Howdy Family and Friends...what a day! Started out by waking up to foreigners extremely excited to see snow for the first time in their life! No words can describe the sounds I heard coming from them! EPIC!
Angela—Can u imagine that it snowed today! It is beautiful! We didn’t go bear country, but we did went to some awesome shops! I bought really yummy chocolate! Horay! And going to the mall this afternoon is the best part for me today! Me and Mrs. Barker and Mr. Barker really had a good time! I just cant stop buying all those shinny stuffs! Anyway, I did enjoyed a lot! It was a niceeeeeeeeeee day! I love it!
Joy – day 3 – survived, didn’t even fall down, didn’t freeze to death. Success!
Sid: This day began with snow and very tough driving on the road, just so scary. We froze all day, but it was still very nice and we felt so Europeans in the House of Scandinavia, even eating sushis because going to Japanese restaurants is such a European thing!
Simone – Today we visited the house of scandinavia which I loved! I Bought a lot of Christmas stuff and Danich food. We ate great food today I got sushi it was delicious..
Frenchie : day 3 with snow. So exciting ! The museum, the house of Scandinavia, the slide park. It was so much fun to spend the day in the swimming pool and look at the snow outside. I lost my phone on the morning so well I miss something. But I’m gonna survive !
Bell- I love water park do muchhhhhhh I have so much fun there. I love this day and I love SNOW !!
Diana: the waterpark is so amazing! I almost die there!!! But that is all right cuz I have my life saveior-Bell with me!! I am so sad I didn’t go there last year and see what I missed last year! But I am happy I didn’t go last year so all the things are new for me today! I hate climbing upstairs. I think I climbed at least 30 times today! And it was so cool to see everyone swimming inside while outside is snowing!
Philip: I’m tired…. Day 3 was real cool too, getting up wasn’t cool at all. I think we started at the Journey Museum, that was really interesting and you saw a lot about the life of Indians. Then we drove to the Norwegian Chapel in the hills. It was officially closed, anyhow that didn’t keep me, Cece and Angela from walking up there to take some pictures. After that we headed up to House of Scandinavia, where I spent 25 bucks on sweets. That’s just me lol. Bear Country was closed which upset me a lot, always wanted to hug a *real* bear. Then we headed for lunch, where I quietly sneaked away from our group to have lunch with Tim’s mum and sister at one of the best restaurants I’ve ever been at. Nobody could wait to go to the Watiki water park, which was great fun and real good at making me exhausted. Afterwards we cruised around forever to find a place to eat, finally I got to go to that awesome Japanese restaurant a second time. The cook was far better the first time! Then we got ice cream at some ice cream place, which was/is real good too. This best blog entries of all now ends with me questioning myself why I always write so much, it’s just work……….
Jonas: 17 people… white stuff is coming from the sky… adventure… one mission: Having FUN! When we watched out of the window today morning, everybody still had the cold feelings of dark winter month… OUT OF SARA AND MELINA! They jumped around and enjoyed this white “wonder”. “Jurney Museum”, “Stavkirke”, “Scandinavia Shop”, Lunch at Tacco Bell, Watiki water park and this AMAZING dinner! Everything was great and we had the opposite of “no funny”. I don’t want to repeat everything what the other students wrote but I had just a wonderful day and I really want to say thank you Jenn that she took such a small german boy with on this trip. Good night Nebraska, good morning Germany!
Jess- Survived day 3, had an awesome time! I loved seeing snow for the 2nd time in my life this stuff is amazing. It was a little cold but we thought the cold was the best weather go swimming. The pool was the highlight of my day! All very fun! The Japanese food was delicious but once again a kids meal was too big. The Journey museum was also very informative, I enjoyed it a great deal, I got to experience a side saddle, very uncomfortable and I’m glad chicks don’t ride horses like that! Everyone found out my phobia of bird, Jen thought it was funny, I did not! HAHA awesome day!
Alex- everyone is so romantic, by using wonderful words! I’m sorry but it’s 1.18 a.m. and I was sleeping just before this! the only thing that I can do now is describe Jen in this moment; she is sleeping sitting on the chair, this days killed her. Everything was perfect and it was just for her! Nothing can stop her, the snow tried this morning though, but she won! Good job jen we love you!
