tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81897974818956092102024-03-21T13:45:25.253-07:00USA muljedKristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-13385586131500110752011-11-20T06:49:00.000-08:002011-11-20T23:50:28.068-08:00Learning styles and multiple intelligence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A test to find out what kind of learner you are<br />
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<a href="http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/LearningStyleInv.html">http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/LearningStyleInv.html</a><br />
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A test to find out which types of intelligence you may be strong in<br />
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<a href="http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/MultInt.html">http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/MultInt.html</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysFwqQe652I0djUdaHVM1mGE9Wa5UD1GmPAXAjMqHhUukYk46k7tlsSGB5hBRh0R0uQDFppS87pihcxQxfzlB2f9kA71KLHMnMA-i6QXWmrKR4gUsJ9pSFLKcFehQkThj7LLQCN7xUwA0/s1600/learning_styles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysFwqQe652I0djUdaHVM1mGE9Wa5UD1GmPAXAjMqHhUukYk46k7tlsSGB5hBRh0R0uQDFppS87pihcxQxfzlB2f9kA71KLHMnMA-i6QXWmrKR4gUsJ9pSFLKcFehQkThj7LLQCN7xUwA0/s320/learning_styles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-62417351303135594132011-11-11T13:07:00.000-08:002011-11-11T13:07:08.588-08:00Back to the future<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm back in Estonia now... It's 10.36 pm here (3.36 pm in D.C) and the last time I had some sleep was 32 hours ago. Tomorrow I'll probably sleep till noon.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left yesterday at 1.45 pm. Only Wafa and Maram were there to say goodbye because the rest of our group had already left.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6VJt14F_-by39YGXQkhXSyLz5_JGVqWyhShZVlg7xQHYnZ5L0pzi673wi2jpCrSOrV0jlBujV48Yx3LA3FSy9-Iqgyo1vnvKMEGj7kTUEocVEX7dVEXAIGdqsS9opAFsc3Qmv7QUMUwS/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6VJt14F_-by39YGXQkhXSyLz5_JGVqWyhShZVlg7xQHYnZ5L0pzi673wi2jpCrSOrV0jlBujV48Yx3LA3FSy9-Iqgyo1vnvKMEGj7kTUEocVEX7dVEXAIGdqsS9opAFsc3Qmv7QUMUwS/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was cloudy and raining so we said that D.C. was crying because we had to leave. I felt really sad. The weeks had passed soooo quickly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our flight was at 7.10 pm and it wasn't as bad as I had expected. I happened to sit next to a guy from Colombia. We talked about our home countries and many other things. That really helped to keep sad thoughts away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyQvK2AP2o70DtBpKzsWcWoLMbBz-SPkyOVHueNicZnailjHBxhOE-tq1P1UiDYd9gP4t-RmkIP0VhaT5ACscrWoOClJcaTZ4a94zKVR9MfZBFmkKOwis2dT2toNfIJFP4S5oWqMWkTuB/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyQvK2AP2o70DtBpKzsWcWoLMbBz-SPkyOVHueNicZnailjHBxhOE-tq1P1UiDYd9gP4t-RmkIP0VhaT5ACscrWoOClJcaTZ4a94zKVR9MfZBFmkKOwis2dT2toNfIJFP4S5oWqMWkTuB/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We arrived in Frankfurt at 9 am. And then something amazing happened - we saw Margaret and Zbignev. They were waiting for their flight to Poland and we were all really happy to see each other :)</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzmx8l0oRUy4hVS-3mRiDhT5SEHMw1Q9OZfGz8bladG2GhFpkkSAdcxgmFgAMR6cCAZ2bfB30V4skDZkDpc93aFHJXFROiAnniATfQ0i8NPV9LwmDlL4cwGgfdMGX5a2fdHriYSXZy3i-/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzmx8l0oRUy4hVS-3mRiDhT5SEHMw1Q9OZfGz8bladG2GhFpkkSAdcxgmFgAMR6cCAZ2bfB30V4skDZkDpc93aFHJXFROiAnniATfQ0i8NPV9LwmDlL4cwGgfdMGX5a2fdHriYSXZy3i-/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Our flight was delayed for an hour and we were awfully tired. Yet, it was very difficult to fall asleep.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The flight from Frankfurt to Tallinn lasted only for two and a half hours but it felt like forever. It was nice to see my boys again :) They were eagerly waiting for me at the airport.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This definitely was the best trip in my life and being far away from other TEA fellows really hurts. I know we will keep in touch and this offers me some comfort. I truly need to get some sleep now. Good night and sweet dreams :)</span></div><br />
</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-2722923761220228422011-11-10T10:22:00.000-08:002011-11-10T10:22:14.921-08:00I'm not good at saying goodbye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here I am again... sitting in the hotel lobby, trying to hide in my bubble of sadness. There are people all around me, rushing around with their suitcases. Every hour there's a group leaving and we have to say goodbye again and again. That really hurts. Aida and Hugo and Soythip and Angsana, Rinna and Socheat and Lucky left early in the morning. Pablo and Jaime just left and Jahan, Maya, Valentina and Asiyat and Nazik are leaving in ten minutes. Margaret, Zbignev, Tatiana and Jazgul are leaving in an hour and we have two more hours to wait ... Wafa and Maram are the last ones to leave. I'm going to miss them all.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's a picture of me sitting in the lobby. The photo was taken a couple of days ago when we got here.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oHDxWmyTBS9RbqOMmosXMtxl3CvrRoKPM61UuIv8BCdG2XqmwniEo6UEB8iDkcZ6z__9XL4T5gQ5BPqz7faHb61fVsKjuIrCM7jLUvHvz_F5NaWCL5YOSlZFMmsQpKTEjPmIWUKInfkg/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oHDxWmyTBS9RbqOMmosXMtxl3CvrRoKPM61UuIv8BCdG2XqmwniEo6UEB8iDkcZ6z__9XL4T5gQ5BPqz7faHb61fVsKjuIrCM7jLUvHvz_F5NaWCL5YOSlZFMmsQpKTEjPmIWUKInfkg/s320/005.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our flight is at 7 pm and it lasts for 8 hours. We arrive in Frankfurt at 9 am tomorrow. And the flight to Estonia is at around 12. I should arrive at 5 pm. I haven't experienced any culture shock here but I'm definitely going to have a reverse culture shock, so all the Estonians waiting for me... be warned :P</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's 1.13 pm and we've said goodbye to most of our group. We also had lunch and we've got 30 minutes before we leave. I feel numb... and tired. I remember that when we got to Boone six weeks ago and admired the colorful trees, Jesse said that all the leaves will be gone by the time we leave. And today I could see last leaves falling and dancing in the wind when I hugged my friends and said goodbye.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to...</em></span></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-49742653569076730812011-11-09T18:04:00.000-08:002011-11-09T19:44:29.442-08:00The very last day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's me again, still in Washington... We're going to meet downstairs in 9 minutes but I wanted to upload a couple of photos before I go.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimeqFm1G16Or3Iom_GlAVZMS5KbLLnFHAmfmX382MylUsT0Qy6s95yGx0kXqZw-w-iazxTp3xzwMgqlcdgCl5n4SxkCGjLaeLNN48yyhCGxDqJv5ADT1_Nqjd34vQPiDRdQeXFN3B4CbF/s1600/137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimeqFm1G16Or3Iom_GlAVZMS5KbLLnFHAmfmX382MylUsT0Qy6s95yGx0kXqZw-w-iazxTp3xzwMgqlcdgCl5n4SxkCGjLaeLNN48yyhCGxDqJv5ADT1_Nqjd34vQPiDRdQeXFN3B4CbF/s320/137.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday we had a cultural evening and here's our Estonian group. We read a poem by Artur Alliksaar and danced the Gate Dance (Väravalugu) by Vägilased.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLM8eJTHGqDt0IKsVNFP1IRJj6ptBCWSDxhk_CSYQ0ihJ5hWvyoE4kTy3wk6Uec0zCSeQDeFddSZN17Gtia4DFUN3M3wuZ-xmv2PyGYMY4Bqpdq0QIYSQZnSRDvEpDLg1oUeQMMK6iD3GE/s1600/179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLM8eJTHGqDt0IKsVNFP1IRJj6ptBCWSDxhk_CSYQ0ihJ5hWvyoE4kTy3wk6Uec0zCSeQDeFddSZN17Gtia4DFUN3M3wuZ-xmv2PyGYMY4Bqpdq0QIYSQZnSRDvEpDLg1oUeQMMK6iD3GE/s320/179.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost everybody had prepared a short performance. Here's a dance that the guys from Rwanda started :) </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After everybody had performed, the DJ started playing pop songs and the dancefloor was momentarily full of people.</span> We had so much fun and for a while most of us were probably able to forget the fact that we'll have to part soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1CnCw8iLn9ZT-B64-WEL5Sfio8-8xoca9Qw0FKVcGaySOc3BNm5dSdBCyV_CpujFZeDegG-VX1rbYlqhcVOE9DKtJvwnr0vJGlrV_RLyJ8uo3LZKteJwOrYLFzrGJhBDu5C5ToEW8hw7/s1600/196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1CnCw8iLn9ZT-B64-WEL5Sfio8-8xoca9Qw0FKVcGaySOc3BNm5dSdBCyV_CpujFZeDegG-VX1rbYlqhcVOE9DKtJvwnr0vJGlrV_RLyJ8uo3LZKteJwOrYLFzrGJhBDu5C5ToEW8hw7/s320/196.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's Margaret and me. I'm going to miss her so much. She has an amazing ability to understand people and she's been soooo supportive :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Today in the morning we had the last session where we were told about different grants that TEA alumni can apply for. Then we had lunch in a fancy hotel very close to the White House. And in the afternoon we went sightseeing as we had a free evening.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OK, need to run now, others are waiting for me downstairs. I'll try to write tomorrow before we leave. It's definitely going to be a very very sad night...</span></div></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-7644270647590217122011-11-08T09:07:00.000-08:002011-11-08T09:07:18.004-08:00Back in Washington<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greetings from D.C. again. It's Tuesday morning and we're very busy here doing our micro teaching. I'm happy and relaxed because I have already done my teaching and it went very well again. I should be doing it right now but I volunteered to switch times with Asyiat and go first.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WKFT0UnhA9t50dwIH-oPRZBXLnBU1M0W4qojmFwkdgVzdobSgZRmNoPWKmvYu0USHg8qoeOl6bPgSBL5LWvfc8akzA3HM6pVzO4RZDbZxrYYSXGpAbNRtBEDCtfn6vbXCgxRRbydQnlN/s1600/DSC02612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WKFT0UnhA9t50dwIH-oPRZBXLnBU1M0W4qojmFwkdgVzdobSgZRmNoPWKmvYu0USHg8qoeOl6bPgSBL5LWvfc8akzA3HM6pVzO4RZDbZxrYYSXGpAbNRtBEDCtfn6vbXCgxRRbydQnlN/s320/DSC02612.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Me doing my micro teaching activity</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Yesterday was a travel day again. We left from Boone at about 9.30 am. Both Sarahs were there to say goodbye and there were tears and promises to meet again soon. Seeing the streets of Boone for the last time made us all very sad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkc1n1jkFc8pFmY203cPx4gXgMpwsWvjX44QzN0AcX_Z8h-xbW9qs5NS3Yj7bifIPsVhhDVQbupUuiLjT4FfkcfP6dNOqYEVeW7-a11ywbp30Vtj7wZpG4uhc_cSyA-3efW7DGFTJPLDM/s1600/DSC02521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkc1n1jkFc8pFmY203cPx4gXgMpwsWvjX44QzN0AcX_Z8h-xbW9qs5NS3Yj7bifIPsVhhDVQbupUuiLjT4FfkcfP6dNOqYEVeW7-a11ywbp30Vtj7wZpG4uhc_cSyA-3efW7DGFTJPLDM/s320/DSC02521.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The breakfast I had for 6 weeks :P</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJA1nWtVeQOy1kycXVIFQeKXt1JZRpW1XMg6-v8MjoxYKY0hRAvU_JtUr3ulcmbbsAe07FIULwOTMqRAiJrF6oNXf4IOljpzPkO3rKW23zyJHINYN0UsV11p67rukS1QT30ET8bo-fyPr6/s1600/DSC02534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJA1nWtVeQOy1kycXVIFQeKXt1JZRpW1XMg6-v8MjoxYKY0hRAvU_JtUr3ulcmbbsAe07FIULwOTMqRAiJrF6oNXf4IOljpzPkO3rKW23zyJHINYN0UsV11p67rukS1QT30ET8bo-fyPr6/s320/DSC02534.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlotte. I took the photo on the plane.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvFxf21APbb4kiq-pGG_SpFjKzHDZHh0qIMdjs8QRoTiSyNnu3YMqq5bexpOi6udIXgtdsEZ6a_lj3lYBs6xSh615GL78i2bDeaSY2Xizcl2SjiHmBQN3P2hJuiLa1NP0sODu1bHssJVj/s1600/DSC02561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvFxf21APbb4kiq-pGG_SpFjKzHDZHh0qIMdjs8QRoTiSyNnu3YMqq5bexpOi6udIXgtdsEZ6a_lj3lYBs6xSh615GL78i2bDeaSY2Xizcl2SjiHmBQN3P2hJuiLa1NP0sODu1bHssJVj/s320/DSC02561.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Our group in the airport in D.C. Can you see all the luggage?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We live here at Kellogg Conference Hotel on the campus of Gallaudet University. My room mate is Daniela from Bulgaria again. It was so nice to see her again :) Last night was weird - we laughed a lot but I think we're not actually happy cause we know that we'll have to part with our group in just two days. We all think that we had the best group and the best university :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8L-0nvf3vpyotHpzenvScjJ2-qF67XPl4s_HZp9TQIWQ6q30JwHB4PhEaN5e2t3hvI65726n39MKa77W9ay4lvQX-H5lPhKQDAKscWbBScQpnp2LtbeQ0rqETPCHU43hyphenhyphen2QUILFD0m9JU/s1600/DSC02572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8L-0nvf3vpyotHpzenvScjJ2-qF67XPl4s_HZp9TQIWQ6q30JwHB4PhEaN5e2t3hvI65726n39MKa77W9ay4lvQX-H5lPhKQDAKscWbBScQpnp2LtbeQ0rqETPCHU43hyphenhyphen2QUILFD0m9JU/s320/DSC02572.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Gallaudet University campus at night.