L'Auberge Estonienne

happy new year

2011-12-26T16:07:00.004+02:00

tere tere,

I hope you all had a big fat sweeeeeeeet X'mas.

just to leave you my best wishes for 2012. this is the year I hope I can meet some (if not all) of you! oh and let me tell you I have spoken to Julka. she is alive and kicking, living right next to the Kremlin!

this is just a small video that an estonian friend shared with me to wish Happy Xmas. and I here share it with you! is good to know that there are other EVS people doing nice stuff!!

miss you

musi musi

Lee

2011-11-16T19:27:00.002+02:00

People, once again i've been looking through a couple of folders in my computer and i found this in a folder called "look at this when u r sad" ;)

remember?!??

C#m F#m

I'm sitting here in Tallinn’s ghetto

Outside the sun’s shining and if not, there’s snow

I'm enjoying my time

I got so much to do

I'm a volunteer here,

Just like you

C#m Bm C#m F#m

And everybody loves it - it’s our EVS

C#m F#m

I'm driving around in 67 or -8

It’s the ticket checkers

That I really hate

I'd like to live at Baltijaam

Or sleep in the bus-stop,

Where it is quite warm

C#m Bm C#m F#m

But still we really love it - our SVE!

I wonder how

I wonder why

F#m C#m

Yesterday we all arrived, but time flew by,

D E A E

And all that I can see is just a brilliant SVE

A E

With easy jet it goes up and down

F#m C#m

We’ll be flying, flying, flying, visiting around

B E A E

And I just cannot wait for Portugal 2008!

C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m Bm C#m F#m

C#m F#m

You’re getting up,

You miss the power

You have to go work after taking a shower

But there's a heavy pain inside your head

Drank too much

Before you went to bed

C#m Bm C#m F#m

That’s what usually happens - it’s called EVS.

B C#m F#m

Volunteering is quite good for me

B C#m F#m

Volunteering - I’m glad that we all did an SVE!

We’ve seen a lot, always on our way

Lately what’s important is mosquito-spray

And we can go on like that - let’s go visit us! ^_^

I wonder how

I wonder why

Yesterday we all arrived now it’s good-bye

And all that I can see is just a brilliant SVE

With easy jet it goes up and down

I’ll be flying, flying, flying, visiting around

And I just cannot wait for Portugal 2008!

remember?

2011-06-13T03:01:00.002+03:00

guys, i just found this amazing little piece of computerized memory on my flash-drive. and almost started crying. not just almost, actually. ;)

i don't know if anybody still checks in here, i haven't for months, even though i think about us often. so i'll post this on facebook as well, just in case.

i miss our estonian family and hope you are fine and leading very, very happy lives, wherever you are.

Estonia connecting people

2010-10-25T02:47:00.002+03:00

tere tere my dears!!

here is my contribution to our brainstorming, next wednesday!
to the readers we might have: this is just the beginning, just one ideia to a brinstorming that will lead us to somethign bigger.... we'll let you know!! =)

* before becoming an EVS volunteer what were your thoughts about foreign people in your country?
before going abroad I didn't pay that much attention to foreigners in my country. I grew up (and I still live) in a social neighborhood where a lots of people from the portuguese ex-colonies live. so, I guess I was used to different looking people and never questioned myself much about it. about a decade ago, when Portugal started to receive a lot of slavic immigrants, i guess there was a collective feeling towards these people. I thought they were cold, hard working and not so much into mingle. never had much contact, so I guess I dindt had many ideas about them.
i guess is truth if I say that before going abroad I had the most commom prejudice about foreign people, the ones you dont really realize. you know, like when you watch your purse as you see a gipsy....

* at that time, before going abroad, how did you define yourself?
as a portuguese, only. i guess at that time I knew me to be curious and tolerant. I would define myself as a fearless young portuguese female with few knowledge about Europe and World history. I was always very interested in people and their stories, but I guess I was a bit limited and indiferent. at that time i would define myself as a tipical middle class portuguese interested in studying, travelling, nostalgic and attached to home, girl!

* in wich point of your life, when, did you decided to go abroad, to become an EVS volunteer? and why?
I decided cause one day I realized I was 23, had finnish my studies and was working already. I had a settled life even before I had a chance to live it! It came to my mind that i needed to go abroad and experience the world a bit, i needed to met new people, to put myself in a different position. I wanted to go, so that I could see if I could make it, if I could had a diferent job, live another life, experience the world in a diferent way. I though: "if I stay, i'll be married, pregnant and paying a mortgage in less than 2 years"...

* how did it feel to be a foreigner?
it felt weird and good, bad and sweet... most of all it felt a new thing everyday. I felt I was learning everyday something new, either it was a new word or a new way to cook or how to lower my defenses. i guess the hardest part of being a foreigner was being obliged to not take for granted the things (right or assumptions) I took in Portugal. I didn't thought of myself as being different before, and having to admit that i was, in another context, made me think a lot. being a foreigner showed me how much of a portuguese I was, in which ways I related to my people the most. It also showed me that being diferent is good, is what makes you unique, what unites and separates you from the rest of the world.
of course at many moments being a foreigner just sucked! not understanding the surrondings and the cultural, historical and social contexts were I guess my biggest handicaps. but again, it was a major oportunity to learn, to absorv, to enlarge my points of view. at the same time, the lack of knoweledge from other people towards me gave the oportunity to talk about my country and culture, like a seller selling a diferent point of view.

* what do you think that estonian people were thinking about you? what do you think were local's impressions about you?
at first sight, I guess people noticed me as foreigner for being dark hair, skin and eye colour, and also loud and fat! when you look diferent from the majority (if and when there is a majority of people looking the same) it's impossible not to be noticed... so, people that did not know me it's hard to guess what were their thoughts... i like to believe that people looked at me as a friendly foreigner, with curiosity instead of prejudice.
the locals that got to know me told me I was afectuous, loud and touching people a lot. i guess I was thought about as a latin mama!

* how do you define yourself now? can you say what have changed? are you the same person that came back from Estonia at the first moments, or time has made you realize you'r different?
now I would say that I am an european young lady. i am much more aware and interested in european (and world) issues. i believe to be more tolerant and capable of understanding the other people. most of all, now I can realize what diferences are cultural, and therefore not likely to be discussed. I dropped the regular prejudices that everyone has about everyone who's diferent or at least I really try to!!
at the same time I guess I am less aware to diferences, cause it seems like i accept it better, not noticing it so much! It's hard to explain, but i guess I started to look to people more like as all pieces from the same puzzle, instead of pieces from different puzzles.
i am diferent, most of all, because I feel more t be a part of something bigger than my country. I realized that people that I thought to be completly oposite than me can actually be my friends, cause, despite of all differences, we always have something in common, you just have to find it! i guess i became less individualistic and more eager into mingle in the crowd...

* in wich way do you think that cultural exchange can led people to loose their national/cultural identity?
it cant, I guess. in regular conditions, I mean, when one is not forced to be in a foreign country, when it is a choice, you just have to accept the difference in order that your difference is accepted as well. i strongly believe that cultural exchange can only be a profitable business. instead of the "melting pot" theory, I believe that the cultural exchange is a "salad bowl". you have different ingredients in order to create something unique, where you can still taste each different flavour. accepting the differences can be a good feature of your national identity! i easily understand that locals have hard time to accept foreigners. all changes, all differences have a hard time coming trough. but it is possible to maintain your identities (national, cultural, linguistic, etc) and still share it with others.

Ola !

2010-07-23T19:09:00.007+03:00

How are you ??
I didn't take time to write a mail after my holidays.
I went with Flavien to the Pyréennés and we walk between Hendaye and Saint Jean Pied de Port.
I was very very nice.
You will see that in picture :-)
Spend nice holidays

Musi musi

Audé

Summer in the city.........

2010-07-08T16:40:00.003+03:00

Hey party-people!

So, as it sure ist summer already(I'm melting away over here in Germany!!) and everyone ist thinking of vacation I have a new option for you:

BUDAPEST!

I just got the confirmation for my internship last week and it's going to be in Budapest for the whole of August.

I'm so freaking excited about that, so now i have something nice to dream about during lectures ;-)

this also means, that I probably won't be able to join in the tour-d'europe plans during August, but it was my plan to do some travelling afterwards.
AND you can join me here as well if u want to!
I'll be stayin in a students dorm,so not space for luxury-matresses but as I remember Russia: we don't need much place to sleep anyway ;-)

an Sziget-Festival in in August as well! Thank god, that apparently I don't have te really work much at all.....more time for "intercultural experiences" :-D

So...come come!

I know Lee has some travel plans for quite a while now, but about the rest....no one knows.

It would be so great to meet anyone of you during the summer, which ever way.

It's been way way too long.

MUSI Barbara

@Portugal

2010-05-13T17:43:00.002+03:00

in order to prevent this blog from dying, here it is a small sample of the last weekend! Lena came to Portugal for a trainnig and here we are

so, we did not had mush time together, but the most important is that we were together!! and some things never change!!

musi musi

Happy birthday =)

2010-02-05T13:22:00.002+02:00

Happy birthday GG and Ben!!!

I wish you guys all the best, plus some more love and luck! Actually I ain't sure of it's really Ben's Bday today, but I guess it is... anyways, You are always with me and for you I wish nothing less that I wish for my self! For us, now, I just wish that August comnes fast so that we can meet =)

a million musi

Xmast trip

2010-01-18T17:46:00.003+02:00

Tere tere
As most of you know, I was in Finland for Xmast.
I went there with my parents to see my sister. She was doing an erasmus semester.
It's remember me a lot Estonia, the snow, the countryside, sauna, walking on the lake, eat fazer chocolat...
It was funny to understand some words.... I was better than my sister in finish lol !!!

The Faser's shop advent calender !!!

Hope to see you soon

Musi musi

Aude

your EVS family loves you

2009-12-21T13:52:00.005+02:00

tere tere Kallis!

i am just writting to thank you all involved in my Xmas present that : I LOVE IT!!!! i know xmas is just on the way, but I guess I already got the best present!!

for the ones who have no clue on what I am talking about: last friday I got a very special mail in my box! a beautiful 2010 calendar made with pictures of you guys! well, of us!!! almost everyone is there! there are pictures of some sauna parties, trips, chocolate cakes, vabaduse paev, sledging in Kumu... Vaga ilus, Extra ilus, ilus ilus ilus!! and on the first page, where there is a picture of St. Petersburg (by the beach), one can read

your EVS family loves you

and I love you too guys! this was the best present I could get: a love letter to read everyday of 2010! my english is gettin rusty and I cant express it better, but I am really thankfull for this gift! and a very special thanks to Aude, who made the whole deal and posted it! aitah aitah!!

Some news from France

2009-11-12T19:23:00.008+02:00

Tere tere lovely people,
I don't forget you but you know time spend to fast...
and nothing happens on my life but i'm looking every day our blog.

Nothing change about my work, every 2 mounths they make me a new contrat but I don't know how it will work.

Even if I didn't travel abroad, I went to see some people in France, so I will show you some pictures. First I went to Marseille (raynair start to have some direct fly only in France) and second to Orléans (it's in the south of Paris) and my next trip is to Finland. I will go there for Christmas to see my sister.

The Calanques

Somewhere in Marseille

Les îles du Frioul (it's just in front of Marseille)

Have a nice end of week-end and see you soon.
Musi musi
Audé !

we are still alive in Tallinn!!