Cece: Day three is over, well not over-over but we are getting there. THIS MORNING IT SNOWED!! Since we are all foreigners, we knew that some of us probably didn’t have seen snow before, like Sara, that was hilarious!!!! she freaked out and started running in the snow and made a snow-angel, me on the other hand was inside or walking calmly beside the kids. I do not like snow! Today’s program: visiting a museum. Breaking in to a Norwegian stavkirke, the gates were closed and the Norwegian in me said: go in!!! we also went to a Scandinavian store!!!!! Denmark and I went nuts and decided to buy a lot of food and stuff you need that you can’t get around here. And from there on we were supposed to go to this bear something, but that was closed because of the bad weather so we decided to go to a water park. That was awesome!! I loved it. You can’t think that that’s the end of the day.. when you are on a Jen-Trip it never ends. Japanese, Sushi grill was for supper today!!!YUM, let’s just put it that way. I finally got my sushi in America.. I will be satisfied for days!!
Sara: The only thing I recall from this day was the snow… It actually snowed!! And it was sooo much fun!! We had a snowball fight, tried to make a snowman, it was extremely awesome!! I will always remember this trip as the best one ever!!
From our last day in South Dakota...goodnight South Dakota, Nebraska, Good morning rest of the world! Have a great day!
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
South Dakota Day 2 From the Students perspective!~
Howdy Family and Friends! Today was a day of adventure in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Keystone area! From my seat in the suburban, the roads were hard to see as it was SO foggy outside! Thank goodness for Joy--my copilot--who told me when corners were coming up and which way they would be turning. It was almost impossible to see the end of the front of the suburban!
Jonas: Mount Rushmore was just amazing. The whole story, the background and the implementation is just impressive. And I taught this 4 heads would be big… but then there was this “crazy horse”. Just the whole day was brilliant. Well… after 3 hours sleep last night, of course everybody was/is very tired but I think we still could enjoy this freezing, but wonderful, “South Dakota Day”!
Cece: Where to start? Well.. First of all, after the minimum hours of sleep we got last night we managed to get out of the door a little after than we were supposed to, but what are late nights with foreigners really about? Other than being extremely exhausted and also being very excited at the same time, we were at Mt. Rushmore, which was just like in the movies, GREAT, and visiting “Crazy Horse” was crazy big. I had a fun day and have gotten to experience a lot of what South Dakota has to offer!
Alessio: ciao, now I can say that South Dakota is not a boring state :D we had a lot of fun! We were at a museum , at dinosaur park, it was cooooooooold. We are having wonderful time, I can’t wait for tomorrow!
Philip: sooooooo…….. this day really was awesome. Gettin outta the bed wasn’t too much fun, after 4 hours of sleep, but it was worth the struggle! Dinosaur Park was – cold. Guess one has a real nice view on Rapid City from up there, but no, it has to be foggy…….. Anyway the dinosaurs were cool and the iceskating was too! The wildlife museum we went to was also cool, got a lotta pictures I could never get in nature – I know it’s cheating…. Then we drove to Keystone, which was kinda funny. It was foggy – I fell asleep – I woke up again – Fog was gone! Well the little village in the valley was sooooooo beautiful and had some real classical western buildings, like they have em in the movies. The cheap souvenir shop was cool too, just because it was cheap! And that candy shop – ohhhh I wanna live there! Anyway, after that we drove up to the faces, the landscape becoming cooler the further you drive. The guy who told us about the monument was real good, and the 4 presidents were even better! It’s much cooler than in any movies, but I guess everything you see yourself is better than in movies. I still just cannot get the idea of climbing up there outta my brain – To-Do list! Then we drove to Crazy Horse Memorial. The landscape fascinated me so much that I thought “I’m gonna be back in 10 years on a bike!”. Would love to do that right now. Since the memorial is still work-in-progress and will be that for a loooooooong time, the actual monument wasn’t too interesting, but the museum with the story about the guy who started it all and the display of tools they use was really interesting. Since Sara can’t wait to get her fingers on this computer, and I’ve written way too much anyway, that’s it from me!
Sara: So many amazing things happened today that it’s very difficult to summarize all the awesomeness that happened, but I’ll try. First, who wakes up at 8am after sleeping for only 3 hours? Seriously Jen, we’re teenagers, we need to sleep!! Second, I love the dinosaurs! And there was ice in the trees!! ICE IN THE TREES!!! Isn’t that extremely amazing?? I don’t think I could ever see that in Brazil… Third, the cruel animal museum… I don’t even want to comment on that. Fourth, Mt. Rushmore… How amazing, definitely the highlight of our SD trip! It was sooo much more than I could ever expect. It’s just incredible to see such a great monument and learn a little bit more about American history. Fifth, The crazy horse thingee… I still don’t get that thing.. Why would you build something that big?? Hahahha It was fun though and Dave kinda creeped on us ;) And just to share my opinion, I don’t think those carvings will ever be done… And last but not least, sixth highlight of our day, t.g.i Fridays and the pool!! Just hanging out with my fellow exchange students is a blessing and getting to know them a little bit more makes me so happy!! Love you all <3
Jess: I had a fantastic day even if I was suffering from minimal sleep also. The Dinosours were awesome but the view from up there was even better! I enjoy the Outdoor place a great deal! Seeing all the American animals was so interesting except for the creepy birds hanging off the roof and scaring me! Mt. Rushmore was certainly the highlight of my day. The history and all the thought behind the mountain is incredible! I thought Mt. Rushmore was big, but was shocked when I saw the Crazy Horse. The museum there was very interesting and we were even stalked whilst visiting there! To top it off I had a lovely kiddies meal which was BIG! Awesome day!
