onsdag 8. september 2010
onsdag 1. september 2010
Så har det vel blitt en god stund siden jeg skrev noe her. Sommeren har gått så utrolig fort og ting har vel forsåvidt bare vært hektisk. Jeg og Natalie har flyttet til en ny leilighet rett ved siden av de to andre Ilexerne i Skowhegan. Vi var også på roadtrip i juli. Reiste til Chicago og Niagra Falls. Kjempe koselig tur med masse opplevelser, 20 timer kjøring til Chicago. Chicago var forsåvidt en skuffelse. Ikke mye som skjer der, virket veldig folketomt og lite som skjedde. Feiret 4. juli der, det var jo selvfølgelig en opplevelse, men var ikke akuratt som 17. mai hjemme. Niagra Falls var selvfølgelig kjempeflott, vi tok båten Maid of the Mist og kom nesten helt opp til fossefallene.
Ellers går livet sin vante gang i Maine. Har vel forsåvidt blitt bare mer og mer hverdag. Går mest i jobb og helg. Men prøver å planlegg en tur til Washington snart.
Hey everyone
So summer is almost over and it has been a long time ago since I wrote something here. Summer has gone by really fast. Me and Nat went on a roadtrip to Chicago and Niagra Falls, which was really nice. Chicago was kind of disappointment thought, not much happening there. We celebrated 4th of July there, which was nice, but I think I expected something else from it. Niagra Falls was of course great, we took the boat all the way up to the waterfalls. Lots of fun.
Other then that, life is kind of turning into a routine here. Work and then weekend, not much happening. Most of the August group left and we are only 4 in Skowhegan now. But I am trying to plan some trips soon.
tirsdag 13. april 2010
Bar Harbor, by the ocean
Me at Harvard!
Horse cab in Boston, taking us to a pub for St patricks day
Hei alle sammen
Hey everyone
So, time for a blog update again. Not a lot new, we went to Boston for St Patricks day. Today I went to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, which are beautiful sceneries by the ocean. I have also taken the first swim of the year in Lake George together with Natalie, it was cold, but also very refreshing. For Easter we did not really do anything special, had a bbq and played some badminton. The weather was amazing, so we enjoyed that.
One of my roommates had to go home, but she is coming back to visit, so that is nice. Actually quite a lot of ILEXers are going home these days, people aren’t really pleased with their placements and stuff. For me everything is going the right way now. I got my old job back, working day shifts in a day program Monday through Friday, with holidays and weekends offJ
Spring is definitely her, the ice cream place across from our house is open so spring is filled with temptations. The snow is melted and most of the time we have sunsunsun, just lovely;)
fredag 12. mars 2010
Statue of Liberty!
Huff nå syns jeg faktisk at jeg har vært ganske treg med nytt blogg innlegg, men tida går så utrolig fort og det er allerede mars. Februar har egentlig vært en ganske fin måned, mye som har skjedd. Jeg har startet å komme mer inn i jobben, og det er forsåvidt en helt grei jobb. Ellers så var jeg så heldig at mamma og pappa kom på besøk her i midten av måneden, så mye av tiden gikk med til reising og planlegging. Jeg tok ut litt ferie så dermed fikk vi tid til å reise en del rundt.
Vi var i Canada, Toronto, Niagra Falls og Montreal. Det var veldig rart å reise over grensen mellom USA og Canada, for på den Canadisken siden var liksom alt så mye mer europeisk. Bedre mat, finere hus, ihvertfall så det sånn ut. Toronto var en by som forsåvidt ikke var mye å se, mest industri, men vi fikk god spareribs der. Niagara Falls var selvfølgelig kjempefint. Vi gikk inn i en tunnel som gikk under fossen, egentlig ganske gøy. Men må nok bli en tur tilbake på vårparten også, for da kan man nemlig ta båt som går mot fossen. Etter et par dager i Toronto reiste vi til Montreal, på veien dit stoppet vi på Mohawk territorium, som visstnok i følge dama på turist kontoret en veldig fiendlig indianer stamme om dagen (kan ikke akuratt si vi så noe til det). Men det var forsåvidt ikke sånn kjempe mye å se, det var nok litt for mye utenfor sesong.
I Montreal var det mye å se, en veldig flott by. Masse gamle bygninger og et fransk preg. De hadde små cafeer, noe jeg virkelig savner i USA. Vi brukte egentlig tida på å bare gå rundt og kikke på byen, været var ikke akuratt på vår side, men vi fikk da sett en del. Vi var inne på en liten fransk restaurant med veldig god mat, men jeg tror ikke mamma kommer til å spise hummer igjen:)
På veien fra Montreal stoppet vi på et annet indianer territorium, og her var det mye mer tydelig at det var aner tilbake til indianere. Vi var innom et museum og fikk høre litt om den stammen som okkuperte hele New England, før nybyggerne kom. Egentlig ganske spennende og jeg og mamma fikk oss nye votter.
Vel hjemme i Skowhegan igjen, etter en sjekk på grensa hvor grense patruljen åpnet og lukket bagasjelokket på bilen min ble det avslapping på mamma og pappa og helge jobb på meg. Men fikk servert ekte hjemmelaget mat når jeg kom hjem da. Søndag måtte også de opp tidlig siden jeg hadde ordnet med litt gards sightseeing til dem.
