ALISIAS BIRTHDAY

Hallo!

  Last weekend I spent once again with my friends, this time it was Alisias sweet sighteen birhtday party (Saturday-Sunday). We basically just spent a girlsnight with Alisia, Fabienne, Vanessa and Ann-Sophie, and made pizza, ATE A LOT OF UNHEALTHY FOOD, laughed, watched TV, told some secrets, and just had a nice time. Since I had woken up that day at 5 in the morning, so you can imagine who was the one who fell asleep in Ann-Sophies arms already at like 9 PM....

 We literally ate A LOT, but in the morning there was still so much food left, and after a proper breakfast we ate our second breakfast - muffins, candy, chips, soda, cake.... After our breakfast(s) Alisia and Fabienne did some yoga, and after Fabienne had left home, the rest of us went to have a walk with Alisias dog, and the view was so beautiful OMG !!! (And afterwards we ate some more food.......).

A-TEAM <3

spot the Estonian, who´s supposed to not to be afraid of cold...

   I don´t even know what to write anymore, my head is just full with ideas that I don´t know how to write down on a plank page... And that´s mostly the reason why my posts have lately been reallly messy, short, and pointless. I guess I´m already so used to my life here, and it doesn´t seem so new and extraordinary anymore. Oh well, lets see what´s gonna happen :):)

HERBSTFERIEN

HALLOOO

Se last two weeks we had our firolid (06.-19.10), and the reason I hadn't written anything during that time was mostly just because I was too lazy, but I also wanted to write about those two weeks together.

I had won a free week to a lady camp, and the first week I mostly spent there with my sister. Like the name reveals, the gym was ment for only women/girls/ladies, and the whole fitness studio kind of looked like a hotell, not like a normal gym, and there were like small waterfalls in the corners, candels in the bathrooms, and after you were finished with a maschine, you had to wipe it with disinfection liquid, so everything would stay clean. During the seven day trial, we tried out almost every course they had, and well mostly we were the youngest ones there.

On Thursday of the first week (09.10), we went shopping with Maxi to Erfurt, and also on that same day I had been exactly 2 months with my hostfamily(!!!) so it was a special day for all of us! :)) And I finally bought a winter jacket, since this genious didn't really think it'd get this cold in October, so until then I had to freeze with the jackets I had with (and of course just when I bought it, the weather started turning better and the next week the temperature was almost 20°C -.- ).

During the holidays I also got together with some friends, and we went a bit sightseeing with my hostfamily also :))) I'm being a really lazy blogger right now, so I think I'll leave it be and let you enjoy some pictures from my weeks.

I reallly apologize about my messy text, and that it takes me always so long to write a new blog entry, but I really hope you guys don't mind. :)))

tschüß :*

FRANZIS SWEET 16 !!

Hallo!

   Yesterday-today night I had my first birthday party in Germany, Franzis sweet 16 !! To be precice, she turned 16 this night at 00.50 and me, Antonia, Alina, Selina, Fabienne, Lea and Sophia got to congratulate her in person exactly at that time (and at 00.00) !!

   We gathered at Franzis house at 18.00, but Fabianne and Lea were late like an hour or so, so our party began by sitting in Franzis new bed and eating candy... By the time the girls finally came we were all starving, so first thing we did was hurry to the kitchen to eat Franzis mamas made wraps (lovelovelovelove), and then headed to their partyhouse(?) to continue eating. The foods in german birthdays are a bit different from what we have in Estonia, first of all they all seem to love these sweet-rice-puff things that are actually really cross... and second of all, there´s not as much food as at the parties at home, quess it´s just for the better. :D:D Also the way german people celebrate is different, I can´t really describe what´s the difference, but it´s more fun and interesting here... The party kind of reminded me of my childhood birthday parties - because of the fun part, not that it would´ve been childish or anything !

   We started counting down from 23.59:50 and when the clock finally hit 00.00 we threw the colourful-paper-things (can´t remember the name sorry) Sophia brought with, and hurried to congratulate her - at first everybody else hugged her all together, and I didn´t really understand what was going on, so I just stood there doing nothing until came my turn to hug her. Also her parents came out to surprise her with fireworks, and you just should´ve seen her face ! She was already in tears, and she looked just overall so happy ! :)) The presents that Franzi got from others were so cute, and you could see that they had planned them beforehand, and gave a lot of effort for her ! (I bought her a book, fluffy socks, candy and made her a bracelet - of course all in her favorite colour - and made her a cake.)

JUST LOOK HOW HAPPY SHE IS !!

   (The pictures are mixed from all of us, and they´re not in the order also, sorry)

 
   All together it was a reaaaallly great night with the best girls to possibly spend it with, and now I just can´t wait for my birthday so I can invite the same sweethearths, and get fat with them. :)

P.S. it´s my second (and last) week of my holiday, so next week I´ll make a post about these two weeks together, I just wanted this one to be dedicated only for Franzi!

   Aber Tschüss, UND EIN MAL MEHR; ALLES GUTE FRANZI SCHATZI ! :*
 

what I think about Germany

   As I promised last time, this one won´t be a usual ´how my week went´-post. I´ve been gathering some thoughts for this, and finally think I´m ready to let you guys know, what do I think about Germany.

   I´ve visited Germany maany times before I started my exchange year, and the ideas that I got from the country weren´t exactly the same as I have now. Of course many have stayed the same - I still think Germany is a wonderful country and it has a lot to be proud of - but I don´t think anymore as the tourist Alina used to.

   First of all, one thing that I noticed on the first-second weeks of school, is that germans don´t tend to prejudge you and they are nice! I do think that Germany is the most anti-racist country I´ve ever seen! A huge amount of people think Germany is still the same it was during the WWII, but in reality so many things have changed - okay, the people have changed, the country´s still the same. It seems like the nation has learned from the mistakes of their ancestors, and turned the country to a loving and a accepting place. You can literally be whatever  you want whenever you want, and you´ll still be accepted byothers. And as I´ve mentioned in my posts before, it´s nicer to go to school here, since other students don´t judge you and you most likely wont get bullied. Okay there are some bullies of course, but it´s not a thing here, and usually the bullies are the ones who don´t have any friends and are ignored by the rest.

   I´m not going to get tired about repeating over and over again, how loving people germans are! They´re just these cute little bundles of love and care! I wouldn´t even mind taking some of them back home with me, and I do think the world needs more of people like the ones, I´ve gotten to know here!!!

   One thing that really bothers me, is that in history we only learn about WWII and natcism. Also in other subjects, there´s some topics that are somehow connected to it. I didn´t even know there was so much to teach about that one particular event, and it´s like the main thing they teach in schools here. Maybe it just seems so to me, since I´m not really used to hearing about WWII nonstop, all the time. Of course I understand that it was a big deal for Germany, and germans should know everything that happened there, but they don´t really go through any other topics, and I´m having a hard time getting used to it. I don´t paritcularly like that era, since it´s a bit depressing and harsh, but there´s really nothing I can do about it, so guess I´m just going to have to not let it get the best of me :))

   Overall I think that Germany is an amazing country, with a lot of beautiful places and views, and I´m just really happy to be here! I had only positive thoughts before I started my exchange year, and honestly, they´re only getting better! Of course I have some times, when I´m really missing home, and would do anything I can to get a quick visit to Estonia/Finland, but there´s nothing more important than to enjoy the moment, and I know things are going great back at home, and my only job is to have the time of my life and not worry about the unknown :):):):)

So yes, I´m sure that my choice to come to Germany for an exchange year, was THE BEST CHOICE I´VE EVER MADE!!! :)))
 
Bis nexte mal, Tschüß :)