Simone: I s had a fantastic day! This trip is amazing and I loved to see Mt. Ruschmore it’s was so big and I have always wanted to see it. But whats makes this so amazing is that we have so much fun toghter and that we are laughing all the time.
Joy: we had way too much fun! Our sightseeing tour was very successful even though it was REAL cold. Mt. Rushmore was overwhelming but I found Crazy Horse even better since the story going with the memorial is even more interesting.
Sid: Visiting all of those places we’ve seen so far is just fabulous. Especially because it is not very common for a foreigner to go to South Dakota just to visit Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse! It makes the trip even better to know we are so lucky. Those two places were majestic and wonderful. It is even cooler than in the movies! But it was still very cold outside! Being together is the funniest part of this trip and I love it!
Angela: What an amazing day I had! We went to the amazing dianosour park…hahaha. Actually I like MT.RUSHMORE the best! I learned a lot and did enjoyed myself! Crazy Horse is also cool! I did saw a lot of things that China does not have. Well, guess what, I like my dinner!! It is sooooooo yummy!!! The best dished I had ever!! I am so happy today!! Expecting a new day comes!!
Bell: it was a awesome day ! I take a lot of picture and I love dianosour park so much !!! because it was very cold !! and that’s my first time to saw ice on the tree. AMAZING!! I love it and I always keep thinking when it snow, how’s is look like…. Love it !
Diana: I like dinasour very much because of the snow! It was so fun to see the snow on every piece of leaf. And the Mt. Rushmore is cool, too. I like the Outdoor campus west a lot! The animals look so real!!!
Frenchie : It was a niceeeee day ! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yes it was fabulous ! We saw dinosaurs, it doesn’t happen every day. I took pictures of Sara, my incredible sister, seeing ice on the tree for the very first time ! That was really sad to see stuffed animals. Poor innocent animals but still cuuute. Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse was amazing. And I obviously I enjoyed taking pictures of everybody. I found my job
From our picture window to yours, have a great day!
Jonas: Mount Rushmore was just amazing. The whole story, the background and the implementation is just impressive. And I taught this 4 heads would be big… but then there was this “crazy horse”. Just the whole day was brilliant. Well… after 3 hours sleep last night, of course everybody was/is very tired but I think we still could enjoy this freezing, but wonderful, “South Dakota Day”!
Cece: Where to start? Well.. First of all, after the minimum hours of sleep we got last night we managed to get out of the door a little after than we were supposed to, but what are late nights with foreigners really about? Other than being extremely exhausted and also being very excited at the same time, we were at Mt. Rushmore, which was just like in the movies, GREAT, and visiting “Crazy Horse” was crazy big. I had a fun day and have gotten to experience a lot of what South Dakota has to offer!
Alessio: ciao, now I can say that South Dakota is not a boring state :D we had a lot of fun! We were at a museum , at dinosaur park, it was cooooooooold. We are having wonderful time, I can’t wait for tomorrow!
Philip: sooooooo…….. this day really was awesome. Gettin outta the bed wasn’t too much fun, after 4 hours of sleep, but it was worth the struggle! Dinosaur Park was – cold. Guess one has a real nice view on Rapid City from up there, but no, it has to be foggy…….. Anyway the dinosaurs were cool and the iceskating was too! The wildlife museum we went to was also cool, got a lotta pictures I could never get in nature – I know it’s cheating…. Then we drove to Keystone, which was kinda funny. It was foggy – I fell asleep – I woke up again – Fog was gone! Well the little village in the valley was sooooooo beautiful and had some real classical western buildings, like they have em in the movies. The cheap souvenir shop was cool too, just because it was cheap! And that candy shop – ohhhh I wanna live there! Anyway, after that we drove up to the faces, the landscape becoming cooler the further you drive. The guy who told us about the monument was real good, and the 4 presidents were even better! It’s much cooler than in any movies, but I guess everything you see yourself is better than in movies. I still just cannot get the idea of climbing up there outta my brain – To-Do list! Then we drove to Crazy Horse Memorial. The landscape fascinated me so much that I thought “I’m gonna be back in 10 years on a bike!”. Would love to do that right now. Since the memorial is still work-in-progress and will be that for a loooooooong time, the actual monument wasn’t too interesting, but the museum with the story about the guy who started it all and the display of tools they use was really interesting. Since Sara can’t wait to get her fingers on this computer, and I’ve written way too much anyway, that’s it from me!
