Saturday, August 14, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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
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
Friday, May 21, 2010
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.
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.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Story Of my life!!!!
Just back from the hairdresser and I am beyond pissed, as per damn usual. Y is it that hairdressers do whatever they want despite what you tell them? So now....I have black hair with what looks like grey tips, she was meant to do the same as she did the last time but clearly she felt going darker was a better option. Thank goodness the black is only a semi permanent but now I need to get my hair done when im In Scotland. Not happy jan!!!!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
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