2009-10-27T20:27:00.002+02:00

Tere tere loving people

how are your lives going?? this blog is about to die if you dont upload it!! =P
i am writting to share with you something that made me truly happy! ytou may know I interrupt mu blog cause of my mum's desease. Last week, after very good news I decided to put my blog back on track. the first comment I got was from a Portuguese girl, EVS volunteer in Tallinn!!!

I translate

"Tere...

I spent several hours reading your blog!! Since the day I knew I was coming to Tallinn also on EVS...google... and I found this blog...
I am now in Tallinn... got here one month ago... I guess you were here very recently, a friend of yours that I've met in Levist told me (a french guy, sorry I can't remember his name, Levist...).. I also realize you know João Caridade, my friend... same classe in uni at Caldas... I have been to others volunteers place (at Mustamae), e your name is there on the map, representing Oporto...
Just wanna tell you that I like to read you... and that you are still present here in Tallinn... and that the world is very small.. and Estonia even more!!

Baci...

Inês"

how sweet, cute and important is that, hum?!!?!? htis comment made me feel really good. it made me think that if one person remembers me, thean someone else may remember all of us!! We are still present, still there!! Even if they broke the wall at Lasname, we are still in the walls of Mustamae!! =)
i really need to share this!
musi musi

Some summer memories:)

2009-09-18T13:59:00.004+03:00

Tere tere!

I feel a bit embarrassed for being that late with my post, but I always think about you all, and wanted to put here few pictures from my vacation trip in August. I was travelling with my brother, which was nice since we were alone in Spain.

It was nice to see Barcelona and it was so hot comparing to Estonia ;), but I must say that Paris was my favorite part of the trip, because I had chance to meet all the people I missed and Amelie and Jonathan were the best hosts you can wish for.

So to put it short: Barcelona was hot and Paris was friendly and tasty :).

Estonian cheese party in Perrine's flat )))

Crepes for ever:)))

No comments ;)

Siesta time in Parc Guell

Last evevning in Barcelona :).

I hope you all are doing great and hope to see more of you next summer.

Summer is almost over for you european people, but for me, it's just starting....

2009-09-10T22:39:00.000+03:00

Tere tere loving people,
how are you??
A little post to give you some news about my south america trip. After spending 2 months in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, lost into the wild, 4 hours horsing in the mountains, in the middle of nowhere, as you can guess, we're now in Peru, in Chachapoyas, visiting the area of the clouds' people... It's an amazing country: people are so nice and so welcoming, landscapes are so beautiful, and the way of life so different. The life seems so easy, there are no rules for nothing, no bus stop, no timetables, no traffic law, no real roads........ Lee, i'm thinking about you quite often: you hate travelling by bus, but here, you don't have any other choice, and the minimun to join 2 cities, is, at least, 7 hours..... especially in the north, because it's not touristic at all, so, nothing is done!!! But whatever, i'm really spending so nice moments and it's difficult to say my feelings right now, because, i'm like in a whirl....... But i'm thinking about all of you.....
If you wanna see some pictures, let's go on www.vadrouillou.canalblog.com.
Next stop will be in Iquitos, amazonia, the only city where you can go only by boat on the amazon river, there is no road!!!!!
Musi musi to everyone,
And see you...............

a week in Tallinn

2009-09-07T12:15:00.012+03:00

tere tere

I just realized i haven't told you or showed you how was my week in Tallinn, in the end of August (thanks for reminding Kê)!
So, Of course my week was just great! I stayed over Thomas', got a chance to meet his lovely building and flat mates! I also realized that Hansa Pank doesn't exist anymore (it's SwedBank now), most of the food has the same price, Hell Hunt is exactly the same (even the pasta with smoked salmon tastes the same) and Levist is not the same, anymore (because of the dance floor and the 2 new toilets!)!

so, I leave you here with some pictures, just a few! I must confess that I took few few pictures during my week. the truth is I didnt feel like a tourist, shooting at everything. and altough I did not feel like a local (but I never ever did), i felt I was back home, after a long abset period! Kristiina contibuted to this feeling by picking me up at the airport with a nice Saku Ice bottle with a "Welcome home" sticker on it!! =)

this is the new monument to Estonian Freedom, set on Vabaduse Valjak! Finally the square is really a square, not a parking lot anymore! the opening was on August 20th, just one day after i arrived in Tallinn! Vabaduse looks really nice, now!

oh I missed those!!!

a sound installation I saw in Kumu! Yes I went there! And to Kadriorg, Kalamaja, Pirita, Baltijam... around the city centre, a lot! didnt go to the suburbs nor out of Tallinn!!

so, some of you migth be wondering who wrote some oriental stuff on the post cards you got... Well, Qho did! this nice south corean boy was living upstairs Thomas flat! We spend a lot of time together, as he was leaving Tallinn the same day I did. funny and smart, Qho was also able to cook very well, as you can see, and send you all best wishes!!

so, you all remember Margo (on the left), Maris' brother! He and Thom are not sharing the flat anymore, but they still live in the same building, just next door! This nice girl is the new flatmate of Thomas! Her name is Inga, and she is Estonian, from Tallinn! She is funny, smart and talkative!! A really nice girl, always ready to help, and very sweet! Oh! her name is Inga!!

so, there is Lena and Rocio (Thom's butterfly)!! One of the best things about this trip was meeting Rocio (and seeing Lena again, of course!). the thing is that I am very happy to finally meet this girl that makes Thom so happy! She is damn nice!! I couldn't believe!! They make such a nice couple, so sweet and funny! This was the most positive thing: to see our friends are doing great, to know that Thom has fopund the love and that the love has found him!!

remember the kitchen parties?? so, we had one! It was a Lee and Qho fareweel small party that ended up in Levist (like all other nights I was in Tallinn)! at Thom's kitchen there were people from Portugal, France, S.Corea, Spain, Ukrain, Estonia, Japan and Finland!!! Some things never change!!

oh yes!! I was there as well!! Just in case someone doubted!!
I had a great time!!! for sure!! Thanks to Thom, Kristiina, Lena, Rocio, Qho and everyone I met there (again or for the first time!)
oh! I would like to read or see something about your vacations as well!!
Musi musi

Going abroad...

2009-07-26T17:35:00.002+03:00

tere lovely people.

i'll leave the usual apologies out and just write a short post about life in berlin.

i'm leaving the country in less than 3 weeks. i'm going to Stockholm untill january to contine my studies at Södertörns Högskola in south stockholm. it's the beginning of my 3rd university year already, i can't believe we left estonia two years ago already. sometimes i hate time for passing so quickly. ;)

i am very excited, but also a bit afraid because i know it's not going to be like in estonia. i will live with many many other erasmus-students, but not even two hundred of them could ever substitute the eesti family.

so anyways, if you have never been to sweden, i think now would be a good time. ;)

i will also do an internship at my university, so i will be busy, but i can always take some time off and i think i will have many visitors from berlin anyways.

i love you and i think about all of you a lot.

i will try to write more often when i'm in sweden (as usually)

musi, kalli.

Laura

A piece of news

2009-07-18T19:18:00.002+03:00

Tere tere!

It s me, Gigi :D Just wanted to say hello and share a bit of news with all of you! Although in Greece summer is wonderful (just remember the big hit "summer in Greece" that I introduced you when in Estonia :D) I m getting more and more busy these days and I dont enjoy so much our great sea... Till end of July I ll be working with my professor on my thesis and then in August and September I have to find the courage to write it.... I have to do it now, cause in November I m joining the army :) Yes, from November on for 8 months I ll serve my military service so I have to finish with everything before that.... :)

I hope you enjoy the summer... Miss you all

Some pictures about my trips !!

2009-07-12T12:33:00.010+03:00

Tere tere

As I promise to Lee thursday I put some picture about my holidays in Europa...
I just want to say that Barcelona and Tallinn were very nice. I enjoyed both of my trips as much as I could.
The fisrt one to Barcelona was a bit to hot for me but anyway, I walk a lot during the day and saw my sister the evening. I don't want to put to much picture because Lena will go there in August and I don't want she knows all before going there... :-)

A nice view from the montain near Barcelona.

Gaudi's style

And for my trip to Estonia, it was very very nice to see Tallinn again ( you will see Lee, it's so good to come back there). I went there with Perrine and Pierre (from Parkla) and we sleep in Thomas's home.

The parad before Laulupidu

Do you know someone on the picture ? A group picture for Kelig :

Tansupidu in Kalev's stadium
And The Laulupidu :I will post some other pictures and comment quite soon.
Take care of you, enjoy your summer and travel a lot !!
Musi musi to all of you and much more to Lee

a new chapter of my life

2009-07-07T12:45:00.000+03:00

tere tere everyone;

i am very sorry for being so absent here... but this time I do have a good good reason! well, it is not good, at all, but you will undrestand. My mum has been diagnosed a cancer, 2 weeks ago. As you can imagine my life gave a 360º loop, with no net underneath! I shut down my personal blog, for lack of time. and all the free time i have now I spend it in the hospital, where she is staying.
i was a bit relkutant about posting this information on the web, but I rather do it here, than sending an e-mail to each and every person. I really felt the need to share this with you, cause we may not see or talk to each other for quite a long time, but I do feel you as my close friends. and for this, i need to feel you support, to know that you care, that you are there for me! the help of my portuguese friends has been great, but I feel my heart is lacking something, and this is the armastus of my eesti family!
i need to get back to work now. i am sorry to drop this information without any preparation on you... but, i was really in the need to share it... and I would also like to have some news about everyone! The german girls... Aude and Perrine, how was Laulupidu? GG and Chri, what's up? russian speakers readers of this blog: show your selves!! Ben, Ben... where are you? Thomas, and the rest of the people still in Eesti... this is the time when i would really aprreciate a word from you guys! Love you

musi musi

(PS - untill anything in contrary, my trip to Estonia is still ok. i am not planning on giving it up)

l'm not dead, at least not yet :) (part two)

2009-06-24T13:03:00.002+03:00

Ciao my friends!!!!!!
do you remember of me? l m that lazy italian ex-volunteer in that cold country in the north of europe called Estonia l guess :)
how start....well in april l had two surgery operation at the sacral bounce, the second one was to cure the damnage of the first one :S but it s done and I dont want think about it. As you may know l m involved in politcal activity here and in june we had municipality election, so l was candidate and l had a nice experience because to campaign l went into the house of the people promoving myself, our political project etc....really nice experience. we didn t win of course hehehehehehehe, actually we knew that's why our target was just to get a representant in the oposition and we did!!!!!!!! and l had a really good score, 68 people voted directly for me!!!!!! l was the first elected on my list, actually l was the sourprise of this election because l was the youngest candidate and l had a lot of votes heheheheheh yes I m happy about it :)
so now l have just to write this f...ing thesis...pffff
on the second of july l ll go to spain for 15 days, I have to look after a gropu of teenagers whos is going there for a studying-holiday...and in august I ll do the same but in notthingam where l hope to meet roobin hood.
so l wish you all the best and a lot of kisses from italy.....always in my heart and my mind!!!!!!!!!!
love you!!!!
chri-chri

Tere tere loving people!!

2009-06-11T12:50:00.003+03:00

Hope everybody is fine with the summer coming...... In brittany, it's raining cats and dogs (thanks Lee :-) ) since 5 days now!!!