Sara: So many amazing things happened today that it’s very difficult to summarize all the awesomeness that happened, but I’ll try. First, who wakes up at 8am after sleeping for only 3 hours? Seriously Jen, we’re teenagers, we need to sleep!! Second, I love the dinosaurs! And there was ice in the trees!! ICE IN THE TREES!!! Isn’t that extremely amazing?? I don’t think I could ever see that in Brazil… Third, the cruel animal museum… I don’t even want to comment on that. Fourth, Mt. Rushmore… How amazing, definitely the highlight of our SD trip! It was sooo much more than I could ever expect. It’s just incredible to see such a great monument and learn a little bit more about American history. Fifth, The crazy horse thingee… I still don’t get that thing.. Why would you build something that big?? Hahahha It was fun though and Dave kinda creeped on us ;) And just to share my opinion, I don’t think those carvings will ever be done… And last but not least, sixth highlight of our day, t.g.i Fridays and the pool!! Just hanging out with my fellow exchange students is a blessing and getting to know them a little bit more makes me so happy!! Love you all <3
Jess: I had a fantastic day even if I was suffering from minimal sleep also. The Dinosours were awesome but the view from up there was even better! I enjoy the Outdoor place a great deal! Seeing all the American animals was so interesting except for the creepy birds hanging off the roof and scaring me! Mt. Rushmore was certainly the highlight of my day. The history and all the thought behind the mountain is incredible! I thought Mt. Rushmore was big, but was shocked when I saw the Crazy Horse. The museum there was very interesting and we were even stalked whilst visiting there! To top it off I had a lovely kiddies meal which was BIG! Awesome day!
Simone: I s had a fantastic day! This trip is amazing and I loved to see Mt. Ruschmore it’s was so big and I have always wanted to see it. But whats makes this so amazing is that we have so much fun toghter and that we are laughing all the time.
Joy: we had way too much fun! Our sightseeing tour was very successful even though it was REAL cold. Mt. Rushmore was overwhelming but I found Crazy Horse even better since the story going with the memorial is even more interesting.
Sid: Visiting all of those places we’ve seen so far is just fabulous. Especially because it is not very common for a foreigner to go to South Dakota just to visit Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse! It makes the trip even better to know we are so lucky. Those two places were majestic and wonderful. It is even cooler than in the movies! But it was still very cold outside! Being together is the funniest part of this trip and I love it!
Angela: What an amazing day I had! We went to the amazing dianosour park…hahaha. Actually I like MT.RUSHMORE the best! I learned a lot and did enjoyed myself! Crazy Horse is also cool! I did saw a lot of things that China does not have. Well, guess what, I like my dinner!! It is sooooooo yummy!!! The best dished I had ever!! I am so happy today!! Expecting a new day comes!!
Bell: it was a awesome day ! I take a lot of picture and I love dianosour park so much !!! because it was very cold !! and that’s my first time to saw ice on the tree. AMAZING!! I love it and I always keep thinking when it snow, how’s is look like…. Love it !
Diana: I like dinasour very much because of the snow! It was so fun to see the snow on every piece of leaf. And the Mt. Rushmore is cool, too. I like the Outdoor campus west a lot! The animals look so real!!!
Frenchie : It was a niceeeee day ! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yes it was fabulous ! We saw dinosaurs, it doesn’t happen every day. I took pictures of Sara, my incredible sister, seeing ice on the tree for the very first time ! That was really sad to see stuffed animals. Poor innocent animals but still cuuute. Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse was amazing. And I obviously I enjoyed taking pictures of everybody. I found my job
From our picture window to yours, have a great day!
Friday, November 9, 2012
South Dakota Day 1 from the students perspective!
Howdy family and friends! Today we embarked on an adventure of a lifetime...or shall I say, meeting of the nations! The STS exchange students plus one (Jonas) and 3 adults left Burwell to drive to Rapid City, SD. Here are a few of their thoughts about the trip this far. (We passed the computer around the room to get their thoughts on the day so far!
IHOP Cece
best place ever Sara
Chocolate cake…Adam Barker
Super clean hotel! Diana
The pool was awesome, it was hot and cold, Cece
Sara loved the waterslide,
Sara!! Jen is sooo awesome!! Hahahaha Love you…
Adam Schaefer…… I love you ilove you I love you. I love you I love you I love you… chocolate cake
Joy – we should have at least stopped one more time on the way up here (I almost peed my pants, bro!) eating pancakes at ihop was a great idea!