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-37046754942662550342011-11-06T19:31:00.000-08:002011-11-06T19:35:45.194-08:00Last day in Boone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQK334tw2QBRZA0r8PVqtWnq9JqwTpXbxo1XS4rDBgCid5lc6vAI0kI1YO5LB66QnFLcragIEC33UHZDsNhezx7odPU4UoZfdWZgrjL5M_2xEC15fBYt8Ym_PRN8QMTzM3-1HIN60549uk/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQK334tw2QBRZA0r8PVqtWnq9JqwTpXbxo1XS4rDBgCid5lc6vAI0kI1YO5LB66QnFLcragIEC33UHZDsNhezx7odPU4UoZfdWZgrjL5M_2xEC15fBYt8Ym_PRN8QMTzM3-1HIN60549uk/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's our last day in Boone. We're sitting in the lobby... again. Everyone has packed their suitcases and the dominant feeling among us seems to be sadness. This, however, cannot be said about Hugo who's sitting next to me, listening to old club hits and obviously enjoying it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weekend has been pretty relaxing. Yesterday I slept till 9.40 am, did some packing and talked to my family on Skype. It was nice to hear that they are organizing a homecoming party for me :) We also did the laundry with Tea and went to Walmart to get a couple of things we needed. In the afternoon there was a party at Sarah's place. John gave us a ride and of course we got lost. We drove up in the mountains and the scenery was just breathtaking again. When we finally got to Sarah's house everyone was already having chili and corn bread. She lives in a really nice place. By the way, she spent a year in Finland in 1981, she was an exchange student there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxRt2LwwjU6DxIXtcMvobOzWONLeXUZQuEUX3CEfwTBaHVcOJZ8AJw7a3916fAFb0Sa5aLq4sQZtovI4O1A-eOLbv4o4g0S6SmeQC1fS6f8V7MdGmK6mA0_OSBG8SIicMcYmPRWE-5bSO/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxRt2LwwjU6DxIXtcMvobOzWONLeXUZQuEUX3CEfwTBaHVcOJZ8AJw7a3916fAFb0Sa5aLq4sQZtovI4O1A-eOLbv4o4g0S6SmeQC1fS6f8V7MdGmK6mA0_OSBG8SIicMcYmPRWE-5bSO/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the evening we sat in the lobby again and talked but I was tired and went to bed pretty early.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I sent my lesson plans to Jesse and edited the video I'm going to use in Washington when doing my micro teaching. I also helped Maya with her PowerPoint presentation. Then I spent an hour trying to fit all the things I have bought into my suitcase. And I have to admit that I wasn't very successful. So we went to Boone Mall for the last time and I bought a new suitcase. We also had luch there - I had a tuna sandwich and fries.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 7 pm we came downstairs to meet John and return the laptops we were given 6 weeks ago. I actually used my ASU laptop just once cause I have my own laptop with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're leaving tomorrow at 9.30 am and our flight from Charlotte to Washington is at 1 pm. We're going to stay in D.C. till Thursday.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just remembered I wanted to share a beautiful thought with you. A couple of days ago I saw a sign in a gift shop...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take </strong></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>but by the moments that take our breath away.</strong></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had so many breathtaking moments here and it's very difficult to part with the people I've met here.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOoQuf49bk3nhA2rUH6bWsZGx4p-2NZCKF5Yt-Q_Dqc1t0xmTBEsl9jjZ7M71F34OxTYJlKxRcw3IdRu8950fNiQxIoRHM1uOd0yKoTF73ckgbdmsmKU4jqb5f6lGjoJ0axsg5Ek9PKI3/s320/DSC02224.JPG" width="240" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-83684528989116488312011-11-04T20:34:00.000-07:002011-11-04T20:36:49.668-07:00Farewell dinner<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we are again... sitting in the lobby in front of the fireplace. Hugo is talking to his friend, Nazik is preparing lesson plans, Tea is making friends with her new Nook, Margaret is lost in the worldwide web, I'm writing my blog and Pablo is listening to Hugo's conversation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Today we spent the morning at the university, giving feedback. Jesse was curious about our impressions and the things we have learned here. I get really sad when I think that this was our last day at ASU.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKA4PJI6krfRAixvw9KFgmYfVvOxjnSy4IzjfoW0bVt6FHZTxyqTsleWf6jP0OpOp2zPWAbBkSRY9mr0D6HiSb3JY-IPwOvkZG56bUVTwNpFtEAHh9720tpjDFsSPSGxUE978vfkmvFm3/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKA4PJI6krfRAixvw9KFgmYfVvOxjnSy4IzjfoW0bVt6FHZTxyqTsleWf6jP0OpOp2zPWAbBkSRY9mr0D6HiSb3JY-IPwOvkZG56bUVTwNpFtEAHh9720tpjDFsSPSGxUE978vfkmvFm3/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our group today :)</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the afternoon we went to Boone Mall and I tried to do some shopping but it mostly turned out to be just window shopping.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At 6 pm we had a formal reception at ASU. Everybody looked very pretty :) I was really happy to see my host family there and Ethel too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SnpN38UtVnFS0NstsvfLcgpdRztrCJMOroO-I2wdvlnns7XfxHgdMxXpP0E4Ljh_ivBMkxkOiutxtXZbTep9LH791-Fz-yLzIN6LgkNctc0kgPkJL35uKx8sVDMd35NxL66JruG5tCD3/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SnpN38UtVnFS0NstsvfLcgpdRztrCJMOroO-I2wdvlnns7XfxHgdMxXpP0E4Ljh_ivBMkxkOiutxtXZbTep9LH791-Fz-yLzIN6LgkNctc0kgPkJL35uKx8sVDMd35NxL66JruG5tCD3/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tea and me with our ICT workshop tutor - John Spagnolo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtxwguXJA6UlsohC2hQIfN3WuHTjHAx1B2gIYDZ0DGEzdULdoXrafFqjgltUJLSSbVVtl0WAX6BkV6HuzL3-oXTnInuXDoxxJI17LSO_vc-DgBqYZ_-a9PLMEKAvD-VAmsZ3Ee4qjPP_Y/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtxwguXJA6UlsohC2hQIfN3WuHTjHAx1B2gIYDZ0DGEzdULdoXrafFqjgltUJLSSbVVtl0WAX6BkV6HuzL3-oXTnInuXDoxxJI17LSO_vc-DgBqYZ_-a9PLMEKAvD-VAmsZ3Ee4qjPP_Y/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many people gave a speech. For example Jesse, the Dean of the university, John, Jaime's partner teacher and Tea. Her speech was just perfect - sad and funny at the same time. And it made me cry. I don't like farewells.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cc-TJr4XPjGKrgrNKrAIKViDGKmIwXVpJquNwv46_WBwLIC2JYVOj5qseZsoRSXNL5qE3S3C03qpos7EvzNlq6xyqmrl5dKko2pNfD-QG1-tEuz9EFahY0_cIrB_-lhsMvhD1omE8eAs/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cc-TJr4XPjGKrgrNKrAIKViDGKmIwXVpJquNwv46_WBwLIC2JYVOj5qseZsoRSXNL5qE3S3C03qpos7EvzNlq6xyqmrl5dKko2pNfD-QG1-tEuz9EFahY0_cIrB_-lhsMvhD1omE8eAs/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's me with the Dean and Jesse, holding on to my certificate, swallowing tears. These six weeks have passed just so quickly and I have met so many amazing people.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tomorrow is free, so I'm going to sleep and pack all my things and weigh the luggage. We got scales from Jesse and many people were really happy when they discovered that they actually have some room in their suitcases so they can do some more shopping :) I wouldn't mind buying some more stuff :P</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-25413937287931767062011-11-03T21:35:00.000-07:002011-11-03T21:35:21.439-07:00Back in Boone... happy, happy, happy<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbDSKvbVmY7hOFbe3NpEq3H3wJ3QYfkxCnqiPnDj7EDF8a4MHbmTchok6ojgtdFSnZriQ20SXAxFflnDis32BEktgNGUnCV5BPHsIfFBE5s8OeogNbqGNTf69AOFFROQiZH-d7x9AMT1s/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbDSKvbVmY7hOFbe3NpEq3H3wJ3QYfkxCnqiPnDj7EDF8a4MHbmTchok6ojgtdFSnZriQ20SXAxFflnDis32BEktgNGUnCV5BPHsIfFBE5s8OeogNbqGNTf69AOFFROQiZH-d7x9AMT1s/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey! I'm back in Boone and feeling happy, happy, happy :) We're sitting in the lobby again... laughing, enjoying our last days together. I'm going to miss other TEA fellows so much.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday was my last day at Ashe County High. During the planning period I helped to set up Ethel's new laptop. I introduced her to the benefits of using Skype so that she could talk to her children. I spent the second period in a Spanish class to see another example of foreign language teaching. The teacher was Hildie Baker - she's from Puerto Rico and very friendly and nice. The students were again very interested in Estonia and our education system.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I got back to Boone yesterday at 4.30 and it was soooo nice to see other TEA fellows again. We celebrated Hugo's birthday in the evening and had lots of fun. Unfortunately, we didn't get a photo where all the 22 TEA fellows were present. Here you can see 16 of us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J3wkpT1HwdLSQ6wm8HqHDFe9a2iY3mqNhXFylhMgU7dQjcaFi25GZIyM1kW1JKgEFeQBWZrRRhN1YUIWyROe8f7bpgMLmbFapviNqGthIjaNMV7ZLQmoJ4MH34nUm_WKEds7H_ZzzlvJ/s1600/DSC00409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J3wkpT1HwdLSQ6wm8HqHDFe9a2iY3mqNhXFylhMgU7dQjcaFi25GZIyM1kW1JKgEFeQBWZrRRhN1YUIWyROe8f7bpgMLmbFapviNqGthIjaNMV7ZLQmoJ4MH34nUm_WKEds7H_ZzzlvJ/s320/DSC00409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was nice to have breakfast at Holiday Inn and go to school by bus. We spent the whole day presenting our micro teaching lessons and I did pretty well :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYsIz9w-ynTUcyPLkpinApNfTW-n8Onx1CETarEw_tYpCUFtpkx6OIvAukdq8UdOC0_HWrw0uKvexRh9d4tjcwQR0KBjVkR5PKXsO3EHVej_pm43FFXLVuZd1QkNwr6Jm3G56bTvAvHZL/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYsIz9w-ynTUcyPLkpinApNfTW-n8Onx1CETarEw_tYpCUFtpkx6OIvAukdq8UdOC0_HWrw0uKvexRh9d4tjcwQR0KBjVkR5PKXsO3EHVej_pm43FFXLVuZd1QkNwr6Jm3G56bTvAvHZL/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-8gjhzw34-9yymSLi7a6yqoBLr2tUHDEsLTHK-_DeAO-akcPdvMSQgnOZMPSk5alj16xG7VmTn23vMetV1tg34_DhfupMowpQggx4wmGqndiPTQRz4xUW6DJo-f6ABxIqN28pZt6X8CO/s1600/DSC00433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, there aren't many leaves on the trees now :(</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-66547600162138830382011-11-01T16:34:00.000-07:002011-11-01T16:34:01.378-07:00Not feeling well<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not feeling too good today. Got back from school a couple of hours ago and went straight to bed. I'm not sure what it is but I feel cold, weak and nauseated. Yesterday Ethel had the same problem. I hope it'll be gone tomorrow.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Today Jesse visited Ashe County High. It was so nice to see him. We talked about my internship and he said that he has visited most of the TEA fellows and has seen that all the schools and partner teachers are very different. And they definitely are, as I have talked to other TEA fellows during the past few days and everyone's experience at schools is different. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">During the third period I had a chance to talk to the teacher cadets. They were really interested in Estonia and our school system. It was nice to hear that they would like to visit Europe and come to Estonia too. They also liked Estonian candy. I'm a bit sad that I probably won't see them again as on Wednesdays and Thursdays they usually do their internship at local elementary schools.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUbwIu0BTL-BCCqrotqqTxD7yL7jJp364UTHrPiMdtXDENgzaphVBjgo2XIJX73fx9H4ghvrAREkqYh2oLd5ngxddmdSsnNUiCsrt15igvSz2OiOV8n2Q919HIEr-6Pwr2Og_XyW5VxF_/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUbwIu0BTL-BCCqrotqqTxD7yL7jJp364UTHrPiMdtXDENgzaphVBjgo2XIJX73fx9H4ghvrAREkqYh2oLd5ngxddmdSsnNUiCsrt15igvSz2OiOV8n2Q919HIEr-6Pwr2Og_XyW5VxF_/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's a photo of the 11th graders. Ethel is reading the second chapter of Steinbeck's <em>Of Mice and Men</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tomorrow after school we're going back to Boone. Can't wait... I just hope the sickness will stay here in West Jefferson :P</span><br />
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</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-21309323393698956132011-10-31T18:35:00.000-07:002011-11-01T16:05:22.700-07:00Trick or treat!<div style="text-align: justify;">Two posts a day... I must have nothing else to do. Actually I wanted to share my trick or treating experience with you. I went with Lauren, a student from the 11th grade. She picked me up at the hoel and we went to West Jefferson.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHTo0lRALBe6dCAsU2WifKZZDUBKq5KAGU2qfsydO91WQR9jhQAEUnnFSiGw7lpJ_xL3aKXS-J_YCofLfxZSOdKuf_0mi2e_HZDKkNk89m_1Z0fl5kJzEEIQTR1y8DWcrb2YIwUG8FwiK/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHTo0lRALBe6dCAsU2WifKZZDUBKq5KAGU2qfsydO91WQR9jhQAEUnnFSiGw7lpJ_xL3aKXS-J_YCofLfxZSOdKuf_0mi2e_HZDKkNk89m_1Z0fl5kJzEEIQTR1y8DWcrb2YIwUG8FwiK/s320/065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lauren in her beautiful dress and her pretty car</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The streets were full of children dressed in costumes. All of them were escorted by their parents. We went to a couple of shops and then to an event called trunk or treat. This means that there were lots of cars parked in a big parking lot next to a church in the town. The cars had their trunks decorated and full of candy and people in costumes distributed candy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgFlcpQdKFtGDnBxq9UpNGX4TnFP-iSVpWgUr8FKontjlzFlPGbNrveZlRSH7xrQT4km_Pfp-JEUHBFWdH0FfIYRHwnQA9lwTEYg7ozjDMZ9MLr0M4dFPOmhVPLLYHdx6aDD6ysGPbX9S/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgFlcpQdKFtGDnBxq9UpNGX4TnFP-iSVpWgUr8FKontjlzFlPGbNrveZlRSH7xrQT4km_Pfp-JEUHBFWdH0FfIYRHwnQA9lwTEYg7ozjDMZ9MLr0M4dFPOmhVPLLYHdx6aDD6ysGPbX9S/s320/060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We met one of the English teachers - Rebecca. She was with her children. Isn't that cute?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk58IDg1wsIqbEhpTJTMk1LejtVOsHoN0ForbcP6JpyDThY3NxRiZqPz9J6eG5nl-tAve12BowxFlmydt40YfFsT-KfMD_T_TUFe08O_eZNrUYk7NwjNxNJ3zAA8veVd6QMLEL89KkVUY/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk58IDg1wsIqbEhpTJTMk1LejtVOsHoN0ForbcP6JpyDThY3NxRiZqPz9J6eG5nl-tAve12BowxFlmydt40YfFsT-KfMD_T_TUFe08O_eZNrUYk7NwjNxNJ3zAA8veVd6QMLEL89KkVUY/s320/046.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A scary couple giving treats to children. Look at the shoes the guy is wearing :P</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was interesting to see how children were enjoying the whole event. I wish the weather had been better though. It was pretty cold and cloudy and it even sprinkled a bit. Some of the kids must have been half frozen in their costumes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are two examples of the costumes I saw at school today. They had a costume competition but there weren't as many people in costumes as they had expected.