Whatever, just to give you some news: I'm back to france since the beginning of may, and i'm preparing my next trip for.......... South America!!! Departure the 27th of june.
And so, with Mimie, we made a blog (and you can be proud of us because we are quite shitty usually with internet, computers, and stuffs, but, we managed quite well and the blog is open!!)

So, if you want to follow our trip and adventures in south america, you can log in www.vadrouillou.canalblog.com. Of course; it will be mostly in french (but pictures are universal), but i promise you that i will put english posts sometimes, for sure......

So have fun and enjoy your life everytime and everywhere, and let's see each other in september 2010 in Greece...

Love,

Ké

mini-EVS meeting in Paris!!

2009-05-19T13:49:00.007+03:00

Tere tere people

As you may know I just spent some days in France! I was in Paris just for one day and 2 nights and then Kêlig took me to this amaizing green and sunny place called Brittany!!

so, in Paris, we had a mini-EVS meeting! As you can see (in the only picture I have...) we gathered Amelie, Katha, Perrine (from Pahkla), Jonathan, me and Kêlig! was sooooooo nice! we had nice fondue dinner and then some beers in Amelie Poulain's coffe place! we even had a last beer close to the Moulin Rouge for just something like 140 EEK!!! eh eh eh
in that fondue restaurant we even found some Eesti bank notes!!

and then, next day, we moved to Brittany!! so, we made a 400 km trip, up north! On the way, i must say that I saw more cows than ever!! they are everywhere!! so, we went for a visit in

Mont Saint Michel, beautifull place!! Maybe you will remember because it was the desktop image of Aude's laptop! yes??

we then spent a evening in Rennes, where Mimie, Aude and Jessy joined us! it was a nice place, but, my favourite part of this trip (along with the EVS meeting) was Kelig's place!! I was amazed with the green beautifull sea, the triangular roof houses made of stone... you should go to St. Malo, if you can! It's lovely!

so, there we are: Ke, Mimie, Aude and me! oh, and our friend wind was there too!!
we had really nice time there, eating good stuff all the time!! Kêlig was a good guide to his own city and I guess we were the first visits he received...

and after the Baltic Sea, we had to try the "Mancha Sea"!
during these days, together with Aude and Kêlig, we were thinking about where we would like to go for our next EVS meeting... and, we think that it could be really really nice to visit Georgios in Patra!! i guess most of the people have never been in Greece, and maybe we can have a cheap meeting blessed with good weather... so, what do you think about this??

i leave you with this song, that could be our motto: "Universal traveller"!!
see you soon somewhere!!

Happy birthday LAURA

2009-04-28T14:51:00.003+03:00

I'm so sory but I forgot your birthday.
I hope you spent a very nice day and you had a lot of present !!
How are you ? What are you doing, still studing scandinavian cultur ?
What are you plan for next year ?

For me all is GOOD, I just took my plane ticket to Tallinn.
I will come for Laulupidu with Perrine. We will arrive the 27th of June around 14:20.
I hope all of you will come.

Have a nice time in you country and see you soon

Musi musi

Audé

"good luck" flower

2009-04-22T19:46:00.003+03:00

Hello,
maybe you don't know but my work at the hospital stopt last friday.
Don't be sade for me, I already found an other job...
Ok it's only for one week but it's always money !

My new job is cutting muguet or Lily of Valley. You know the little flower you can only buy the 1° of may.
In France it's a "good luck" flower.

The work is not that nice but it's outside and the weather is very nice so all is good for me !!

Hope to ear about you soon and to see you too
Musi musi

Audé

To Miss - HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Lee

2009-04-10T22:23:00.004+03:00

All the best for your birthday!!! May all your wishes come true and may all your enemies have bad acne ;-)

Hopefully you're doing well and are still able to party a bit on your birthday although it's "Good Friday" ! Because here in Germany ALL the clubs are closed and there's no dancing allowed (don't I live in a developed and liberal country?).

Musi, Barbara

Happy Birthday Lena!

2009-04-06T16:43:00.001+03:00

I m a bit late, but my wishes are true :D A very happy happy birthday to you Lena, hope you are doing fine in Tallinn and the preparation of the youth exchange with Armenian youth is not too annoying :D

Musi,

G.

My trip to Kêlig paradise !!

2009-03-27T16:05:00.000+02:00

Tere tere,
All is fine for me and even more because i'm not working today !
As some of you know I was with Flavien in Switzerland.
I spent a great time there with Kelig, the snow and his wonderfull flat and balcony :-)

I post some pictures just for you...

...... to know how was Lesyn !!

Vevey, a little city near the Leman's lac

I hope my next trip will be in May in Saint Malo to see Lee and Kelig but i still don't know where I will be !
My work contrat is only until the 20th of April and after I don't know yet what i will do.
Maybe holidays, who knows......

Geneva

Kêlig's balcony

The snow, the montains and again the snow....

Just an other one....
Musi musi and take care of you

Autumn Ball

2009-03-26T23:33:00.003+02:00

I read Lee's post about Spring, and just after that it started raining and being very windy here :) So, today I was in an Autumn mood and that made me think of one Estonian film that you may know, may have heard about (maybe even by me, I m not sure :D) but if not, I totally recommend it:D
The name of the film is Autumn Ball (Sügisball) and it has won some prizes in European cinema festivals (among them the award "Orizzonti" in Venice festival 2007) . I first watched part of the film last Summer, when I was in Tallinn for that language and culture Summer School. The film is quite sad, you ll see, but from the very beginning I was smiling... At that moment I didnt know that but I did realise very soon that the film was filmed in Lasnamae! I had a big smile watching the roads, buildings, parks, supermarkets we crossed, saw, went shopping to....
Anyway, today for some reason this film came to my mind again and I downloaded it... Try to do so, it s not hard to find some torrent and I think it worth it...

To our Estonian memories,

Gi

hey... wanna come?

2009-03-26T21:55:00.002+02:00

"where, where?"

- would you ask.

"To Estonia!!" - i would say!

eh eh! i just booked my summer trip to estonia. I can't make it ti Laulupidu, so... i'll be there August (19th-26th). I'm quite excited!!

so, he... wanna come?

Spring is in Portugal. Where are you??

2009-03-24T14:05:00.002+02:00

Tere tere everyone!!

after almost one month away, i hope we ALL can bring our blog back to life!! =)
so, i am writting for 1, 2... some reasons!!!

first -> spring arrived to Portugal with all it's power! temperatures are rising, rain has stopped... we are a happy country now!

second -> maybe you heard (i know the germans did) about that portuguese guy missing in Berlin. We was found dead in the river... nothing to say, just to let you know

third ->i miss you all guys!! =) i will not be able to make it to Laulupidu... but, i am planning to visit Eesti in August, the last week. Right now I can only think about my trip to France!

forth and the real reason why i am writting -> is to let you know that

Portugal is the country, in Europe, with the cheapest hotels!!

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it is on the news today that the Hotel Price Index (www.hotels.com) points 77 euro as an average for a night in a portuguese hotel!! (instead of 87 euro average charged last year).

In opposition, Switzerland is the only country in Europe where the prices actually went up, in the last months!! It has the most expensive hotels in Europe, 144 euro avarage per night!

Now, guess which city has the most expensive hotels in the world.... If you said Moscow, you are right!! 231 euro per night to sleep in russian capital.

so, all this, just to let you know that i live in this cheap, sunny country, with 1000 km of sea side and a lot of good food to offer!! Book your trips to Portugal!!

(oh yes, my government pays me to advertise like this!! eheh)

Love you all

Musi musi

stop smoking

2009-03-02T13:50:00.002+02:00

In estonia I get a smoker, I tried many times to quit with this nightmare but didn t work because l thought it was difficult. then l met carr allen with his book and thank s at it l discovered that stop smoking it s really easy. I m not a smoker anymore:) and you know? even in the "smoking time and moment" I was and I m really happy to don t be involved in that shit anymore.....let s do a reaserch on google about "carr allen- easy way to stop smoking" than win against your fears and read the book!!!!!!
kisses

Crazy Carnival in Portugal

2009-02-26T17:37:00.004+02:00

Tere Dear friends!

maybe you dont remember... but Carnival in Estonia was damm boring!! Me, Julk, Lena and Thomas went to some crazy brazilian party... but I was dreaming about Carnival in Portugal. Last year i was in a Youth Exchange, so no celebration, for me... this year, I had it all!! Great party with my friends, on the streets of Ovar, a city by the coast that has great tradition in Carnival.

So, do you remember Pedro? He was in Estonia in May 2007, and you also met him in Festa do Avante. So he was this cowboy and I has some kind of "bling-bling queen"

at some point of the night, we met a Barcelos cok!! I sent a modern version to some of you! this is the traditional version

and later on we found her friends!!

for me, these were the best costumes of the night! but there were several more!!
We met with Jesus Christ (not Jesus from Spain), some teletubies, hello Kitty's, fireman, and a hole lot of other strange creatures! so, if you enjoyed these pictures, ask for more, and I will show you more!! eh eh

how were your carnival parties??
musi musi

Happy Bday Chri

2009-02-19T13:31:00.002+02:00

I know it's passed, but... If I dont greet people for their bdays on this blog... NO ONE DOES IT?!?!
yesterday was a very busy and hard day for me, so no time for blogging... but my wishes of auguri and happy birthday are truthly sincere =)
Hope you had a lot of fun yesterday and that your year that starts now has all the good stuff you deserve!!

musi musi

ukulele , levist väljas and good compagnie

2009-02-17T18:19:00.009+02:00

yo volunteers and freinds !! just write you some words to reminds you that everythings is still fine and crazy in tallinn and i send you some pictures also !!

take care all :)

Happy Bday Lesya!

2009-02-11T13:48:00.003+02:00

Happy Bday Lesya! Wish you all the best for today, and rest of the year. So does Homer Simpson, obviously :D

we love easyjet!!

2009-02-10T12:46:00.002+02:00

tere guys!!

just to let you know that Easyjet is finally flying to Tallinn again!! they are not flying from Berlin... what is a shame! but they are flying from London Stansted, wich is the "Ryainair airport"!!

this gives me new hoppe of finding a cheap trip to Estonia!! Anyway i must take 2 flights each way, so it cant be that cheap... by now I found an 80 euro trip... but i need to get to london first!!!

Just to inform you!!
Love!

All the birthday !!

2009-02-07T19:47:00.003+02:00

I have some of them but I think I don't have all !!!!

So :
- 05/02 Georgios and Ben
- 11/02 Lesya
- 18/02 Christian
- 28/03 Perrine
- 04/04 Lena
- 10/04 Lee
- 25/04 Laura
- 10/08 Alice
- 12/11 Kêlig
- 16/12 Audé
- 23/12 Barbara

I wish an happy birthday to all of you !!!
This year I won't be late lol

Musi musi

Audé !

If I say Laulupidu ?

2009-02-07T19:34:00.002+02:00

About what are you thinking ?

I want go to Tallinn this summer and of course during Laulupidu.
I already cheek the date and it's the first week end of July (2-5).
I give you the link : http://www.laulupidu.ee/eng

What do you think if we can go together ?
I spoke with Perrine sometime ago and she would come with us.
So we are already two...

