An Estonian Weekend in Berlin..

.. Hej guys!
I'm alive and I'd love to be able to say I'm fine, but this weekend is killing me..
Some of you remember my friend Marie, I guess.. she left on friday. Went to England and is going to stay there for three months, selling posters at different universities. The fact that she'll be travelling around all the time and doesn't really know where she'll be makes it difficult for me to visit her, because i'd have to do it pretty spontaneously but that's always quite expensive.. So, she was the first one to leave. The next is my friend Laura, who is going to Heidelberg down in Southern Germany to study.. it's about 8 hours by train from here, so I won't be seeing a lot of her for the next couple of years, I am afraid. And on monday one of my friends is going to Hungary to do her EVS there (though I'm proud to say I 'inspired' her to become an EVS-volunteer, it's not easy for me to be happy for her). Last (but Really not least) one of my friends is leaving to do his military service on monday as well..
So you see, it's a weekend full of good-byes and I'm just not used to this. It's so fucking much harder to stay behind than to go, I never realized since the only one i've ever had to see go away was Lili, and you've met her, it's different with her. She has to go. She's in Scotland in a buddhist monastery by the way and on Ocotber 19th she'll become a nun for a year.. no sex, no alcohol, no drugs, no singing (!!!!!!!!), no dancing.. But as i said, it's Lili we're talking about.. ;)

So this is all bringing my mood down to a horribly low level, but at least uni starts in 8 days for me, which I really hope will take my mind off these things.
I'm looking forward to uni A LOT, since i feel 90% of my brain-cells have died since I last went to school (it's been one and a half years full of alcohol and other shit..) and it's time to feel like i'm doing something purposeful ;)

So guys, have fun in Lyon, i didn't know you were all going, sounds brilliant!
Oh, and I'm going to France for like a week around Easter next year.. though I'm not sure where yet, I think they said somewhere close to Paris, so that's a bit shitty, but I'll keep the French people around here informed ;)

I love you guys.. and I loved the wall. Can anybody tell me what happened??
Miss you all.. especially this weekend!

musi, kalli, kalli, musi!

Laura

Miss you Part II Some news from Ukraine:)

Hello people:) I’m glad to hear from all of you and glad to admit that our blog hasn’t actually died with the beginning of the new studying year:) We are still alive and present, except Kelig and Laura (Lee, I guess you can go to visit Berlin more often to stimulate Laura to post something
Everything is ok here, tomorrow we are going to have elections too (to choose the new members of our parliament), but I’m not going to put here as much information as enthusiastic Georgious did, our political process it too full of populism now anyway so it’s not that interesting.
We have some EVS volunteers here in Ukraine now. There are three of them – two from Germany (a boy and a girl) and one from Finland (girl). As for me I can say that I’m falling a bit into second wave of missing my EVS – it’s September now and I can’t avoid thinking about the September of previous year and about the very begging of my EVS. I’m starting to miss some ordinary things which GG mentioned like bus root or RIMI.
So love you all, musi-kali, wish everybody who started new university year (the very first one, like Laura or Barbara, or the finishing like GG or Aude) interesting subjects, nice professors and easy tests. And student parties:)
Miss you in Ukraine,
Lesya
PS: People I’m not always able to read the comments – it’s too slow to open and sometimes they just don’t want to open, so please answer more in your posts XXXX

Some news from west Europe !!

Hello everybody,
i just send a little post for you.
I come back from a little island (l'ile de Groix) in front of Lorient (where i studi). I spent there some nice time. i whent there to speak english. It was very funny because as you know french people a lot of personn doesn't speak english !!! I was quite good lol.
I remember a lot of nice things i spent with you.
I will send you some pictures but for the moment i don't have internet at home so i'm at school and all the other look at me !!
Have a nice time and see you soon.

Aude

PS : what's happen for Lyon ? Is it always ok ? I want take my train ticket so if you can send me some news.

PS : and don't worry for the cooking book but i don't have a lot of time but normaly this week end it will be ok. Thanks GIGI for the recipe but i'm still waiting for Christian......
BISOUS

to Ke

from Prague, with love

Berlim pim pim

tere tere

i have just posted in my personal blog almost 30 pictures of my week in Berlin. So, I will not do the same here! If you want to see them just go to http://4000kmaleeste.blogspot.com/ and check it out. If you need some translation for the comments, I will be happy to make it for you! I will just translate (a part of) the last part of the original post. I do so, because (almost) every one of you has been in Berlin, some with me, and it makes no sense to write and say all over the same again and again... I hope you understand!

"I have seen one more million of things, bars and cheap restaurants that deserve no record except in my mind! But what I really liked in Berlin was the feeling of being back in a NORMAL city, where I am not darker than 90% of the population and where barbies hang out holding hands with punks, and there are freaks with their dogs, as I haven't seen for long time!! I liked how fast things are done and eated and sold and seen and walked by. I liked the design shops and people shoes, on the street. I liked the public transport system and the way people smile, for free, on the street. I enjoyed not being able to recognise foreigners and hearing lots of languages, be able to chose what kind of food I want for dinner... puff I ENJOYED BERLIN A LOT!!"

there are just 2 pictures that dont match with my personal blog, but should be here!!

one is for Aude, Terviseks!


and this one for Alice... maybe she now owns this cafe in Potsdam, for no one as seen her anywhere... only Aude... hum...