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCus95RgX8-4UN2L2DnIjBHbh5lnhigFmJRAgG_jVHHpTNuZLTYLPnPV_TpjHtWfhzMoA6e13halNZvB0r5gVkK890Erlv1tc2P3obntZ2b5GGwTHiY26PvJhqrgIVk4HiZvoGX2dPgsnL/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCus95RgX8-4UN2L2DnIjBHbh5lnhigFmJRAgG_jVHHpTNuZLTYLPnPV_TpjHtWfhzMoA6e13halNZvB0r5gVkK890Erlv1tc2P3obntZ2b5GGwTHiY26PvJhqrgIVk4HiZvoGX2dPgsnL/s320/025.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's one of Ethel's teacher cadets dressed as Mrs Doubtfire :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiznTjszNMkZbDsvfKAwrZ20H2Gzj9WJVzjYrL72f4Q0mYhgn6FrfqlA34lk020uW9qd9mp8dMFb01q62CTqbHUOcYp7C3l-3b7mcCflYeVOpgtYHxyu4z5QKOxd4ZR-KRgrs3tan8fKc0/s320/027.JPG" width="240" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's Jenny dressed as a nun. She teaches Social Studies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In Estonia it's already November. Here we have a couple of hours of October still left. Take care :)</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-33749463164186089442011-10-31T08:12:00.000-07:002011-10-31T08:16:39.871-07:00Happy Halloween!<div style="text-align: justify;">I'm at school and the 9th graders are watching a movie - <em>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</em>. I think I haven't seen this movie version of Washington Irving's short story.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I observed a French class taught by Sandra Lemly and it really made me think about how hard it actually must be for American students to learn a foreign language. They haven't got many chances to practice it. Everything here is in English and even if they travel to Europe, most people can speak English there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, I have been collecting photos of fall and Halloween decorations and since they celebrate Halloween here today I thought I should post some of the pictures I have taken.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdPxNVdYJE-XBmgakZkQFmHYVQtqI8T499eJU5d2vUz7ylOlGzQjFZIaLgVnfEct10OR479kTa3HW1eu3YSYpdmaqe85rWWQBjMObTd9Veg815tiT6FxcdH7XIj_dIjqncMnAjUKD0W6i/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdPxNVdYJE-XBmgakZkQFmHYVQtqI8T499eJU5d2vUz7ylOlGzQjFZIaLgVnfEct10OR479kTa3HW1eu3YSYpdmaqe85rWWQBjMObTd9Veg815tiT6FxcdH7XIj_dIjqncMnAjUKD0W6i/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8cvS-BQBLKJ9ZqzJIH9tDQb_VfDVTXMkKOCE1Dv5WQ4B51xdwEhOJMFAtYb_AMu974VNmlNwl8W8HgEsIa_bibUbTlVN7DAZKVhj_KO-Wxqg3FyI89zaTu-D9VJLm4aNeoYnpvWKp9_h/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8cvS-BQBLKJ9ZqzJIH9tDQb_VfDVTXMkKOCE1Dv5WQ4B51xdwEhOJMFAtYb_AMu974VNmlNwl8W8HgEsIa_bibUbTlVN7DAZKVhj_KO-Wxqg3FyI89zaTu-D9VJLm4aNeoYnpvWKp9_h/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> You can see pumpkins here a lot. This photo was taken at Food Lion (it's a grocery store)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFqStCrxg7OH1KGLbqifrTk9oA5KizSYLKAsmnBhjEnwE-0_JlDiBHAnfkoAhBBeuGhtSvVlYsD06FJErQtHedHf-Pn84HOrLQaeXLosMWHsaZSFZpAKmvEvzwUn00gOm2ycdYt02eVox/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFqStCrxg7OH1KGLbqifrTk9oA5KizSYLKAsmnBhjEnwE-0_JlDiBHAnfkoAhBBeuGhtSvVlYsD06FJErQtHedHf-Pn84HOrLQaeXLosMWHsaZSFZpAKmvEvzwUn00gOm2ycdYt02eVox/s320/030.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Halloween display at a small bookstore in Boone Mall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KtO8-zIgTeBA-t4KFRG_CeOJ4ekzWX5YbqMJKW72FZ0kE11wXs1X_DdnZfBR9surl4UEO21Hl1gtvmiecUwQebxus1mSvskYMx3PuLTeNOd93oqRh8xH5jY4mPIHz941kzePJzcEDfWR/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KtO8-zIgTeBA-t4KFRG_CeOJ4ekzWX5YbqMJKW72FZ0kE11wXs1X_DdnZfBR9surl4UEO21Hl1gtvmiecUwQebxus1mSvskYMx3PuLTeNOd93oqRh8xH5jY4mPIHz941kzePJzcEDfWR/s320/027.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A decorated door at Westwood Elementary</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDQmh1IqzKz_gCBQiYzvNgEQDDgRhFbY3dNYZAB_awohjLH0HZpz6vcm8B5jkVEOJwuDLZqJsd0snfGbV13T7vGQ6gL1GN0tpsM09CGMitm9fK5Hd3N3cSwg5uYpAS_MtP0fPyatHsBrE/s1600/032+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDQmh1IqzKz_gCBQiYzvNgEQDDgRhFbY3dNYZAB_awohjLH0HZpz6vcm8B5jkVEOJwuDLZqJsd0snfGbV13T7vGQ6gL1GN0tpsM09CGMitm9fK5Hd3N3cSwg5uYpAS_MtP0fPyatHsBrE/s320/032+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Another photo taken at Westwood Elementary. By the way, here in North Carolina people often ask <em>How ya'll doin? :)</em><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJb9JdBOPpeS4yQvfVDIymYPIbDe8j6xh0mYTeU4I7TNgBeGpLzZUT0HfdHk0XOTAo9gZ0t08SwQpKiBcGE2L7jHjpwFC9UbcHAIoQKhFZu7NareMGH987s3wmsv0ApIGCCmBHZEMD0xpF/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJb9JdBOPpeS4yQvfVDIymYPIbDe8j6xh0mYTeU4I7TNgBeGpLzZUT0HfdHk0XOTAo9gZ0t08SwQpKiBcGE2L7jHjpwFC9UbcHAIoQKhFZu7NareMGH987s3wmsv0ApIGCCmBHZEMD0xpF/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A shelf of scary books in Boone Mall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWWKEfBYcuomQrr8E4L1rXX11TjxTLDagTyp0a71nFvTL5VijJ4aWhwusMXENHkrOf-grqMJSpowFNILUbPNetkEwmugaEZ3PmHFE5_B1r4cEDMXQS88Pdq8Wbxg9FfYPIpDWjmccz_1f/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWWKEfBYcuomQrr8E4L1rXX11TjxTLDagTyp0a71nFvTL5VijJ4aWhwusMXENHkrOf-grqMJSpowFNILUbPNetkEwmugaEZ3PmHFE5_B1r4cEDMXQS88Pdq8Wbxg9FfYPIpDWjmccz_1f/s320/036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Halloween decoration is saw at Westwood Elementary</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigO6jTm579r5qyTRy2lcksFxubS4rj6yZLJMZyHAc_rtNwsL7tqBq-Z_vRUIfrsN6UHBljKQcU3FAhDBWSzBbPXjXjkT1X3BaoRsRmtxZROOiVIdj_4fNf1kKidiqu-h7c0coW0GzIyq4m/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigO6jTm579r5qyTRy2lcksFxubS4rj6yZLJMZyHAc_rtNwsL7tqBq-Z_vRUIfrsN6UHBljKQcU3FAhDBWSzBbPXjXjkT1X3BaoRsRmtxZROOiVIdj_4fNf1kKidiqu-h7c0coW0GzIyq4m/s320/034.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A witch you can meet at Boone Mall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGriCOoukVuX4jPB86e7Wr9U2NeztN4HritoB6bw7SGALHPStNUHqg7j9cyyC1tWsdV0_FOlqs0eFWsJTXaGA53dzx6HyXfyKbba3j3Y347KQ_keeVLp_8scPh0et-6GzwR1m71WgnBOHd/s1600/DSC02041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGriCOoukVuX4jPB86e7Wr9U2NeztN4HritoB6bw7SGALHPStNUHqg7j9cyyC1tWsdV0_FOlqs0eFWsJTXaGA53dzx6HyXfyKbba3j3Y347KQ_keeVLp_8scPh0et-6GzwR1m71WgnBOHd/s320/DSC02041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The pumpkin cake I won at Fall Festival :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">OK, now it gets scary. If you want to get some sleep tonight, don't look at the photos below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv90GXv-kSfjWJiqNNnRe3Q19vadDjOceP0O3StmMpGUJj9kwQpqT1Wbx8z3AfHFo3W-cC4YoncxnH5mdJJQnzS77e8QzdIvnXN1V2w1KwxtTUxOY1fG437Ok0wxfSQy7lgUpamsKmJ3L/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv90GXv-kSfjWJiqNNnRe3Q19vadDjOceP0O3StmMpGUJj9kwQpqT1Wbx8z3AfHFo3W-cC4YoncxnH5mdJJQnzS77e8QzdIvnXN1V2w1KwxtTUxOY1fG437Ok0wxfSQy7lgUpamsKmJ3L/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A creature we saw in an Irish pub in Charlotte. They had lots of scary decorations there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-GPno9XRcCdDOad47ioJn9Q1yyjSu6BvAQzBSiySfpZE1H5z1mz5HzMF9Y02VwIKMV0K7UXlExwI4VCck3WaGOrgxwbo1-Mnmrpi9xrCgqD_KXmgxjXK39tc7cmHxYB34Df1u5CVq7DQ/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-GPno9XRcCdDOad47ioJn9Q1yyjSu6BvAQzBSiySfpZE1H5z1mz5HzMF9Y02VwIKMV0K7UXlExwI4VCck3WaGOrgxwbo1-Mnmrpi9xrCgqD_KXmgxjXK39tc7cmHxYB34Df1u5CVq7DQ/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Another creature creeping on the ceiling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2baQc1RZOKQqzuP9x52jAc__PHTGpThIJHK_9eGxVqPZmtb0xkH-DNoesgwn8HbH6ryGOzs5y9pv3hSu4tOh_Cgt__0RomQD3xIlJgq3O7IUwqwyBwCzJ4JKXxL9m_ZbCFOFSpgX9LiYo/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2baQc1RZOKQqzuP9x52jAc__PHTGpThIJHK_9eGxVqPZmtb0xkH-DNoesgwn8HbH6ryGOzs5y9pv3hSu4tOh_Cgt__0RomQD3xIlJgq3O7IUwqwyBwCzJ4JKXxL9m_ZbCFOFSpgX9LiYo/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+020.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Are you sure you can sleep tonight?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvVmM5ztsiG0GplBJeg6EQ2boiQwuJ6G28Td-PhqdjvyOoISj_o3r5xq7Ey6sPzY64A3kPmrCM2OxHaKtys8jXarR2BDJslrwG4P9GPa2kUBMdv3g3V5tUbsBqnmV6ZpsoZYBPAK1o472/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvVmM5ztsiG0GplBJeg6EQ2boiQwuJ6G28Td-PhqdjvyOoISj_o3r5xq7Ey6sPzY64A3kPmrCM2OxHaKtys8jXarR2BDJslrwG4P9GPa2kUBMdv3g3V5tUbsBqnmV6ZpsoZYBPAK1o472/s320/001.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A photo I took in Boone Mini Mall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAmhSWCL3rEJXdlighnjNQ7yo3talh1hp0ftGeJ7sH2L8ZQPR2lpBDMld_DXfEMXzl0g8xHonwB4dY_9mywJeexINFq0QZmWerrWa3ZPUw7D2kEabAd3zB-3ZA_rwGIXk9ZIlgOSpA-Hq/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAmhSWCL3rEJXdlighnjNQ7yo3talh1hp0ftGeJ7sH2L8ZQPR2lpBDMld_DXfEMXzl0g8xHonwB4dY_9mywJeexINFq0QZmWerrWa3ZPUw7D2kEabAd3zB-3ZA_rwGIXk9ZIlgOSpA-Hq/s320/002.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I think there's somebody hissing behind your door... Can you hear it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMvn9O_S1i6uybujBChO4CfQOCSJYbe1phf3j9SpKdCh6zL8lNtS_93JLNqwlCYt4b3eYE6N-3S_oKtg-wKJiF0ywrUVqlXA3fn6j9KlRYizaKPNUQTdOkaoaQsA-IIL2AmFC7qD0VCmq/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMvn9O_S1i6uybujBChO4CfQOCSJYbe1phf3j9SpKdCh6zL8lNtS_93JLNqwlCYt4b3eYE6N-3S_oKtg-wKJiF0ywrUVqlXA3fn6j9KlRYizaKPNUQTdOkaoaQsA-IIL2AmFC7qD0VCmq/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+022.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Halloween :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ9UIgY-GKdv8ewv5-Zc6p-RO3uTGEgmgFq5bDYoXy4J-EA841lEsWlO0kH-h-surjfYUxrQsqNc7Y_Xn-hXNt5NJ4NCLWyc8-eulEeLOyCrs-JpiFZl2pTOO0KWMMWeOr7dLpMSt673s/s1600/133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ9UIgY-GKdv8ewv5-Zc6p-RO3uTGEgmgFq5bDYoXy4J-EA841lEsWlO0kH-h-surjfYUxrQsqNc7Y_Xn-hXNt5NJ4NCLWyc8-eulEeLOyCrs-JpiFZl2pTOO0KWMMWeOr7dLpMSt673s/s320/133.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wanted to write about a creepy sound we heard on Saturday when we got back from Black Jack's. It was completely dark, we got out of the car and suddenly we could hear something similar to a wolf howl in the dark woods. Gerry told me yesterday that this was probably a coyote but it was still pretty scary.<br />
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I'm going trick-or-treating tonight :)</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-40658532672160337922011-10-30T19:54:00.000-07:002011-10-30T19:54:44.655-07:00Sunday<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JT3x_N5Hhay9REmvJXT29ybXpJ1W15H_UlNlip9-y6ZRpzEzyACGI5R91O_jD5doRq0-lls0VkQfwdiEbRevflbfVUFHEbl09mMPtmVm7M3pJyTSRio9SMpHZn7DVJ0In_xkXHIeaVTL/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's Sunday night and I'm back in Hampton Inn. Surprisingly, I got my old room back :) I was tired yesterday and didn't feel like writing so now I'll have to write about the whole weekend. Yesterday was a really cold day. I got up at around 8 am and had breakfast with Jeannie. She showed me photos of her family and some of the places she has been to.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At 11 am we drove to the building site where Gerry was working. As I already mentioned, they're involved in a program called <a href="http://www.habitat.org/default.aspx">Habitat for Humanity</a> and are building an eco-house for a family in Ashe County. We went to the building site and helped to serve lunch for the men working on the house. The weather was just horrible - freezing cold and it started snowing when we got there. I really admire the guys I saw working there - they are all volunteers and don't get paid for their work.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After serving the lunch we went back to Jeannie and Gerry's house. I skyped home and talked to my guys for almost an hour. They seem to manage there pretty well. Villem played the guitar and Karel had learned a new word - <em>Ameerika</em> :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the afternoon we went to West Jefferson with Jeannie. We had a cup of coffee in a small and cozy coffee shop. Then Jeannie showed me the <a href="http://www.ashecountycheese.com/">Ashe County Cheese</a> plant and we visited their store. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTVpfIjoYXEyGlCCgCzu62TfvA4SY9_plqFtW-1rn_9ObdxNWQfmjQDuUS3274OhIeSgtdawUi52439pW76YNWY_gWLVhLNFW5Pxush8Hcuegdbc4SW6CN54bU78ccpqIy3mxo2uI8lIk/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTVpfIjoYXEyGlCCgCzu62TfvA4SY9_plqFtW-1rn_9ObdxNWQfmjQDuUS3274OhIeSgtdawUi52439pW76YNWY_gWLVhLNFW5Pxush8Hcuegdbc4SW6CN54bU78ccpqIy3mxo2uI8lIk/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After that we went to see the art gallery where Jeannie's friend <a href="http://lenoredepree.com/">Lenore DePree</a> works. She's just an amazing artist and her paintings were just wonderful. She had just finised a mosaic painting of trees - fascinating! She has lived in China and Saudi Arabia and you can see that her paintings are influenced by that. She was really sweet and gave me notecards with her paintings on them as a gift.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-pFAnMwquDSQ_gV0eY5UbYMz3bDCHrEZGbcNxx4WSN4d8UkVWi76z1hTomBvNWQeGlocImvocAgXZTMXMHRde2LoKiU_BVwliZC4YZ9Lme5Ua-wPGLr0XC0cALLEDZUgj39Vi8rlVL-9/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-pFAnMwquDSQ_gV0eY5UbYMz3bDCHrEZGbcNxx4WSN4d8UkVWi76z1hTomBvNWQeGlocImvocAgXZTMXMHRde2LoKiU_BVwliZC4YZ9Lme5Ua-wPGLr0XC0cALLEDZUgj39Vi8rlVL-9/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>Me and Lenore DePree </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Then we visited a gift shop and went to Black Jack's Pub and Grill to have dinner with Gerry and two of their friends. I really liked it there. They were broadcasting a football game taking place at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone (the one where we went to a week ago). We were really happy to see that ASU team won.