Maybe we can rent something to sleep to be all together during a week or plan to go to our friend places....
The prices start to grow up so maybe it's time to plan something...

Musi musi all of you

Audé !

happy birthday!

2009-02-05T13:50:00.003+02:00

so, me and Julka (who is on MSN with me) wish you all the best, lots os love and so on! And, I think that today is also Ben's birthday!! But i am not really really sure! and neither is Yulk!

anyway, Happy birthday Ben, whenever it was or is going to be!

can anyone publish here a correct list of our birthdays? I know some people who do have that list... some french people, i mean!!

all the best for everyone, the birthday kids and the others!

the sun is shinning...

2009-02-02T14:12:00.003+02:00

hi everyone!!

just a short post to let you know that: the sun is shinning in Portugal!!! Finally, after almost one month of rain and snow, the sun shines again! January was the most rainy month over the last 30 years, in Portugal!! so, as you can imagine, i am quite happy today!

second note: the police killed a young man on monday. Was it in France?? no!! in Greece?? no!! this time was in Madagascar and more than 80 people have died in street fights! I already sent an email to Alice, wondering how is she... if someone knows about her, please let me know!

third note to let you know that a woman from my city is applying to the Eurovision contest!! this weekend she was selected for the portuguese Singing Festival. the winner from this competition will go to Moscow to represent Portugal! And I really hope that's her! Remember this name - Eva Danin - cause you will be voting for it!!

Forth - I MISS YOU! and lately i have been missing the garlic bread from St. Patrick's, the blue cheese pancake from Kompressor, the coffe from Pierre Chocolaterie and the Saku Kuld from Levist and Juksuur... oh happy days!

musi musi

l'm not dead, at least not yet :)

2009-01-20T18:53:00.004+02:00

ciao guys!!!!
well, I want just remind you the previous post, posted by Lee, about the Portuguese guy missing in berlin and I hope he is fine.

I m sorry if I have missed on the blog since ages, but after portugal I had many healthy problem, otite, perforated timpani, my fucking back and other things.so I was not in good mood and I increased my, already high, laziness. I cannot say I m fine but now I used to live with some physical problem:)
so after portugal I start my last year in the university (yeah and l should quit in july or november), play football to earn some money and political activity obviously; actually in june in my town we will have elections, probably I will be candidate (not as mayor) and now I m already doing electoral campaign. Im sorry you cannot vote but maybe it s better because I m not sure You would vote for me hihihihihihih
for the new year eve I went with francesca, my girlfriend,to switzerland, yes I went to visit Kelig:)
it was an amazing week as you can you imagine, and I had the opportunity to see the snow again after estonia. Well honestly it was nice to see kelig,wonderful landscape ,the snow etc....but I still prefer hot temperature hihihihihihihihihi

here, as everywhere, there is crisies many friends of mine who were working in factory doesn t have job anymore, that make me so angry and sad....what can we do? anything, just waiting better days.

just right now I m studying for exams which l have on tuesday and fryday...cross the finger:)

hasta siempre!!!!!!

baci!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

on my facebook's profile I have more pictures

Portuguese guy missing in Berlin

2009-01-16T12:12:00.001+02:00

Hello everyone,

i am writting to let you know about a portuguese guy that is missing in Berlin since the 10th January.

His name is Afonso Tiago, 27

he was last seen close to Berlin Ostbanhof, heading to ForsterStrasse, where he lived. He is a mechanichal engineer, working for a portuguese company (Active Space Technologies)

He is missing sice Friday night, after leaving the club where he was with some friends. He went home alone, but never got there.
I do not know this guy, but his friends are my friends and they are pretty worried.

you can find some more info here

http://www.findafonsotiago.blogspot.com/

if, by any chance, you see him, or have any news please contact
findafonsotiago@gmail.com

i always thought these kind of things only happens to others... but now that it is real, we need all the support we can get.

thanks a lot for your time to read this. it is not a joke, I swear!

I love so much tallinn

2009-01-14T14:28:00.003+02:00

tere tere kalis söbrad

so i'm back to tallinn 2 months and half ago !! yeah something like this it just sometime hard to reminds very well because i'm all the the time loosing my mind in levist valjast whit beautyfull girls around me. I can tell you people that tallinn is more and more crazy during the nitelight and me also i sould to take care of me more often but of course nothing really bad it just a bit hard to be a romantic personn in tallinn! anyway i'm still having fucking good time whit estonien people like kristina ,margo ,maris ,kristel ,lea ect...... and also josé from portugual is now one my very good freind in tallinn , he's living in tallinn since 3 months and working and writing his theses at same time and he s also the kind of boy freind of kristina (ex lee's flatemate) .
There is also luis ,the coolest volunteer living by now in tallinn, we met quite often in juuksur during the week to talk about love ect.... The rest of volunteers are nice but too much quiet for me and they don't like so much juuksur (very sad) what i 'can do??
by the way i'm still working in lasname as youth worker but is very hard and not good pay at all
so planning to found something slse or i will have to back home but really i'dont want it !! i love so much to be in tallinn , at least i hope to be still there in march because Ambassadeur de l'amour is performing .

wish you the best for 2009 ,and hope to see you in tallinn

Where is winter. Not in Estonia:)

2009-01-12T15:50:00.002+02:00

About your snow fight, it's impossible because it's +5 in Tallinn :), I don't know who talled that Estonia is a northern country and where is snow:).

But I miss all that sweet memories and hope to see you people for laulupidu this year.

Musi.

LET'S START THE VIRTUAL SNOWBALL BATTLE !!!

2009-01-11T13:45:00.004+02:00

You have just been hit by a virtual snowball !!>

It's the beginig of : the 2008-2009 battle !!

Now the rules...

You can't hit someone who already hit you !

Now be the first ... hit all your friends lol !

Nana - Nana (Hi Hi Hi)
>
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I hope you can do that Lee with all the snow you have !
Here, it's very cold (-7°C) but we don't have snow and I'm very desapointed !!
musi musi

Audé !

it's snowing in Portugal... a lot!

2009-01-09T18:36:00.003+02:00

this picture was taken by a portuguese person , in the portuguese city of Melgaço, today!

Tere tere

Today I saw snow falling from the skies into my face! it's true!! It has snowed a bit in the very North of Portugal, close to Spain. Before Xmas some villages were surrended by snow, temperatures fall to -6 in some cities and it was all over the news... nothing special if you ask me!
But today Porto woke up under the snow. Almost every city in the coast line had a bit of snow. Some cities had a lot!! It's quite normal to snow in Portugal, in the mountains or in the interior of the country. But it almost never snow close to the ocean. In my city the last time it snowed was when i was 11, in '94! So, 14 years later it snowed again!! Just a bit, for less than an hour. Nothing is white, everything is wet! Temperatures in my city are around 0 degrees during the day. I do not remember such a cold winter as this one...
and of course, all of this, in the news, makes me think of Estonia. Specially about that wonderfull day that we went sledging to Kumu!! Makes me remember the snow fight we had in fron of Baltijam, when coming from a dinner at Kelig's place! oh sweet memories!!

so, what's up for your New Year?? i challenge you guys to post here your New Year resoluntions! I guess everyone has the same saying in every country: "New Year, New Life"... at least in Portugal we do have. So, if you ket me know what you are up to this 2009 I will tell you my resolutions. I bet you will be proud of me!! =)

Head uut aastat 2009

2009-01-05T18:13:00.004+02:00

Bonne année, Happy new year, Feliz Ano Novo, Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος

С новым годом, З новим роком, Frohes neues Jahr, Buon anno

I wish you all the best for this new year.
I'm always thinking of you and I want to see you again.

the landing beaches in Caen

Heuuuu, Happy new year !!!

I'm verry sorry, I wanted to post a message long time ago but I coudn't log me on the blog. I don't know what I was doing !!
I hope all is right with you and you start the near year with a lot of nice things for me it was a trip to Amsterdam.
I was there with some friends of mine and Flavien (who is still in Danemark). I will send you some pictures but for the moment I don't have the pictures :-)
All the best and take care of you.
Musi musi
Audé

ho ho ho

2008-12-24T19:00:00.002+02:00

if anyone still reads this blog... MERRY CHRISTMAS
i am not very good with words... so I can only wish you all the best! ok that was a joke!! I wish that all of you may havve almost everything you asked for. but not those things you asked your parents, or mates... i wish you can havee all of those small (or gigant) things that you don't say out loud. I wish those secrets wishes may come true.
for all of us, for 2009, i wish... another EVS meeting!!!
i also wish Barbarela a happy birthday (23rd Dec)!!

Merry Xmas, happy new year
lot's of love, sex, good food, better drinks and not many sweets!
right now, if I could I would hug you so so so strong that your bones would crack!! =)

It s me, Gigi!

2008-12-24T18:55:00.003+02:00

Hello everybody! I know I havent posted here for ages and I apologise.... :( I miss you and I always think of you there is no question about that but this December has been one of the busiest periods I remember in my life :D
So, first thing to happen, I visited Brussels at the very beginning of the month for 4 days. It was a short "business" trip where I had a meeting with the other members of cultural booklet project team and we developed our project. For more information you can read my blog, traintrip, but in general it was a nice opportunity to find myself abroad and Brussels is a beautiful city!

From 5th Dec to 14th December I was the Coordinator of a informal education training we organised (by we I mean AEGEE-Patra). We had to find accommodation, food, conference room, organise sightseeing, an excursion and the parties (last but not least :D) and actually we were working from 9 to what time the party ends every day.... Add to this the riots that happened here and the need to protect and make this bunch of foreigners feel safe and you have the whole picture... :D Anyway, the whole event was very rewarding cause it was very successful at the end, everybody had a great time provided by AEGEE-Patra :D

Group picture!!!!

To finish the story of my December, one more thing to say.... I got a job as Santa Claus :D Actually two jobs, one was last Monday, I visited a school hired by the parents' association and offered presents to small students, it was so funny! :D This Saturday I will be Santa in Carefour, the french supermarket, come and see me :D I dont have pictures from the school but I plan to make several on Saturday, I ll post for sure :D

So, this was briefly my December... I wish everybody MEEERRRRYYYY CHRISTMAAAASSSS
and a really really really HAAAAPPPYYYYYYY NEW YEEEEAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

happy birthday Aude

2008-12-16T13:09:00.001+02:00

with a lot of love and the wishes of a great year!!
love you

just a question. or maybe 2...

2008-12-10T02:22:00.002+02:00

So, Gigi, are you going to tell us something about what is happening in Athens? The media here suck, so we haven't really unerstand why\how the teenager died...
i was hoping i could hear you opinion on this!

musi musi
to everyone (if there is anyone out there!!)

palju õnne sünnipäevaks Kêlig

2008-11-13T13:21:00.002+02:00

you all though I would forgot?? or did you all forgot??
yes yes, it was Kêlig's birthday yesterday! I hope that having nothing posted on the blog means that you all decided to call or send and sms. just hope it does not mean that this blog is not important in greeting each other. Last year there were 3 posts greeting Kelig on his birthday...
anyways, hope you like this japanese girl wishing you all the best!
see you in May!!

Re: New EVS in your project

2008-11-07T14:16:00.002+02:00

There are no new volunteers in my project, they still can't gei rid of the old one:))).

I was talking about one crazy Ukrainian person:P.

Love you people.

do you know the next volunteers in your project??