Melina – Frenchie says that we should do it forever. Let’s stay together. First evening was extremely awesome.
Sid – We should go on trip like this one all the time. This is so much fun. Gathering with all our STS group is just awesome!
-Alex Don’t eat the chocolate cake, I love you
Simone- This is so much fun! Love u
Diana- love the hotel sooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!
Angela-it is an awesome trip today! We had soooooooo much fun! Lov u Miss Jen!
Bell- AWESOME TRIP !!!! I love pancake !!
Cece- Norway says that ihop has the best pancakes in the world. I love our foreigners group AND MOST OF ALL I LOVE YOU, MAMMA
Jonas- Awesome, just awesome! Many people asked me “What is the perfect trip for you?” and I didn`t knew an answer. But now I can say: “THIS IS A TRIP! WITH JUST SO AWESOME PEOPLE!”
Philip: As everyone above said, it’s just AWESOME being in SD with a bunch of crazy kids and an even crazier Jen! If we would do that all the time – I would be in! I’ll be sleepy in school on Monday, well who cares!
Jess – Having the best time, love seeing another part of America, thank you Jen
Although the Thanks are great, its all about the students and providing an opportunity for them to see the world...one small piece at a time.
From OUR picture window to yours, have a great night!
IHOP Cece
best place ever Sara
Chocolate cake…Adam Barker
Super clean hotel! Diana
The pool was awesome, it was hot and cold, Cece
Sara loved the waterslide,
Sara!! Jen is sooo awesome!! Hahahaha Love you…
Adam Schaefer…… I love you ilove you I love you. I love you I love you I love you… chocolate cake
Joy – we should have at least stopped one more time on the way up here (I almost peed my pants, bro!) eating pancakes at ihop was a great idea!
Melina – Frenchie says that we should do it forever. Let’s stay together. First evening was extremely awesome.
Sid – We should go on trip like this one all the time. This is so much fun. Gathering with all our STS group is just awesome!
-Alex Don’t eat the chocolate cake, I love you
Simone- This is so much fun! Love u
Diana- love the hotel sooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!
Angela-it is an awesome trip today! We had soooooooo much fun! Lov u Miss Jen!
Bell- AWESOME TRIP !!!! I love pancake !!
Cece- Norway says that ihop has the best pancakes in the world. I love our foreigners group AND MOST OF ALL I LOVE YOU, MAMMA
Jonas- Awesome, just awesome! Many people asked me “What is the perfect trip for you?” and I didn`t knew an answer. But now I can say: “THIS IS A TRIP! WITH JUST SO AWESOME PEOPLE!”
Philip: As everyone above said, it’s just AWESOME being in SD with a bunch of crazy kids and an even crazier Jen! If we would do that all the time – I would be in! I’ll be sleepy in school on Monday, well who cares!
Jess – Having the best time, love seeing another part of America, thank you Jen
Although the Thanks are great, its all about the students and providing an opportunity for them to see the world...one small piece at a time.
From OUR picture window to yours, have a great night!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Good bye Sweden and Ireland...
Howdy family and friends! This is the final blog post from the EU. Bitter sweet I must say. I truly miss my kids but will leave a piece of my heart in Sweden and Ireland! So many new memories made that I will cherish forever!
This morning found the alarm going off in Sweden before some of you were even thinking about going to bed in America! Of course it was raining. After dropping Julia off at school where she works, it was hard to hold back the tears that were so ready to fall from the eyes and wet the cheeks! For once I was glad that I was in the backseat and it was still semi-dark.
From there, Peder drove us to Skavsta to the airport to catch our plane.
Luckily for me, I was very tired so I caught a few more winks of sleep on the drive.
After saying the final good bye to him, we went through customs and passport checks again and boarded the 'lovely' RyanAir. This time we decided to sit in the back of the plane. (I don't recommend this option due to the smell of gasoline that comes from the wings.) Going up in the air, the flight was not so pleasant--quite turbulent to be honest. Dave and I snacked on our Swedish candy that we purchased yesterday in the grocery store and shared a set of headphones to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks on the ipod.
After landing in a much warmer and sunny Dublin, Ireland, we made our way right through passport checks and customs. Our flight even arrived early so we beat Blake and Katy to the airport!
They picked us up in their Speed The Light Car
and we drove into the City Center of Dublin. After dropping off our luggage Dave and I hit the streets on Dublin one last time to shop until our feet could handle no more walking. We probably walked over 3 miles today! That's a good shopping day! We enjoyed a great Irish meal for lunch together and then some very tasty ice cream before indulging in a late afternoon coffee time.