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JT3x_N5Hhay9REmvJXT29ybXpJ1W15H_UlNlip9-y6ZRpzEzyACGI5R91O_jD5doRq0-lls0VkQfwdiEbRevflbfVUFHEbl09mMPtmVm7M3pJyTSRio9SMpHZn7DVJ0In_xkXHIeaVTL/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JT3x_N5Hhay9REmvJXT29ybXpJ1W15H_UlNlip9-y6ZRpzEzyACGI5R91O_jD5doRq0-lls0VkQfwdiEbRevflbfVUFHEbl09mMPtmVm7M3pJyTSRio9SMpHZn7DVJ0In_xkXHIeaVTL/s320/064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At Black Jack's with Gerry and Jeannie</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We got back to their house at around 7 pm and I showed them my blog and talked about my trip to New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Today I woke up at 9. Gerry and Jeannie had prepared a Sunday breakfast - bacon and different sorts of pancakes - with chocolate chips, blueberries and strawberries. They were delicious. I should try adding chocolate chips to the pancakes I usually make.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Then we drove to Boone and went to the Catholic church they go to. This was again an interesting experience as the church was very different from the ones we have in Estonia. I liked the music they played there. I could even sing the first song they sang -<em> When the saints go marching in.... </em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After the mass we drove to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Parkway">Blue Ridge Parkway</a> and made a lot of stops and took dozens of photos of the amazing view. It was just breathtaking - probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. By the way, the weather today was much better than yesterday - sunny and warmer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Before getting back to their house we visited a gift shop and they gave me a pair of beautiful earrings I like very much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the afternoon Gerry and I made another short hike and he showed me the solar panels and the windmill that produce electricity for their household. He also showed me the stream that flows close to their house. They have lots of beavers there and lots of trees the beavers have cut down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PSRkmkiU9qZ9gAvurofQcCg1_pk-RJAbCGF8NS2UH3PY1R6XbxSTrc7S8v-E3GOE2EOOCND6eqKnZpRjGVPyzlxN3GZWz8OR2yFPl2RrW2PBEg1MZFEZHLf4_iWVQWPfHqIq9OQZ3C9q/s1600/DSC02260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PSRkmkiU9qZ9gAvurofQcCg1_pk-RJAbCGF8NS2UH3PY1R6XbxSTrc7S8v-E3GOE2EOOCND6eqKnZpRjGVPyzlxN3GZWz8OR2yFPl2RrW2PBEg1MZFEZHLf4_iWVQWPfHqIq9OQZ3C9q/s320/DSC02260.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeannie and Gerry's house and solar panels that provide their household with electricity</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Then we had dinner. Jeannie had prepared some potato salad, beans and hamburgers and a delicious blueberry pie.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I got back to the hotel at around 8 o'clock. It was a bit sad to say goodbye as I was really enjoying my stay there. But I think we'll keep in touch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPR-WFe52t-1fv6iaZwddsrra0p4BCJqAggWPxah_qsw0fcLw5l0s8pPWT-NsANybuXfP1m3Xg0JWB5wW-XBSRP5e77cIuZj1G2VI7kwcvsPLi8Ifw6_hyof6xa1og6AWMfhvNvyneCzew/s1600/DSC02184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPR-WFe52t-1fv6iaZwddsrra0p4BCJqAggWPxah_qsw0fcLw5l0s8pPWT-NsANybuXfP1m3Xg0JWB5wW-XBSRP5e77cIuZj1G2VI7kwcvsPLi8Ifw6_hyof6xa1og6AWMfhvNvyneCzew/s320/DSC02184.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really liked my host family and the weekend I spent with them.</span></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-71528100478690372502011-10-28T21:23:00.000-07:002011-10-28T21:32:00.941-07:00Weekend with my host family<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUbjFmMgyAHvjyGqlSyF41IsV2kXIHuA6X2tLEgQfr_9ROTWUIWCSsHlm87lS7Uz2zyo3wsyABoQvm8stBrX977a0x6x2X6xeIvXaqtCp06_wYXLAScq77D1Ju2lMkCSU2SY9GcczlShx/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUbjFmMgyAHvjyGqlSyF41IsV2kXIHuA6X2tLEgQfr_9ROTWUIWCSsHlm87lS7Uz2zyo3wsyABoQvm8stBrX977a0x6x2X6xeIvXaqtCp06_wYXLAScq77D1Ju2lMkCSU2SY9GcczlShx/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A photo I took yesterday in front of the hotel. You can see a field of Christmas trees up on the mountain. Growing Christmas trees is a big business here. Did you know that it takes 15 years to grow a proper Christmas tree?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's 10 pm in the evening and I'm writing another blog entry. I'm at my host family's house now. I'm gonna spend the weekend with Jeannie and Gerry. They live close to Ashe High in an eco-home in the forest. The house is special, as they use alternative energy here. They have solar panels, their own windmill and they use sun radiation, wind, and water power to create electricity, heat the house and pump water. Tomorrow we're gonna see another eco-house they help to build as they are involved in an international program called Habitat fo Humanity. For more information visit <a href="http://www.habitat.org/default.aspx">http://www.habitat.org/default.aspx</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Yesterday I went to Fall Festival with Carmen (she's a Maths teacher) and her son Carter. The festival took place in Westwood Elementary and this was definitely a fun event. The place was crowded with children and their parents. They sold tickets for different activities and games. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKPSGE6mQeg4lp_jUFVu4FHirurG3DiXof1zVpfzYyPlurge-w_CVOg9bGtgnjDPLBRWZzIHBnlpUaRsqpi_ab7BT6hLfVkN8LrfO-yhQG36g1XhwNqFNrN6WJzKjh-V8KTNLWZta1ClG/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKPSGE6mQeg4lp_jUFVu4FHirurG3DiXof1zVpfzYyPlurge-w_CVOg9bGtgnjDPLBRWZzIHBnlpUaRsqpi_ab7BT6hLfVkN8LrfO-yhQG36g1XhwNqFNrN6WJzKjh-V8KTNLWZta1ClG/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dunking Booth - the most popular among small boys. They had a chance to make their teachers and even the school principal fall into the water tank. Have seen this in movies, didn't think I would see it in real life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Tk4TUwrlJA1IQ6z4tn4H83ffIE0sLQEFxTCrYBWV7GuUHz5KH-S1BiRI9P0PMiOcDErjNdaEVN1FqU3geEOpTpS_hkjzPGLRvLCT6MagdRDxOpcAgpshfpqJ6oiUyLXgyMHqobKK2eEU/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Tk4TUwrlJA1IQ6z4tn4H83ffIE0sLQEFxTCrYBWV7GuUHz5KH-S1BiRI9P0PMiOcDErjNdaEVN1FqU3geEOpTpS_hkjzPGLRvLCT6MagdRDxOpcAgpshfpqJ6oiUyLXgyMHqobKK2eEU/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We also played Bingo (with beans) </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">and took part in Cake Walk. It's a game where you have to walk on tiles decorated with numbers. They play music and you just walk. And when the music stops, you'll be standing on a number. They're gonna draw a number and if it's yours, you can pick a cake from a row of different cakes they have there. And guess what... I won a cake yesterday :) My lucky number was 35.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbwJ4T9QxgZGZ_JWtm0E_Y6C3iL-LZxl4DpOggiCsok2VePlrJIf4zQScy5UHJAEMQ-5TgfCj_Fyh0gCkJfvtEEn2sOHw7TbFUDkZLHubZ4scJMOX9nEgfwnj8ZG9jEsVL64UH9ZmDfn4/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbwJ4T9QxgZGZ_JWtm0E_Y6C3iL-LZxl4DpOggiCsok2VePlrJIf4zQScy5UHJAEMQ-5TgfCj_Fyh0gCkJfvtEEn2sOHw7TbFUDkZLHubZ4scJMOX9nEgfwnj8ZG9jEsVL64UH9ZmDfn4/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's my pumpkin cake. I took it to school today and shared with other teachers. It was awfully sweet.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today it was soooo difficult to get up. It was cloudy and raining so I felt really sleepy the whole day. On the second periond there was an assembly in the auditorium for 9th and 10th graders. We saw a play called <em><a href="http://www.offtheleash.ca/shakespeare-on-trial/">Shakespeare on Trial</a></em> and it was just hilarious. There were only two actors but they were so talented and managed to make the audience roar with laughter. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NEU2wJynrQDWj8w1Qwe_-SwPqSUGmHS6-S6EOn4iMUb7PVgXTAy5YkIR_BavlvEM7dzOcs0SmlmeoJ8sUZ_hWJ-z9uGYWGk7y9WRk1OLup32UTMlTPAA1Ulhbm9I13QuT12-kEZaRT_6/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NEU2wJynrQDWj8w1Qwe_-SwPqSUGmHS6-S6EOn4iMUb7PVgXTAy5YkIR_BavlvEM7dzOcs0SmlmeoJ8sUZ_hWJ-z9uGYWGk7y9WRk1OLup32UTMlTPAA1Ulhbm9I13QuT12-kEZaRT_6/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They also used people from the audience. Here's their interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. The guy on the left is an actor playing Shakespeare. The guy on the right is another actor portraying Juliet. The man in the middle is Mr. Rousseau - an English teacher and soccer coach.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I02i2NNlU1DSASMuMCZGX9AZKTKFdiqX1-CI_EF2wU68sTsorNBgYjtdjeMnfxXQOVOUdkZs8VB5crXDmh7CGFFwefMFRaCY9SZyc4n7nATHRnXVn6F4O7ueZIJrzBqV2YcA_BZsCRh5/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I02i2NNlU1DSASMuMCZGX9AZKTKFdiqX1-CI_EF2wU68sTsorNBgYjtdjeMnfxXQOVOUdkZs8VB5crXDmh7CGFFwefMFRaCY9SZyc4n7nATHRnXVn6F4O7ueZIJrzBqV2YcA_BZsCRh5/s320/041.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Modern Juliet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFTfVi0ES2esAqo_jU0cnd5GYDgGOqiRJM05dmlH-bxdzNwEDIosY9i6xZCrZPvJx41IcnSYu8veSmnAkmILfkQ37gsoTp0EMbQwdR4eKQD5Ubq2xFdgYMVwv1t30GCTSkj4Kgw88V4s7/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFTfVi0ES2esAqo_jU0cnd5GYDgGOqiRJM05dmlH-bxdzNwEDIosY9i6xZCrZPvJx41IcnSYu8veSmnAkmILfkQ37gsoTp0EMbQwdR4eKQD5Ubq2xFdgYMVwv1t30GCTSkj4Kgw88V4s7/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The third period was with the teacher cadets whom I hadn't seen at school yet. They were reading children's books. And we also had red velvet cake that Travis had made. I also liked his story about a book that ate people.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the fourth period was with the 11th graders I was worried about. It turned out that actually they were really nice.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qGBEtkJbNnd4vAZ7_JCWlhhx0gqXWxI9pU5gk9BzVgE4oOvwLOJRxbx-WOOAwwMoT_XLQQujr5BbD0i2Ya3QzqBvxZ2Lz48XPFlcgz_wwOk_F47n_5SOErVlyUpF007BlYY3fsUGavZ9/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qGBEtkJbNnd4vAZ7_JCWlhhx0gqXWxI9pU5gk9BzVgE4oOvwLOJRxbx-WOOAwwMoT_XLQQujr5BbD0i2Ya3QzqBvxZ2Lz48XPFlcgz_wwOk_F47n_5SOErVlyUpF007BlYY3fsUGavZ9/s320/059.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I showed them a video and asked them to make assumptions about Estonia and Estonians. They asked lots of interesting questions and wanted me to teach them Estonian dances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKZYLeoMrKS_jJLHIwoaHQcYkBCrnBOFj1Qfqe30SP3VLJBAVfTl1JaLcOTbhLc8t11Ce8-AAV7Ra25ViDoOIgPJGWq7jxcs75NO3vCzbpGUIMtURVndnBxqUga3LbJVrXup79kciizh7/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKZYLeoMrKS_jJLHIwoaHQcYkBCrnBOFj1Qfqe30SP3VLJBAVfTl1JaLcOTbhLc8t11Ce8-AAV7Ra25ViDoOIgPJGWq7jxcs75NO3vCzbpGUIMtURVndnBxqUga3LbJVrXup79kciizh7/s320/057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's Kaerajaan :P</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the girls - Lauren - is gonna take me trick-or-treating on Monday :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After school I met my host family. I had dinner with them - chili and corn bread and brownies with ice cream for dessert. We talked about Estonia and I gave them some souvenirs I had brought with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Oh, it's midnight already. Good night!</span></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-89090844959437576782011-10-27T12:20:00.000-07:002011-10-27T17:41:11.902-07:00Teaching<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi from Ashe High! We're having a break at the moment and since I was too tired yesterday to write an entry to the blog, I thought I could try to do it now. Actually, the class starts in 7 minutes. I've already uploaded some pictures I would like to share with you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNVIaS8R3Z-djsnoobAA3Ver4zbKq8KRkiieYBT2tj33k_JKQA3xAch6a4ktW4lZASW719sbaAq4mwnvYYJcGuyy-bL58cAMuL15SJMqHdN4_Ej1RTcbInmEG0uFrfq7OCdhra7zTr3YQ/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNVIaS8R3Z-djsnoobAA3Ver4zbKq8KRkiieYBT2tj33k_JKQA3xAch6a4ktW4lZASW719sbaAq4mwnvYYJcGuyy-bL58cAMuL15SJMqHdN4_Ej1RTcbInmEG0uFrfq7OCdhra7zTr3YQ/s320/004.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's how they grade their students here. As you can see, you have to get at least 70 to pass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQZsSOUQKZ1IsuMs-AcdiQJ1tgkf2d_0aCr7j9QzMM8srHAVMPQ58QFJdt4VN8BVJawDO5XULVWX0cH2lPny8b3Z04dhQaxfv47Z_esmwlUYgSeNZ0B4y9sIk_yfcx3As_rfQYXHUoeWJ/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQZsSOUQKZ1IsuMs-AcdiQJ1tgkf2d_0aCr7j9QzMM8srHAVMPQ58QFJdt4VN8BVJawDO5XULVWX0cH2lPny8b3Z04dhQaxfv47Z_esmwlUYgSeNZ0B4y9sIk_yfcx3As_rfQYXHUoeWJ/s320/008.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And I also wanted to write about Ethel's schedule. She only has 4 periods a day. One period is 90 minutes as you can see. What's even better, her first period is planning. That means no students, she just has the time (an hour and a half) to plan her lessons. Amazing! I wish we had something like that in Estonia. Her second period is with 9th graders, the second is with teacher cadets and the fourth with 11th graders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV2fofQlBQhV5JidWsrVitADe4bptVpqgS5LIRTX8xXiZifGGAwowiiw5P5cBuA4lpKu7jbl35uBtcLB4F7i9GWYKvBCzjvwNnp9kdz8iUNVD6mGZIxfYm0girD1j0mJFiGNSV-KAq7-H/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV2fofQlBQhV5JidWsrVitADe4bptVpqgS5LIRTX8xXiZifGGAwowiiw5P5cBuA4lpKu7jbl35uBtcLB4F7i9GWYKvBCzjvwNnp9kdz8iUNVD6mGZIxfYm0girD1j0mJFiGNSV-KAq7-H/s320/015.