2008-11-07T13:06:00.004+02:00

tere tere dear missing people.
today, i was talking with Luis (few lines down you will understand who is Luis) and I just realized that I FUCKING MISS YOU! Portuguese people are known for being melancolic and sad, for being to much attached to their roots, their people, their music. you know me, not always like this! if you can, try to find the meaning of the portuguese word "Saudade" and you will understand how i feel today! I miss specially Lena and Thomas, my brothers during the last months of my EVS. Without them I would have left Estonia earlier, and you know it...

so, today, the day of the "mellon collie and the infinite sadness", i here leave you with a challenge! So, do you know the volunteer who followed you in your project?? Have you ever talked to him/her? As you know I met some of the volunteers that followed you in your projects, so I can help you to find them. my challenge is: FIND THE VOLUNTEER WHO FOLLOWED YOU IN YOUR PROJECT. GET HIM/HER TO TALK ABOUT IT!

so, I met one of the volunteers that followed me. He is called Luis Alonso, 22, spanish. he arrived in Tallinn in May, and just a few days after he came to Portugal for that Youth Exchange I was preparing, remember? So, i spent a week with Luis, and we have been talking (on msn) on a daily baisis. I here let you his interview for SIIN's website (for the same feature I interviewed some of yoou!)

"My European Voluntary Service"

, by Luis Alonso

Luis Alonso, 22 , is an EVS volunteer in Tallinn since March 2008. He is working in a project called "UPDATE", and hosted by the NGO "Youth Union SiiN", during the whole year. As him, tens and tens of volunteers choose Estonia to develop their projects. Here we have a little interview with him some days after his arrival.

Why did you decide to be European Volunteer?
Well, I wanted to do this year some kind of long project as a volunteer. I participated in 3 international workcamps during the lasts years and there were a great and enjoyable experience for me, but I wanted to join in a biggest and longer project, and when I heard something about EVS, I took all the enough information about it, read everything, and I realized that it is an opportunity that you can do only one time in your life, so I think that at my age and in this stage of my life now was the best moment to get involved in a project like this.

I did all the arrangements with my sending organization, and when they asked me about the projects and the countries, I answered that it would be better if I do one project far from my home, so when I saw “Tallinn” , I didn´t hesitate in trying to take this one.

Actually, the most important thing is the project, all of them are interesting, but its has to motivate you a lot, so if the project is very good for you, and you like the place where you do that, the answer is excellent, and your motivation is total. Working in an international atmosphere and multiculturalism are things which I love, and I can feel them and enjoy in this project I have been chosen.

Why this project?
My project is related with media, youth information, and multicultural dialogue. For the beginning we are going to develop a portal (UPDATE project) about youth information , doing also by youngsters, and there they will develop different topics related with youth mobility, the opportunities of going abroad and develop different kind of projects thanks to “Youth In Action Programme”, and so on.

On the other hand , I´m going to organize activities to our youngsters, and I have total freedom to propose new things to do ( It would be interesting something like short films, creative and artisitic expression, cuissine, and so on..) That is another positive point of my project, total freedom to do new things, or things that I could consider interesting, as well as my bosses and the youngsters, obviously.

Other part which is very interesting of my project is the area related with the Intercultual Dialogue. Our organization works very actively in the EU Programme “All different, all equal”, with the participation of youngsters in different seminars related with this topic and organizing them aswell. We want that young people have clearly the meaning that every person is the same as the other without distinctions for any reason; everybody has the same rights, because we are just the same. We are people.

Why Tallinn, why one year?

In my opinion, you know better a place when you are there, living, get into the daily life, knowing people… you can taste the atmosphere much better than if you go only as a tourist during some days. And also you know more about the situation, way of live, of the society in this city, town, country, and so on. You understand much better different situations which couldn´t you know if you are not at the exact place where happens.

One year is the maximum time you can be in an EVS project, and I chose it because we, as a volunteer, have only one chance to do a project like these, so I want to get involved and enjoy it as much time as I can. I read before previous experiences of EVS volunteers in intenet, and really the majority who had 6 months projects finished so happy, but after that time they wanted have chosen a largest project because they were enjoying it so much when it stopped! So I didn´t have any doubt in order to select one year long term project.

What are your feelings here these first days?
About my feelings here in the first days… they are very good.
I arrived to Tallinn, 5 days after it I went to Portugal 8 days in an international youth exchange, and I am again in Tallinn, so sometimes I don´t know where I am, how old I am, or what my name is!!

But by now my adaptation is going well, I´m knowing the city, which is so beautiful!! I´ll discover everything better with the time, and I have taken notes and information about a lot of places and things before my arrival and I want to visit and see here.

Weather is not as cold as I was waiting for… but we are having a strange winter everywhere. Anyway, in one year I will have the opportunity to know better the real Tallinn´s winter, he he.

Furthermore, the city where I am from is colder than the southern cities, so I can adapt myself better, hehe. Even more… I like snow, hehe! And here we have had snow, now sun…. everything is enjoyable!

What about your future expectations?
It´s soon to make a big summarize of my work these first days, I´m just landing! He he. But my expectations are very good, I have met the youngsters I am going to work with, and they are nice, open minded, laborious and funny people! I´m not feeling alone these first days thanks to them and l think we have a very good team work.

People I´m knowing here have a lot of initiative, and they want also make me feel like at home, so it´s grateful! I´m begining to know some volunteers with other projects in the city too, really kind and open minded people, and I will know more in the near future, so think this multicultural and international atmosphere will be possible this year in Tallinn thanks to all I said before. We will know a lot of things about each other cultures, and in my opinion, mixture of all the cultures make to get rich a person more than any money.

Besides, I´m going to learn a lot of new things about media and communications, with the help of the organization and a volunteer who is a professional journalist and will do the project with us. I think that I will contribute to let to our youngsters know new interesting things, but I am sure that they will do the same with me, I will learn a lot of things from them. It will be a big multicultural exchange, which is good for everyone!

Do you miss somebody or something?
Maybe you can miss your friends or family at the beginning, but on the other hand this is an experience which I´ll always remind, an important stage of my life. One year is one year, and I´m beginning to make new friends here and meeting with very interesting people, so I am sure that within one year I will not want leave Tallinn, and I´ll miss all these friends I will make here. But it´s better not to think in the end, I have just arrived!!

What will be different after your EVS experience?
In my opinion, it will be a personal and professional development for me, an important stage of my life. About other volunteer´s experiences, I know that some fears or doubts about what they would be able to do before the EVS disappeared after doing that. They are now ready to do more things in every different aspect. This year of volunteering will be also to get know better myself. When I will return to my country, I will see some things different than before the EVS project, and I will can do or prepare things that I couldn´t do if I were not in a project like this.

(Luis Alonso in the first picture, taken in Lisbon. Can anyone tell me where??)So, i hope you guys can follow me in this challenge. I would like to hear about the people that followed you... some of them are already gone from Eesti... hope you make it!

just one information more: THOMAS IS BACK IN TALLINN!!!

Miss Lee is going to France

2008-10-30T19:23:00.003+02:00

Tere tere everyone,

it's been a long time since I last posted something here... vabandust for that!
so, i am wirtting just to let you know that yesterday, at 13h00 it was 10º in Tallinn as I checked in Ilm.ee. exactly the same temparature as in Portugal, S. João da Madeira, ate 24h00!!! How the world is smal...
well, jokes apart, i am really writting to let you know that i booked my trip to France, to visit Kê before he leaves to South America. So I will be in the baguette land from 13th to 18th May. Is SEVEN months enough time for you guys to book your trips? eh eh eh
and i am already looking for a trip to go to Laulupidu, in July! but if I well understood, there is no more Berlin-Tallinn easy jet connection. does anyone knows if this is true?
oh! one more thing. remember that professional practise I tol you I was waiting to start? I applied in february, it should had started in May... and it is FINALLY going to start in 2 days!! in reality I will be doing the same job, in the same place. the good news is: my salary is almost twice than before, and I dont have to pay taxes!!!! yeah!! so, I am happy!

so: More money = more trips = see my friends more often = be happier = Miss insane Lee

Back from Norway

2008-10-22T17:20:00.011+03:00

Some pictures about my trip to Norway, you will see it's very nice. I spent only 4 days there but for sure I will go an other time so see more. Maybe you don't know but the speed limite is only 80 on the big road and it's a mountains country so you can't drive to much per day.
We saw as much as we can and I can say the natur is AMAZING, it's so nice.

Now you can see some pictures....

A little trip on boat...

Does it remaind you something ?? Sydney ? After San Fransisco in Lisbon, Sydney in Oslo...

In Norway too they have some nice sign !

see you soon and enjoy your trip in Estonia Tom

out from hospital

2008-10-19T18:48:00.002+03:00

hello hello dear friends

last week i spent some days at the hospital i get infection but nothing really serious, now as you can see i m feel really good so for my farewell party we made a small concert in the bar where i m going all time whem i m in bretagne the only bad is that i had to cancel my trip to portugual to visited lee and it make me really sad but i will come later . im still going to estonia i have my new ticket plane for the 6 of november and i heard some of you is coming to tallinn so i will be there waiting for you to have crazy time like before

love you all

thomas

NO POINTS

2008-10-14T20:20:00.003+03:00

tere tere

i have been stupidly busy with work and school, so, no time to write here... vabandust for that! Neverthelees I take 2 minutes to tell you that Ben p«osted on You Tube his "NO POINTS" movie!

as this is also a bit our movie, I leave it here!

watch it and show it to your friends!! My friends have already seen and loooved it!!

hope everyone is fine, and i also hope to be able to write you quite soon!
for the winners of the fotos contest... i am still working on something portuguese!!
for all the others, i still miss some of Gg's pictures (I need to download it), that's why you dont have the cd's yet...

love you, hope you love me too!! =)

What's happen in Denmark ?

2008-10-10T12:15:00.003+03:00

Hej hej,

How are you ?? You don't send a lot of news...
I know you are studing and nothing happens on your life
but anyway it's not a point !!!

I'm not studing and I'm in an other country so a lot of thing happens to me !!
I'm still in Denmark but not for long time now.
I found a job in my parents place from the 3 of november.
So I will go home quite soon.
For the people who know that I won't work in Aalborg hospital even if I found there a job. Maybe I will work there between January and April (we never know !!).

And before that, I will go to Norway with 9 erasmus people.
We will go to Oslo by ferry and after we plan to go to Stavanger.
It's a very nice place with ford, mountains, natur....
The departure is tomorow so when I will come back I will send you a lot of nice picture !!

Enjoy your time have a nice week and see you soon

a little picture from Arhus just for you !!

Musi musi

Audé

for Thom

2008-10-03T14:06:00.002+03:00

THOMAS, if you see this message, please check your email, and talk to me! I need to plan your visit, and I would apreciate some help!
for the others, if someone has Thomas' french mobile number, please give it to me. he is supposed to arrive in Portugal next week, but i havent heard nothing from him for months...

2008-10-01T12:50:00.006+03:00

hey hey,

As i promited to you, there are some more pictures from Denmark.
I took all of them during my last trip in the north of Denmark.
First we went to a Viking cimetery. It's one of the bigger in Europa and it's near Aalborg where I live.
After that, we went to the end of Denmark where the North sea and the Baltic sea meet. It's very nice to see that and the weather was nice as you can see.

