we went to Karlsrona and went sailing and to the Marin Museam and we got a tour of the navy ship yard. here are some pics from our day taken by one of our host for today. also there wont be any pics from the navy ship yard cause pics arent allowed. hope this works and you like them. sorry again that i havent updated reacently!
http://picasaweb.google.se/goran.carlander/SailingInKarlskrona?authkey=Gv1sRgCOno8tn-tL3JmgE&feat=directlink#
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
car show on 8/4
a chill day around camp. we did go to a swimming pool in the afternoon but i just sun bathed. and then went to a car show of old cars. it is really small compared to the one in Pinole. but still cool nonetheless, especially because i got to ride in one of them! :)
here are some pics someone took of us at the car show. enjoy!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=461028&id=329105155017&ref=mf
here are some pics someone took of us at the car show. enjoy!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=461028&id=329105155017&ref=mf
Monday, August 2, 2010
Aug 2nd...also known as my 18th Birthday!!
Today was my birthday :)First of all i have to say it was sad being on the other side of the ocean from all my friends and family!! i did still have a nice day. at breakfast everyone sang me a Swedish birthday song. i found it really funny because only 2 campers here speak Swedish and plus everyone was still half asleep. Today was also our first activity day. After breakfast we went to an island called Hano by bus and ferry. Hano is a small island on which only 60 people live. We first went to Missionshuset which is the church of the island. There, a woman gave us some information about the British Navy. Afterward we had some time to look at an exhibition about swedish history and how the British navy fits in. The British used this island as a resting spot on their way to Stockholm. and i think they also helped defend sweden from russia and denmark. Afterwards we went to Hanoeborg (the resturant/ dinning hall) to learn more about British Navy who comes to the island every year to celebrate. We left our bags there and walked up a hill to get to the highest point of the island. There we could see a beautiful lighthouse which is very important for the ships to make sure they dont bump into the island as it can get really foggy, like it was today. It is the 2nd brightest lighthouse along the Baltic Coast, andt was built in 1908 and is 16m high. After some time, we reached a cemetery where British sailors were buried during Napileonic war.
Afterwards we went back to Hanoeborg where we had lunch. And we also got to try some waffles from the café. After lunch, we went down to harbor where we met some voluntary workers from the sea rescue team. We had chance to take a ride on their boat which was a lot of fun! it went so fast i was worried my glasses would fall off, infact they did once (luckily i didnt lose them into the ocean) Some of the other camp member were brave enough to jump into the freezing water after our ride in the boats. Then we went back home and had dinner. Later we all had an ice cream cake, i guess in celebration of my birthday. After we met 2 Lions members that told us all about the activities for the next day. I think everyone really enjoyed the day. i especially enjoyed it since it was my birthday!
Afterwards we went back to Hanoeborg where we had lunch. And we also got to try some waffles from the café. After lunch, we went down to harbor where we met some voluntary workers from the sea rescue team. We had chance to take a ride on their boat which was a lot of fun! it went so fast i was worried my glasses would fall off, infact they did once (luckily i didnt lose them into the ocean) Some of the other camp member were brave enough to jump into the freezing water after our ride in the boats. Then we went back home and had dinner. Later we all had an ice cream cake, i guess in celebration of my birthday. After we met 2 Lions members that told us all about the activities for the next day. I think everyone really enjoyed the day. i especially enjoyed it since it was my birthday!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
8/1/10
More or less everyone woke up around 8am, and we've had breakfast at 9am. Until the lunch, it was free time for us; so some of us spent the time in the rooms, some in the first-floor hall, some of us played Kubb. A game like bowling where you throw a stick and try to knock down the other teams “knights” and then lastly the “king” some of the other people here called it the Viking game.
We were also told that countries may start doing their presentations today. Camp leaders chose Denmark, the Netherlands and Turkey to do their presentations after dinner.
Lunch was at 1pm, and it was prepared by camp attendees of Sweden, Finland and Germany. It was meatballs and mashed potatoes.
We were told that after the lunch we would go to the town center of Sölvesborg. Since today is Sunday pretty much everywhere was closed, but in any case it was a nice sightseeing. One of the camp leaders explained us some remarkable buildings in the town.
Eventually, we were taken back to the camp. It was free time again. Some of the camp attendees played volleyball, when some others played Kubb.
