled vegetables, a beef dish, proper seafood salad with lobster, octopus etc etc and al this was followed by a whole tray of desserts- panacotta, chocolate cake, blueberry cake, cake biscuits and truffles.  It was truely rediculous.  To top it all off we had a glass of wine from one of thier wineries.  


They seem to be extremely giving people and very grounded despite their wealth.  today was pretty much the same, lunch was delivered from the restaurant and before i went on my break she gave me a glass of German champagne to "enjoy" whilst on my break.
Since I worked the weekend I am off tomorrow and also Tuesday so I plan on heading into town to organize a local sim card and just get my bearings.

I've been told I can use the Mercedes Kompressor while off duty.  I think I can "tolerate" the fact that I'm so far away from anything, It's going to be a great opportunity for me to save my lil ass off.
Will upload some pictures tomorrow of the area.
oxox 

Moi Suomi

Kiitos ystävilleni. Ottaa hauskaa Suomessa!

Well i finally made It to Finland, I left London early Saturday morning as I had a relatively early flight from stansted which is over an hour outside of London. It was my first time flying with the budget airline "Ryanair" not quite as bad as I had Imagined!

After a 3 hour flight I finally touched down In Tampere, Finland which is about 3 hours North of Helsinki. As we were landing on the run way all I could see were trees, looked like the airport was in the middle of nowhere and as it turned out it was!

I was greeted by Jonna and her mum, It was so great seeing her and this time in her home country! She quickly presented me with a bag full of goodies which included all the essential touristy thangs. From the airport we headed for her mum's house which was going to be the base for the next 2 weeks. Jonna's mum doesnt speak much english so It's been fun communicating with her. She has been wanting me to teach her so while Jonna has been at work her mum and I have made some trips to the supermarket and also some walks with the dog, Its amazing how much you can understand and speak when your in the situation.

Saturday afternoon I was meeting up with all the girls In Helsinki for a night out, of course It had been a little while since I had seen them so of course there was much to catch up on. We had such a fun night filled with lots of alcohol and ever more laughter, u cant beat good girlfriends.

On Sunday Jonna and I did all the touristy things in Helsinki which is the capital and largest city in Finland. It's in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is 584,420 and the population of Finland is about 5 million.

From Tuesday I spent the next coupld of days with Kati and her son Jelani, we made a trip up to Turku which is the oldest city in Finland. The weather was amazing and we had a fab time just walking around the old city and having lunch on the Aura River.

Wednesday I had my first Sauna experience and I suppose I wasnt prepared for it at all, I had not realized that you actually strip off and sauna with anyone and everyone. It was quite awkward as I was with my friend Kati, her son Jelani and also her grandmother. As I wasnt mentally prepared for it my prude ass was sitting in the sauna with my towel on lol I needed time to prepare for it lol, maybe next time Kati heheh

Kati was such an amazing tour guide, she took me to Vanajan Linna which is an old castle that dates back to 1924, the rooms were so grand and the grounds were perfectly manicured.