The end of the danish peninsula

On your right the Baltic sea and on your left the Noth sea
As you can see it's pretty.

The beach...

All the people who went to Skagen.

I think you know what happen here yesteday....
You are right, it was the champion league so in Aalborg they put some big screen and we went to see the match !! Aalborg lost but it was not a real surprise !!

You know I'm in Denmark with a lot of foreigner but it's not like Estonia.
They are erasmus and they don't have the same expectations of their stay here. And for me it's hard because I'm here just for a short time, I arrived after them and I'm not studying...
But I still have a lot of nice time with some spanish, belgium and french guys.
I miss you a lot.

See you soon

Musi musi

Audé

some (good) news

2008-09-29T12:31:00.003+03:00

tere tere
hope everyone is fine!
i am writting to let you know about some news.
the winners of the contest "send your fotos fast and win a portuguese present" are...
1 - Aude
2 - Georgios
3 - Christian!

all the otheres were desqualified! but please send it to me when you can, if you can! I will make cd's to everyone and post it by mail, ok? for the winners, i am just figuring out what present to send... you must wait a bit!

second news is that I was accepted in a post graduation studies! So, i am going back to Uni, on weekends!! the studies are about "Local press" and it will take me one year to get the degree. the bad news about this is that I have to pay 1500 euro, plus 200km trip every weekend... so, no weekends for me, no money, no personal life! Of course this will affect tremendously the travels i had planned... although things are not expensive I am totally broken! so, my priority now is Laulupidu. i dont think i will make it for new year's eve! but i will keep on trying, of course!

third news is: i am pregnant!
hahahahah got you!! just kidding! no more news for today!
but i will keep intouch!
Love

Next EVS meeting......cool....

2008-09-26T00:06:00.002+03:00

Hello party people......

So, i hope everyone is fine and happy...

I plan the next EVS meeting in..........Leysin.......Switzerland...... for the new year's eve!!!!!!
I'm sure it can be a huge and funny party.....

So, people, if you wanna com, let' s check easy jet website......for Geneva....

Love you all, and waiting to see you in my mountains.......

Musi ja Kalli

Ké;

Welcome to Denmark !

2008-09-23T17:17:00.004+03:00

Hey all of you !!

I'm in Aalborg since one week and for the moment all is ok.
I have a nice bike and i travel a lot around the city !!
The sun is always there so it's very nice for the moment.

Last week end i went with a lot of erasmus people to an island named Laeso.We visited a place where they make salt (it's the picture) and we biking a lot.

A nice little harbord

Now i'm waiting to found a job here. My meeting was nice even if it was not the good person... but i will help me to have an other meeting so i'm quite happy.

If you want you can send me some postcard at this adress !!!
Lemvigvej 104
9220 Aalborg
Denmark

I will try to post quite often some message just for you.
A lot of musi and see you soon

Audé !

Love you guys!!!!!!!

2008-09-18T13:27:00.003+03:00

Tere my Estonian Family!

I just get your postcard from Portugal:))))). And now I'm so fucking happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!

Thank you very much and hope to see you all for Laulupidu.

Suur MUSI ja KALI.

I have my degres

2008-09-16T14:56:00.002+03:00

Hello,
yesteday i had my presentation about my practice
I done this summer and i was accepted.

Even if it was a bit difficult to work my presentation
during Lisbon's holiday i managed and now i finish school !!!

I will go tomorow to Aalborg (Denmark), meet Flavien and find a job.

I send you a lot of musi musi

Audé !

Bom dia

2008-09-12T02:07:00.006+03:00

A very nice travel with a lot of friends
Thank you for all, i spent very nice holidays with you.
Musi musi

Aude

Picture from the airport bus stop just after Christian's departure !!

Terviseks

2008-09-11T19:10:00.003+03:00

a toast to our EVS family. to those who got to Lisbon and to those who wont miss the next meeting! Love you
pic taken by a spanish tourist in GG's camera... Lisboa, Largo de S. Domingos, Ginja de Portugal, 5 September 2008

happy birthday Julka

2008-08-27T14:49:00.002+03:00

hello hello

i am sorry for the delay, but I wish all the best to Julka in her birthday! 3 days have past, but my wishes remain! i couldn't manage to acess the net on that day to post a greeting message here, and for that I am sorry!

i also want to tell you guys: CHECK YOUR E-MAILS!! i just sent an e mail to those coming to portugal, next week!

I LOVE YOU ALL
and you are always in my mind!

Bon anniversaire Alice!

2008-08-11T13:02:00.002+03:00

Bon anniversaire Alice! I haven t had news from you for really long time, I miss you... I wish all the best for your birthday and hope you are fine wherever you are and whatever you do. Bon anniversaire!!!!

2008-08-05T00:05:00.002+03:00

Hej guys! :)

I know, I know, the old problem with me and writing.. anyways, good news:
I'VE JUST BOOKED MY TICKETS TO LISBON! :)
Unfortunately I have to go back to Berlin on the 10th already because I have to work the 11th/12th/13th (to earn the money I just spent on the flights ;p), but I'm taking a plane with Barbara on the 4th and am so insanely much looking forward to these 6 days!!!
Need to go to sleep, got to be at work at 9 tomorrow..

Love,

Laura

hasta luego!!!!!!!

2008-07-18T15:44:00.002+03:00

hola hola!!!!
hi friends, this post is just to inform you l m going to valencia tomorrow for 40 days!!! l have already a kind of flat but no job yet, also if shouldn t be difficult to find some place as waiter. I ll see. l will leave spain to go directly to portugal!!!! try to guess which is the reason;)

ok guys I have to prepare my baggage....pff...l hate!!!!actually l just like eat, drink, sleep and two more things: ok everyone likes one of them and the other one is.......l m sorry but we know it as big shushu:)

besos!!!!!
Hasta la vistoria siempre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the "portoghese" in the world

2008-07-18T13:49:00.003+03:00

one thing I learnt in my job:
during the portuguese "discovery age", a portuguese navigatort discoverd India and all it's spices and exotical goods. After this, as a religious people, the portuguese decided to take some samples of cinamon, pepper, ginger and other stuff to Rome, to show it to the Pope. At this time, the Pope decided that the portuguese would not have to pay for anything while in Rome, for they had brought so much healthy to Europe. therefore, the portuguese started to be known, in Italy, as the ones who were able to enter everywhere without paying. Form then on "portoghese" became the meaning of those who entered concerts, futeball matches, ceremonies, etc, without paying! In Italy, the "portoghese" are the bastards that don't pay what they should!
Is this true, Chri??

oh, and by the way, why no one writes on this fucking blog??????? are you all in holidays, with your lazy asses on the sand, getting brown?? where are you guys? I demand some answers, otherwise I won't pick you up from the airport in September!!

I ll be there!!!!

2008-07-05T18:03:00.002+03:00

TERE TERE TERE! So, today I finally booked my tickets to Portugal!!!! After long, long, long search, I found affordable tickets to Lisbon with easyjet (but I dont have travel insurance and I hope that my backpack will be ok for a handbag- they charge so much for checked baggage :)) So, meet you in Lisbon on 4th September!!!!

I m

SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HHAAAAAAAAAAPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

Barcelona on 9th July!

2008-06-27T19:02:00.003+03:00

Aloha everybody!

I m not going to to say anything more on Euro 2008, Greece sucked, Russia dissappointed me aswell, Euro 2008 is finished for me :) I m writing just to make you jealous.... (hehehe). I m going to Barcelona on 9th July! I ll be living in a nice place ( as Lee said, the best place in Barcelona) in Ciutadella :)

That s the place :D

I ll be there till 13th July when I fly to Tallinn :D. More photos and news when I m back. Best part about this is that it is for free!!! Trip, accommodation, food, it s an award for a contest I took part. Do you feel jealous enough? :D

Love you!

to Alice

2008-06-24T02:50:00.001+03:00

from London, with Love... lot's of love

the non european countries euro cup

2008-06-23T11:42:00.002+03:00

hey guys!

i am back from london (yeah, Ben I am in Portugal already...). so, i didn't find Donna, I didn't go to Fabric (cause there were thousands of people making a line at 11 pm...), but I am back happy.

I 'm owing some beers to Barbara, right... I will pay, no worries. Actually Chri is helping me to pay this! I am really sorry that our countries are out. but I am worst about having a goal keeper like Ricardo... Isaand!!

Now I bet that the final will be Russia vs Turkie! Russia has showed good futball, and it's the first time they go to euro cup since 91... they deserve it! and Turkie... you know, when some one is lucky, portuguese people say that person has a litle star over his shoulder. Well, Turkie has a fucking constelation illuminating their way. But anyway, I would prefer Russia to win! so, I bet one bottle of Porto wine on Russia! who's in?

in London I met some english man that told me: "Don't be sorry or sad cause your team got kicked out. England was never in!" eh eh eh it made me smile! So, this is also for the french, the greek, the italians...

i only hope that a non european union country wins this bloody tournament! ;)

the beginning of my summer

2008-06-18T20:25:00.003+03:00

so, and as to answer GG... I am going to London tomorrow! why? what for? I am going cause for 2 years I have been wanting to go there and visit one of my best friends that studies there (she is an opera singer). In the meanwhile another friend moved there to study music as well. so, I will go with 2 friends to visit 2 more and we are staying in a house of some portuguese... so it will be funny.

Plus that I am going cause the trip costed only 30 euro in that ryan air promotion I told you about. I am also going 'cause I have been twice in London... inside of the airport!!!

but there are 2 real reasons Why I am going there for the weekend: first I am going to a drum n bass party @fabrics, as I always wanted to go, as a real drum n bass fan!!

and my second mission is to find Donna and bring news to you!! I never met her, ok. but I know that if I see her on the street I will recognize her for sure! so... wish me luck!! (i am not joking!!)

happy GG??

as for the rest of my simple life... everything is fine. A week ago I was working for 5 days in a food tent in as organizations market in my town. I was making crepes with Lena's receip and Aude's frying pan... and it was a major success, of course! All the kids wanted and my friens are fatter now... eh eh eh

i have been to the beach, finally!! So, I got my real color back, not my estonian look! I look like me again! Maybe you wouldn't notice a diference, but in my mind and my sould it makes a huge difference to lay on the beach and dive in the cold ocean! I LOVE IT!!

i bought some nice present for Kelig today... if anyone else wants something just let me know... Portugal is still a cheap country for some stuff!

ah!! tomorrow I am going to interview one of my favourite musicians!! he is from my home town and just edited a new work (2 cd's with 40 musics each and a 140 pages book) that sould out in 2 weeks!! He was my platonic love when I was a teenager... you can listen to some of his musics here they are all in portuguese, but... the pictures are also his and the videos are quite nice! so, I leave you with Manel Cruz... and I am so excited that I wont be able to sleep tonigh... i am quite sure!!

I love you all, always in my sun tanned heart!!

les blues?...a la maison hihihi :)

2008-06-18T13:34:00.003+03:00

pfff.....why estonian-france people don t like football?

ok gigi, I have to joke with you....what about greece? why greek football players didn t go to swisse_austria to play eurocup? problem with boat?

popopopopopooo

kisses

How is the begining of summer for you ??

