I discovered today that the song "People are are strange" is song originally by The Doors, not by Echo & The Bunnymen. I like the original version a lot more. Although the cover sounds almost the same.And what else... I did the discovery in the IT room with one of the residents who has a very good taste in music. And we watched videos of old songs. I had never seen videos from Queen and now that...
3/31/2011
3/30/2011
Bicycles....
We've been trying to drive around with bicycles since she got here. Once the seat was too high for her and the tire was flat, then it got fixed. Then yesterday the bicycle had some problems with gears so they didn't fixate. I basically broke my heel when I tried to drive with it. The problem was fixed. Then today, went to Axbridge with bikes again and.... Surprise surprise! The tire broke so the gum...
3/29/2011
Oh dear Santa....
If you only brought me Reading festival daily ticket to Saturday! I would be a good kid for ages!Yeah, as the ticket is gonna happen......But I've still got one day (or less, to be honest) in Glastonbury.And...there are definetely concerts coming up, that I can atte...
3/28/2011
3/26/2011
I still feel that's it unreal that I'm actually here
I mean, I have been in the country for almost a month now. Or actually, it's one week left from one month, but it doesn't feel like I've been here for a month. Yeah, I've gotten used to living here and everything is great, but time flies by really fast. Faster than I expected it to do. I guess that's the thing that all the EVS volunteers keep telling me about.But I've been here for almost a month...
3/24/2011
Chew Valley Lake
I went today to Chew Valley Lake with some residents. We fed the ducks and swans and just had a lovely day out. I found out that there's basically no place in the UK where you could go swimming. I mean natural lakes or places like that. You could go to seaside...
3/19/2011
The Buddy Holly Tribute, Red Nose Day, Teele in Weston
So. This week has been pretty busy for me.During the daytime I do the observations and assist the residents during mealtimes, help in activities and IT. And also do some escorting. On Thursday I did another escorting in the evening because the person who was supposed to go as an escort originally, fell ill during the day. So... I went to Bristol Hippodrome with two residents to see Buddy Holly Tribute....
3/14/2011
I just wanted to write this down.
I just got back from my first aerobics class in here. It was just great. The name of the dancing style was step and it was so great. And before I went to aerobics my co-workers told me that I will meet a lot of new people. I suppose it's true. Because everyody were talking to each other and were so frienly. It's some kind of british thing- everywhere you go- bus stops, shops, aerobics etc- people...
3/13/2011
Pictures from Weston Super-Mare and Cheddar Gorge
As I told in the previous post, I spent my weekend in Weston Super-Mare and Cheddar. I love both of the places. The pier in Weston is just romantic and looks very nice. People walk their dogs over there and lovers write their names into the sand for the upcoming...
3/11/2011
Cheddar Cheese & The Rock of Ages
It's been now three days since my last post. But I still feel like I need to write down everything I have done here. I guess it's like that only in the beginning. But who knows?So, I talked to my mentor on Wednesday about me being lonely here and the feel of guilt...
3/08/2011
Are the beginnings supposed to be that hard?
I mean, I shouldn't complain or anything but seriously. I could have never imagined that the beginning of my EVS will be so hard. I'm the first EVS volunteer in here and I just got today some kind of a sheet where I have to fill in my working hours. Are EVS people supposed to do that? I mean, all that matters, is that I will be work on time and will do my hours and will have 2 days off each week plus...
3/06/2011
3/03/2011
In the nature
I'm finally at my new home.My first impression of Bristol was that it's fast- I mean I got my luggage from the airport exactly after getting to the baggage reclaim. I have never received my luggage that fast in any airports I've been to. So that was just great. And then I went to arrivals department where my mentor was already waiting for me. The ride to Axbridge was so fast and I already found out...
Amsterdam
Alright. I feel like I'm almost tweeting now. Except the fact that I'm actually blogging.So... Right now I'm in Amsterdam airport at my gate and waiting for my plane. I've got about an hour to go so I decided to hang around in the internet. Tallinn airport was usual- most of the time cold and in no way cosy. I slept about two hours and watched some series and just sat and stared. Then I did my check-in...
3/02/2011
I have got the best friends in the world. Thank you for sending me off! It was very sweet of you to come to the bus station and make the leaving so damn hard for me :)I love you all so mu...
Today is gonna be the day.....
That I will start my big trip. But firstly I want to talk about my last days in Estonia.I spent 2,5 days in the village and it was a very great time over there. When I went there we had sauna. My last sauna before I leave. It was so great- there were a lot of...
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