We took a final cruise in the EcoCab over to the spire and then made our way back to Blake and Katy's. Tonight we would celebrate Katy's birthday (which is tomorrow) and take them out for a meal of her choice! We found ourselves at a Pizza Restaurant. The pizza here is slightly different than what I serve at the Pizza Palace in Burwell. We had a pepperoni pizza--but theirs was much thicker--almost like a salami cut. The crust is super thin and the sauce has more of a home made taste. Overall very good!
We headed back to the apartment and had some evening sleepy tea...and now for my deep thought on that: How can Sleepy and Tea go together? Tea is usually caffeine and doesn't help one sleep until you add Chamomile... ??
From our final day in the EU to yours, have a great week!
This morning found the alarm going off in Sweden before some of you were even thinking about going to bed in America! Of course it was raining. After dropping Julia off at school where she works, it was hard to hold back the tears that were so ready to fall from the eyes and wet the cheeks! For once I was glad that I was in the backseat and it was still semi-dark.
From there, Peder drove us to Skavsta to the airport to catch our plane.
After saying the final good bye to him, we went through customs and passport checks again and boarded the 'lovely' RyanAir. This time we decided to sit in the back of the plane. (I don't recommend this option due to the smell of gasoline that comes from the wings.) Going up in the air, the flight was not so pleasant--quite turbulent to be honest. Dave and I snacked on our Swedish candy that we purchased yesterday in the grocery store and shared a set of headphones to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks on the ipod.
After landing in a much warmer and sunny Dublin, Ireland, we made our way right through passport checks and customs. Our flight even arrived early so we beat Blake and Katy to the airport!
They picked us up in their Speed The Light Car
We took a final cruise in the EcoCab over to the spire and then made our way back to Blake and Katy's. Tonight we would celebrate Katy's birthday (which is tomorrow) and take them out for a meal of her choice! We found ourselves at a Pizza Restaurant. The pizza here is slightly different than what I serve at the Pizza Palace in Burwell. We had a pepperoni pizza--but theirs was much thicker--almost like a salami cut. The crust is super thin and the sauce has more of a home made taste. Overall very good!
We headed back to the apartment and had some evening sleepy tea...and now for my deep thought on that: How can Sleepy and Tea go together? Tea is usually caffeine and doesn't help one sleep until you add Chamomile... ??
From our final day in the EU to yours, have a great week!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Sweden Day 3--Rudolph for lunch...Last full day here...
Howdy friends and family!
Today we were able to sleep in! Such a nice treat again! After breakfast, Ann-Louise came to pick us up and take us to where she works. She works for the Airport Control Center. It was very interesting! We had to have a special pass just to get in the door. We were able to view the control center and even sit in a Military Control Center desk and see the planes in the sky, view their coordinates, and how that side works!
After finishing that tour, we went back to Peder's home to wait for him to finish working from home today. He then took us to Rosersberg Palace. It was a nice little castle that reminded us of a medium size hotel with beautiful green grass and a huge back yard that led you down to the lake.
We then went to Steninge Castle. At this castle we enjoyed a very tasty lunch consisting of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer for Dave and a yummy quiche/shepherds pie for me. I would love to tell you the name of the food, but it was all in Swedish...
At this castle, there was a glass blower. We were able to watch him make some beautiful pieces and then purchase them! (Hopefully I have them packed so well that they will make it home with me in one piece!)
After shopping, we picked up true Swedish handball jerseys that were worn during games and had the players (Julia and Isak)
sign them for the Busch Boys! Even though they will be a little big, it will be so much fun to watch them open this!
We were also able to tour where Isak and Julia attend school. It is so different from American schools--more like a college atmosphere. Many places to lounge in between classes with a concession stand that is open all day. Classes are structured like college only the teacher travels from room to room. Definitely no personalization of the classroom.
We then went to where Julia is working as a Teacher Aide for a 7 year old boy and picked her up. We drove to the oldest town in Sweden--Sigtuna and walked the streets. During the summer it is a tourist sight. Surrounded by water, yet beautiful and very expensive.
As we were getting ready to go, we found a ship with sand in it and Julia and I re created our sand picture. Even though we didn't have any flowers we found some leaves and took our picture together there! Special memories from when we took the original picture in San Diego, California in Feb. 2011.
After a quick stop at the grocery store to buy more Swedish treats and ingredients for supper, we made our way back home. Peder and Julia made a delicious supper of bacon and chicken with feta cheese and potatoes. They also had this yummy sauce that was made from feta cheese and cream cheese--we think, as well as garlic.