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> That's Ethel teaching :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On Wednesdays and Thursdays the teacher cadets go to elementary schools in the area. So yesterday we went to see them in Westwood Elementary. That's a really nice school - new and modern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjT26FdOL-aZDieTlXJ04p2w3sCLCEUETnP0ilA3n_-yY8cE_6BV7ZXH3ZOVtPZ-cpXyrwKpVlB4SzMYsQcJRtgqWCFEI2OP5sGDVjQArtql3VyEGprgGyoOcs2BERg4jWQ_Yadsurjkq/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjT26FdOL-aZDieTlXJ04p2w3sCLCEUETnP0ilA3n_-yY8cE_6BV7ZXH3ZOVtPZ-cpXyrwKpVlB4SzMYsQcJRtgqWCFEI2OP5sGDVjQArtql3VyEGprgGyoOcs2BERg4jWQ_Yadsurjkq/s320/023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> School buses at Westwood Elementary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhWN5CXQPzJlHLgLFAHGfdSklOw9guhmb7nAa7Ds-beweT0-sL21JMZvx2zB7IeciUskAWPO362CPxX8Me4WnH9I_dyVwr1Kmf-0tq-G6MuVviLogWdn9NDvk1cpYoSjEXW0kmRCCkTkV/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhWN5CXQPzJlHLgLFAHGfdSklOw9guhmb7nAa7Ds-beweT0-sL21JMZvx2zB7IeciUskAWPO362CPxX8Me4WnH9I_dyVwr1Kmf-0tq-G6MuVviLogWdn9NDvk1cpYoSjEXW0kmRCCkTkV/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A classroom at Westwood Elementary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn7fNBrddQizRpD3u-m3xjuh6qpUq2iFfN5YKCmvNY-y5fYSD3cOfCWfy0mR__7rOEX4YMQd8EBVUOKfB3-lfGvnUHoPBktrHuU40tnilKfeQc7hP2rnnJqkUYx_RgJko9LnPTqqWQ60m/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn7fNBrddQizRpD3u-m3xjuh6qpUq2iFfN5YKCmvNY-y5fYSD3cOfCWfy0mR__7rOEX4YMQd8EBVUOKfB3-lfGvnUHoPBktrHuU40tnilKfeQc7hP2rnnJqkUYx_RgJko9LnPTqqWQ60m/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> There's a family here that keep buffalo as pets. That's interesting, isn't it? But Ethel told me that's not common at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NknrJONMP3DPwYN5W5LdlzhYfWsaKoH5-ox8ArJS1ZD_EqMn_nuuq6we6VsigMyT66CldQKH6ufZU6qc8S-i3XRIm-LvCD502k7GOvCwZgn3YqKL4B6AWNjVQYlMxOi39UXdPdmVOXXk/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NknrJONMP3DPwYN5W5LdlzhYfWsaKoH5-ox8ArJS1ZD_EqMn_nuuq6we6VsigMyT66CldQKH6ufZU6qc8S-i3XRIm-LvCD502k7GOvCwZgn3YqKL4B6AWNjVQYlMxOi39UXdPdmVOXXk/s320/046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Me and the teachers here having lunch at the teachers' lounge. Yesterday we went to Subway and had a sandwich for lunch. Today we went to the school cafe and had chicken, broccoli and mashed potatoes and cherry cobbler.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ethel usually finishes work at 4 pm. She took me to Sarah's classroom (she's a Science teacher here) as I was gonna have dinner at her place. Sarah's really really nice. We drove to her house (about 15 minutes from here) and I met her daughters Amanda and Mary Austin and her husband. Sarah cooked us dinner - meat loaf, mashed potatoes, green beans and cabbage. While we were having dessert - cherry pie and ice cream, Sarah's parents joined us. They were really impressed by the fact that I've learned five foreign languages. We also talked a lot about Estonia and its history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4n269L9_BZfjdVk0oBJCFd8YdeyzW1PpE17NIi75LdAgPzgqmDs0Epy0_zv50brJhGjf6kGDdY97dMkAgqckQYTWBlo-bvWQZEbNFeFP006jj2k7HIdwQk8X3pinQp5xv6udtH3WTyD0/s1600/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4n269L9_BZfjdVk0oBJCFd8YdeyzW1PpE17NIi75LdAgPzgqmDs0Epy0_zv50brJhGjf6kGDdY97dMkAgqckQYTWBlo-bvWQZEbNFeFP006jj2k7HIdwQk8X3pinQp5xv6udtH3WTyD0/s320/056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Sarah's family. I enjoyed the dinner a lot because they were so friendly and interested in my country. I got back to the hotel at around 9 I think because Sarah took me to Walmart.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This morning I got up at 6, which wasn't an easy thing to do at all. During the planning period I got everything ready for the presentation on Estonia I was going to make. We went to the storage room and took some posterboards for the group work I had planned for the 9th graders. As you can see, the teachers have everything they need to make their classes interesting and keep their students motivated.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb-4dSXyuec0pwSCq0PNy_5CwlGzGBKOLhVlJN6f0TANLjzKgssgPlZsDGGdsj64p4U50DASqqR9SBHPevbZjqK_QpgB1vq1hW-J8Hyj3PFnPmJFslOlKtisORu05NPzkCkN2X6r_rhjx/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb-4dSXyuec0pwSCq0PNy_5CwlGzGBKOLhVlJN6f0TANLjzKgssgPlZsDGGdsj64p4U50DASqqR9SBHPevbZjqK_QpgB1vq1hW-J8Hyj3PFnPmJFslOlKtisORu05NPzkCkN2X6r_rhjx/s320/060.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then the 9th graders came and I made the presentation. I could use the Smartboard Ether has got in her classroom and I also showed the video I created last week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVp0nikU-gA6fzvvsoTgTXGN2zS-YCKH3wnxHzdvNnt8Pzg0-MqNiwh8e37iuKqz5Qv4xB_RkUsU5n61CVn8U57GX5xisiWkcV4232vnsJYL0Jl6xJLf0o85Y9I7tH-tWqQBJ3i5NLuVl/s1600/069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVp0nikU-gA6fzvvsoTgTXGN2zS-YCKH3wnxHzdvNnt8Pzg0-MqNiwh8e37iuKqz5Qv4xB_RkUsU5n61CVn8U57GX5xisiWkcV4232vnsJYL0Jl6xJLf0o85Y9I7tH-tWqQBJ3i5NLuVl/s320/069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ethel told me I did really well and the students were very interested in Estonia. They asked so many questions. About the weather, the school, the cars we drive, about whether we were religious and so on. They liked Estonian candy I gave them and they behaved really well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0FJ8fRrv9SaKhUoRecWqU5EixUwc_iJYX4LCGQRIxeR9UpA5sQQsFRG5-qsVYL5UOEKR_SR95SLIID9IU2cATqB9By4GrDzM-EHSxsoO2xQb-d_j53bWgj-V3S_iF5dNWHRXOX9pDSww/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0FJ8fRrv9SaKhUoRecWqU5EixUwc_iJYX4LCGQRIxeR9UpA5sQQsFRG5-qsVYL5UOEKR_SR95SLIID9IU2cATqB9By4GrDzM-EHSxsoO2xQb-d_j53bWgj-V3S_iF5dNWHRXOX9pDSww/s320/070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Students working on the poster they had to make.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMow9aEcAAFTnGcBnHXHzgoN3DPwiu9xF40QIovIdavJMkQqMuTFl0EcWpepfRFgBf-LJx6wQ_oI_IkTVrLqB0Er-jkx7vRydHstZM0ywtms4tq5qbcGpq9U9erVM5bNdDAs-kG0grTTO/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMow9aEcAAFTnGcBnHXHzgoN3DPwiu9xF40QIovIdavJMkQqMuTFl0EcWpepfRFgBf-LJx6wQ_oI_IkTVrLqB0Er-jkx7vRydHstZM0ywtms4tq5qbcGpq9U9erVM5bNdDAs-kG0grTTO/s320/071.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another group. There are 22 students in this class.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzxYj4IkbL9wFI86i8EK3ZsyasNJeDy8_iIOZe0-J9JUK9NnBVg0kXtUeIFySsxjyZA8vlZ7SYZaHR0cCb1lOYxNBo3BbAtGtVijXeAGgIStSkK5EqQGXpflYe8ksj6Xg7elHuR97V2xR/s1600/090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzxYj4IkbL9wFI86i8EK3ZsyasNJeDy8_iIOZe0-J9JUK9NnBVg0kXtUeIFySsxjyZA8vlZ7SYZaHR0cCb1lOYxNBo3BbAtGtVijXeAGgIStSkK5EqQGXpflYe8ksj6Xg7elHuR97V2xR/s320/090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the main entrance of the school house.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I took the photo today when we went to another elementary school to see what the teacher cadets were doing there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBValwsedJupQvy5sfuUj0WofydAg_iTuy7p4cMSGoCxM-NgRkDaMCDa3mZbjSKocenJ-0xBXXYr3_GzG-BfPjcfPRDJrIc7Dab0IIJweHQ1jFiwHng0mimMEkDBik-ey-B7bQVA7y_v4/s1600/098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBValwsedJupQvy5sfuUj0WofydAg_iTuy7p4cMSGoCxM-NgRkDaMCDa3mZbjSKocenJ-0xBXXYr3_GzG-BfPjcfPRDJrIc7Dab0IIJweHQ1jFiwHng0mimMEkDBik-ey-B7bQVA7y_v4/s320/098.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The hill by the elementary school - Mountainview Elementary - we visited today. It's in a really rural area.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf0Hux4HOBmeonjyQ6zYlqD0gdtYFMyKD2jk1xlrw8eEWffndL8gG7yjzXwyr5fXlos2fENuwQp5GoGhwe0YspHT39Rt9S7riyiYmbZtHSse1iYX1MWWFrBipQz9UjieHjZArCiBmcG6Q/s1600/100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf0Hux4HOBmeonjyQ6zYlqD0gdtYFMyKD2jk1xlrw8eEWffndL8gG7yjzXwyr5fXlos2fENuwQp5GoGhwe0YspHT39Rt9S7riyiYmbZtHSse1iYX1MWWFrBipQz9UjieHjZArCiBmcG6Q/s320/100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Right now I'm in the class with 11th graders. They started reading <em>Of Mice and Men </em>by John Steinbeck. Ethel read them the first chapter. They worked on the vocabulary and took a quiz on the chapter. That's not an easy group and I'm not surprised as it's pretty late already and everybody looks tired.I went and made some copies for Ethel. She has to keep them here for 10 more minutes. Some of them are still busy with the worksheet, others just walk around and look bored. We agreed that I'd tell them about Estonia tomorrow. That's a bit scary but I'll manage... I think.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">OK, that's it for today.</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-18854278034781023112011-10-25T18:43:00.000-07:002011-10-25T18:47:21.807-07:00Ashe County<div style="text-align: justify;">Greetings from Hampton Inn Hotel in West Jefferson in Ashe County :) I just had supper and since I'm feeling a bit lonely here I decided to write a blog entry and tell you about today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We spent the whole day with our partner teachers at Plemmons Student Union. It was nice to see Ethel again. I also met Tea's partner teacher Lucas and Pablo's partner teacher Ron. To be honest, we were not too happy in the morning because me and Tea are the only TEA fellows who will have to spend the next eight days all alone in their internship school. Others left the hotel in groups and the ones who do their internship at Watauga High School didn't have to move at all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVA8guZPjYMdRY4Fxr-03DynFlNXGHnGSCVxaFPAuE7M_4Eo_kEQZ4bBrmfrVYodq0GU7-YOiNlaPDOkb4A53Sr3zbECymcobiCu7X3zGqd4SxjaqWUIMNcDyYwVSmmyZZeSwuzpFRJXD/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVA8guZPjYMdRY4Fxr-03DynFlNXGHnGSCVxaFPAuE7M_4Eo_kEQZ4bBrmfrVYodq0GU7-YOiNlaPDOkb4A53Sr3zbECymcobiCu7X3zGqd4SxjaqWUIMNcDyYwVSmmyZZeSwuzpFRJXD/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a picture I took last night while I was packing. I really liked my room (312) and my bed. When we go back to Holiday Inn next week, we probably won't be in the same room. I also found out yesterday that I have so many things that won't fit into my suitcase. I guess I should buy a bigger one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRdu3b5ROpeEKtaza2-ZvI7KTzIDeT3eS3oHjgnGFRdJZiTIfLL18UVxh1HW6eONWNWqXr4vvjVzAzUNGsiMfwvjDPtfInK1WO18_N1RE-5Bgy2ZrkwUbw5PRblnYvLqixyNNxjTKcgET/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRdu3b5ROpeEKtaza2-ZvI7KTzIDeT3eS3oHjgnGFRdJZiTIfLL18UVxh1HW6eONWNWqXr4vvjVzAzUNGsiMfwvjDPtfInK1WO18_N1RE-5Bgy2ZrkwUbw5PRblnYvLqixyNNxjTKcgET/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a photo of Estonia talking about their educational system. Actually, Tea did all the talking, I was just embodying a typical Estonian and kept serious and silent :) It's just that she really likes to talk so I was happy to let her do it :P</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had lunch at the Central Dining Hall with Ethel and Tea and her partner teacher Lucas. Here are pictures we took at the lunch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"> A photo of Ethel's classroom. I found out that they have a very interesting system of substituting classes. The system is totally different from ours. In Estonia I usually have my colleagues substituting my classes but here they have special substitute teachers who don't work in a specific school. They are subsititute teachers and if you need to go somewhere and can't teach your classes, you just let them know and they'll be there.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">OK, and finally here's a picture of my room. I think the hotel is even fancier than Holiday Inn in Boone, but I'm not that happy here, 'cause I miss my friends. Talked to Tea, she's in a motel in Alleghany. Talked to Pablo too, he's in Boone with four other fellows who didn't have to move. And he said that the lobby was completely empty :( I hope we'll have lots of fun culture evenings there next week when we all get back to Boone.<img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMPwDA14A5twXf-gmwQO5hL04KmOQPs-ktJ_p_DT-7VvY-01HZ59m3zzeZ0Nid2VilqDeVynSCvZVTVqYmbN29m8Ygo55qTDpIqWAhG10nPeixIybSTy794trFRaCYI6eXeMqXclrYpCq/s320/034.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 176px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 990px;" width="96" /></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-31631790117367509022011-10-24T13:18:00.000-07:002011-10-24T13:18:29.201-07:00Earth + Air = Star dustIt's Monday and I'm in the last ICT session. It's quiet here today and John just told us that we look sad. And we <u>are</u> sad, cause this is the last session we have here.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday was a free day and I slept till 10 am. I talked to my family on Skype and I went to the lobby to have a cup of coffee. It was so nice there. It was sunny outside and there weren't any people sitting by the fireplace. I did the laundry and ordered a Nook from Barnes and Noble. I really hope it'll arrive tomorrow before I go to Ashe County. In the evening we went to Golden Corral and had dinner there. And again, we stayed up late as they were showing horror movies on TV. It was pretty scary and I didn't dare to watch some of the scariest scenes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDEuubQQNhyZHl4HoJC6GhVHhqoVUALnEZHLzpC07gQrjE6Y2Er-7nfTeRy7X5-XcWlA0Pr0XvWXYyFZ9LoiWVdUaZ9urYX8aicO5Ts5M8_Davf0vIP65kzNJNEvXLE7ypjOhe7_iDMvq/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDEuubQQNhyZHl4HoJC6GhVHhqoVUALnEZHLzpC07gQrjE6Y2Er-7nfTeRy7X5-XcWlA0Pr0XvWXYyFZ9LoiWVdUaZ9urYX8aicO5Ts5M8_Davf0vIP65kzNJNEvXLE7ypjOhe7_iDMvq/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A photo I took this morning when we were waiting for the bus to come to the university. Beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQWIOp66FuMqlYpSuqdosZPh8NTBxIvZ14dAjzPOOz6AO8SF-dBAVnu1xOkBEOye1tralQAkNFUWxcy6DkwjimqEBarc1xzPD1JoVVKwGWOG3wflRgC3WkOntzH1xgYi41NwF8pzir_mF/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQWIOp66FuMqlYpSuqdosZPh8NTBxIvZ14dAjzPOOz6AO8SF-dBAVnu1xOkBEOye1tralQAkNFUWxcy6DkwjimqEBarc1xzPD1JoVVKwGWOG3wflRgC3WkOntzH1xgYi41NwF8pzir_mF/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also wanted to mention the fact that we have to risk our lives to get to the bus stop every morning. I already wrote that there are no crosswalks and if you want to get to the other side of the road you have to walk about 600 meters and get to the other side by going under a bridge although the bus stop is just across the road from the hotel. In the photo you can see Margaret and Aida crossing the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20Nt_qk8eK3GewLMn8Nakbii3NMuNcWtId6iqHu04DuWIsz_boPF7qtnKCDw2ltWK_gVl5zTcMFRqrh3Dr-nUbYJMf4Se8oyyHiGnnfqVMPl-D1sZ-u_mpVxDOupZVbG-V7vn8dHo4UMK/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20Nt_qk8eK3GewLMn8Nakbii3NMuNcWtId6iqHu04DuWIsz_boPF7qtnKCDw2ltWK_gVl5zTcMFRqrh3Dr-nUbYJMf4Se8oyyHiGnnfqVMPl-D1sZ-u_mpVxDOupZVbG-V7vn8dHo4UMK/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Me and Tea this morning in our culture workshop with Sarah Miller. It was really interesting and made me think about teaching culture. Teachers should definitely think about whose point of view it is they present in their culture classes. And I also understood why they don't celebrate Columbus Day here in North-Carolina.