Dinner was at 6pm. After dinner, we gathered in the hall for the first three of the country presentations. The Netherlands was the first to do their country presentation.
After solving some 'technical difficulties', attendees from Turkey performed their presentation, followed by the Danish.
After the presentations it was free time again. And then bed.
*written by Güneş Ünüvar from Turkey*
We were also told that countries may start doing their presentations today. Camp leaders chose Denmark, the Netherlands and Turkey to do their presentations after dinner.
Lunch was at 1pm, and it was prepared by camp attendees of Sweden, Finland and Germany. It was meatballs and mashed potatoes.
We were told that after the lunch we would go to the town center of Sölvesborg. Since today is Sunday pretty much everywhere was closed, but in any case it was a nice sightseeing. One of the camp leaders explained us some remarkable buildings in the town.
Eventually, we were taken back to the camp. It was free time again. Some of the camp attendees played volleyball, when some others played Kubb.
Dinner was at 6pm. After dinner, we gathered in the hall for the first three of the country presentations. The Netherlands was the first to do their country presentation.
After solving some 'technical difficulties', attendees from Turkey performed their presentation, followed by the Danish.
After the presentations it was free time again. And then bed.
*written by Güneş Ünüvar from Turkey*
Saturday, July 31, 2010
i am now at the nature camp!
so a note: sorry everyone, i have been really busy lately and i havent had much time to sit down and write out blog posts. and now that i am at the camp i have even less time to do so. At the camp we have all day activities so by the time we get back i am too tired to write. i am sorry for this.
umm also i added post for the 19th and 20th...idk if you seen those. i am posting in date order, not order ive wrote them so those two might have gone unnoticed, they are under the one saying happy birthday to my dad.
Also, at the camp we are keeping a jounal on facebook (unfortuantly people not members of the facebook group are unable to see it)all the participents are assigned a day to write a journal entry for that day. so ive decided that it would probably be easiest if i just use what my fellow campmates have writen. and i will add in some of my own thoughts.
thanks for following my blog and im sorry i havent updated lately.miss you all!
umm also i added post for the 19th and 20th...idk if you seen those. i am posting in date order, not order ive wrote them so those two might have gone unnoticed, they are under the one saying happy birthday to my dad.
Also, at the camp we are keeping a jounal on facebook (unfortuantly people not members of the facebook group are unable to see it)all the participents are assigned a day to write a journal entry for that day. so ive decided that it would probably be easiest if i just use what my fellow campmates have writen. and i will add in some of my own thoughts.
thanks for following my blog and im sorry i havent updated lately.miss you all!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!
Dear Daddy,
Happy Birthday to you! happy birthday to you! happy birthday dear daddy happy birthday to you!!!
PS. you might want to turn up the volume on your computer when you listen to this since its not that loud and hopefully it works
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
7/20/10
Today was another adventure day.
After breakfast we went to Kosta Boda which is a glass making factory right next to outlet stores. The area is known as the kingdom of glass because there are a lot of glass factories and glass stores in the area. I got to watch a guy hand make a plate. The end result was really really pretty! At first I thought he was making a vase because it looked like a ball and also at first it didn’t look colorful, just a reddish orange color. But slowly the guy was able to transform it into a beautiful and colorful plate. It was amazing and I took lots of pictures.
