Vienna, Austria - 4th December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom,
I love wearing my new hat - it's keeping my antlers warm and you really need that here in Vienna, as it's such a windy city!
As it is December, everybody is counting down the days to Christmas Eve and most people have a little calender to help them counting. My hostmom has a calendar with chocolate hearts, one with Kinder Überraschung and finally, one with tea bags.
And today was my turn to open the teabag
And in this weather, there is always time for a cup of tea!
Servus!
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Posted Dec 8, 2011, 11:20 am
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Vienna, Austria - 8th December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
Today is a public holiday here in Austria, so we got to sleep in. We then decided to enjoy a nice breakfast.
We boiled an egg and had some bread and paté. There was also a cute sheep keeping the egg warm.
We haven't yet decided what today with the day, but we'll see
Servus!
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Posted Dec 8, 2011, 11:28 am
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Graz, Austria - 11th December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom,
we have been to Graz again. Every year, they have a huge ice nativity scene in the city. It is made of huge blocks of ice and then the artists carve the figurines out of the ice.
Unfortunately it was a bit warm, so you can see that the ice started to melt.
Servus!
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Posted Dec 19, 2011, 7:14 pm
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Vienna, Austria - 16th December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
Christmas is approaching really fast, so I think it is time to think about presents. My host mom has a Christmas party in her office soon, so she asked me to help her with wrapping the presents.
So we bought small gift bags. My host mom bought little ceramic angels as presents. In each bag I put some chocolate truffels and a lucky pig that should bring the others luck in the new year!
Because I helped, we had filled the gift bags in no time
I would have loved to try a truffle or two, but unfortunately I was not allowed to eat any
I really hope that my host mom's colleagues will love the presents. Maybe they will send me a truffle when we tell them that I helped?
Servus!
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Posted Dec 19, 2011, 7:24 pm
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Vienna, Austria - 18th December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
The Christmas preparations continued today! It is really time to think of the Christmas meal! So we took some cookbooks and recipe books and had a look.
But we still haven't decided on what to serve
Help!
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Posted Dec 19, 2011, 7:29 pm
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Graz, Austria - 21st December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
As my host mom had a few days off for Christmas, we went to her hometown Graz to celebrate Christmas there. Of course we also bought some presents and here you can see us wrapping them. We used different types of paper, we cut the paper, then put them on the presents, used some sticky tape and finally gave all the packages a nice bow
Will we receive a present, too?
Servus!
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Posted Dec 27, 2011, 9:01 pm
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Graz, Austria - 23rd December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
It's the day before Christmas Eve. So it is really time to decorate the tree now! We put on the lamps and then a lot of different decoration. Some have been made by my host dad when he was really small, like in kindergarten They are quite old now, I think...
We also put the Nativity set on display.
I can't wait for the Christkind to arrive!
Servus!
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Posted Dec 27, 2011, 9:07 pm
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Graz, Austria - 24th December 2011
By: marcie08
HAPPY CHRISTMAS, Mom!
Today, people in Austria celebrate Christmas. They usually exchange presents and have a Christmas meal. It varies from family to family. My host family had steamed fish with root vegetables, as a starter beef in aspic, and of course, cookies! I helped preparing the meal!
We also received a huge gingerbread heart box, filled with small gingerbread hearts. Each of us was allowed to choose a gingerbread heart! Cute, isn't it?
Servus!
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Posted Dec 27, 2011, 9:14 pm
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Graz, Austria - 31st December 2011
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
Today is New Year's Eve!
We will toast the new year with Champagne
Can't wait for the clock to stike midnight!
It's a tradition to exchange small gift for luck here on New Year's Eve, traditionally it's pigs, clover or ladybugs. You can see me with some of the lucky stuff we received this day!
So Mom,
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you!
Soon, I am off to the UK! My next update will be from there!
Bye bye Austria, hello UK!
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Posted Jan 8, 2012, 4:31 pm
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Caernarfon, Wales - 12th January 2012
By: miapearl
Hi Mum,
I've landed in Wales!
Let me out of here!
They were all very happy to see me, however, Mr Wilson and KalliHH are leaving tomorrow.
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Posted Jan 20, 2012, 11:12 am Last edited Jan 26, 2012, 11:11 am by miapearl
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My host's home, Wales - 29th January 2012
By: miapearl
There's no snow other parts of the UK have had significant snowfall but we've had none.
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Posted Mar 4, 2012, 5:52 pm
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My host's home, Wales - 6th March 2012
By: miapearl
We haven't been out recently, my host's family have been redecorating the house slowly. Anyway, this room was recently finished and is now a workshop and jigsaw area.
We decided to help my host's son do The Periodic Table jigsaw puzzle he received for Christmas.
We all dived in to have a look for more pieces to put in the puzzle.
Captain Caramel found a piece to fit in.
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Posted Mar 7, 2012, 2:09 pm
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