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TTJsi7jjqJQ4hGaETP0CyUVOgNAcrjU9fyiegpxfQQvOyFSF8yuNh-b6xeJVKRjuZ3IZc8bLAHzRy9ThLi1kypFXW-kPVW2JeAgQhTNBAKZnjEalq5l4w528VuGQlTggmtcDqo2CIzVI/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TTJsi7jjqJQ4hGaETP0CyUVOgNAcrjU9fyiegpxfQQvOyFSF8yuNh-b6xeJVKRjuZ3IZc8bLAHzRy9ThLi1kypFXW-kPVW2JeAgQhTNBAKZnjEalq5l4w528VuGQlTggmtcDqo2CIzVI/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Signs you can see at every entrance on campus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiig2eZyGhjRlGUiw1RploBHYXaDOuIpcrpfvcakzp4eoiZPrcEr6c8PUbaUH2UYBUdEt3SAcp7D-Yps9xIgDD3OXB5OQxK5Wv50FaWchGMtJbGtCfn_Xm_8vzFukgCu-XJgQUGhl_LdVg/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiig2eZyGhjRlGUiw1RploBHYXaDOuIpcrpfvcakzp4eoiZPrcEr6c8PUbaUH2UYBUdEt3SAcp7D-Yps9xIgDD3OXB5OQxK5Wv50FaWchGMtJbGtCfn_Xm_8vzFukgCu-XJgQUGhl_LdVg/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me in front of the library with some of the many sculptures they have here on campus.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's 4.15 pm now and the ICT class just ended. We're going to the Boone Mini Mall and to the bookstore. I'll have to pack all my things tonight. To be honest, I'm a bit worried. I've bought a lot of things and I'm not sure I'll manage to fit all the things in the suitcases.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">OK, I guess the next entry will be written in Ashe County at a hotel I'm gonna stay at for 8 days... all alone :(</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-27977555117600825032011-10-22T19:35:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:56:18.897-07:00Homecoming<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>It's Saturday night and we just got back from the stadium. We're having dinner downstairs and I thought I should write about yesterday and today. I can stay up late tonight 'cause tomorrow is a free day :) I'm planning to go shopping, we discovered some really good shops on King Street.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday we had the weekly debriefing session and since Jesse is in Brazil, Sarah led it. She's really-really nice. She went contra dancing with us and today she spent the whole day with us on the campus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBua1OLt7CRXc2Zs2Rb6Yu_jZpkJzu9_1U3hFplxJzLMjlTA05LtkL94H4zXIgRfPAYR1aVKfGtRGtNv32aBfUbjfqDutz0vYAxkihfDlPq9xj9qGW2UQEIE0tkrX_dR31oDgDlHrGT2HB/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBua1OLt7CRXc2Zs2Rb6Yu_jZpkJzu9_1U3hFplxJzLMjlTA05LtkL94H4zXIgRfPAYR1aVKfGtRGtNv32aBfUbjfqDutz0vYAxkihfDlPq9xj9qGW2UQEIE0tkrX_dR31oDgDlHrGT2HB/s320/004.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We got back from university pretty early and I had a power nap. I hadn't realized I was so tired. I slept for an hour and didn't hear anything at all. I guess I needed it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the evening we had a song night that later turned out to be a dance night too. Everyone could play one song from their country. It was fun again and we stayed up till early morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg779Ka3M7Nu7TWqlF_5ssqXc6knaP2olgtcHoN-jz6LJmb5gxa-M1ysCJwg5DmOv_foeRJbWnKChH7mMHJmBr94StXyglGAAMlx038Eu1i0Mae7BJn8LTMr1epgDuWJxSjxd38alJNPG12/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg779Ka3M7Nu7TWqlF_5ssqXc6knaP2olgtcHoN-jz6LJmb5gxa-M1ysCJwg5DmOv_foeRJbWnKChH7mMHJmBr94StXyglGAAMlx038Eu1i0Mae7BJn8LTMr1epgDuWJxSjxd38alJNPG12/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Jahan (Turkmenistan) and Hugo (Argentina) dancing to Turkmen music</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0PnMzfazGLiI75yR86fbi8fWBPXQsizISE5VGQBkfBxzDYDZn0NcN07yNK27_49RazK-utQZNtnFsjcW6YMZgCzqZ67m_DEFIIm67ugF1m-UUCeE_52GcgoDNttVoe5VlYeCtL3fE2gC/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0PnMzfazGLiI75yR86fbi8fWBPXQsizISE5VGQBkfBxzDYDZn0NcN07yNK27_49RazK-utQZNtnFsjcW6YMZgCzqZ67m_DEFIIm67ugF1m-UUCeE_52GcgoDNttVoe5VlYeCtL3fE2gC/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Nazik (Turkmenistan) and Rinna (Cambodia) dancing to Cambodian music.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="justify">This morning I got up at 8. It's the Homecoming weekend here. Homecoming means that this weekend the alumni of the Appalachian University come back to the place where they used to study and take part in all the activities organized for them. In the morning there was the Homecoming Welcome Parade. The university band marched first and then there were dozens of floats decorated by different groups studying at the university.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcnJZ87IVPE3gbhT-PqeZXK9ssXBJtseFyNnJ9wWeOO4yLpioy8-WwfaO9Vj8kMgYP4kAViTOaYMqCwU7N-bWuI1Mlahpi_iMwJiXxbRdzb8t2rVVNuYUkt7wuDoLWB9e9ETyXWHT-btG/s1600/138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcnJZ87IVPE3gbhT-PqeZXK9ssXBJtseFyNnJ9wWeOO4yLpioy8-WwfaO9Vj8kMgYP4kAViTOaYMqCwU7N-bWuI1Mlahpi_iMwJiXxbRdzb8t2rVVNuYUkt7wuDoLWB9e9ETyXWHT-btG/s320/138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The band<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReMmYy9bfVcOnQLm56qH6dBBdWbg7qPb0YtK_u3rMtLV2y7e8TL6N7UQjKfg0lMWcHEellZQmt46Kq5nS92biOLCF86v9CUbYnzL1eR46qQjP-LbwSZE2lMT-C1Ja8CbxehwE84ZYdaR7/s1600/077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReMmYy9bfVcOnQLm56qH6dBBdWbg7qPb0YtK_u3rMtLV2y7e8TL6N7UQjKfg0lMWcHEellZQmt46Kq5nS92biOLCF86v9CUbYnzL1eR46qQjP-LbwSZE2lMT-C1Ja8CbxehwE84ZYdaR7/s320/077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the floats. By the way, this year the slogan for the weekend was <em>Rock the world</em> :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecLSl3YR4tEB_uPB8F3UMSGfRITU3URMiKTtHcCqGtv-FuOD87843khOcLwmWE7ooE67akwGo8BHEAQXycXPgbZ6wxgIM6mWj2E4rlUtvtC8j7FC4xAtlDU4fP6cBVgkL39wTYZ56K3Or/s1600/104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecLSl3YR4tEB_uPB8F3UMSGfRITU3URMiKTtHcCqGtv-FuOD87843khOcLwmWE7ooE67akwGo8BHEAQXycXPgbZ6wxgIM6mWj2E4rlUtvtC8j7FC4xAtlDU4fP6cBVgkL39wTYZ56K3Or/s320/104.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Some of the TEA fellows after the parade. You can see Tea, Jaime, me, Rinna, Maram, Zbignev, Nazik, Tatiana, Jazgul and Asiyat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVgefnz_mPMiMlowp9QTL1Hc4Kh_0i7DPMnSteUECbjGXlJ6Fbe_6GifySyTASW_A0xc5H7r3D8SU6i4wVxWif8TTgtwzkKmrZRuWVdD9R1_39BCVQ3uHPHBI9V5HezU3TPY-s9zuLttF/s1600/108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVgefnz_mPMiMlowp9QTL1Hc4Kh_0i7DPMnSteUECbjGXlJ6Fbe_6GifySyTASW_A0xc5H7r3D8SU6i4wVxWif8TTgtwzkKmrZRuWVdD9R1_39BCVQ3uHPHBI9V5HezU3TPY-s9zuLttF/s320/108.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> After the parade we went to an event called tailgating. It means that different university organisations and institutes had their tents set up and they offered food and souvenirs and lots of free stuff there. Sarah took us to their tent and we had chili. There was a pretty good rock band playing. Oh, and the weather was just perfect - sunny and quite warm again. We got free T-shirts from the Health Sciences Institute tent and got ready for the football game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYm-WaY_cIYzKYheRpEtppHR0jqddzOoFIi685mAXP1RCN-FJFrB4Ba8_H2sMSnM3-j0vSAq5whezIhqVbX4hr0Ru-NWzr6cup8YkAaZ08-5DELqubLUHzX4dJonWkDcwIzt1x89k6dWL/s1600/118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYm-WaY_cIYzKYheRpEtppHR0jqddzOoFIi685mAXP1RCN-FJFrB4Ba8_H2sMSnM3-j0vSAq5whezIhqVbX4hr0Ru-NWzr6cup8YkAaZ08-5DELqubLUHzX4dJonWkDcwIzt1x89k6dWL/s320/118.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chili</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The game started at 3.30 pm. The whole campus was full of people and cars. But we got into the stadium very quickly. This was a totally new experience. Appalachian team played against Samford and the game lasted for about three hours. It took us a long time to figure out what the sport is about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0ueHeMZMU0hN1Gz7Qhs3DrrDQEhXXjKDTxG_LdsbMI_qHx-Km1lO_MC995weZe9Q0HQkQIpHVxvDe6ZAyPphSHocGN2SRBxCTNs9mzBIm-8U0AR4bD2vVs056wStel-BhA65gDH78ECw/s1600/167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0ueHeMZMU0hN1Gz7Qhs3DrrDQEhXXjKDTxG_LdsbMI_qHx-Km1lO_MC995weZe9Q0HQkQIpHVxvDe6ZAyPphSHocGN2SRBxCTNs9mzBIm-8U0AR4bD2vVs056wStel-BhA65gDH78ECw/s320/167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The mascot for ASU - Yosef.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WFElm6GNdRa_tioJM8iv4B0SQR2-tD_8JoAgVUe64B3Z99AmVeo1v2rTzEHgzJ39fAhs3298QqFkIZ42Zo_fYkRf75CuGb9D_t0gV1ObNwDMJPHiw-Fl6gzqPl8A89yH7De2TCyeTEi6/s1600/196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WFElm6GNdRa_tioJM8iv4B0SQR2-tD_8JoAgVUe64B3Z99AmVeo1v2rTzEHgzJ39fAhs3298QqFkIZ42Zo_fYkRf75CuGb9D_t0gV1ObNwDMJPHiw-Fl6gzqPl8A89yH7De2TCyeTEi6/s320/196.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While watching the game we had pizza and funnel cake. Here is a photo of the latter. It's very American and tastes pretty good. I wasn't able to finish the whole plate though because the cake is really sweet and has lots of calories in it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JOMB3c0SYwPwz-u16EDZ3HKW2MrlW3fjjVQOSWKrmmO9GioAK5DJ64X86K8SItCJFiDvC8hAGYVPYsH6UowuTrdqaWrFOKg8Rr_dRACiWu6UHMWVR70unrqgdUg5No0ckPvYt3ms8vRR/s1600/200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JOMB3c0SYwPwz-u16EDZ3HKW2MrlW3fjjVQOSWKrmmO9GioAK5DJ64X86K8SItCJFiDvC8hAGYVPYsH6UowuTrdqaWrFOKg8Rr_dRACiWu6UHMWVR70unrqgdUg5No0ckPvYt3ms8vRR/s320/200.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ASU won :) They are dressed in yellow and black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After the game we listened to the band playing the victory song and then we had to walk to the hotel because the buses were full.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">They're showing horror movies on TV because Halloween is approaching. <em>From Dusk Till Dawn 2 </em>just started. I'm pretty tired 'cause I spent the whole day outdoors. Anyway, it's good to know that I can sleep for as long as I want tomorrow. Good night :)</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-63486788092269908312011-10-21T08:32:00.000-07:002011-10-21T08:37:14.278-07:00Poetry, pink sky and elevators<div style="text-align: justify;">It's Friday! And we only have one workshop today. After lunch we're gonna have the weekly debriefing session and then we'll be free for the rest of the afternoon. It's the Homecoming Weekend here and there's a football match tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to it. Maybe there will be contra dancing too... I truly hope there will.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The weather is colder now. Yesterday was especially cold and windy so we went to Boone Mall in the evening and bought something warm to wear. Today it's not too bad but it's not 20 degrees, I think it's about 12-15 degrees now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_Xj1OKa9_VMkpRRCQhT_kSl_di3gq3FHVa6_Ddwz0842Arj4ekmbt72PZdQ5pNVXrs3EMFLAKfuWaTjmwKgjDtuDz8zEo_b961PSCflXvKkag91hGAl5OWuYbdUhOnP_z1EzKCDK_lzy/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_Xj1OKa9_VMkpRRCQhT_kSl_di3gq3FHVa6_Ddwz0842Arj4ekmbt72PZdQ5pNVXrs3EMFLAKfuWaTjmwKgjDtuDz8zEo_b961PSCflXvKkag91hGAl5OWuYbdUhOnP_z1EzKCDK_lzy/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The view from our hotel room yesterday morning at about 7.20 am. Beautiful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday we had a poetry night. We gathered in the hotel lobby and read poems in our native language. I chose Ellen Niit's <em>Ma arvasin.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3I631dG3eaYOx1ARC5G2gyul-1fZfVFK8-CxDUx04y4KYM5-baXEcpzPSWoz152q6IoFdKxYOMusvynoPIg4HNn6bfpMy3O1h4TCKz2fU08Da534T6UzritfklYZKWwQo2NT9RSY9p2l/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3I631dG3eaYOx1ARC5G2gyul-1fZfVFK8-CxDUx04y4KYM5-baXEcpzPSWoz152q6IoFdKxYOMusvynoPIg4HNn6bfpMy3O1h4TCKz2fU08Da534T6UzritfklYZKWwQo2NT9RSY9p2l/s320/067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Here's a picture of some of the people who were reading poems. You can see Rinna from Cambodia, Tea from Estonia, Soythip from Thailand, Margaret from Poland, Jahan from Turkmenistan, Kristel from Estonia and Aida from Argentina.<br />
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OK, our session just ended. I'll try to Skype home now. And I also need to watch the video of my class competing at the 3 Minute Dance competition. I heard that they won. I'm so proud of them all.<br />
