First I just want to start with the fact that I am fine, for those who worry… I am having a splendid time here in France! This time I will keep the text brief, however I will put in a few pictures!
First I can
start with the month December:
The weekend
of 1st December it was arranged for a Thanksgiving dinner in Brest,
and that was an awesome weekend! I had a lot of good conversations and got to
spend time with the people I love the most down here :)
Well I can
say that Christmas came extremely fast, I didn’t really get the “Christmas
feeling” before, well late… The 15th of December, my little sister
Nea turned 11, and I am so happy I could be a part of the morning tradition,
with breakfast in bed, thank you Skype!
A few days
later Jakob, Wilma (from Finland), Fiona (another Norwegian) and I went to IKEA
to get some of the Scandinavian Christmas. It was so cool and nice. We bought
IKEA-pølse, gløgg, pepperkaker and smågodt!
Then
Christmas came, which was nice, but probably the toughest period so far…
Christmas Eve I spent with my host-family’s extended family, with cousins and
grandparents in Normandy! In the days that followed Christmas Eve we also went
visiting the extended family on the mother’s side (close to Nantes). At new
years I had Norwegians over to my place, spending the night. It was Fiona and
Jakob, we ate Chinese food, and jumped into the new year on a lawn in Liffré
somewhere.
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| Sweden flag and IKEA |
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| From the left: Fiona, Jakob, Wilma and me ! |
After New
Year, I went through a tough period where I missed my dear ones back home and I
did NOT want to go to school… But after a week or so it was all better! Also my
computer broke during this period, but now it is fixed, with windows 7 French J
When it
comes to sports I am continuously progressing in Western horseback riding, and
handball is too easy, we win about 45-17 almost every time.
After New
Year it was time for galette de roi witch is, judging by the name goooood
galettes! It has more or less the same concept as risengrynsgrøt (med
mandelen). Here though it’s like a cake and there is a collective piece in it.
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| Gingerbread war house... |
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| Gingerbread airoplane.. |
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| Awesome Indian game, love it! |
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| Olympic Games opening ceremony! |
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| Brazilians just loooove norway ;) |
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| In tha car! |
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| Some uality time in the car :O |
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| Pure norwegian sexyness ;) |
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| Moillau au chocolat :) |
Then a week
ago I was halfway in my exchange year! The first week of February all the
exchange students were invited to do an international week in a hotel and
restaurant school. It was so much fun! We made beef bourguignon, moillau aux
chocolat and other things! Honestly the best week so far! During this week I was
in another host family, and it was sooooooo nice! The family’s name was
Lempereur (the emperor) they lived really close to the ocean, in a cozy house,
with a dog. I had during this week two host siblings: Marcelo and Liliana,
really adorable! I laughed so hard at Marcelos jokes and Liliana was just
adorable. The parents was Dayu and Jannick a really nice couple, with whom I
could have interesting discussions and great moments!
And now this weekend I was for the first time at
a Fest Noz, a traditional way of “partying” in Bretagne. It was really cool,
and I think it’s something worth experiencing. I felt I got closer to the
traditions in this region, and I liked it!