2008-06-11T19:08:00.003+03:00

Hey,
i hope all is ok for you !
I started my practice 2weeks ago and it's very interesting. I learn a lot of things and my coleges are very nice. And since 1 week i have a flat in Nantes, some of my friends have a practice in Germany so i could take it !!! So if you want come in Nantes this summer, i can host you it will be with pleasure.
Next week-end Perrine will come here and we will go to Britany.

And i wanted to say something about a very nice european thing !!!
As you maybe know, France was quite bad but italia was not better.....
It's just for Christian because i know many of you don't like football lol !!!

I have a bad and a good news, so maybe i coudn't come to Portugal in september because Flavien (my boyfriend) will do an erasmus in Denmark and i may go with him. And maybe until the end of august or the begining of september but nothing is still done because i don't found an hospital where i could go. So i will inform you as soon as possible.

A lot of love and take care of you and see you soon.
Musi musi

Audé

PS : I can send the cooking book to you Doro but i don't have your mail adress. So say me something and i will send you this !!!!

Back to Estonia this summer!

2008-06-01T13:55:00.002+03:00

Tere everybody! I have very nice news that I want to share with you all!! This summer I ll be back to Tallinn!!! I had applied for a scholarship last October and just two weeks I ago I found out that I got the money!!! I will follow an Estonian language course in Tallinn University for two weeks 14 July to 1st August which also includes weekend trips around Estonia (Laahema and Hiiuma I think :D) I m very happy for that, I have already tickets to Riga on 10th of July and coming back 5th of August. I ll get paied the course fee, accommodation in student dorms and also I ll get 120 euros for living expenses :D:D:D Ταλίν, έρχομαι!!!!

PS. I ve searched tickets to Portugal and they are so stupid expensive!!!! People that live in Greece are cursed :(

run for your trips

2008-05-26T16:17:00.002+03:00

guys

until thursday mid night you can book free tickets on ryanair.com
they are making some special sales/promotion days! so, use it!!
for example, for Chri I saw a ticket for 5 euro Valencia-Porto...
concerning you coming to Portugal, let me tell you somethings: the fest is 5, 6, 7 September. As Kêlig arrives on the morning of 3rd to Lisbon I will be there at that time. so, if you want to come to Portugal and land on Porto you should do it until the 2nd September. if you want to land in Lisbon try to make it on the 3rd or 4th September, ok?
there is another airport where ryanair flyes to: Faro... it's far away! dont take this one!
ok?
musi musi

11 days in tallinn

2008-05-19T19:34:00.003+03:00

hello dear freinds i hope everybody is fine and everythings to

so i went to tallinn to make party and also love of course ! i ve met some news volonteers pretty cool from germany, hongarian ( i m in love ),spain and so on so on ..... we spent amazing time together in jukssur levist, was so good to be there and estonia pepole was so happy to see me that i get vodka for free and sexe also ( whit the sexe maniac) oh my god never ever anyway now i get a job in tallinn as teamer in same organization then before , i will be back to tallinn at the begining of october now i m in france and thinking to find a job untill october .

good bye lovely freinds

My trip in Kelig's mountains.....

2008-05-18T11:16:00.008+03:00

Hey
like i say, i post some picture from my wonderfull travel with Kelig and Flavien.

Genève, it's the front of the united nations

a breackfast on the balcony !!! So nice ;-)

the view from the balcony....
Me and kelig (if you don't reconize us !!!)

A walk with a lot of snow and the shoes totaly weet at the end !!

Flavien you are the best !!!

And for the end a nice picture of mountains....

I will put some other picture but i don't have them here...

It's my last week-end in Lorient, i will finish school on tuesday afternoon. After i will have 3mounths of practice but it will be better.
So i will be in my parent's house or some friends' house for the next mounths.

Enjoy the begining of summer and see you soon.

Musi musi

You know you are from Estonia when...

2008-05-16T15:17:00.002+03:00

1. You use the word ‘normal’ if something is ok.
2. When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate.
3. You attended a song festival at least once either as a performer or as a spectator.
4. You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing
5. You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)
6. ‘Kohuke’ belongs to your menu
7. You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people
8. You actually believed for a while that Latvians had 6 toes per foot when you heard that as a child
9. You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located
10. You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands

11. You can quote films like "Viimne reliikvia" and "Siin me oleme"

12. You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck
13. Words like "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" or "jää-äär" sound perfectly pronounceable to you
14. You like bold statements (such as this one... ;-) ) and sarcasm
15. You can at times drink hot tea to hot food
16. You are disappointed that Jaan Kross never got the Nobel prize in literature
17. It would not be surprising for English-speakers to find your name naughty (Peep, Tiit, Andres [sounds like undress]) or hippy (Rein, Rain)

18. You have been to Finland
19. you say 'noh' (sounds like NO) even when you speak English, just to confuse people

It's just some sentence from my estonian teacher Teve.
If you know some other, can you post them, she wants our feeling.

I post this just before my very nice trip in Switherland.
Musi musi

Audé !!

Lost and Found...

2008-05-14T17:16:00.003+03:00

Tere!

It's been quiet around me...I know. Sorry. I suck at keeping contact, which I know.
So first of all Happy belated birthday to all of those that I did not send a birthday wish(so basicly all of you...gosh...I'm horrible! Sorry again!).
I LOVE the new heading by the way!

So what's been happening with me....

I really settled in in my new home in Münster. I love this city more and more: beautiful old town, the students’ spirit, all those bikes everywhere and especially now in spring (or rather summer as it feels like) Münster is more lively than ever, because everyone get out their barbecues and sits in the park to enjoy the sun and their beer. I’m not much of a photographer, so I don’t have any pictures, but I’ll make up for that. Or you just come over and see for yourselves (please do!).

So short version of the last few months: surcvied first semester, joined student’s council, drank Estonian beer in Berlin, ate Kohuke with Laura, visited Katha in Halle (and found a bar that serves Viru Valge), spent my semester break studying for stupid chemistry exam, started second semester, had Katha over in Münster (and also Ben for a couple of hours), met the German minister of health during a conference of the German pharmacy students’ association.

Yeah…sounds quite like it. Uni is quite fun so far and it actually leaes me some free time., so I’m taking Russian classes again. It’s quite fun actually and I enjoy being around other students who are not pharmacists (don’t get me wrong, I like my fellow students a lot. But most other pharmacists are science-people, so it feels good to be around people who have a different perspective on life/way of thinking).

Now I’m in my parents’ garden because it’s witsun-break (although not a single person cares about that holiday anymore, but hey…it gives me a week off!). I feel quite restless and want to go travelling but again…a n exam is ahead, so I’ll just save my travelling-energy till the summer! I’m REALLY looking forward to it and can’t wait.

Seeing Laura and Katha and Ben again really made me appreciate the EVS-spirit again. And I miss you guys!! Even if I never write or I’m not on MSN (turns out I’m not much of a messenger person). And I still do check the blog quite often….

Mhh…that’s it for now. I hope you hear form me more often now!

Miss you all!
Musi, musi

Barbara

PS: I don't have any of your post addresses!! Can you give them to me? I have tons of postcards that want to be sent all over the Europe!!

one year later

2008-05-14T13:29:00.009+03:00

one year later, I still remember the great moments shared with you
one year later, I still remember the difficult moments shared with you
one year later, l have the feeling you will be in my heart and in my mind for all my life

many thinghs happened since that 4th may 2007, nice and not nice things, happy and not happy moments, but is the life by the way.
I still remember the time after estonia, I was so fucking depressed and sad, always thinking you in estonia: while you were working, having dinner, spending time in front of barbecue, having party, sleeping and dreaming!

just right, one year later l have opposite feelings, sad because we are not togheter (phisically) anymore, and in the same time happy because I think I was really lucky to have found you in that disappeared country, it was not obvious create a familiar atmosphere as someone can imagine, we learnt to accept ourself just like we were with our assets and defects, of couse sometimes we had problems, but this is the point, we acrossed them!!!!!

ok l don t want be pathetic anymore, but just say tou thank s and send you hugs and kisses with all my heart!!!!!

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I wanted post for the right day (4th of may) but you know for this kind "nagamiste day" l had great present, the presence of kelig, maybe you can imagine that for me was really important to see one of the most important piece of estonian life

it was wonderful time and we did the same thing we did in estonia...hey hey I m not talking about party and be drunk also if we did of course (I also collapsed in rome:), l mean dreaming and plan something and we are really looking forward to see everyone in portugal, also if we know that fo someone it s quite difficulu unfortunately. actually I said to lee when l plan to go without asking her anything :)...I m sorry lee :P but by the way maybe l don t have choice, because on the 19th of july l will fly to valencia (spain) for one month and half to find somework as waiter.

ok maybe l finished...for you happyness:)
baci a tutto l'auberge estonienne!!!!!!

p.s. does someone has picture of wonderful party tha you organized for my departure from tallinn?please send me

p.s.2 I put some picture about the time l spent with kelig....he say that he has shitty connection l just think he his luzy....by the way

pompei

hiking on monte san biagio

msn picture in front of colosseum

francesca, me and ke at the festival in rome (below, in my previous post you can wacth a video)

monte san biagio by night

naples in popular and criminal area

me...drunk and stoned :(

woooow...st peter in rome

in rome...l don t remeber where

l would post all the pictures...but it s impossible. are really wonderful by the way!!!!!

baci

tere tere

2008-05-13T17:51:00.001+03:00

so, do you like the small change in our headline?
hope so!

musi musi

For some pictures......

2008-05-12T16:50:00.002+03:00

I let Chri' and Audé post some pictures because i've got a so shity internet connection, and i can't..... fuck!!

Musi, one more time!!

my estonian's volunteers friends'time....

2008-05-12T16:25:00.001+03:00

tere tere dear friends...

My battery are full of energy now!!

Yes, i went to Italy one week, visiting Chri'and... it was so a fucking good week.
We visited a lot: Pompei, Roma, Napoli, and Mont Saint Biage (à la francaise, as Chri' says when he's drunk!!) Everything is wonderful... Roma is a return to the roman empire, and Napoli is just a crazy city, but so typical! It was really the image that i got in my mind!! Whaou...
Of course, to see Chri' again was a pleasure, and we spent such a nice time together. I like so much his village, his family is in gold, and francesca is so fucking funny!
Thanks to them for this amazing week....

The day after my come back, i had to work at 6h45, but, i didn't go!!! I was a bit depress to go so fast in the real life!! So, i was sick!! :)

And the day after, Audé came for the long week-end with Flavien. It was a really nice nature and swiss food week-end! We did hiking into the mountains, but also, in the snow. Our feet were totally wet, our socks full of water..... but it was so funny!! I think they loved too the balcony and the outsider breakfasts..... :)

Now, i'm feel estonian again, this country of our recorders..... We're still a big family!! And it's so goooooood for the heart......

But, i've got a sad new to tell you: Claudine is dead last friday!!! :( :( Her funny story is over now but, i' m still loving chicken!!!!!!

Waiting for Portugal now, as Audé and Chri', and i think, as everyone.....

Love you and miss you all
See you in september dear friends

Bisous, baci, musi.....

Ké.

1 maggio a roma

2008-05-07T13:23:00.004+03:00

you know kelig was in italy for a week, he MUST write a post. I want just show you the first may in rome city centre where me and ke went to see a festival, organized by union trades. have a look!!!!!

hot kisses....it s so fucking summer here!

