Fairfax, Virginia, United States - 1st November 2008
By: wmphimu
Happy Halloween! I helped to celebrate Halloween with our neighbors - look at the cool jack-o-lanterns that the kids next door carved!
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Posted Nov 7, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Fairfax, Virginia, United States - 7th November 2008
By: wmphimu
What an exciting week here in the United States! Tuesday was election day! I've been following the race while I've been here in the U.S., so I was excited to get to go and vote! Mara and her husband went to vote in the morning - it was rainy, but there was great turnout (there was a line inside the school). We couldn't take pictures too close (or inside), but here we are before we went in!
After I voted, they gave me a sticker to show off!
Because this was such an important election, a lot of businesses had promotions if you came in with your "I voted" sticker. So after we voted, we went to Starbucks for our free cup of coffee!
This also made Mara happy, since Starbucks is her favorite, and Starbucks has switched to their red holiday cups! That night, we went to her parents' house to watch the election returns. Here I am listening to Brian Williams (one of the NBC anchors) tell us about some of the states:
And at 11 pm, they announced that Barack Obama had won the election! We were so excited! Mara let us stay up late with her to watch his speech! And the next morning we all read about the historic election in the paper!
I'm so glad that I was here to be a part of it!
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Posted Nov 7, 2008, 10:14 pm Last edited Nov 7, 2008, 10:15 pm by wmphimu
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Fairfax, Virginia, United States - 26th November 2008
By: wmphimu
Hello! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States, so we're getting ready tonight. Mara goes to her cousin's house, and makes chocolate cookies (with TONS of powdered sugar!) every year to bring. Since she made 12 dozen, I helped with the baking! Here I am helping to roll the balls of chocolate dough in the powdered sugar...
And here I am with some of the cookies I baked!
I am excited for tomorrow - I'm sure it will be a lot of fun!
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Posted Nov 26, 2008, 11:21 pm
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Fairfax, Virginia, United States - 5th December 2008
By: wmphimu
Everyone here is getting ready for Christmas. All of the stores are decorated, and there is Christmas music playing everywhere you go! This week I went to the mall with Mara. The decorations were really beautiful. The first one is a little dark (it was hard to take a picture where you could see me and the decorations!), but can you find Santa in the second picture? He's taking pictures with kids in the mall!!
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Posted Dec 5, 2008, 11:44 pm
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at the post office, United States - 17th December 2008
By: wmphimu
I have had a wonderful trip to the United States, but it's time to head home. First, I said goodbye to Plaid Moose and my new rabbit friends...
And then I hopped on a first class flight to Sweden. The post office lady said my light should take 5-9 days, so I should be home in time for New Years!
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Posted Dec 18, 2008, 2:14 am
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Vargön, Sweden - 19th January 2009
By: koocachoo
At the moment I'm back home. I've had a wonderful time! Thank you all who has let me come into their homes and showed me around their hometown! I loved it all!!
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Posted Jan 19, 2009, 9:55 am
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