sparkling on the go

TODAY - County Londonderry/ Antrim/ Tyrone
Saying goodbye and giving gifts + getting prrsents from Valerie
Host change and picknick at Carnfunnock park
YFA meeting and dinner at Cairndhu Golf Club, exchangees reading poem (see Tonights Poem)
Meeting family and watching "Maid of Honor"


Dodge, Valerie, Erika, Luzia and John



John and Dodge, Valerie and Rachel


Luzia and Erika


Erika and Lisa


Jesa and Luzia


Me and Lisa translting Swedish and German


Beautiful golfcourse

TODAY - County Londonderry
Colerain - quick city visit
Port Stewart - quick shopping
Checking out Miliking Robot
BBQ at Samantas
BBQ evening at Andy T with exchangees

A BIT OF TODAY:
As usually, we were late, but that didn't really matter. John (once again wearing matching purple shirt with Jesa which makes them look like q cute married couple) and Andy left early for a night at Kellys while we other started preparing for our performance for tomorrow night. We decided on a poem with rimes, ending up with eight lines for each of us. Mostly, Luzia did the writing, but the rest of us came with ideas and input. I liked two of Andrews rimes, though everyone else thought they didn't really rime. Martin knew why, continuing on a conversation from  earlier that night: Andrews rimes were missing something, as does all those flat puzzles from IKEA... Haha! *sarcastic* . Another funny moment was when Andrew tried to play teeter on my mobile in amazement, panic and stubbornness, tilting way to much (he failed like 15 times at the first level). Quite amusing. It was a great night, a lot of laughter and friendship.


John taking photos


Luzia and Erika


Fred, Luzia and Erika, with Ians sportscar


The milking robot

TODAY - County Londonderry
Sittining out and reading
Bowling with gang
Preparing Lisas birthday present
Milikin in the parlor
Party for Lisa, with bouncing castle

TODAY:
City day Londonderry with Gang plus hosts. Shopping and Open bus tour.
Fun Night - Lazer shooting game, climbing, artchery and BBQ

In the evening we went to County Londonderry Fun Night, meeting their YFC and trying on crazy things. The Laser shooting was really fun, being armed with sensor-helmet, £800 worth guns we hid behind obstacles, playing sniper to take out the other team. So exiting - feelt like some cool dude in a crime drama..  In the start I was actually pretty good, surviving till the very end, but after a while my head just wasnt in the game and Liza and Luzia (opposite team) keept shooting just for me... Didint work that well I tell you. We aslo got to try on artchery, which went pretty well, but I only got to shoot once because everyone was so slow and we had to move on to climbing. It was a really fun evening, ending with some bbq and suprisingly big burgers (usally their burgers shrink to a little ball when heathed, but this one was nearly as big as the bun). Right now Im sitting by Luzia whos on fb, while a half naked fred is trying to have a conversation with us about tomorrow, but failing due to sleep deprivation aka he makes no sence but its quite amuzing. Just like normal, really.


Jesa with her supercool lazer gun



Hiding at Lasershooting


Lisa fiering the bow


Martin (haha, helmet), Luzia and Lisa

The computer at Freds house wont upload pictures for me, so Ill guess that have to wait till nex week. Untill then, Ill at least try to update some stuff out off each day :)

TODAY:
Wakling around with Luzia, looking at the farm and Fred fencing
Visiting the church Johns working on - climping up thing to the tower
Castle with exchangees and hosts
Beach and Swimming with Liza, Jesa, Andy (host), Michella..
Tea and piano with Luzia
Kellys (club) with exchangees and hosts

Later, we headed for the beach. Around here you dont drive TO the becha, you frive ON the beach, literally. It was a long sand beach, the tide leaving it a bit wet and occational small rivers ending on it to find their way into the sea. We (John (host), Jesa, Me and Luzia) drove alongside with Andy (host) and Michaella, raciing forward with the wind blowing in. It was hilarious and an absolutely unique experience. We even stoipped by a ice-ream truck, leaning out of the windows to take our ice. After the cooling ice-ream we took a swim. As we walked down the cold sand, having somehow managed to change into swiming suits, Jesa, Luzia and Michaela threw sand at eachother, playing out a true summer senario despite the cool air. Reaching the water, all of us screamed as we went down, especially as the waves reached us, stretching up along our freezing bodies. It was warmer than I thought it would be, but still freezing and sertainly not above 14 - my toes grew numb and my arms got goosebumps. It was salt and cold, a minus craic, but together we mad it craic. It feelt incredible warm to finally come up though, the sand suddenly super hot.