I still take this chance to tell you that I am fucking happy that Lena is coming back!! And that I will make a HUGE welcoming party for her! As some of you know, I came back from my holidays for Julka farewell party, but there was no party... so, now I really need a big party! It will be for Lena. One more thing that makes me really happy is that my best friend is coming to visit me on monday, for the week! It will be great, I am sure!! At least it is helping me pass this week, cause I am alone in Tallinn... Thom went to Russia with Julka and the volunteers from Kê and Aude projects are on the on arrival... everyone else in Lasnamae is a bit strange... and the flat is (a bit) different! but Julka promissed to write about that! Let's see when...

I hope everyone is ok, if so, please give some news... And Aude, where is the cooking book?? you look like a lazy mediterranean person I know... =p

lave you all
miss you a lot

Details on my return to Estonia

So I just wanted to let you know that I come back to Tallinn in the middle of October, at the moment I bought a busticket for 10th of October, so on 11th I should be there (hope I manage to everything I need before). I'll keep on working at my host organisation, so back to I-net all-day-on, MSN, Skype and talking to all of you.
I would like to put here some pictures, but my i-net connection is amaizing and it cuts me off each time I'm trying to do it.
So now for next 2 years I'm staying at Tallinn and if you feel like you've missed Estonia, you can always come here. But may be after all this time I become a real Estonian, won't talk to you and will be as active as a fish.
Love you all and hope toi hear from you as soon as possible!!!!
Musi-musi,
Lena

some people...

..simply find it hard to take their time to write on the blog..
..are not even busy enough to have a good excuse for it..
..should be told that their behaviour is a bit rubbish..
I know all this, and i'm seriously sorry i'm such a bad person concerning the keeping in touch and writing regularly thing, and i've always been and never changed that..








So, NOW, i'll take a couple of minutes, because i'm sick anyways and i should probably not go out tonight, but of course, i will and i don't regret it ;)

Anyways, many of you might already know that Lee, Barbara and Doro and her boyfriend came to Berlin last week and we did the whole tourist-programm. I really enjoyed it, and I hope so did the others..



Uhm.. is it normal that I can't see my pictures? Because they seem to show as tons and tons of weird signs and letters, so I'm very confused.

Anyways, I know Lee could do all this a lot better, but her camera is kind of ..broken.. so now she can never see her pictures. But talented as she is, I'm sure they're all brilliant or artistical anyways.

Oh, and some more news: I was accepted by all the universities I applied at ;p
And now I will stay in Berlin and study Scandinavian Philology and Social Sciences, which I am really, really happy about.

So guys, I want to see whether my photos are there, because otherwise this was all for nothing. And i need to find myself some food before going out, so I kind of have to rush.

Love you all, and love the blog :)

musi, kalli, kalli, musi!!

Laura

some pictures from the boat

just a introduction, these pictures came from the short free time that we have during the work...don t start to say.....ah luzy italians :D




as you can see I continue to smoke (fuck myself) and above all to drink vodka after tirnig days. the dips from the boat in the hight have been just wonderful.



unfortunately l don thave so much pictures like the last year:(

soon I will send you pictures about my holidays hihihi

have nice trip lee!!!!!

P.s. I will go to france-swisse(it depend of kelig) on 16 to 23 october...do you understand aude;)

ciaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I'm coming back!!!!

:)
Tere-tere!!!
It's nice to get back to civilisation sometimes.
I finaly have time and chance to put some news into blog.
It's so crazy now to be here without you all.
So, here is my life at the moment:
I spent 2 weeks at the workcamp just after I came back :).
After this I was staying at my parents' place, sleeping and eating.
I also wanted to say that joined GiGi's NO SMOKING club, really no cigarettes since I'm back in Ukraine!!!! I hope you are OK there right now, 'cause they are showing horroble things about Greece now on TV :O.
By the way, I'm coming back to Estonia, I'm waiting for documents, but I already have a permit!!!!
I'll let you know when I get more news.
Love you all,
Lena

Some are on holidays and other will start to work !!

Life is life lol !!

I'm at home since some times now and didn't put a post (it's not good !).
My travel to the east of France was very VREY nice.

I spent some days with Alice and her boyfriend and it was great to see her again. After i went to the Alpes to see some other people who done and EVS and we walked a lot on the montains (you can see the picture).

And now i'm at home and i cook a lot for my parents who work ! Wensday i will go to Pau (it's in the south of France) to see my boyfriend and the 13th i will start my school.




I took this picture in Lyon with Alice and i remember Christian who would like to do a free hugs in Tallinn !! So this picture is for you Christian.


And now the ALpes


Now a question for Lesya, can you give me your adress because i have something for you at home...
And one for Kelig and Alice did you find a job ?

Don't worry for the cooking book, i will do it this week and send you next week. If you can wait 2 weeks it will be perfect.

Musi musi

Aude

finally some holidays!

Tere people,

so, as most of you already know, I am leaving to Berlin tomorrow afternoon! And then Prague, Vilnius... and by the mid september I will be back to our beloved Tallinn! I am really excited because I will meet Laura, Barbara and Doro, plus Robert (from my Russian class). I guess we will have a very nice time in Berlin and it will be a bit of Estonia in german land! So I already packed my bag with estonian vodka and some Kalev chocolate! =)
After that I am going to Prague to meet some of my friends who are EVS there. So it will be a bit of Portugal in Czech land! And just before coming back I will make a stop in Vilnius, to meet another portuguese EVS.
So, i will be moving around Europe for more than 2 weeks... I will be back to our blog in the middle of September. by that time I hope you have posted a lot of news, and pictures and funny things to read! If I have the time I will try to write something as well!

