Just a quickie to say that I've finally managed to post my photos from the farewell dinner we had on tuesday 16/05. Sooo great, sooo many idiotic faces.
Please don't judge me too harshly.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Friday, May 19, 2006
Let's all welcome Chloe's liver back to Linköping, HG styles!
Greetings and Salutations!
I'm in a particularly good mood at the moment, having just finished my last class for the week. Lets ignore the fact that this was the only class I went to this week, and press on with the more important issues... such as my reintroduction to the world of binge drinking. And what a reintroduction it was!
When I returned to Linkoping it was time to prepare for our Erasmus farewell dinner - in other words, the last Sittning we'll have in Sweden *sob*. Had a jolly good time racing around my room, getting all dressed up, until i realised that i was running late for pre drinks (as per the norm), and had to bolt to Jochems.
We finally arrived at the dinner for 730, I got very confused as to the seating arrangements (at Sittnings, you don't get to pick where you sit), but finally found my seat thanks to my clever detective work (that and the fact that I got called over, lol). As per usual, we got beer and half a bottle of wine each (unless of course your name is Roberto or Jochem, in which case you get 3 bottles each, all stolen from other people through a combination of 'Look over there!' hand movements, and some very fast switching, empty bottle for full). Needless to say we had one messy Sicilian, and an even messier Dutch boy who doesn't remember a damn thing from that night. And what do you do when you don't remember things from the previous night? Why, you make up rumours about other people, of course! (Silja will never forget that one)
After much singing (including a rendition of our national anthems by the Australians - "We're happy little Vegemites", and "Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oy Oy Oy!"), photo taking (Ben was taking photos of people leaving the dinner hall...I'm very proud to say I made it into every single one of them), and eating (potatoes were YUM), we adjourned to the dancefloor in HG to boogie down for the rest of the night.
Now, since being here, I've noticed that my 'party photo' faces have gone from respectable, to downright ridiculous. I will have to illustrate my point later, because Hello is (yet again) being a cockfag.
TTFN,
Chloe xx
I'm in a particularly good mood at the moment, having just finished my last class for the week. Lets ignore the fact that this was the only class I went to this week, and press on with the more important issues... such as my reintroduction to the world of binge drinking. And what a reintroduction it was!
When I returned to Linkoping it was time to prepare for our Erasmus farewell dinner - in other words, the last Sittning we'll have in Sweden *sob*. Had a jolly good time racing around my room, getting all dressed up, until i realised that i was running late for pre drinks (as per the norm), and had to bolt to Jochems.
We finally arrived at the dinner for 730, I got very confused as to the seating arrangements (at Sittnings, you don't get to pick where you sit), but finally found my seat thanks to my clever detective work (that and the fact that I got called over, lol). As per usual, we got beer and half a bottle of wine each (unless of course your name is Roberto or Jochem, in which case you get 3 bottles each, all stolen from other people through a combination of 'Look over there!' hand movements, and some very fast switching, empty bottle for full). Needless to say we had one messy Sicilian, and an even messier Dutch boy who doesn't remember a damn thing from that night. And what do you do when you don't remember things from the previous night? Why, you make up rumours about other people, of course! (Silja will never forget that one)
After much singing (including a rendition of our national anthems by the Australians - "We're happy little Vegemites", and "Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oy Oy Oy!"), photo taking (Ben was taking photos of people leaving the dinner hall...I'm very proud to say I made it into every single one of them), and eating (potatoes were YUM), we adjourned to the dancefloor in HG to boogie down for the rest of the night.
Now, since being here, I've noticed that my 'party photo' faces have gone from respectable, to downright ridiculous. I will have to illustrate my point later, because Hello is (yet again) being a cockfag.
TTFN,
Chloe xx
Damn Hello to the depths of hell...
I'm trying to upload pictures...
damn Hello is being an arsehole.
Here you go people. Be grateful, frankie moo! (just kidding, didn't mean to be so harsh, love you cutie pie xoxo)
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Chanson d'amour
Suckers!