Me and Luzia at the top of the crane

TODAY - County Londonderry
Hillsbourgh Research Centre - Cows and Methangas
Shopping at Victoria Square
Walking to lake

A BIT OF TODAY
In the evening, just as the sun was falling (the sun falls down, the stars come out) me and Luzia went for a walk. Following Johns instructions we walked down the road to a pond some minutes away. It was gorgeous: a isolated little lake, the water still and undisturbed. John told us it was built by a farmer, hoping for it to become a resort but it never got to that. Nevertheless its beautiful. Me and Luzia sat down on one of the bridges, bathing out feet in the cold water. We sat there for long, wathing our toes create waves through it. We talked for ling about everything: my sisters keeper, our week, silence, her boyfriend Simon, movies travel and the nature. It was really nice, being just the two of us in the silence, taking it one breath at a time. Suddenly though, our silence where disturbed and we throw ourselves back in panic and laguheter - a big fish had swam by. It was nearly half a metre long, not letting itself be disturbed by our presence. It wasn't the fish that was scary, it was just the surprise but it was still a great laugh. Starting to go back, we met some cows, screaming loudly in our presence but they were cute enough. It was a nice walk back and a cosy evening, a chance for us to get to know eachother and escape for a moment.


Cow with Methan gas collector


In our fancy blue suits

TODAY - County Londonderry (in Tyrone)
Dunbia Meat Plant with Luzia, Jesa, Martin, Michaela, Fred (host) and other YFC
"A Doing" - pouring stuff over bride and groom (with Luzia, Jesa, John and Johns girlfriend Samanta)

After dinner we left again to hoover outside a church where a couple was having a wedding rehersal.Apparently its a Young Farmers tradition to steal the couple and do various things to them - pouring gue over them. The bride had extra clothes in her car, dreading the moment for some time, and her brother sneaked out to get them for her - it was kind cute how all the guests stayed in the church, afraid of going outside aswell. No one dared to go out. Eventually though, the young farmes caught the young pair and took them to a trailer, striping their legs and arms. They were covered in disgusting gue (which John had accidentally managed to spill out in the trunk of his Jeep on the way there - not so nice smell, i can tell you), sawdust and stuff. Luckily the bridce had a towl and bathcap around her head so her hair didnt get acloplete mess, but it was still kinda gross, the bride screaming as the gue pooured down. They booth took it quite well though, knowing there was no escape, and soon laughted and vawed to by-passers as they were drown around the city. In the end though, it got quite cold and they were freezing as hell. Poor couple - I would nerver want to get married in Northern Ireland, or as a Young Farmer fro that sake.... Gue, sawdust and trapped - took it as champs though!

TODAY - County Down and Londonderry (and Antrim)
Stayin-morning - giving gifts to Rachel and Heather, saying goodbye
Host change - Meeting Fred (William)
European Rally preparation meeting at Louises including Alan, Fred and more.
Picking up Luzia - host sister for this week :)
Meeing family - mother Valeria, father William, younger brother John
Bar in Port Stewart with Luzia, John, Jesa, Michaela, Martin and more.

A BIT OF TODAY:
Today I said goodbye to Rachel and Heather, giving them each a guardian angel to watch over them and one of my knitted swedish girls - they decided to call her Erika which is so cute! Im so going to miss them! Thank you girls!
Despite problems to find my new host, William/Fred, I am now sitting in my new pink-white girly bedroom, belonging to Williams older sister, living elsewere. It is so cuite here: flowery covers on the bed, little tablets of wise words hanging on the walls (ex. I shop, Therefore I am) and all shelves decorated to the max, plus I have a gigant cozy dog behind my door. Everything it totally cute here, including the family and Luzia (yhey for having an other exchangee to share everythiong with), but there is one thing I dont like though: theres spiders in the bathroom roof who gave me an heartattack...