My trip in Estonia

2008-05-06T14:22:00.008+03:00

Tere tere

Me too i was in Estonia during my easter's holidays.

I didn't take time to post my picture but know it's done !!

I had a very nice trip with a little stop in London's airport for a night !!

I LOVE ryanair and easyjet when you must changed airport....

But Lena took me on the airport in Tallinn and the real trip started.

After a little stop on her wood house (like Georgios said) we eat in St Patrick with two other volunteers.

During my little week there, i went to my kindergarten and it was a very good moment for me.

All the kinds remember me and was very happy to see me again.

After that, i went to a second hand, hell hunt, i walked in the old tower, eat in Peapersak and bought some fazer chocolat and saw A!!!

I aslo saw my little student, my nice teacher Laida, Elen and Teve.

I do a lot of other things but i can write all...

For me it was a very nice travel to come back to Estonia even if i was there just a week before Georgios !!

My go back to France was again with a stop in London and that time i saw my cousin.

I hope you would go back to Estonia to see Lena and all your remembering.....

I will post an other post quite soon (i think) because this wensday i go to SWITZERLAND with Flavien...

Enjoy your time and take care of you.

See you soon maybe in Portugal.

Musi musi

Audé !!

Back from trip to my memories....and new things :D

2008-05-05T16:00:00.015+03:00

Tere and zdravo to everybody!

So, I am back from my trip around Europe :D I just came back yesterday to Patra and after a 13 hours long sleep (yes, it turned out that I needed it:) I m now sitting in front of my laptop ready to give you my report :D So...

I got a plane from Athens to Berlin on Friday 25th and I arrived there at midnight. I went straigth to meet Laura at the club she was having her unofficial birthday party. So nice!! I met her there and it was so normal, so like it didnt pass almost a year since I had last seen her... I met her friends, boyfriend, flatmates and I was so happy to see the normal life of one of us :D

On Saturday, Laura s mother and other relatives and friends came to her flat for a birthday brunch :) So, I had some good food before I go back to the airport and take plane to Tallinn this time.

I arrived to Tallinn at 19 00 on Saturday. Lena was there to pick me up and we went at her place. Her flat is very nice!!!! It s in a nice wooden house, in a nice quite neighborhood about 20 minutes walking from center :D I am so happy and jealous about that:)

After leaving my stuff and having some rest we had dinner at pepersack :D. Not volunteers anymore, we could afford :D Truth is that we had food for good price, probably olde hansa is doing very good and pepersack had to cut down on prices:D

On Sunday morning we went with Lena to the Ukrainian Greek- catholic church (yes, there was a sing like this :D) where we attended the Easter service. They had nice dancing and singing in traditional ukrainian way and it was very nice to see. In the evening we went at St Patricks (happy day so you pay one you take two beers :D).

On Monday morning I went to Estyes office and met Kaarina :D Just after office, I visited our flat, Mahtra 23/72. Next picture shows how mustakivi looks like now with the new building that was being built when we were there.

I rung the 72 bell and I took the lift to the 9th floor... Monica, a volunteer from Poland that is working in my project was waiting for me there. I ve went around the flat. It is very different, painted, really clean and tidy, they really manage to keep it like a normal flat. But I didnt feel bad, I was happy to meet most of the people living there, volunteers from France, FYROM, Poland, Finland, Bolivia, Germany and to see how our home is their home now but I was not feeling a stranger or an outsider....

Below (from left to right), Valentina from Italy that works in Viljandi, Silvie from Bolivia and Monica from Poland.

Just after the flat I visited my project where I had a full day of working there with my children :D I was so happy to see that they remember me and new children liked me :)

For the evening, I got back to Mahtra 23/72 flat and spent some more time with Monica and other volunteers :)

Tuesday was shopping day in the morning :) Vana tallinn and some russian books are what I bought but I also visited russian market and one second hand shop just to browse. In the evening I ve met my mentor Tanja and later we had dinner with Lena, Felice from Germany and Marta from Spain in Hell Hunt. Guess what I had for dinner.... pasta with salmon :D

After Hell Hunt we had some beer in Juuksur which looks very funny with this glass room for smoking :D

Wednesday I took a plane to Wien and then train to Ljubljana. I arrived at Ljubljana at about six p.m. put my stuff in the gym where we were living had some dinner and then party. So, actually my days in Ljuabljana were like this : Conference room till lunch, walking in the city and having beer till evening and then party in the night:D Have a look in the pictures!

from the conference room

from the city

from the gym where we were sleeping :)

from a party, a bit drunk :)

from another party :D

So, this was my trip, or at least these are things about my trip that I can share... Many memories, feelings, thoughts are unfortunately just for me, it s not possible to make words or pictures of them and share so I recommend you all to go back to Estonia soon :D

Filia, Gi

Fantomas is back ;)))

2008-05-03T11:34:00.003+03:00

Heeeeyyyy!!!! :)

I've managed! I can post again (thank you Lee).

I don't have a lot of time as usual, so just want to say that I'm deeply happy that you haven't forgot me, that, as it seems, all of you are more or less ok (except for the weather :) in Ukraine it's the same by the way - unstable and fucking cold) and that I can post again on the blog.

And now a picture. We've celebrated Easter some days ago (in Ukraine most people celebrate according to Orthodox calendar), I've been to my granny's place - nothing specila, but it was nice, that's one of the pictures made there

Answering Lee's post..

2008-04-30T18:40:00.002+03:00

Hi guys!

Got no time, but thanks for the congratualations! :) just wanted to post a picture cause Lee wants us to :)
It's my flatmates and me in our flat at our house-warming-party in the beginning of march :)

answering Lesya's e mail

2008-04-30T18:19:00.002+03:00

tere tere party people,

i am quite happy with Lesya's e-mail... cause, actually, these days I have been thinking about "us" a lot! so, i am glad to know that you are alive and in good health! I dont think that anyone is in position of judging anyone or being sad because of the lack of news... we are just fucking lazy, ALL of us!!

So, as i have been away from the news lately I will tell you about my life... my health is not that good! thanks to the global warming the weather is absolutly crazy in Portugal! One day i am on the beach, the next day I am wearing a winter jacket and boots... and my body doesn't really like it, so I am sick for more than a month now... nothing serious, but it starts to get on my nerves!!
My estonian baby is still here, but now it's called Super Bock and not Saku, anymore! My hair is not red anymore, but more brownish-redish something... and it has a cut and a form again!! Urray!!

now, the real life: I am starting a new job on Friday! Well, actually it's my old job! I am getting back to the newspaper I was working before going to Estonia... So, on one hand i am happy cause finally I will have a real job, with a "good" salary, I will have a timetable (I start to need some routine in my life), I will get my "professional card" after 9 months of work and I can start saving up some money to visit you guys all over!! on the other hand I am a bit sad about this job cause: it's brings me nothing new, i am going back to an old job, same people, same problems, for at least 9/10 months and i will be stuck in my smaaaaaaaall town for this time!! but life goes on, and as the things are im Portugal... I am happy I got a job!

it makes me sad that you and Lena are thinking about not coming to Portugal in September, but of course i understand that the prices are amaizingly high! that's the price of living in a garden by the sea, in the ass of Europe!! is the same for me, to get out of Portugal... I have to cross these 2 fucking huge countries or take a plane and that's expensive. but, Lesya, if the problem is the visa... I mean: is the problem the price of the visa or the way to get it? cause I guess I could get you an invitation (same for Julka..)!

so, but Lesya, if you are thinking about coming to an european country, like Germany, that means you would get a Schengen visa... and that makes life so much easier!! right? =D

anyway, I am preoaring some pictures to post on the blog... so, for now this is it! I urge everyone to post something: a picture, a message, just a hi5!
love you

Happy birthday Laura

2008-04-27T22:42:00.002+03:00

Tere tere miss Laura,
i'm a bit late but i didn't forgot your birthday (i didn't have internet the 25th).
But Georgios should hugg you for me !!
I hope you spent a very nice day and you enjoy it very much.
Have a very nice year with a lot of al the thinks you want...
Musi musi and see you soon
Audé !

AAA searching jesus

2008-04-26T14:33:00.001+03:00

can someone give me jesus's mail please. l tried hotmail but doesn t work!

bacioni a tutte e tutti!!!!!!!!

winter pictures from Switerzland

2008-04-23T18:19:00.016+03:00

hey guys...
I think Lena was challeging us, so that we won't get lazy buts! anyway I don't have spring pictures yet! The weather in Portugal it's just amaizing. 3 weeks ago I went to the beach, swimm in the ocean... everything was lovely and hot! then it started rainning and rainning and being cold and windy!! but it stopped today! So I am happy. in the meanwhile I got sick because of the changes in the weather (and in clothes!).
anyway, just to give you a bit of snow I here post some pictures of the days I spent in Suisse with Kêlig and Alice! I really enjoyed that weekend and I am looking forward to reppeat it!
So, I don't have that many pictures of Leysin or Aigle, nor even from Geneve. My trip was not cultural or turistical... let's say it was "friendal"!!

so on my first days Kê took me to a lovely place with a lake and a nice town

besides this fork the lake also has swans and nice chairs on the rocks!

so that's me, by the lake

and that's us, by the lake... so original...

just a detail from that lovelly town. All of what I've seen in suisse it looked so pitoresc, so nicely romantic! And, due to my broken camera I and quite proud of this picture!! ^^

this is Geneve skyline, but you could guess that, no? Thanks so some traffic we got there too late to see the city with light, but still, we had really nice time!

and we found this square. I propose a meeting there!!
Now, let's talk about Leysin, where Kê lives. the village is lovely, nice and clean. it looks more or less like this

oh yes, that's Alice in the middle!
but I must say that my favourite part od this village is Kê's house, specially the fucking balcony!
so, coming from the main road

this on the path form Kelig's and Laura's flat...
the flat is really nice, and you can feel and see Kê and Laura everywhere! I felt really confortable and at home!

specially when we had such nice meals as cheese fondue and raclette!!! here is Laura with the fondue... no pictures from the raclette, cause we ate it all very fast!! eh eh

now, let's talk about the balcony... as I got there in the evening I did not see it. in the morning, going to the kitchen I was amazed to see what was going on on the other side of the living room...

it's like this!!

and of course, monsieur Kêlig loves to have breakfast outside!

actually it was one of the best things in this trips: the sunny breakfasts!! I got so much sun that my nose began to peel... can you believe this?

this is the side view, with a filter made with my sun glasses

the fucking awsome amaizing view from the balcony.....
that's all for today folks! Now I challenge you all to post some pictures more beautifull than these ones!!

Kevad Eestimaal

2008-04-23T16:47:00.007+03:00

Tere my EVS family!

I believe you still remember how happy we all were last year, when spring finaly began, so I just wanted to post here some pictures for you, so you could see how it looks this year:).

This a kind of reserve territory close to Parnu, you know I'm bad with names, I cant tell how it's called, but it was still amazingly beautiful.

This is a birds' wayching tower.

And a view you can see, while standing in the top.

Here are birds itself, we saw hundreds of wild duck during half an hour. And the most dangeous animal in Estonia (I'm not talking about me:P).

Lee, you should remember the dog:), that's the one from Ukrainian cultural centre.

P.S. If you feel after this that you missed Estonia or me you all are welcome too come.

And I want to see your spring pictures here, as soon as possible, pick up your lazy asses and put something here, PALUN.