happy me!!
the weather in Tallinn has just became crazy... 10 degrees today, and rainning as hell all afternoon!! for the weekend, ILM says 6 degrees during the night... so, the summer is over here!! An I predict a very cold Autum...
I leave you here some of the pictures from last weekend. I hosted a girl from Riga who took this 2 nice pictures.

together wih Simon and Maria (the new volunteer in Viljandi) we went up the tower of the Raekoda, where I took some more pictures of Tallinn Ladscape, like this one!

hope you enjoy
stay cool

bye bye

ciao guys,
tomorrow holidays!!!!!!!!!!! I really need of it, l will go in the south of italy for a week in camping close to gigi who is burning in the of fire of greece....actually Its not moment to joke about it:(
l will go to the sea, just to change, and to dance tarantella and pizzica!!!!!!
l m sorry lesya I don t have pictures yet....
and l want also to say good luck to kelig because he is bouging for swisse...good luck drug and see you soon!
new volunteers if you break the wall l will broke your ass....I m joking, maybe not really:)

hasta siempre

:)))

Mmmmm… Nice cake:) I’m sure Yulka would be happy to get such a present:)) And I think also it’s a good sign she appeared on e-mail (at least). But Lee (was it you who made the cake?) is it the one made for Telemahos good-bye evening or you’d made one more?
Christian chao!!!:) Nice to hear from you – appear-after-boat-trip :) I would like to see some photos
A couple of days ago we had the Independence Holiday day (16 years ago, on the 24th of August in1991 Ukraine was proclaimed an independent state) So happy Ukraine-independence to everybody =))))
Slava Ukraini! :)
Lesya

С днем рождения Юличка!!!

Happy Birthday Julka!! So, big party tonight? Where have you been, what have you been up to? Give us some news!! Пожалуйста.....

elections on 16th of September!

Tervist!

I know that this post may seem weird but I felt very jealous when last April we were all talking about French Presidential elections so now that we have our delegational elections I want to tell everybody:) So, our system is simple: we have a parliament of 300 delegates and the president of the first party is the Prime minister and the most powerful guy around (not taking into consideration background alliances and agreement ofcourse) for 4 years. Late years there are two big parties that change places in government: ND (nea dimokratia) from the right wing (actually more central-right) which is in power now and PASOK (panellinio sosialistiko kinima) which is supposed to be a socialist party by name but actually is more like center, central-left(?!). These big parties take about 90% of total votes in elections since our "goal" is the American two-parties system (popular in modern republics). We also have a real:) communist party that gets about 6% and one more kind of left party. Thats our current parliament's composition but there are fears that nationalist party will do it and get in the parliament this year...

Thats our current prime minister and leader of ND (the one on the left:)

This is the leader of opposition and leader of PASOK Georgios Papandreou

This is the general secretary of Greek Communist Party, Aleka Papariga (the one on the left:)

We also have a President whose biggest power is that his election can lead to delegational elections. The President is elected by the parliament every 5 years and if no candidate takes at least 200 out of 300 votes that means new delegational elections immediately. Thats why late years the two big parties agry to some candidate so they dont need to be voted all the time (the pre election period is quite expensive for candidates and the delegate's salary good;)

This is our President, Karolos Papoulias.

Being a President actually is a very nice job. You can have it for minimum 5 years with the chance to get elected for 5 more maximum, you live in a nice place (known as President's house), you travel a lot, you go to nice parties and you have absolutely no worries (Prime minister worries for everything).

So, on 16th of September it's elections' time:) Elections is, as journalists like to call the procedure, "the festival of democracy" and the only time that politicians call you "the people that have power" and not "malakes" :)

Gigi, giving lessons of political science

The latest from Tallinn

Tere party people:

yesterday, after 4 days with no internet connection, when I read this blog I was SO happy!! I'm really proud of almost all of us! It is a pleasure to read gigant posts or small notes and comments! Even those who answered Gg's e mail not via blog (like Mr Kê) promissed to write here... so let's go!
I wanted to share with you that this weekend was a very special one, in Tallinn. We met the 3 new volunteers that came for Kê's project. So, to welcome them I made cake au jambon, fromage et aux olives, and we gathered in my flat. I was so happy to have the flat full again... cause Sete had 3 friends here and Katha brought the girls from the workcamp.

Amèlie, Jonathan and Simon were there as well and we had a lot of fun!


So, from the 3 girls in Asunduse Kindergarten, this is Dorota, from Poland. She is the one that will be in Kêlig's group, working with Kay. She is 23, was Erasmus in Sweden, is very smart and pragmatic, has a nice sense os humor and looks like a girl full of power! She will stay for 6 months.

This is Natia, 24, from Georgia. More quiet and shy, she is very keen in body contact, I mean, as a southern person! She has this amaizing smile that is is very keen on showing. Easy going and funny, Natia can also be a bit lazy... and she like shooping!
From Katriin, 26, Berlin, I have no picture as good as these ones. But she is nice and sometimes seems like Laura II... Vegetarian, alergic to some stuff (like pure milk, but she can drink it wth chocoolate or coffe...) and always ready to make nice jokes about food! She likes DnB and makes a lot of stange questions! I guess we will get a long, quite good.
So on Saturday we went to von Krahl to some very stange party but we had fun... we went to Angel (me Katha and Simon) and ended up in Levist... it was a very long night!
Of course on Sunday I did not move till 6 o'clock, when I went to meet Maris (who is back after one month travelling) and Thomas. And we decided to go to the Zoo on the next day... As it was the second independence day the entrance was for free... so me, Thom, the new 3 gils, Maris and a friend went with tones of other people to the zoo. we even made a pic nic there! It was very nice! When we got back to town we tried this new eating place calle "EAT" (www.eat.ee). the Pelmenids they have are good, but of course not as good as Lena's... but the best thing is that they have beer for 25 EEK... So, I guess we just found a new place to hang out =)