I got back home to Linkoping last night, after a whole week in PARIS! Yeeeeehhaaaaa! Had sooo much fun, did soo much, crossed like a million things off my 'i wanna do this in Paris, should i ever get there' list. So here is a rundown of how my week in gay paree went down:
Tuesday 9/05 - got on plane to Charles de Gaulle, airport is not very impressive, but i did enjoy the massive human conveyer belt. Met dad and helen at the opera house, then went to the hotel, and found a lovely little french bistro for dinner. Had escargots (snails for those of you uneducated folk, and are actually really nice) - tick! Ordered my meal in french, and was understood - tick!
Wednesday 10/05 - Huuuge day. Eiffel tower in the morning. We took the easy option, and took the lift right to the top - tick! I'm sure it would have been a spectacular view had it not been a foggy morning, but it was very impressive nonetheless. Bought a couple of souvenirs (of course), took some photos, blah blah blah. Afternoon - Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe - tick! Very impressed with both, loved the class of the Champs Elysees (went into Louis Vuitton, totally drooled even though i dont like Vuitton at all! must have been the location...), loved the fact that I could barely contain my excitement at being at the Arc de Triomphe, while the french people around either totally ignored it, or looked at it as though it were an eyesore. lol
In the evening we went to Montmartre for a quick drink and dinner before going to the Moulin Rouge! Had a glass of french champagne (of course) while watching the 2 hour show - tick! Realised that Moulin Rouge is gods gift to men and women. For the men - gorgeous girls prancing around on stage in sparkly g-strings, most of whom are topless as well - need I say more? For the ladies - brilliant dancing, amazing costumes, verrry cute boys - all of whom can dance extremely well, AND have very nice bodies ;) lol
Of course, no photography allowed, but I did get a program, so plenty of nice pics in there.
Thursday 11/05 - Went to the Louvre in the morning, and stood in front of La Joconde...aka Mona Lisa - tick! Stood in front of it for aaaaages, trying to figure out what the big deal is. It certainly is an amazing painting, but i'm still not entirely sure what all the fuss is about. Besides, its hard to get a real feel for a painting when its sitting behind glass, and there are like 50 tourists around you all cramming to try and get a good view. Still, its another thing ticked off my list. I really liked the Apollo Gallery (this amazing room that is wall to wall/ceiling paintings and gold) - which is also impossible to photograph well. aaannnyway!
Went to Notre Dame in the afternoon - tick! Had a bit of a look around for Quasimodo (lol), took some photos of course. It was really huge, but after the Louvre it kind of feels like you have culture coming out of every orifice, so it gets a bit difficult to fully appreciate anything worth seeing.
Friday 12/05 - Musee D'Orsay in the morning. I actually enjoyed this collection of paintings a little more than those at the Louvre, but I really love Monet. There were quite a few of his paintings at this gallery, so i spent quite a bit of time in front of those. They also had some really nice Renoirs (not the one I was hoping to see unfortunately, but still great nonetheless).
Back to Montmartre in the afternoon - this time to the Basilica de Sacre Coeur - tick! It was really lovely, very impressed with that one. The inside is breathtaking, but as with most of the really beautiful cathedrals - no photographs. They also had a choir of nuns singing, which was really amazing to hear. This stupid woman was filming inside, it was good to see her frogmarched out the door - only to have her husband try and sneak a photograph in! Ignorami.
Saturday 13/05 - Shopping day! Mostly uninteresting, but bought a new pair of jeans... cos my others had a most unattractive hole in the inner leg. Damn bicycles.
Sunday 14/05 - Chateau de Versailles. AMAZING palace, the biggest place I've ever seen in my life! Had a ridiculous amount of gold inside, was totally extravagant. Something I think my grandparents would love to see in particular. It was really really beautiful. Stood in the most amazing room i've ever been in - the hall of mirrors. You need to be there to truly appreciate it, cos the photos just dont do it justice.
Monday 15/05 - Another shopping day. We went to one of the pricier areas of town, near the Rue de Rivoli. They had some really beautiful things, but a lot of them were also really out of my price range. dang. walked for AGES (we had like 6 hours to kill), then went back to the hotel to wait for our shuttle to the airport. Our plane got delayed at Charles de Gaulle, but when we finally got to Stockholm we stayed at the Hilton. By far the most luxurious hotel I've ever stayed in! Impeccable.
