1 kuu ✅ // 1 month ✅

Hei!! // Hallo!!

(scroll down for English)

Ja tere tulemast tagasi mu blogisse. Kui nüüd aus olla, siis mul polegi väga aega seda pidevalt täiendada. 😅 Kogu aeg on vaja midagi teha või kusagil olla. See, et mul tegevust on, pole muidugi üldse halb, ja ma ei kurda ka. Aga vahepeal hakkab kahju, kuna ma tahan oma muljeid ja kogemusi siia ka jagada. Üheks põhjuseks, miks ma seda blogi üldse pean, on, et kui ma oma vahetusaasta 10ne kuu pärast ära olen lõpetanud, siis saan ma ise ka oma kirjutatud teksti lugeda. Näen, kuidas aasta jooksul muutunud olen, ja mis kõik selle pika aja jooksul olen ikkagi ära jõudnud teha. Vabandan veekord, et eelmine nädal postitus vahele jäi. 😕 Mul tõesti polnud aega.

ESIMENE PAKK

Eelmisel neljapäeval, 13. septembril, sain ma kätte esimese paki oma päris perelt Eestis. 😇 Ütleme nii, et tunne oli küll selline nagu jõuludel kinke avades. Jube põnev, mis siis, et ma teadsin, mis nad mulle saatma pidid. 😁 Igatahes, mulle saadeti kaks kampsunit, näomakse, kaisukaru, dušigeeli, kehakreemi, palju palju erinevaid Eesti komme, sporditossud, kaks kleiti, kodused voodilinad ja pikakäistega särgi. Pooled asjad omad, pooled uued. Nüüd on sellest möödas juba terve nädal, niiet on tekkinud uusi asju, millest puudust tunnen. Kui kõik läheb nii nagu planeeritud, siis järgmise pakikese peaksin ma kätte saama juba järgmisel nädalal.😊

See pakk oli tegelikult palju raskem, kui siin pildil tundub 😂

SAKSAMAA – BELGIA – HOLLAND – USA

Laupäeval, 15.septembril, asusime koos hostema ja –isaga peale hommikusööki kohe teele. Meil oli plaanis külastada kolmeriigipiiripunkti. Ma loodan, et see sõna tuli nüüd õieti. Igatahes teel sinna saime läbi käidud veel paarist teisestki kohast. Esiteks peatusime me Henry Chapelle Cemetaryl, Belgias.  Kuna see ala kuulub ametlikult USAle, siis teoreetiliselt sain ma sellel päeval ka Ameerikast läbi hüpata. 😃 Seal kalmistul on peaaegu 8000 hauda Ameerika sõduritele, kes Teises Maailmasõjas surma said. Hauakivideks on seal siis ristid, mis on paigutatud nii, et need on samaaegselt mitut erinevat viisi ridades. Seda on suhteliselt raske seletada, nii et ma loodan, et pildi pealt on paremini aru saada. 

Teiseks peatuseks sai meil Abbaye du Val-Dieu. 1216 aastal oli see mungaklooster ning viimased mungad lahkusid sealt alles peale 2001. aastat. Seal on ka oma õlletehas, kus tehakse mingit erilist kanget õlu. Sain seda proovida ning jälle ka kooki süüa.😋 Külastasime samuti kloostri kirikut, mis oli väga tagasihoidliku kujundusega, ning jalutasime üüratult suures aias. See oli pigem nagu park, ja nii suur ka veel, et me keerasime poole pealt otsa ringi. Pean ka mainima, et Aacheni katedraal on sada korda ilusam. Ma nende kahe erinevust siin kahjuks näidata ei saa, sest Aacheni omas polnud lubatud pilti teha. Üllatavalt paljud sõidavad siin jalgratastega. Ei ole nii, et ainult Hollandis võib palju jalgrattaid leida. Ma ütleks, et Saksamaal ja Belgias on need ikka peaaegu sama populaarsed. 