So, these are the latest news... see you soon

Missssssssssss uuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here I'm, after 2 weeks in the middle of nowhere (I was so crazy that agreed to lead a workcamp just after I arrived) working in mud and having my brain fucked by one of coorganisers:( I'm coming back to kiev and back to my i-net.
So I love you all and promise to read all mails and comments you've sent.
Please don't think I forgot you, 'cause you are braking my heart.
Цілую і обіймаю всіх міцно!!!!
Lena

ciao guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so...l m back, my environmental trip is over. l m really really tired l don t know how we menaged to do that: working under 40 degrees, 14hours...l m completly black but l can t send you pictures because l didn t take them (no time) the journalist took many of it but she didn t find time to burn on a dvd.

l saw your post and l m really happy but l didn t read yet...l came back 10 minutes ago , l will do it tomorrow.....maybe:)

ok people after university and this trip l really need to be relaxed...are you agree? if you are not....you are an asshole!!!!!!!

good luck people......

barabara l saw one of your post....are you crazy? It s longer than bibble...who inspired you? ratzinger maybe!!!!

hasta siempre!!!!!

New hometown...well almost.

Now it's final.
I know where I'll study!!!!

MÜNSTER !

what...you've never heard of it? Well...that's not so much of a surprise.
It's a rather small town in my state with about 280.000 people, BUT more than a fifth of them are students! So...a very good students life and a lot of good bars ;-)
And it's very typical to go by bike EVERYWHERE! In Münster there are more bikes than inhabitants (about half a million bikes).

So…that's where I’ll be. and I am excited about it! It's the perfect students city for me: small, green, nice OldTown but full of life. and a good university.

On Tuesday the latest I'll already go over there to find a place to live. Somehow. It will be quite difficult, because of all the new students. I already heard a lot of stories about trying to find a place, but i hope I'll manage.
I hope someone wants to live in an apartment with me.

!!!:)

Hello!!
Sorry for not responding your comments, guys, but for me with this f*cking low-speed internet it’s the same time to put a post and to make a comment. But thanks for the welcoming comments. Actually, our blog is quite alive – a lot of new posts with nice pictures. The only thing we need to do is to attract French people somehow (except Aude). :) Guess we should come out with some kind of PR campaign :))
About myself – of cause each of my days is very special (someone has damnly good memory here, eh GG? ;)) Do you remember everything we’ve spoken?), putting a picture of night Kiev, during summer it’s the same as any big city – loud, dusty, hot. I finished your post Barbara, very nice:) Actually, I liked it more than Times in a way – you know this correspondent’s strict style ;))))
Love you all,
L ;)

Nothing special. But I still love you:)

Hello people:)
Some things last days have inspired me to post information. Sorry for my disappearance, but it’s just that during last month nothing interesting happened to me. I haven’t moved anywhere, nobody came to visit me, nothing has changed around. Ok, one thing changed inside – in my flat windows and heaters have been changed. So now I have nice windows like in Mahtra’s flat ;)
And, after all, when nothing changes it’s not that bad – when there is no news it still can be considered as good news.
But that (that nothing has changed) doesn’t mean I’ve forgot you. I remember you and miss you, and miss the time in Estonia. And, yeah, Aude where is the recipes’ book?:) It’s not like I’ll manage to cook something properly but I’d like to see it (Sometime after coming back I made Far Breton, but nobody appreciated my masterpiece in French cuisine, so I’ve decided not to do it again). Lee, I’m sorry for not responding your comments (I don’t have broadband internet for now, using dial-up and it takes quite a time to post anything) and thanks a lot for the post “to Lesya”, it was very in time, as I stayed at home alone with all my friends left to travel somewhere and it cheered me up. Barbara’s last post was so solid in size that I’ve saved it as I usually do with big articles from Times and am going to read it recently.
That’s all for so far about my Ukrainian news.
Bisous-bisous,
Kisses,
Lesya:)

the sevens of life

(This is a post that I wrote for my personal blog. But Gigi conviced me to translate it and post it here!)

Today is my 7 months birthday in Estonia. 2007 has been a very important year for me, also because I always like number 7 so much... I still have 4 months here!
Since January I have welcomed 7 portuguese people here: Pedro, Dani and Cati (from SJM to the world), Raquel and Zé (travelling to where love can take us), Daniela (from Fafe to Latvia) and Nuno (EVS in the South of Estonia).
there are 7 things I discovered since I am here:

1- onde day I may become a (more) patient person
2 - I don't like Till
3 - Play on the swon is cool
4 - the mid-night sun exists and it is amaizing
5 - it is possible to be friend with people that have nothing to do with me
6 - I like more people from the south (till the Mediterranean) than from the north
7 - at this distance one can measure some friendships...

Let's see what I will think about Estonia in 7 years. And if I wii still keep as friends tha 7 more importante people for me in this experience!

So, Happy birthday to me! And to Alice... I am sorry I forgot or got the wrong day... I need your adress to send you your present!
Thank you Barbara for make me travel a bit with your words. See you in Berlin!
Lena, don't disapear, please!!!!
Aude, now that Denmark is over... what about the cooking book?? You can just post some recipes here (I want to eat K's ham and olives cake...)
All the others: GIVE SOME NEWS, PALUN!!!

yours, Miss -almost in Berlin- Lee

Back in Germany.....