Around 8:15 we went to Isak's handball practice.
What an fun game! It's like a mixture between basketball, soccer, football, track (with all the running) and maybe even wrestling! Very intense!
From our cheery, sporty picture window to yours, have a great day!
Today we were able to sleep in! Such a nice treat again! After breakfast, Ann-Louise came to pick us up and take us to where she works. She works for the Airport Control Center. It was very interesting! We had to have a special pass just to get in the door. We were able to view the control center and even sit in a Military Control Center desk and see the planes in the sky, view their coordinates, and how that side works!
After finishing that tour, we went back to Peder's home to wait for him to finish working from home today. He then took us to Rosersberg Palace. It was a nice little castle that reminded us of a medium size hotel with beautiful green grass and a huge back yard that led you down to the lake.
We then went to Steninge Castle. At this castle we enjoyed a very tasty lunch consisting of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer for Dave and a yummy quiche/shepherds pie for me. I would love to tell you the name of the food, but it was all in Swedish...
At this castle, there was a glass blower. We were able to watch him make some beautiful pieces and then purchase them! (Hopefully I have them packed so well that they will make it home with me in one piece!)
After shopping, we picked up true Swedish handball jerseys that were worn during games and had the players (Julia and Isak)
We were also able to tour where Isak and Julia attend school. It is so different from American schools--more like a college atmosphere. Many places to lounge in between classes with a concession stand that is open all day. Classes are structured like college only the teacher travels from room to room. Definitely no personalization of the classroom.
We then went to where Julia is working as a Teacher Aide for a 7 year old boy and picked her up. We drove to the oldest town in Sweden--Sigtuna and walked the streets. During the summer it is a tourist sight. Surrounded by water, yet beautiful and very expensive.
As we were getting ready to go, we found a ship with sand in it and Julia and I re created our sand picture. Even though we didn't have any flowers we found some leaves and took our picture together there! Special memories from when we took the original picture in San Diego, California in Feb. 2011.
After a quick stop at the grocery store to buy more Swedish treats and ingredients for supper, we made our way back home. Peder and Julia made a delicious supper of bacon and chicken with feta cheese and potatoes. They also had this yummy sauce that was made from feta cheese and cream cheese--we think, as well as garlic.
Around 8:15 we went to Isak's handball practice.
From our cheery, sporty picture window to yours, have a great day!
Welcome to Stockholm
Howdy Friends and Family! Welcome to Stockholm, Sweden in the daylight! The day found us back on the road headed into the city of Stockholm. It was a day of sight seeing and shopping! We started our day off visiting the work place of Julia's dad, Peder. He works in a large construction company called NCC. We were only able to go into the reception area of the office building but it was amazing!
From there we met Ann-Louise, Julia's Mom and she joined us for lunch. We ate lunch at a restaurant called Polpette. We tried bacon wrapped meatloaf
which we are told is a Swedish meal with lingon. That is red berries that taste similar to cranberries. Very tasty especially with the meat!
After lunch, Peder had to go into the office so we toured around with Ann-Louise. She took us to the castle and Parliment buildings and from there to Storkyrkan or in English, The Big Church. This church is known for the weddings that have been held there. The King and Queen were married there and then in 2010 the Crowned Princess was also married there. The windows and walls were beautiful and one section of the ceiling had interesting decor! There were stones covering the floor with the names of previous Kings who have died and a HUGE pipe organ! I am sure it put out the sound!
After that, we went down and caught the ferry over to another part of the city that is home to The Vasa Museum. This museum is about a ship that sank just over 200 meters from shore. It was very interesting with all the history there! We even found 'David's bones'.
When we finished touring the ship museum, we walked around Stockholm and met up with Julia. While we were waiting we stopped by a mall and had coffee and ice cream! I enjoyed the ice cream (carmel) while Dave and Ann-Louise had coffee. It also gave us a chance to warm up as it was a little chilly yesterday!
We met up with Julia and shortly after that her Dad, we found a quaint little restaurant to eat at called Lasse Lucidor. We enjoyed a different type of pasta with sauce--not like in America. Once again, absolutely delicious to the taste buds.
We then made our way back to the car and home to Rosersberg--but not before dropping off Ann-Louise at her home.
From our tasty, site seeing picture window to yours, have a great day!
From there we met Ann-Louise, Julia's Mom and she joined us for lunch. We ate lunch at a restaurant called Polpette. We tried bacon wrapped meatloaf
After lunch, Peder had to go into the office so we toured around with Ann-Louise. She took us to the castle and Parliment buildings and from there to Storkyrkan or in English, The Big Church. This church is known for the weddings that have been held there. The King and Queen were married there and then in 2010 the Crowned Princess was also married there. The windows and walls were beautiful and one section of the ceiling had interesting decor! There were stones covering the floor with the names of previous Kings who have died and a HUGE pipe organ! I am sure it put out the sound!