Val-Dieu õlu ja aprikoosikook

Kolmandaks ja ka viimaseks peatuseks oli meil punkt, kus kolme riigi (Belgia, Saksamaa, Hollandi) piirid kohtuvad. 😜Ronisime kolmekesi päris kõrge vaatetorni otsa ja ega peale seda oli hing kinni ka. Kõik koos ähkisime seal üleval paar minutit. Lisaks oli trepp tehtud metallvõrest. Ma pole kindel, kas selle kohta metallvõre saab öelda, aga igatahes nägin ma terve tee alla. Iga sammuga aina kõrgemale. Ma tavaliselt kõrgust ei karda, aga see oli ikka küll päris jube. 😵 Alla tagasi tulles tegin kolmeriigipunktis pilti ning sain samaaegselt olla Belgias, Saksamaal ja Hollandis. 

Pärast kõike seda sõitsime me tagasi Aachenisse, kus oli algamas laupäevane Aachen September Special 2018. See üritus kestis neljapäevast pühapäevani. Sõime alguses ühes tüüpilises Saksamaa kiirrestoranis. Ma võtsin hapukapsast ja vorsti. Hapukapsast süües tekkis ikka päris kodune tunne. Ülejäänud õhtu kuulasime saksa cover-bändi NYNE.😍😎 No sellist asja pole ma küll varem kuulata saanud. Ma arvan, et see oli üks ägedamaid kontserte, mida ma kuulata olen saanud. Nad esitasid nii saksa, kui ka inglisekeelseid laule. Ma teadsin neist küll maksimaalselt kolme, kuid seda sai ka ilma laule tundmata nautida.😇

👌 NYNE 👌

MONSCHAU

Eile, 22. septembril, käisime koos hostemaga väikeses Monschau linnas. See on üks kõige armsamaid ja kenamaid kohti, mida ma näinud olen, niiet soovitan seda kõigil vähemalt korra elus külastada. 😍💛 Monschau asub Saksamaal täpselt Saksa-Belgia piiri ääres. See on ligikaudu 95km² suurune ja seal elab 12 000 inimest. Tallinna pindalaga võrreldes on Monschau peaaegu 2 korda väiksem.
Sõitsime sinna Aachenist peaaegu tund aega, kuid see oli seda väärt. Monschau asub üli kenas orus mägede vahel ning sinna jõudmiseks tuleb sõita päris pikalt mööda käänulist teed. Alguses oli lõbus edasi tagasi vingerada. Lõpuks hakkas pea veidi ringi käima. 😵 Jõudsime kohale ning parkisime auto linna keskkohast veidi kaugemale. Sinna oli sügis juba kohale jõudnud - maa värvilisi lehti täis ja õhk karge nagu sügisel ikka. 🍂🍁Monschaus on palju armsaid kohvikuid ja käsitööpoode, nii et kui olime linnale ringi peale teinud, ei saanud kohvikusse minemisest üle ega ümber. Võtsime hostemaga mõlemad tüki kooki ja kohvi. 🍰 Lisaks külastasime me Monschaus asuvat Euroopa suurimat liivakujude muuseumit ja klaasivalmistamise tehast. See väike linn on tõeline turistide magnet. Ma polegi pikka aega nii palju inglise keelt enda ümber kuulnud + kuulsin ka esimest korda Saksamaal vene keelt. 😁