Tere tere!

You told me to write in this blog so here I am! I would hae posted something sooner, but in Poland there isn't wifi eerywhere and in the hotel it was broken. I didn't arrive home before this morning so now is the time....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICE!!! A little bit late I know...sorry. I hope you had a nice birthday!

DAY 1

Right now I am sitting in the train station of Warszawa Zdochnia and I am waiting for ages for my train. Of course I missed the one which left shortly after I arrived here (maybe the luggage was a little bit too much to carry after all). I think my train is at 12:50 (I arrive here shortly after 9), but I have no idea and I don’t really know when I’ll ever arrive in Wroclaw. I really hope I will still manage today. But hey…I’m always open for surprises.

By the way…yes I did have to pay extra for my luggage, when we changed the bus in Riga. Aaaaahh…what a mess that was. But luckily there was a Polish guy who spoke perfect German and he helped me to translate and I got my stuff in the bus after all.

And the best of it all…I forgot my toothbrush! So a perfect day this is. Gosh…I’m so glad when I arrive at this fucking station in Wroclaw. It’s quite boring to sit around this freaking station for 4 hours with nothing really to do (all my books are squeezed into a free corner of any of my suitcases, which I do not dare to open).to open.

Yeah…just as I am writing this as train to the city where I’m supposed to go to catch my train arrived….so gotta go!

Ok…that was too much of enthusiasm. I got the train. I arrived at Radom.

Just to find out that the train to Wroclaw goes TWICE A DAY! I am really developing a deep hate against Polish train stations and employees of the train company now. How can you give a person a connection that you will not she will miss (the lady in Warszawa got me a train which left one minute after I had the ticket in my hand!!) and that goes fucking twice a day.

So I am looking forward to another 8 hours in the middle of nowhere in Poland with to much luggage to move around the city. And then a night in the train, until I finally arrive at 6:44 the next day (meaning Thursday).

Lovely.

Just lovely.

I need a beer.

DAY 2

There was no beer. The only shop in the train station was closed already. Nevertheless I spend the 8 hours fine and did more or less useful things. It’s amazing what you can do in 8 hours at a train station. Do your nails, do your toenails, I painted my mobile phone again (all the black dots were gone), I read again my travel guide to Estonia (apparently the Estonian youth meets in he Danish Kings Garden to play guitar in the evening, aha?) and I think I have never in my life spend so much time plucking my eyebrows.

As you can see: a very successful day. And believe it or nor…in those 8 hours not a single person actually talked to me. I guess there are people that are quieter than Estonians.

In the train I met a nice guy though…a students that was going to his girlfriend’s sister’s wedding or something.

Anyway…some of you have seen my entire luggage. I hurled it all into the train somehow and then it turned out that the train was one of those with separate compartments. In general those are quite cool but there is hardly any space for luggage. So I entered one that was not full yet. I managed to put one of my bags onto those suitcase-holder-thingies on the wall, put my big suitcase in the middle of the compartment, put my small suitcase on my seat and then I sat on it with my feet on my big suitcase and my backpack on my lap. So not a very comfortable position for sleeping. The nice guy (forgot his name already) took my backpack then and after some time someone else left so I actually had some place to sit after a while. But still not much sleep.

Finally in Wroclaw I was so fucking happy to give away my luggage to this luggage place and then after an unsuccessful search for a shower(well the bathroom of McDonalds was just as fine, I guess), I went with my things to the park, had breakfast and enjoyed the morning sun until I met my friend at 13 o clock.

That was really nice.

And I was quite happy to see my friend as well. She also made an EVS for half a year in Poland, so she knew how I was feeling and didn’t ask any stupid “so…how is Estonia” questions. It was really good to talk to her as first person from home again. It’s good to have someone who knows what it’s like. Also it was nice to enjoy the hot summer day with a couple of beer in the street bars.

After an odyssey through the town we finally managed to meet my dance group. So…much more beer now.

It's strange to meet them all again at once. Some of them have change so much and some are stuck in exactly the same place as they were more than 1 year ago. Or maybe I’m still stuck in my head in my Tallinn life. We will see how it goes. During the next days.

I’m looking forward to it. I didn’t have the chance to talk to everyone yet and I am curious to get to know some of them again in a new light.

And I also got warned that I have to catch up with the rest and learn quite a few dances by tomorrow noon so I can perform with the rest by the afternoon. Aaah….

By the way…I got sunburned…AGAIN. It was so freaking ht today, about 36 degrees, it really felt like the Bahamas or something especially since the Tallinn wind is missing.

I miss you all already and it really meant a lot to me that you came to the bus station to say goodbye!

Musi, musi,

Barbara

DAY 3 + 4

Well…let me tell you one thing about my dance group. In a way the group is a lot like me. We disorganised, we don’t care so much that we are, we are always late and we like beer. A lot. And luckily beer is cheap in Poland and also come in 0,5 l glasses. So life’s good here.

So far.

We did a tour around the city today and that was quite nice. Wroclaw is a nice city.

I enjoyed that part although I was still in my morning mood for almost the whole day.

Then we danced, then we drank some beer then we perform and guess what we did after that…we drank beer.

Basically this went the whole time. One evening we had a performance in a small village of 15 ppl or something like that and about a third of them actually cam o see us and later it was said there would be disco. We expected something really really lame but as soon as they brought the Vodka bottles we knew it would be a fun evening, and it was! They gave each table 2 bottles.