After he finished I went into the store next door to look for a martini glass for my mom...it was kinda hard because there was a handful to choose from. It wasn’t like there was only one style. There were plain normal ones, there were ones with snowflake on them and plenty others. I compared prices and looks and styles and ended up picking one that had blue on it cause i like blue. and the guy convinced me that i need to get one for myself and i tried to explain to him that i cant drink alcohol yet and plus i have one that i got from HRC for my 16th bday and that one has memories...he didnt understand and i ended up buying 2 martini glasses. When I paid for them I tried to see how much it would cost to ship them home but I could have bought 1 and a half more martini glasses with the amount it was to ship. So I guess I’ll have to carry them home myself. I packed them really good in a box and bubble wrap so im hoping they will survive. There is a clothing outlet nearby so I did some shopping for a bit. I got some gifts and I almost bought Jay D some socks that had the swedish flag on them but then I realized the shape the flag was in is a bit inappropriate so im glad I noticed that before I bought them. While buying one of my gifts, I had a whole conversation in swedish with the cashier. It was short and she did most of the talking but i understood her and was able to simply answer, im kinda proud of myself :)
After, we went to a gallery of more artsy (rather then useful products like plates and martini glasses) glass products. There was a lot of things I found that I thought were really cute and I wanted to buy them all. But those things were expensive! There was this one cat one that was SO cute but it cost like 48 dollars in american money. And like I said before, this was an artsy, not useful product store so it’s not like I would have any use for it cept as a dust collector. I did the second best thing though; I took pictures of all of the things I wanted so technically I have them with out having to pay :)
Then i went to a moose farm. Supposedly there are 22 mooses? Moosi? Meese? I have no clue what the plural of moose would be haha! Anyways there are 22 mooses but we only saw 4. it was a hot day so they were all probably hiding in the shade. Even though we didn’t see many mooses, it was fun. Maybe not worth 50 swedish kronors (like $7) but it was still fun. Then of course we ended up in a gift shop and I bought tons of souvenirs…but of course useful stuff.
Then on the way home we bought pizza since everyone was too tired to make anything. I don’t think ive mentioned it yet but here in sweden, everyone gets their own pizza and its like a medium size pizza! It’s a lot of food and so far I haven’t been able to finish it the 2 times so far we went out and got pizza. Luckily their dog likes pizza…or any other food we have for dinner and don’t finish.
It was definitely a long day but fun!
After breakfast we went to Kosta Boda which is a glass making factory right next to outlet stores. The area is known as the kingdom of glass because there are a lot of glass factories and glass stores in the area. I got to watch a guy hand make a plate. The end result was really really pretty! At first I thought he was making a vase because it looked like a ball and also at first it didn’t look colorful, just a reddish orange color. But slowly the guy was able to transform it into a beautiful and colorful plate. It was amazing and I took lots of pictures.
After he finished I went into the store next door to look for a martini glass for my mom...it was kinda hard because there was a handful to choose from. It wasn’t like there was only one style. There were plain normal ones, there were ones with snowflake on them and plenty others. I compared prices and looks and styles and ended up picking one that had blue on it cause i like blue. and the guy convinced me that i need to get one for myself and i tried to explain to him that i cant drink alcohol yet and plus i have one that i got from HRC for my 16th bday and that one has memories...he didnt understand and i ended up buying 2 martini glasses. When I paid for them I tried to see how much it would cost to ship them home but I could have bought 1 and a half more martini glasses with the amount it was to ship. So I guess I’ll have to carry them home myself. I packed them really good in a box and bubble wrap so im hoping they will survive. There is a clothing outlet nearby so I did some shopping for a bit. I got some gifts and I almost bought Jay D some socks that had the swedish flag on them but then I realized the shape the flag was in is a bit inappropriate so im glad I noticed that before I bought them. While buying one of my gifts, I had a whole conversation in swedish with the cashier. It was short and she did most of the talking but i understood her and was able to simply answer, im kinda proud of myself :)
After, we went to a gallery of more artsy (rather then useful products like plates and martini glasses) glass products. There was a lot of things I found that I thought were really cute and I wanted to buy them all. But those things were expensive! There was this one cat one that was SO cute but it cost like 48 dollars in american money. And like I said before, this was an artsy, not useful product store so it’s not like I would have any use for it cept as a dust collector. I did the second best thing though; I took pictures of all of the things I wanted so technically I have them with out having to pay :)
Then i went to a moose farm. Supposedly there are 22 mooses? Moosi? Meese? I have no clue what the plural of moose would be haha! Anyways there are 22 mooses but we only saw 4. it was a hot day so they were all probably hiding in the shade. Even though we didn’t see many mooses, it was fun. Maybe not worth 50 swedish kronors (like $7) but it was still fun. Then of course we ended up in a gift shop and I bought tons of souvenirs…but of course useful stuff.
Then on the way home we bought pizza since everyone was too tired to make anything. I don’t think ive mentioned it yet but here in sweden, everyone gets their own pizza and its like a medium size pizza! It’s a lot of food and so far I haven’t been able to finish it the 2 times so far we went out and got pizza. Luckily their dog likes pizza…or any other food we have for dinner and don’t finish.
It was definitely a long day but fun!
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