Søndagskvelden gikk turen til Portsmouth New Hampshire hvor vi stoppet for å overnatte på veien til New York city. Dagen etter ble det bilkjøring, og vi var i New York ved 3 tida. Så vi kikket oss litt rundt i byen, var blant annet innom Times Square så vidt og gikk forbi Rockefeller sentre og The Empire State building. Tirsdagen var det frihetsgudinnen og Ellis Island som stod for tur. En opplevelse nok ingen av oss ville vært foruten, er egentlig ganske stort å være inni og ved frihetsgudinnen når man tenker på hva den har stått for, for så mange. Ellis Island var også interresant, alle menneskene som hadde passert gjennom der. Er nesten umulig å forestille seg hvordan det hele fungerte med innvandring til USA. Etterpå tok vi en tur opp til World Trade Center site og kikket oss rundt. Det hele er bare en stor byggeplass nå, men de driver å bygger minnesmonument der tårna pleide å stå. Er også et par museum der, men vi var for sent ute til dem. På veien dit snubla vi også bortom Wall street, så fikk med oss det også. Onsdagen ble en veldig rolig dag, vi kjente det ganske bra i føttene alle sammen etter all gåingen dagen før. Så derfor ble det hestevogn rundt i Central Park, veldig avslappende og man fikk høre litt om filmer som hadde blitt spilt inn i parken osv. Hesten het Lady og kusken het Mario, navn det ikke var lett å glemme. Etter det tok vi inn på en cafe som hadde masse svenske varer og til og med kringle. På kvelden hadde vi billetter til Mamma Mia så vi dro for å se showet på Wintergarden Broadway. Det ble en fin avslutning på 2 uker. Musikalen var veldig bra, faktisk bedre enn jeg hadde forventet. Torsdagen kjørte jeg dem til flyplassen i Boston og vi måtte ta farvel, var litt vemodige, men ting gikk fort over til det normale igjen.
Siden da har det ikke skjedd så mye. Har for det meste tatt tiden med ro. I dag hadde vi vår første grillfest for året så det var koselig, men sola holdt desverre ikke ut like lenge som oss, så vi måtte finne oss i å spise inne. Men det ser ut til at våren er her og at sommeren er like om hjørnet, det har i hvertfall jeg bestemt meg for, så jeg hadde på flipflops i dag;)
Hey everyone
Oh my, it’s been quite a long time since I wrote something her, but time passes by so quickly. It’s already March, can’t believe it. February was a very nice month, but also a busy month. I started to get used to my new job and I kind of like it now, it is not too bad. My parents were just her for two weeks, it’s almost spring, so life is good. There were lots of plans to be made before they arrived, but when they were here we had a very good time. I took some vacation, so we could travel around. We went to Canada; Toronto, Niagra Falls and Montreal. It was weird to cross the border between the US and Canada because you could see such a difference. On the Canadian side everything looked so much more European. It looked nicer actually, better houses, food and roads, at least that was the impression we got. Toronto was not that nice thought, but they had good spareribs. Niagra Falls off course was amazing. We went into a tunnel that goes under the waterfall, and we could get much closer to the falls there. But I think I want to travel back in the spring too and take the boat that goes towards the falls. After a couple days in Toronto we went to Montral. On the way there we stopped at Mohawk territory, according to the lady at the tourist information in Montreal they were a very hostile tribe, but I can’t really say we saw a lot of hostility, so not completely sure of what she was talking about (time to get another job maybe?). But it was not that much to see anyway, only normal houses and small farms.
Montreal was a very nice city, old buildings and real cafes. The city seemed to have a lot of inspiration from France. We spent our time just walking around and looking, the weather was not really on our side, but we had a good time anyway. The first night we went to an old small really cozy restaurant, with great food, if we don’t take the lobster my mum got into consideration. On the way home from Montreal we stopped on an Indian reservation, and a museum. We got to know a bit about the tribe that occupied all of New England before the Europeans came. Kind of interesting actually, and me and my mum got new handmade mittens. So that was nice.
At home again in Skowhegan, after a brief stop on the border, where the border controllers opened and closed the trunk of my car (very interesting inspection?) my parents got to relax a bit while I had to drag myself to work. But I should not complain, because when I got home she had made a great homemade meal. And on Sunday they had to get up early too, since I arranged some farm sightseeing for them.
Sunday evening we started on our trip down to New York. We stopped in Portsmouth NH for a good night’s rest, and then drove down to Darien CT to park the car. We were in NY around 3 pm on Monday. So we looked around a bit, stopped by Times Square, The Rockefeller Center and The Empire State building. Tuesday we went to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. An experience we would not be without, it holds so much history. Afterwards we went to the World Trade Center site. It is just a big construction area now, but it will turn into something eventually. There is also a couple museums there, but we were too late for them. We also stumbled by Wall Street, and the bull (not shore if it was the right one thought). Wednesday we had a relaxed day, we could really feel it in our feet from the day before. We went with a horse and a buggy through Central Park. Got to hear some facts about the park and movies that was made there and etc. Afterwards we went to a café, which actually had some Swedish stuff, so that was nice. Then in the evening we had tickets for Mamma Mia on Broadway Wintergarden, which made a successful ending to our trip together. Thursday I dropped them off at the airport in Boston and we had to part, kind of sad off course, but things went back to normal rather quickly.
Since then things has been rather quiet, I have just relaxed and enjoyed the wonderful weather. The other day we had our first Barbecue this year, and even thought we had to eat inside it was a nice beginning for spring that is just coming up. I was even wearing flip-flops, and a t-shirt today, so summer can’t be too far away?!!
fredag 29. januar 2010
Lake George with visitors from Massaschusetts!
Birthdayparty in Massaschusetts!!