So…we were drunk. Some more some less and as I tried to help one of us out of the toilet (she locked herself in, was to drunk to open and her head was hanging over the trash bin) I pretty much bruised my whole arm. I guess those toilet bowl are not always as steady as they seem.

Anyway...I was quite drunk and I even spoke some Russian with some of the villagers. Quite funny…

Well…there’s not much more to say about what we did or so on.

It’s was nice to be on trip with my group…a good way to get used to people again step by step. And to have so many people around me. I would have died I think if I had gone straight back to my small hometown.

Now I am back in my hometown since this morning. Strange feeling. I entered my old room to go to bed and it felt like going back in time.

It was not like going home but like going into the past. Everything here seems so old now and also so juvenile. It feels like the room of a 14year old.

I pretty much emptied out my wardrobe and get rid of all the clutter that has been sitting there for so long.

Right now I’m a bit bored, since no one seems to have time for me. Most of my friends are working or busy with school stuff, with their boyfriends/girlfriends or not in town, so I hope there’s still someone that finds some time for me. I really don’t feel like spending my first evening in Germany sitting in front of the TV with my parents.

How are things in Tallinn, Greece, France Italy and wherever else you are?

I miss you all a lot!!!

Musi, musi

Barbara

Joyeux anniversaire Alice !

i want to say something special for a nice special french girl !!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS !!! Enjoy this day like you must ven without us and don't worry i don't forget yon on this date.

And see you soon.

BISOUS BISOUS

Aude

Just some pictures

Hey !
I came back yesterday from all my trip ! Now i'm at home and i have some time to put some pictures here....

It's me at the airport !!

Me and my sister somewhere in Danmark.

No coments...

A nice view near the camping, you can see the weather is beautiful lol !

ANd the last one just for the fun !!

I hope all is good for you and you spend a lot of nice moment where you are.

tere!!!!

Tere tere people!!! I just returned from "We will SUrvive" the AEGEE-Patra summer university (for more information about that check my blog, www.traintrip.blogspot.com dont make me to write twice the same things:) I just post here a picture of all the group of people from Greece, Armenia, Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany and Belgium! It was a bit like our EVS international group in Tallinn, I felt a bit like in Estonia.

Our international group in front of the theatre of Epidavros.

So, after two weeks of taking care of a group of 30 people, I feel that now I need vacations:) Just before I left I had an interview for a master course I want to follow next semestre and it went well. So, probably from October I will be a student again. I am a bit afraid cause the break was quite big, after one year back to studies, I hope it will work.

This is more or less my news. I m waiting for yours!!!

PS. Lee asked before, but not everybody wrote it down. I m talking about your home adressess. I want to have the adress of all of you, I miss some. Could you please post them here? PPPaaaalllluuuuunnnnn!!!!!

Filia, Gigi.

Holid.... what???

Tervist!

It's true, Aude! No one likes writting on this blog... I start doubting why I created it!! =(
But as I still want it to replace e-mails, I will answer your questions!

So, I am fine! It looks like the summer finally got to Estonia!! It doesn't rain for almost one week, and the temperatures are really nice!! So, yeah, I am still in Tallinn, WoRkInG!

Last last weekend was the Viljandi Folk Festival! It was extremely nice!!! a lot of nice music, normal people, cute guys... It was really nice!!

that's us (me and the german corner!) on the hanging bridge!

Then, Lena, Emrah, Doro and Camille (Parnu) left... and we had our mid term in Sooma, south Estonia! It was really nice, with a Kanoo trip instead of a hike =) As usually we staied in a very nice place, in the middle of the forest!



so, we were just 6: 3 french and the rest of the world =P but we hd lots of fun, sauna twice, barbeque and a lot of talking...
then we came back to Tallinn and Camille and Laura (Viljandi) were gone but Juksuur is OPEN!!!! we wanted to go there on saturday, but we staied outside drinking CCM and when we got there it was closed, already...
but yesterday, for Barbara's last evening (she leaves today in 7 hours) we went there!



so here she is on the new couch!! So, yes, two new sofas, a small smoking room (just behind the hairdresser chairs) and a glass dividing the twoo rooms... Our corner now has blue floor and new pillows! But some things never change!

So, Aude, I am sorry, but I am not planning go to France in the next months... but to Ukrain... flights from Tallinn are very cheap by now (130 euros)!! So maybe, Lena and Lesya... prepare yourselfs!! And Aude, how was in Denmark? and PEOPLE where have you been??? It was very nice to "read" about Kêlig, Alice and Lena! But you could write something here... post some pictures... I miss seeing your smiles =)

I have to work, now... =/

see you around

Miss - almost in Berlin- Lee

To everybody !!

Tere tere !!
How are you ? Where are you ? What are you doing ?
Since a long time nobody write something on this nice blog. You are all in hollidays somewhere in Europa ?

Since wednesday i'm in France and now i'm in Narbonne for a few time. I enjoy the sun, the swimming pool and my boyfriend lol !!

I wanted to know if someone plan to come in France at the begining of this school year. Because i live quite far from the other so i must plan a bit before you come.

Have a nice holidays and enjoy all !!!

BISOUS BISOUS

Aude

PS : i have a lot of picture to put on this blog but can't do this now so when i will be at home i will put a lot of pictures.

to Lesya

Tere Party people,

I hope everyone is doing fine! I am cool and cold... fucking estonian weather!!
Lesya made me some questions by e-mail, and I will answer them here (for I want this blog to substitute general e-mails)!!
So I already answer the first one: I am ok! Yesterday, me, Thom and Kahta went for a beer with Alisa, a new volunteer from Romenia. It was very nice. I guess she will be Aude II... Doesn't drink, is full of energy and works a lot... KLet's see if she can calculate!!