SÕBRAD

Viimased nädalad olen palju mõelnud selle peale, kuidas endale siin Saksamaal sõpru leida. Alguses tundsin ma end väga imelikult. Ma olin nagu tulnukas teiste keskel. 👽 Kõigil on oma tutvused, kõik teavad mida teha, kellega rääkida ja kus olla. Mina, aga olin ühest reaalsusest teise tõstetud. Otsisin kohta, kus olla, ja kus tunneksin end mugavalt. Peas oli kinni mõte, et pean absoluutselt kõigiga kohe suhtlema hakkama ja kohe leidma kellegi, kes oleks mulle sama suureks sõbraks kui inimene, keda olen juba 11 aastat tundnud. See tekitas palju stressi ja ma arvan, et mu tugevad peavalud olid ka just sellepärast. 😕
Nüüd olen jõudnud arvamusele, et kõige targem polegi kohe esimese inimesega, kes silma jääb, sõpradeks hakata. Ma ju tegelikult ei tea, kes ta on, kus ta tuleb, milline on tema tegelik arvamus minust. Ma arvan, et targem on leida keegi, kellega mul on midagi ühist. Keegi, kellega mul on midagi, millest rääkida, või midagi, mida koos teha. Ega poodi minnes ka ei võta ju esimest asja, mis silma jääb. Vaatad ringi ja leia selle, mis kõige rohkem endale meeldib. Lõpuks on see kõik su enda teha ja otsustada. 😉

P.S.

Praegu sajab juba mitmendat tundi järjest tihedat seenevihma – perfektne ilm, mille ajal teki all istuda, blogi kirjutada ja koduseid komme nosida. 😋 Mu lemmik 💕Võibolla sellepärast ma eelmine nädalavahetus aega ei leidnudki, sest õues oli liiga ilus ilm (30 kraadi).

Järgmine blogipostitus tuleb lähima kahe nädala jooksul. Või siis kolme. Oleneb sellest, kui laisk ma olen. 😁

Aachen September Special 2018

Kui oled lugemas eestikeelset osa, siis ära unusta inglisekeelses osas olevatele piltidele ka pilku peale visata 😉

//

And welcome back to my blog. To be honest, I don´t have much time to write here anymore. 😅 I have so much to do and I constantly have to be somewhere. I´m not saying, that it´s bad, that I always have something to do. I really like it, I do. It´s just, that I think I don´t have enough time for my blog. It´s a shame, because I want to share my impressions and experiences also with you, here. One of the reasons I´m writing this blog, is that I can read it also myself, after I´m done with this exchange year. It´s a great way to see, how I have changed throughout the year and how many exiting things I have managed to do. I´m sorry again, that I didn´t update the blog last week. 😕 I really didn´t have the time.

THE FIRST PACKAGE

Last Thursday, 13th of September, I got my first package from my family back home in Estonia. 😇 Let´s just say that the feeling was the same, when I get to open the presents in christmas. I already knew, what they were gonna send me. 😁 Nevertheless, it was sooo exciting. Anyway, I got two sweathers, facial masks, teddy bear, shower gel, body cream, many different Estoninan candies, running shoes, two dresses, bed sheets from home and a T-shirt. Half of the things were my own, and half of them new. So it has been a whole full week since I got the package. And now, I have new thing, that I miss from home. If everything goes as planned, my next package should arrive in about a week or so. 😊

Yes, there´re signs with my name on the chocolate bars. 😂 I had to make sure, that
my Estonian family will not eat these before i get to put them into my luggage.

GERMANY – BELGIUM – THE NETHERLANDS  – the USA

On last Saturday, on 15th of September, me, my hostmother and –father decided to visit the point of the border of three different countries, We also visited a few other places on the way. We left the house right after breakfast. Firstly, we stopped at the Henry Chapelle Cemetery, in Belgium. As the area belongs officially to the USA, then theoretically I also got to visit America that day. 😃 In that cemetery there are 8000 graves of the American soldiers, who died in Belgium during the Second World War. The headstones are shaped as crosses and they are located so, that they form lines at least in three diferent ways. It´s really hard to explain. I hope the picture makes it a bit more clear. 

The second stop was the Abbaye du Val-Dieu. In 1216, it was a monastery and the last monks left there after the year of 2001. The monastery also has its own brewery, where they make a special kind of really strong beer. We got to taste it and had some cake in a cafe there. 😋 Lastly we visited the church of the monastery and looked at a huge garden that it has. It seemed more like a park than a garden. And it was so huge that we only walked through half of it. I also have to mention that I find the cathedral of Aachen much more beautiful than the church of that monarchy. Unfortunately I can´t show you the difference between those two, because at the one in Aachen, I wasn´t allowed to take any pictures. Suprisingly, a lot of people ride their bikes here. Not only Holland has a huge amount of bikes, but biking is also very popular in Belgium and Germany. Well, at least in the part of the country, that I live in.