After that, we went down and caught the ferry over to another part of the city that is home to The Vasa Museum. This museum is about a ship that sank just over 200 meters from shore. It was very interesting with all the history there! We even found 'David's bones'.
When we finished touring the ship museum, we walked around Stockholm and met up with Julia. While we were waiting we stopped by a mall and had coffee and ice cream! I enjoyed the ice cream (carmel) while Dave and Ann-Louise had coffee. It also gave us a chance to warm up as it was a little chilly yesterday!
We met up with Julia and shortly after that her Dad, we found a quaint little restaurant to eat at called Lasse Lucidor. We enjoyed a different type of pasta with sauce--not like in America. Once again, absolutely delicious to the taste buds.
We then made our way back to the car and home to Rosersberg--but not before dropping off Ann-Louise at her home.
From our tasty, site seeing picture window to yours, have a great day!
Welcome to Sweden--Day 1-Is this real?
Howdy Friends and Family! Our morning found us enjoying a time to sleep in since we first arrived across the big pond in the land we only dreamed about and heard about in stories!
After waking up, we enjoyed a final breakfast at the Brooks Hotel and then realized that Dave had left all our Swedish Krones in the suitcase we left with missionaries Blake and Katy Edgmon. Thank goodness for a credit card!
We got to the airport and made sure we didn't check any luggage and got our ticket stamped so we could make our way to the gate--but RyanAir is so different to fly with. There are no assigned seats and when its time, you make a mad dash run to the gate! You then board a bus out to your plane and then grab the first seat available! We ended up in Row 7. The first 4 rows were unable to sit in for anyone!
Once on board, the seats didn't recline and you didn't get any snacks without paying dearly. Little did we know this was also a flying shopping mall! The first 'commercial' was for smokeless cigarettes--ten cigs for 10 Euros! *GOOD GRIEF*
The next commercial was to purchase newspapers and magazines. From there they offered hot food, burgers, hotdogs, pasta, drinks--quite a large menu. The next item was anything from their catalog, then phone cards, then lottery tickets! FINALLY--we landed! Fortunately for me, I slept through much of this nonsense.
When the wheels touched the ground,
the stewardess pushed the button and the song for the Kentucky Derby came on and said, "We have successfully landed on time again. RyanAir has done it again. We have landed on time or ahead of time. 95% of our planes land as scheduled! Thank you for flying RyanAir."
We then made our way off the plane and ran into the hanger since it was pouring rain. We went through customs rather quickly and then met up with Julia's dad Peder.
After about an hour and half drive, we found ourselves at Julia's home! She greeted us and soon after we had a delicious supper that we shared with her Mom Ann-Louise and her brother Isak. Of course we toured her home and saw what we have only seen through SKYPE. We were able to give her some pop tarts since they don't sell them in Sweden. Then off to bed for these travelers.
From our Swedish picture window to yours, have a great day!
After waking up, we enjoyed a final breakfast at the Brooks Hotel and then realized that Dave had left all our Swedish Krones in the suitcase we left with missionaries Blake and Katy Edgmon. Thank goodness for a credit card!
We got to the airport and made sure we didn't check any luggage and got our ticket stamped so we could make our way to the gate--but RyanAir is so different to fly with. There are no assigned seats and when its time, you make a mad dash run to the gate! You then board a bus out to your plane and then grab the first seat available! We ended up in Row 7. The first 4 rows were unable to sit in for anyone!
Once on board, the seats didn't recline and you didn't get any snacks without paying dearly. Little did we know this was also a flying shopping mall! The first 'commercial' was for smokeless cigarettes--ten cigs for 10 Euros! *GOOD GRIEF*
The next commercial was to purchase newspapers and magazines. From there they offered hot food, burgers, hotdogs, pasta, drinks--quite a large menu. The next item was anything from their catalog, then phone cards, then lottery tickets! FINALLY--we landed! Fortunately for me, I slept through much of this nonsense.
When the wheels touched the ground,
We then made our way off the plane and ran into the hanger since it was pouring rain. We went through customs rather quickly and then met up with Julia's dad Peder.
After about an hour and half drive, we found ourselves at Julia's home! She greeted us and soon after we had a delicious supper that we shared with her Mom Ann-Louise and her brother Isak. Of course we toured her home and saw what we have only seen through SKYPE. We were able to give her some pop tarts since they don't sell them in Sweden. Then off to bed for these travelers.
From our Swedish picture window to yours, have a great day!
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