So, Leya, yes, I am still in Estonia and Julka as well! Lena is leaving on Monday (together with Emrah, Doro and Camille from Parnu). Barbara is leaving in 2 weeks and Katha stil doesn't know, but somewhere between the 1st and the 10 of September. (Sad times will come again and again...)

about he flat... Well, only Lena and Julka are living there for real! There is a new volunteer, Sashka from Macedonia. She will take Donna's project, and therefore live in the flat. but for the next couple of weeks she will be in workcamps in Marjamaa... poor girl! We met last weekend, she is cool!
there are also 2 french girls staying in Lasnamae for some weeks. they are friends of (estonian) Sashka and are in Estonia for a reportage about youth... but they are more silent than rats can be...

so, about my plans, Lesya... Next week me and Thomas will be in the mid term, somewhere in the south... so this will be my first week of hollydays! If Margus doesn't bored me too much!! Then on 29 August I am flying to Berlim, to meet Laura and Robert. From there I will go to Prague to visit 3 portuguese EVS friends. Then Vilnius to see another friend and then Tallinn. maybe I stop in Riga... So if you, or anyone is planning to travel around Europe on the first 2 weeks of September... let me know! I would be very happy to meet you somewhere...

And this weekend we will go to Viljandi Folk Festival. There is a Portuguese band playing on Friday... I will try to see them!


I leave you with a picture of a very nice jazz concert that Lena took me to, in the Ukrainian cultural centre! The place is amaizing, and the music too!
that's all for today folks!!
Musi musi

What's happen in Britany ??

Hey everybody !
I don't spend a lot of time in my house since i come back from Tallinn.
I spend some time in Pyrennées with my parents and my boyfriend (and it was great). We walk a lot and it's very nice to see the mounains after 10 mounths in Estonia....
Next week i will go to Copenhague to see my sister and after i will go to Narbonne (it's near Carcasonne in the south of the France).

I hope all is good for you in Tallinn or all over the world :-)

Enjoy your holidays and your work for the other !!

BISOUS BISOUS

Aude

unza unza unza tiime!!!po popopopo unzaunza unza

Hi tovarish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unza unza unza!!!!!l love this song when l m happy!!!!!yes people l m happy for many reasons: l did my last summer exam; tomorrow l will leave with the boat around italy...unzaunzaunza time!!!!!!!
would you know how was my exam?....l took 28/30 unza unza unza happy christian happy happy. In rome was os fucking hot puff l thought -20 in estonia while l was dieing on the street!!!!!!

boat is waiting the sailor!!!!!!!popey hihihi
maybe you are thinking l m stupid...l don t care l m so happy now!!!!
by the way l don t know how l can utilize internet during this month....l will try to give you my news (and if lt s possible some pictures even)
that 2 are just a preview took from internet....we are seriuos...l know said by me lt s a bit strange

Do you know what are we going to do? well this campaign is the most famous for the safeguard of the sea in italy, our biologies check the healt of the sea with analysis, we give pirates flag to local power if they are following politics against the seaside like huge hotel on the beach for example, do blitz like occupation of some area where is planned to build eco monster (we call ecomonster building which are not sustenaible and adapt with the ambient around)......so lt s quite beautiful and exciting unza unza unza


ok guys continue to write...to be honest some one should start

I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

subcomandante christian

some gossiping

Tere party people,

i am writting just to gossip a bit ;) I know Gigi and Chri love it!

Remember that girl that interviewed us in winter time, in Lasnamae... me, Kê, Gigi, Emma...
I met her and the fotografer on the street and guess what: I did not recognize them! But she came to me with short hair a big big belly! She is so pregnant that looks like a time bomb! yes, the father is the fotografer, the guy that was in EVS in Serbia!
They asked me about the riots, if I had seen it (because they were out of the country). and you know their comment on this?!?!?! "it was a big party, hum?"... I don't need to tell you that our conversations died here!

Finally I have some information about the mid term, and it is not going to be in Saarema =( but is Värska, somewhere in the south, close to Võru and Russia... and Ege wrote on the e-mail that Margus is already planning a hikke "on the nature: therefore take sleeping bags and mattresses with you, as well comfortable clothes for both sun and rain. As well a mug, spoon and bowl."
I AM AFRAID!!!! the good news is that in 9 people I just don't know 1: Simone. do you guys know her? the rest is me, Thom, Amelie & Jonathan, Fanny, Simon, Nuno and Louice!!!! I guess it will be quite funny!

so, now that you know some news about Estonia, give us some news from the rest of Europe!

musi

Lee

news from Germany.. finally :)

Hello my beloved fellow-crazy-people!