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Here's a photo I took a couple of days ago. And I'll also add my translation of the poem by Ellen Niit I mentioned earlier.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">I thought that when on the sea</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">one should bravely stand up against the winds</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">and that one should keep looking for miracles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and defeat tiredness.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">I was rowing, my heart full of excitement,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">roaring waves all around me,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">the shores of the sky and the bottom of the sea</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">glowing into my eyes.</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">And I found out that the sea</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">is very seldom blue,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">that there are actually many </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hollow and dull people.</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">I saw places without rivers and lakes,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">just dust and ashes, nothing more;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">children taken from the earth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">without any pieces of gold.</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">And I still think that one should</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">live, make mistakes, desire,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">love and hate,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and be curious about the pieces of gold.</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">And find out that the greyest of seas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">can sometimes be blue</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">and feel that the sweetest of all people</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ET; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">is the one with a piece of gold.</span></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-22942540386456377672011-10-19T12:07:00.000-07:002011-10-19T12:07:40.922-07:001,000 pageviews :)I'm really happy as I just discovered that so far my blog has received exactly 1,000 pageviews :)<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We're having an ICT workshop at the moment and most of the people are creating Google docs. I know how to do that, so I'm using this class for other things... like writing another blog entry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I thought that I should write a bit about the food we are offered here as everyone keeps asking if I have gained lots of weight already. In the morning we have breakfast at the hotel - they have boiled eggs, yogurt, toast, pancakes, omelet, sausages, bacon, cinnamon buns and muffins. And juice, tea and coffee. You can see that the selection is quite good but since we've been here for almost four weeks, everybody is pretty tired of eating the same food every morning. Actually, I'm probably one of the few people who are not too fed up with the food there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We have lunch at 12.30 pm and we usually have it in the Central Dining Hall. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAl805mrWuiJ8hdELEV2L_LZfZ6ytpOHEDwZ-MuvEYVrYDj9oQqjdbp0A8DYSna0_2-JJxsYu_c6VVTP0CNiwHt4TRXaI4as1qipEertbFzGlVexhH6I0BCMMQIkx5-ZWyqauXNWNoo_Jd/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAl805mrWuiJ8hdELEV2L_LZfZ6ytpOHEDwZ-MuvEYVrYDj9oQqjdbp0A8DYSna0_2-JJxsYu_c6VVTP0CNiwHt4TRXaI4as1qipEertbFzGlVexhH6I0BCMMQIkx5-ZWyqauXNWNoo_Jd/s320/016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a picture of the place. I took the photo this morning and you can probably notice that it's not sunny anymore. The past few days were really sunny and hot but now it's colder and it's raining pretty heavily outside :( You can also see that the trees aren't very colorful now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF4WBIa4wwiXPXIUc142PaSO0_Yc2ysYKMEHV3_GBRyXS0c5mFIfpcRI0FgCdULKozWBDrgjFQZE7Yn-CJ_lR66JcuzvvFTJr8VlxeT7ypIEupGEtEtflaQ6HjSkbYqrWO8oSQfdDjq7A/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF4WBIa4wwiXPXIUc142PaSO0_Yc2ysYKMEHV3_GBRyXS0c5mFIfpcRI0FgCdULKozWBDrgjFQZE7Yn-CJ_lR66JcuzvvFTJr8VlxeT7ypIEupGEtEtflaQ6HjSkbYqrWO8oSQfdDjq7A/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And here's a picture of one of the two huge dining halls they have in the Central Dining Hall (what a funny sentence). I have had different things for lunch. Sometimes I have this typical junk food they offer here - pizza or fries and a burger (awful, isn't it)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_USOJkwgX_jRW_9d_tDFYWn12Tq_6j0FBLj7dkz5Iic6zGnR7i724qz7QktrRmzhzsm-n6g9IDIm5KLwwAMO0OXMo-xuSPfoA3pkkqOxCYBGoSPXnzsavWjuW3wj4DQtrt3U0BhHrffF/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_USOJkwgX_jRW_9d_tDFYWn12Tq_6j0FBLj7dkz5Iic6zGnR7i724qz7QktrRmzhzsm-n6g9IDIm5KLwwAMO0OXMo-xuSPfoA3pkkqOxCYBGoSPXnzsavWjuW3wj4DQtrt3U0BhHrffF/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lunch I had on Monday: a cheeseburger, Pepsi, banana and ice-cream.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I try to find something a bit healthier - like pasta or chicken with vegetables.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP-RAqw58R12OVmhyGgbZKhFMjd2LWfILlRssJ53oH0-hSgeuZEqMcP0l5uW6JEU66gqP0bgTqUsLt-vU2b-Ql4PesOTkhcuWekIFllZm_io1iIgK4YWGm5RyZlP8sh_5OHXOakWN_vyM/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP-RAqw58R12OVmhyGgbZKhFMjd2LWfILlRssJ53oH0-hSgeuZEqMcP0l5uW6JEU66gqP0bgTqUsLt-vU2b-Ql4PesOTkhcuWekIFllZm_io1iIgK4YWGm5RyZlP8sh_5OHXOakWN_vyM/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The lunch I had today - a lasagna-like dish with carrots and peas, water and a really delicious cherry cheesecake. You can see that there's a banana there again but I actually didn't finish that. It's just that we usually take a banana from the hotel in the morning and sometimes I have it for lunch, sometimes I eat it in the evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the evenings we either go out to have dinner in one of the places just across the street or get something from Walmart and eat in the lobby. For example, yesterday we made sandwiches.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all, I think I haven't gained any weight. But the food here is pretty different.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Here's a photo of me and my room mate Soythip from Thailand :)</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-4843724112895951042011-10-18T12:57:00.000-07:002011-10-18T12:58:08.266-07:00Another video I created for a class I'm gonna teach next week<object id="vp1KAME6" width="432" height="240" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1318967800&f=KAME600na1y6VEIv0tsapw&d=224&m=a&r=240p&volume=100&start_res=240p&i=m&options="></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed id="vp1KAME6" src="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1318967800&f=KAME600na1y6VEIv0tsapw&d=224&m=a&r=240p&volume=100&start_res=240p&i=m&options=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="432" height="240"></embed></object>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-10852551243457628442011-10-17T19:39:00.000-07:002011-10-17T19:55:56.965-07:00For my boys :)<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I promised to upload some photos of cars here. Actually we have problems with Internet connection here at the hotel today. So I’m writing the entry in Word and hope I can upload it tomorrow morning.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDhqWS7JwPndCEtlyXcilEV3zDZpp-SSzallUD-xWvgkv4ItE1lzzAkx6VbbXQ9VkHMmU5isbtBxoMTbohgtMLA4WY6EaleHLn6Go29ISw2xCnPdYAUkT4Pus6_CgYDI2KX_tUfGu5Ron/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDhqWS7JwPndCEtlyXcilEV3zDZpp-SSzallUD-xWvgkv4ItE1lzzAkx6VbbXQ9VkHMmU5isbtBxoMTbohgtMLA4WY6EaleHLn6Go29ISw2xCnPdYAUkT4Pus6_CgYDI2KX_tUfGu5Ron/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">A street in Boone. Look at the hanging traffic lights. So American, aren’t they?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdqLe5OgNFrmaznRanhx84kB6xbl7m3QFL0mBGGPDB6O_GBdV7vqKcnybplC0SDvv5pSefw6D3utd87zMqwxe0lxkyQcR13tl47mN5W8A4WkJznRFhHHvaxFyB25O7_axnqmUONWVPio9/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdqLe5OgNFrmaznRanhx84kB6xbl7m3QFL0mBGGPDB6O_GBdV7vqKcnybplC0SDvv5pSefw6D3utd87zMqwxe0lxkyQcR13tl47mN5W8A4WkJznRFhHHvaxFyB25O7_axnqmUONWVPio9/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the yellow school buses you can see in every city.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCAWtc2undVP9hhUK9KaLqz3tmhfF-OQrq__OEJ0hmN8zD45sc5V_6jlg9Kw65us_p9rj10qMB_Fn55IdhmD1ZKkOLYeqd-jm4bWQvwXWcYh70eMPTrD1cUcbNkLvMHh9jHSii5KHBt0r/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCAWtc2undVP9hhUK9KaLqz3tmhfF-OQrq__OEJ0hmN8zD45sc5V_6jlg9Kw65us_p9rj10qMB_Fn55IdhmD1ZKkOLYeqd-jm4bWQvwXWcYh70eMPTrD1cUcbNkLvMHh9jHSii5KHBt0r/s320/016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;">From what I’ve noticed, they like really big cars.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4s2mId8Q_ttN9ue2br_tbNy3mO5yO2PYhIzTnHMpDGcV0tQoI2F6qyHbHWYxPuQnB3RfDJRpsUKgyj0ElEbfrNd1sbfK2lJO-C3zua-9uUE-TFMmLVNzeG3g7ftMOCE3N64bvpCeGvlUU/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4s2mId8Q_ttN9ue2br_tbNy3mO5yO2PYhIzTnHMpDGcV0tQoI2F6qyHbHWYxPuQnB3RfDJRpsUKgyj0ElEbfrNd1sbfK2lJO-C3zua-9uUE-TFMmLVNzeG3g7ftMOCE3N64bvpCeGvlUU/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And fancy cars</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsBxyoFiLLxDV_b-keQze911wVHPOneHwGYUgxgONlS6rFAjnTbtvWSky6SpMY859j5meQzCIP33_iGyl-DBrsMLAEGrxbpUwK6cktK3FknCXC3wDyDpm0dyjbleCn5GNeoxsaTZtVQXI/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsBxyoFiLLxDV_b-keQze911wVHPOneHwGYUgxgONlS6rFAjnTbtvWSky6SpMY859j5meQzCIP33_iGyl-DBrsMLAEGrxbpUwK6cktK3FknCXC3wDyDpm0dyjbleCn5GNeoxsaTZtVQXI/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the red one in the middle seems to be one of the most popular cars among the people who like fancy cars. You can see at least one here every day.</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaFcuQq55k2qpHoBtIIHw-2IfV0GxGtST27QlDYgozcc0ABX23ae8Z19dsgGghGCm_3bBTBy3Rmeuj6miV06m5Q-TWaxcGihajY23mvESMZBgxnLNx09YG7rDaJdzmulQ-3G4zqeCNlCr/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaFcuQq55k2qpHoBtIIHw-2IfV0GxGtST27QlDYgozcc0ABX23ae8Z19dsgGghGCm_3bBTBy3Rmeuj6miV06m5Q-TWaxcGihajY23mvESMZBgxnLNx09YG7rDaJdzmulQ-3G4zqeCNlCr/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Pepsi truck I saw on the campus the other day. Now I realize that I haven’t got any photos of the big angry-looking trucks you can see here a lot. I’ll try to get a picture of them too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQG9AyRnW1oJuiTrxl-9bFhAx6muQyoI7aLQ2SpE0WNGRIkRYQJIJZ-CTMQqLWBnobJGhf9D0QFB8NwXYh7xuMKPkJjqZxTPU3DSPo8xEJ3k-mvn_gNe9Ph1sQJIQP4I-DgfJtrqD7Syt/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQG9AyRnW1oJuiTrxl-9bFhAx6muQyoI7aLQ2SpE0WNGRIkRYQJIJZ-CTMQqLWBnobJGhf9D0QFB8NwXYh7xuMKPkJjqZxTPU3DSPo8xEJ3k-mvn_gNe9Ph1sQJIQP4I-DgfJtrqD7Syt/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+014.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A picture of a fire truck.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Pmtv2zvRoXg5V9A8ce3wEQYzQkNZzfAg7IbNZsu9MJv231lel2dzemVFtfu7tLM4lp8HXqxK5rb2XALbODSVDHjVex6IRz9IWm1H781FpEKh55BMvoEXQBEQ4_zxfSpJHppNYp76GsZi/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Pmtv2zvRoXg5V9A8ce3wEQYzQkNZzfAg7IbNZsu9MJv231lel2dzemVFtfu7tLM4lp8HXqxK5rb2XALbODSVDHjVex6IRz9IWm1H781FpEKh55BMvoEXQBEQ4_zxfSpJHppNYp76GsZi/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+117.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;">Here are some of the hundreds (maybe even thousands) of yellow cabs you can see in NY.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;">OK, and now to police cars.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmmhzBmUW5hjDs4Pt5HoaCPN4wtI-zTNqpilLrbydaigX2pEY9dWLIcgvz81GAi-wB84cafeu1zeVvL-uXMkox4iagKDPPTNBVPaQBzTrJ6zNxIECbG_p5edd2w5juTdxAGEBZ8pJ8WOf/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmmhzBmUW5hjDs4Pt5HoaCPN4wtI-zTNqpilLrbydaigX2pEY9dWLIcgvz81GAi-wB84cafeu1zeVvL-uXMkox4iagKDPPTNBVPaQBzTrJ6zNxIECbG_p5edd2w5juTdxAGEBZ8pJ8WOf/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXlL-oYT5cXLOBG3IIAe_fzNo6Wvf4GuXdSk7seQZVaIDO2lZdHsfIOYEoBUDbdDPeZhhhQKb1lj5wcqrjvdXVZjDvb601jw1nhidqHVLQyFklufAZxOw5tx1C2OMJgqY-TiMej31hUhW/s1600/Hiking+and+NYC+162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXlL-oYT5cXLOBG3IIAe_fzNo6Wvf4GuXdSk7seQZVaIDO2lZdHsfIOYEoBUDbdDPeZhhhQKb1lj5wcqrjvdXVZjDvb601jw1nhidqHVLQyFklufAZxOw5tx1C2OMJgqY-TiMej31hUhW/s320/Hiking+and+NYC+162.JPG" width="320" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;">A macho police car I saw in Charlotte</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAf-K81mOpxhr3yPCoN1IZFDiHlG261WozH99g22GurlZC8aE3nfIY8XRhO81cmi5-cShn_fv3_IDtfglNWRXQDOHkwgMtIdNkQUgZojtBQ_g0tghx4lRtPKcbW3ZtaC_maaIH9CdZQyxt/s1600/Hiking+and+NYC+071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAf-K81mOpxhr3yPCoN1IZFDiHlG261WozH99g22GurlZC8aE3nfIY8XRhO81cmi5-cShn_fv3_IDtfglNWRXQDOHkwgMtIdNkQUgZojtBQ_g0tghx4lRtPKcbW3ZtaC_maaIH9CdZQyxt/s320/Hiking+and+NYC+071.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NYPD – New York Police Department… As you can see, they also have police horses.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsvr258kORfsA1dRgzd2bNG77h1KnrF9WLXiaQdsvIhLEMytjaDUiCDd-jgmY5ojG9ttjWxLDYMaDXPQhsogdkRLQWdX5oBWlGz9aaq3Ie1SOjzpEKMrN6EQlFak4WOeIQn1KrHjlbTHi/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsvr258kORfsA1dRgzd2bNG77h1KnrF9WLXiaQdsvIhLEMytjaDUiCDd-jgmY5ojG9ttjWxLDYMaDXPQhsogdkRLQWdX5oBWlGz9aaq3Ie1SOjzpEKMrN6EQlFak4WOeIQn1KrHjlbTHi/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+094.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-no-proof: yes;">And funny-looking small vehicles</span></span></div></span><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"></div></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-UNeTF3SmKEs1txP3wkmTPm0n_gChc-nlR_KOMfUGO8Xzc6vkpoj3kAtxXHb3fG21QYIWINdjOOTv7I4s0SoAACuRXfPSuJYn8r78zdFetYhK65j9wkN3cCC3M0YZHMKfqTMLl6nHnG8/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-UNeTF3SmKEs1txP3wkmTPm0n_gChc-nlR_KOMfUGO8Xzc6vkpoj3kAtxXHb3fG21QYIWINdjOOTv7I4s0SoAACuRXfPSuJYn8r78zdFetYhK65j9wkN3cCC3M0YZHMKfqTMLl6nHnG8/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+189.