The 6 liter beer bottles that were sold in the monastery 😮

The third and the last stop was the point, where the borders of the three countries (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands) come together. 😜 All three of us climbed to the top of the observation(?) tower and were quite tire afterwards. The stairs were also like seethrough, so you can see all the time how high up you are. I´m not usually scared of the hights, but that was quite scary even for me. 😵 When we came back down, I got to take a picture of me standing in three different countries at the same time. So in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

After all this, when we were back in Aachen, we visited a German fast food restaurant. I got myself a sausage with some sauerkraut (in english pickled cabbage(?)). At that time there was the event called Aachen September Special 2018. It lasted from thursday to sunday. Then we got to listen to a German cover-band called NYNE. 😍😎 I think I have never heard this kind of thing before. They sang german and english songs, and they sang so good. I think it was one one the best concerts I have ever been to. I really enjoyed the concert, even though I only knew about three of the songs, that they performed. 😇

MONSCHAU

Yesterday, 22nd of September, me and my hostmother visited a small German town called Monschau. It is one of the sweetest and the most beautiful places I have seen, and I definetly recommend visiting it to everyone. 😍💛 Manschau is located at the border of Germany. The area is about 95km2 and there live approximately 12 000 people. Compared to Tallinn, that city is about two times smaller.
We drove there about an hour from Aachen, but it was worth it. Monschau is located in a beautiful valley between two mountains and to get there, you have to drive along a long winding road. At first it was fun, but then my head started spinning. 😵 We parked our car outside the city centre, so we could see every part of the town. Autumn had already arrived in that town, the ground was covered with colourful leaves and the air was crisp, as it usually is in autumn. 🍁🍂 Monschau has a lot of cute little cafes and handicraft stores. After seeing the whole town, we decided to sit down in a cafe, rest, eat some cake and drink caffee. 🍰 What´s more, we visited the biggest sand sculpture museum in Europe and also a big glas factory. This little town is a real tourist magnet. I haven´t heard so many people speaking English for a while now + I also heard some Russian for the first time in Germany. 😁

FRIENDS

For the past few weeks I have been thinkg a lot about how to find friends here in Germany. At first I felt quite weird. I was like an alien among all the others. 👽 Everyone has their own friends, everyone knows what to do, who to talk to and where to be. I really felt out of place. I was put from one reality to another. I was looking for a place, where to be, and where I could feel myself more comfortable. I had this idea stuck in my head, that I have to start communicating with everyone straight away. That I have to find someone, who would be so good friend to me as someone, who I have already known for eleven years. It created a lot of stress for me and I think, that the strong headaches I had were just because of that. 😕Now I have come to a conclusion, that the smartest thing isn´t to instantly start making friends with everyone. Because I don´t really know, who they are, where they come from, and what they really think of me. I think, it´s better to find someone, who I have something in common with. Someone, who I have something to talk about, or something to do together with. For example, when you go to a store, you don´t take the first thing that catches your eye. You look around more, see everything and then take the one you like the most. In the end, it´s all your own decision. 😉

N.B.

It has been raining for hours now – the perfect weather for sitting under my blanket, write my blog and enjoy the candy from home. 😋 My favourite. 💕 Maybe that´s why I didn´t have the time to write my blog last weekend. Because the weather was too beautiful (30 degrees).

I´m gonna write my next blog post in about two weeks. Or three. Depending on how lazy I am. 😁

Aachen September Special 2018

//

Kui küsimusi tekib, siis võib julgelt kommentaaridesse jätta 😊 // You can leave your questions down below 😊

Tschüss! // Bye!