I'm so terribly sorry, I'm really bad at writing (not just lately, though, I regret to say).. but seriously, I've been insanely busy ever since I came back, which is good, I guess, because otherwise I'd feel weird - like most of you, who have gone home already..
Anyways, I'm doing fine. I'm very happy to have big-city-air around me again, to meet my friends, go out and take public transport home in the middle of the night, drink cocktails, go dancing, smoke inside, have all my CDs and do my fucking uni-applications.. and you know what?!?! Today I'VE BROUGHT ALL MY APPLICATIONS to the unis or the post-office.. which means that now, finally, it's out of my hands and other people get to decide what will happen with me :) It's a brilliant feeling, really.. :)
I do miss you guys, of course, and I miss summer and sun.. it has hardly ever stopped raining or being cloudy around here since I came. I'm walking 'round in sweater and coat and it's awful.. but they say this weekend it'll get nicer..
Actually, I have to go, my friend just left, but I'm meeting another one at 8 and since I do live a bit off the shot now, I'll have to get ready and leave soon.
I love you and hope to see some of you soon!! :)

Ah, two pictures, one for those who recognize what it is, just because it's funny, and the other one cause it's a very special sweater, but I guess you can't see that ;p

me again:)

hello people, it's me again have you missed me?:)
about photos - they are cool!!! thank you, Lee, for posting Torkil's photos (before I saw smth like that only in movies)
also - i would like to see more photos from your trips, inside Estonia nad outside it. promise to post mine too
kisses:)
Lesya

about everything

hello people:)
Glad to hear from you:))
I'm ok, sorry - had no time to post smth
during these days I've been to one Ukrainian folk fest (last weekend, 3 days) it was nice, I'm rechagred with fresh energy:)))
Lee, thanks for the Free hugs day (by the way, free hugs from me for each of you post scriptum (I'm not sure this last word should be spelled like that, huh& = |) :))) and you know what? whaen I was that day (7th of July) on the folk fest there was a guy with a board "hug for free" there are still some educated nice people in Ukraine, who follow the news... :)
about the letters adea - it's nice, i like sending normal letters too
so, my address: Ukraine, Kyiv, 02068, Dragomanova street, b. 40-A, apt 29
waiting for the letter:)
Sorry, have to go:(
Bisou

I m not sure the exact day when Greece won the Euro cup 3 years ago. Big teams usually dont think of old victories, we look forward the new ones. But I feel that I owe these players a post here to honour this huge success, when a nation of 11000000 people had the best team in whole Europe. Next year we will prove who is the real boss in our neighborhood, the old world, Europe.

happy birthday italian world cup

9th july 2006 - all the world was saying congratulations to Italy to have won the world cup of footbal.today dear friends It s the first birthday.
After 1 year It s still: po po po popopopo po popopop

one request

Tere party people,

i would like to ask you something... Can you give me your home adresses?? No, I am not going to show up at your door, bagging for food...
there is just some things that i would like to send you, actually i love to receive letters and the best way to provoque that is send some first, s that people will answer...
now, really, i would like to send you guys some stuff, but i need adresses... so, please, send me an e mail with it, ok?

Today in Tallinn is the "tropical country" day! it is hot, it rains, it is sunny, it rains... =S fuck!!!
it looks like we are in north west part of a country that we konw...

life in Tallinn is... basically the same, just without people...

I love you all

Lee

What i will do next year ??

Hello !
i'm at home since tuesday and i didn't have time to write something there (it's not good). But today i have time so...

Next year i will be in Britany (the real one !!) in Lorient (it's in the south).
Tomorow i will go and seek a flat.
I you want visit France you are welcome in my new place !!

For the moment i don't have a mobile so i don't have number. I try to check my mail every day.

The weather is very nice here with a lot of rain !!

I hope all is good for you in Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, Ukraine.....

Bisous bisous

Aude

Ps : next time i will put some picture !!

vaffanculo university di merda!!!!!!

Hi guys,
today l m really angry, i supposed to give my last summer exam tomorrow, but just now I saw that the date of exam is moved to 18th!!!
puttana merda troia...all my plan for next week are destroied, l wanted a week just relaxing because after my coming back to italy l started very soon to study and l will finish one day before to work on the boat now!
l m really fed up...but fuck the prof, fuck the university....l m going to the beach dear friends, they tried to put a finger in my ass......but I can fart really easily...right julka?

by the way...have a nice sunday!!!!!!

P.s.: l hope the prof will have diarreha tomorrow!!!! :-D
who doesn t write on the blog is an asshole :-D

subcomandante insurgente angry christian

Tasuta kallid

Dear party people,
I hope all of you are ok. In Tallinn the weather sucks, but life goes on! I am writting this post to let you know that tomorrow is the INTERNATIONAL DAY of:


(free hugs, if you cann't read)

so let's go to the streets and give our friends Calins gratuits, Gratis Umarmung(en), Δωρεάν αγκαλιές, Abbracci Gratis, Abraços grátis, Бесплатные объятия, Abrazos gratis, Безкоштовні обійми

check it out in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_hugs

Kê, we didn't went to the party in von Krahl, mas yesterday was britanie dinner in Thom's place! He made gallete and I made Far Breton. it was great! ;)

love you all, and miss you a lot a lot a lot

KALLI,
Lee

te tere tere te te

Hi again, People

i confess i was surprised, but very happy, to see pictures in the blog! Thanks for making me smile today!
as you know, Kê left this morning... very sad moment till we saw Torkil in the airport. he was more or less like this:




it was very nice that he showed up, and made us laugh! just for the record he was carying 30 kg in his suite case, + 14 in the backpack, + 14 jumpers and shirts around him and his winter jacket (unknown amount of Kilos). he had no supporting group, so we stayed till he board... and it was so funny, because, of course, he had to take everything out... that doesn't mean that we suddently got happy, of course!

to those who weren't here last weekend I leave you here some Laulupidu pictures... it was amaizing!! 18 000 singers + 17 000 dancers... at the same time (just once)!!!!
as some of us already talked: LET'S GET BACK IN 2009 FOR THE BIG LAULUPIDU! after Portugal 2008, Estonia 2009. anyone has plans for 2010?? =p



credits - Maris ah la la la

I hope you enjoy! Give some news,

beijinhos
Lee

hi:)

Hello people,
decided to post a photo from my countryside trip, last weekend