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 249.95pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And buses on Times Square<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's almost 11 pm and we got</span> our wireless connection back. I'm glad I managed to keep my promise and write about different vehicles here. Going to sleep now. I've written so much today that you won't probably hear from me for a while.</span></div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-85606799438926662142011-10-17T12:14:00.000-07:002011-10-17T12:14:36.801-07:00New York vol. 3OK, now I'm in my ICT class and we're supposed to upload some audio files and create some pages about our countries. BUT, I'm good at multi-tasking, so I'm going to share the last pictures of NYC.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bTPYREtcnQUgEKiT4LOhiSDasJxcMVKnKvzOQE3hRmD3zb7yigLB0rluQ2atUUDfQJb9dKAbaeDWrPmoefB-nNtRXvMiPIM2LLmnqTFC-NCPYmIaoKJULQnWBPLpumsR7zXQkK6FiufD/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bTPYREtcnQUgEKiT4LOhiSDasJxcMVKnKvzOQE3hRmD3zb7yigLB0rluQ2atUUDfQJb9dKAbaeDWrPmoefB-nNtRXvMiPIM2LLmnqTFC-NCPYmIaoKJULQnWBPLpumsR7zXQkK6FiufD/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+330.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The view from the observation platform of the Empire State Building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvghuvaXi0aHMdj8boqM96fOr3ecN7GLXScsuYqSewLCt6elM1saRkOxE-FDUjIG4Z6-PY-bLd1mPgZ0LrM_SYSfJs2NfZ6_CQZxcK_7hlQIlewe6vGnECiFdVpDo8-2uhq5Z8ILSnGaX/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvghuvaXi0aHMdj8boqM96fOr3ecN7GLXScsuYqSewLCt6elM1saRkOxE-FDUjIG4Z6-PY-bLd1mPgZ0LrM_SYSfJs2NfZ6_CQZxcK_7hlQIlewe6vGnECiFdVpDo8-2uhq5Z8ILSnGaX/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+354.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> On Saturday we did some shopping and I bought a couple of really nice things on the 5th Avenue ;) It was interesting to see all these fancy and awfully expensive designer stores there and the African American guys selling fake designer sunglasses and handbags on the street right in front of the stores.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We took the night bus to Charlotte. It departed from Chinatown and was 30 minutes late. I got really worried and thought we would stay there forever. Again, it took 12 hours to get to Charlotte. To our surprise, all the places were closed. Except for Starbucks... So we had breakfast there. The weather was just wonderful - sunny and hot (about 25 degrees). We walked around for a while and went to the Discovery Place. It's a large hands-on science center.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We also explored the concepts of mechanical advantage, energy transfer and air pressure. It was really fun, I wish we had a center like that in Estonia too. Downstairs they had a rainforest area with parrots and geckos. They also had lots of exotic fish and lizards.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYbLYbBqDT8dIC1Toxst0TrgSa03D_k7-l_F2URxAh-b7RX2i70TAITSEgttlq0D2viClz88t3auEiOuCxZ1kHeB5BUA2pp2Fxn8O3W_5u2aJZ6GQ1p2FkeMwSm3IY3zyVxMSfvMnReyJ/s1600/Hiking+and+NYC+195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYbLYbBqDT8dIC1Toxst0TrgSa03D_k7-l_F2URxAh-b7RX2i70TAITSEgttlq0D2viClz88t3auEiOuCxZ1kHeB5BUA2pp2Fxn8O3W_5u2aJZ6GQ1p2FkeMwSm3IY3zyVxMSfvMnReyJ/s320/Hiking+and+NYC+195.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aww... what a cute creature :P It really loved posing for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday we got back to Boone at 9 pm and shared pictures with each other. And now we're back in our regular routine for a week. On October 26th we'll start our internships at local schools. This means I'm going to spend a week in Ashe. Alone in a hotel... without any other TEA fellows :(</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-64462568054486955212011-10-17T09:59:00.000-07:002011-10-17T11:02:07.241-07:00Some more impressions from New York<div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some more photos I took on Sunday. In the morning we went on a 90-minute-long boat tour on Hudson River. The view was just magnificient again. The only problem was that it was very windy and every now and then we were sprinkled with salty water from the river. The river is salty because fresh water flowing down the river meets salt water pushing in from the Atlantic Ocean.<b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSvCnulNfLXHcR2r-Z32CCZi6gQVwncZZUhUnUoyNkSYidoEf8HA30JULWGXA6iXHBgTlXv3Twz1PR4DeijwI2kouoRVWBd1m24hfCtRD-mZoaKhiDKiCJthFUmB4nNzd8Bx973drLPpM/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSvCnulNfLXHcR2r-Z32CCZi6gQVwncZZUhUnUoyNkSYidoEf8HA30JULWGXA6iXHBgTlXv3Twz1PR4DeijwI2kouoRVWBd1m24hfCtRD-mZoaKhiDKiCJthFUmB4nNzd8Bx973drLPpM/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+280.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The area where WTC towers used to be. Now they're rebuilding the site and there are going to be 7 towers in the area. You can see at least 3 unfinished towers there if you take a closer look. It was really sad to listen to the tour guide when he told us about 9/11. But he also added that everybody should be nice to each other and that we should appreciate every moment we are given as life is short.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MN5pTNGXcxoQRuzXH7MZJbqXEXyOg80aSPdEcsn1FhgPqFeMTAsEavwFb-D0lWyXMS_Ks1LRQYdDJRPb9ndrKR0yVIj-p6rExBrJgmXrlbAkkakoppo2AYh9IY_hPQo3YQY8IvmTuu_s/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MN5pTNGXcxoQRuzXH7MZJbqXEXyOg80aSPdEcsn1FhgPqFeMTAsEavwFb-D0lWyXMS_Ks1LRQYdDJRPb9ndrKR0yVIj-p6rExBrJgmXrlbAkkakoppo2AYh9IY_hPQo3YQY8IvmTuu_s/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+304.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Statue of Liberty. I think I took about 30 photos of the statue but I will only post this one as you can see the whole monument and there are some people there on the island as well, so you can see how big the statue really is. I still can't believe that I really saw all these places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBHr37b2GkYI7-B_CaX4o62Im8gsZrCEa0PoesduxJaBMnKd5Dmah0YKwadIWT47cwNYsGSHB5Sj1yydWJdRXnUADyw2rIqGyX7TWg35wsIlwB5rO4Ud3Kw6PVihK4KMMg2fiUvBsdu8h/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBHr37b2GkYI7-B_CaX4o62Im8gsZrCEa0PoesduxJaBMnKd5Dmah0YKwadIWT47cwNYsGSHB5Sj1yydWJdRXnUADyw2rIqGyX7TWg35wsIlwB5rO4Ud3Kw6PVihK4KMMg2fiUvBsdu8h/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Another picture of the city</div><div align="center"><br />
Next we went to the Empire State Building. It was really crowded that day so it took us about an hour and a half to get to the observation platform on the 86th floor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXLtoIXn9ft2ca-PClgUXB5SxLggCnWGcCnSqVf_r008RI-0cmB7pCN0ihHQ9-eaE22-ddnUqVsn2xti-Dm71jGM00MAbZS1yQ_a4SQx2wWfMtapN1XM5zs-g_bLWg3NURgesld_7TSB5/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXLtoIXn9ft2ca-PClgUXB5SxLggCnWGcCnSqVf_r008RI-0cmB7pCN0ihHQ9-eaE22-ddnUqVsn2xti-Dm71jGM00MAbZS1yQ_a4SQx2wWfMtapN1XM5zs-g_bLWg3NURgesld_7TSB5/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+321.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a picture of a gorilla who tried to kiss me in the Empire State Building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Stay tuned, there are going to be more photos. I also promised to write a special entry for my boys about the cars here and I really hope I'll manage to find the time to do this.</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-3029372370858376112011-10-16T22:20:00.000-07:002011-10-16T22:20:42.306-07:00New York... New York<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi! How are you doing? I got back from NYC and will share a couple of photos with you. It was just amazing to admire all the places I had so far seen only on TV or in books. It's 12.12 am and I'm really-really tired but I'll write a short blog entry so that you can envy me a bit :) There seems to be a problem with uploading things so I will probably have to continue tomorrow. Anyway, the trip was just wonderful. We left on Thursday morning and took the bus to Charlotte. We spent the whole day there. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div align="center">The skyscrapers in the center of Charlotte</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUv0uKN-nrHjn37cA3oTSd-0BQgimV76KX_OQwNPCoCgSEEzkLSMiyRZ52QbIp2Gm72SCQWdosqdlk9pQgG140WEgf3A8Hylnw-lio0yMvXXIA9grerm5I10PE4JLIPAvyzJ0yn72v0l0/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUv0uKN-nrHjn37cA3oTSd-0BQgimV76KX_OQwNPCoCgSEEzkLSMiyRZ52QbIp2Gm72SCQWdosqdlk9pQgG140WEgf3A8Hylnw-lio0yMvXXIA9grerm5I10PE4JLIPAvyzJ0yn72v0l0/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+018.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">We had lunch in an Irish pub in Charlotte. The Halloween decorations were pretty creepy there as you can see.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhems0x14mhkxouaZIF4PWhJf67AF024uS-6JckvGviee2sJa2OBRgM_VCtGyTqfgq0q2CvaS_bqQusgQFmvWYiXbhpLhG6cz5BnjhKwXF2e8EcCHzUE60qpNrvDrxq9Uez-vjaR8xz2oVr/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhems0x14mhkxouaZIF4PWhJf67AF024uS-6JckvGviee2sJa2OBRgM_VCtGyTqfgq0q2CvaS_bqQusgQFmvWYiXbhpLhG6cz5BnjhKwXF2e8EcCHzUE60qpNrvDrxq9Uez-vjaR8xz2oVr/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Me and Tea a couple of moments before she took the bus to Charlotte Airport and flew to Chicago.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We took the night bus to New York. At first we were really happy that we managed to get tickets that cost only 80 dollars (roundtrip) but when it turned out that the bus station was located in an unsafe area of Charlotte I got scared to death. This wasn't really a station even. There was just a parked bus and some sort of a cabin in the dark parking lot of a cheap hotel. There were no people when we got there, just a bunch of foldable chairs, a dirty restroom, a TV and a phone for calling the taxi companies. Soon, however, people started to arrive and it turned out that they were all African American. That really looked like a scene from an American movie.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6to798AQpQfkJBQSynu1rh_EW-rigSclU_Xb5Pd8N6SXpNJyzc42JesdPPKOzuQhXNq-_wy_85DvyUPOIWCgXn4HiDNh9RyZPGfkAKBOyfF87rGffeGgRCQHg38Dx6n71INNbMt6Ej3h/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6to798AQpQfkJBQSynu1rh_EW-rigSclU_Xb5Pd8N6SXpNJyzc42JesdPPKOzuQhXNq-_wy_85DvyUPOIWCgXn4HiDNh9RyZPGfkAKBOyfF87rGffeGgRCQHg38Dx6n71INNbMt6Ej3h/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But we got to New York City :) It took 12 hours and it wasn't easy to get some sleep on the bus as the space between the seats was awfully narrow, but we arrived in NY on Friday at about 9 am. The bus took us to Chinatown and we had to take a cab to find our hotel and Times Square. </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhPa0WhDa98Fqrvg5UNVNRnoslFYgCLJF3zPOaO8IzwJbxKas7MzVM056K_jfzWR33Ce5WS5zcwqeLCDdo_KOwtfxfpA7ok_tlZS1w6c5KOYBHN9ZX6iCGX2XeUAxmZ_UdKw-kAtcngrI/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhPa0WhDa98Fqrvg5UNVNRnoslFYgCLJF3zPOaO8IzwJbxKas7MzVM056K_jfzWR33Ce5WS5zcwqeLCDdo_KOwtfxfpA7ok_tlZS1w6c5KOYBHN9ZX6iCGX2XeUAxmZ_UdKw-kAtcngrI/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the first day we went on a bus tour around the downtown area. We also did some shopping and had dinner at a restaurant called Ruby Tuesday. That was nice :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XYAk6XfbrCA_GdcZ6XaVe7FhIYcybgzDSNOQ3mNxiJ9TjYFGmRGkXs8_FiG0yb4JB71ILA6UWwd7cEvD876Dn2vncAKJ_GrWS-N_RuWX3VsqbMJXxTkotk0YaVADSPwo9l5l2I5O4CjV/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XYAk6XfbrCA_GdcZ6XaVe7FhIYcybgzDSNOQ3mNxiJ9TjYFGmRGkXs8_FiG0yb4JB71ILA6UWwd7cEvD876Dn2vncAKJ_GrWS-N_RuWX3VsqbMJXxTkotk0YaVADSPwo9l5l2I5O4CjV/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+197.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the elevator of our hotel (Gotham Hotel). You can see that there is a whole floor missing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Which one? People are really superstitious, aren't they?</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW7LLQ6wQaXKPcvGcadetUtBLOX5K5vUTqcv9Qq8JlatXepX-jz9pZkFjZX1AaO5uNcFexuhwCw6UXKJtH_Qcm0eZbniSdHLU1ZIUFAnoheSHI2l2XPgppqnqZu4xWNCUvipglbljU_JR/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW7LLQ6wQaXKPcvGcadetUtBLOX5K5vUTqcv9Qq8JlatXepX-jz9pZkFjZX1AaO5uNcFexuhwCw6UXKJtH_Qcm0eZbniSdHLU1ZIUFAnoheSHI2l2XPgppqnqZu4xWNCUvipglbljU_JR/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+179.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">In the evening we took the night tour and that was just amazing. It got dark at 7 pm already and it was cloudy and it rained a bit but the view was just breathtaking.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTrVNEZ2cXH_lXJUD08dck2k-lwTZTopiwwKmsrCtLIro1nzLcY5bvEONAG6RGQSKuca2Zp3RjsKW1_QBLlywu2lcSiqJw2dP-fq4psVzkuLqwzr4UV4VomDqO6fZ_WQmeAYAYIwqRSwO/s1600/NEW+YORK+CITY+186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTrVNEZ2cXH_lXJUD08dck2k-lwTZTopiwwKmsrCtLIro1nzLcY5bvEONAG6RGQSKuca2Zp3RjsKW1_QBLlywu2lcSiqJw2dP-fq4psVzkuLqwzr4UV4VomDqO6fZ_WQmeAYAYIwqRSwO/s320/NEW+YORK+CITY+186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Times Square at night.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">OK, it's 1.17 am and I have to go to sleep. We have classes tomorrow (actually today) :(</div><div align="center"> I'll add more photos in the afternoon.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">To be continued... (the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, WTC area, shopping in NYC, some more Chinatown, etc.)</div>Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189797481895609210.post-21046230353588480972011-10-13T04:54:00.001-07:002011-10-13T04:54:53.081-07:00Heading for New York CityJust wanted to let you know that you probably won't hear from me for a couple of days as we're heading for NY now and I'm not taking my laptop with me.<br />
Take care!Kristelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398570551818999461noreply@blogger.com0