Tuesday 16/05 - Train back to Linkoping! More on the farewell dinner for ESN later :D
Stay in school kids,
Chloe xo
I got back home to Linkoping last night, after a whole week in PARIS! Yeeeeehhaaaaa! Had sooo much fun, did soo much, crossed like a million things off my 'i wanna do this in Paris, should i ever get there' list. So here is a rundown of how my week in gay paree went down:
Tuesday 9/05 - got on plane to Charles de Gaulle, airport is not very impressive, but i did enjoy the massive human conveyer belt. Met dad and helen at the opera house, then went to the hotel, and found a lovely little french bistro for dinner. Had escargots (snails for those of you uneducated folk, and are actually really nice) - tick! Ordered my meal in french, and was understood - tick!
Wednesday 10/05 - Huuuge day. Eiffel tower in the morning. We took the easy option, and took the lift right to the top - tick! I'm sure it would have been a spectacular view had it not been a foggy morning, but it was very impressive nonetheless. Bought a couple of souvenirs (of course), took some photos, blah blah blah. Afternoon - Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe - tick! Very impressed with both, loved the class of the Champs Elysees (went into Louis Vuitton, totally drooled even though i dont like Vuitton at all! must have been the location...), loved the fact that I could barely contain my excitement at being at the Arc de Triomphe, while the french people around either totally ignored it, or looked at it as though it were an eyesore. lol
In the evening we went to Montmartre for a quick drink and dinner before going to the Moulin Rouge! Had a glass of french champagne (of course) while watching the 2 hour show - tick! Realised that Moulin Rouge is gods gift to men and women. For the men - gorgeous girls prancing around on stage in sparkly g-strings, most of whom are topless as well - need I say more? For the ladies - brilliant dancing, amazing costumes, verrry cute boys - all of whom can dance extremely well, AND have very nice bodies ;) lol
Of course, no photography allowed, but I did get a program, so plenty of nice pics in there.
Thursday 11/05 - Went to the Louvre in the morning, and stood in front of La Joconde...aka Mona Lisa - tick! Stood in front of it for aaaaages, trying to figure out what the big deal is. It certainly is an amazing painting, but i'm still not entirely sure what all the fuss is about. Besides, its hard to get a real feel for a painting when its sitting behind glass, and there are like 50 tourists around you all cramming to try and get a good view. Still, its another thing ticked off my list. I really liked the Apollo Gallery (this amazing room that is wall to wall/ceiling paintings and gold) - which is also impossible to photograph well. aaannnyway!
Went to Notre Dame in the afternoon - tick! Had a bit of a look around for Quasimodo (lol), took some photos of course. It was really huge, but after the Louvre it kind of feels like you have culture coming out of every orifice, so it gets a bit difficult to fully appreciate anything worth seeing.
Friday 12/05 - Musee D'Orsay in the morning. I actually enjoyed this collection of paintings a little more than those at the Louvre, but I really love Monet. There were quite a few of his paintings at this gallery, so i spent quite a bit of time in front of those. They also had some really nice Renoirs (not the one I was hoping to see unfortunately, but still great nonetheless).
Back to Montmartre in the afternoon - this time to the Basilica de Sacre Coeur - tick! It was really lovely, very impressed with that one. The inside is breathtaking, but as with most of the really beautiful cathedrals - no photographs. They also had a choir of nuns singing, which was really amazing to hear. This stupid woman was filming inside, it was good to see her frogmarched out the door - only to have her husband try and sneak a photograph in! Ignorami.
Saturday 13/05 - Shopping day! Mostly uninteresting, but bought a new pair of jeans... cos my others had a most unattractive hole in the inner leg. Damn bicycles.
Sunday 14/05 - Chateau de Versailles. AMAZING palace, the biggest place I've ever seen in my life! Had a ridiculous amount of gold inside, was totally extravagant. Something I think my grandparents would love to see in particular. It was really really beautiful. Stood in the most amazing room i've ever been in - the hall of mirrors. You need to be there to truly appreciate it, cos the photos just dont do it justice.
Monday 15/05 - Another shopping day. We went to one of the pricier areas of town, near the Rue de Rivoli. They had some really beautiful things, but a lot of them were also really out of my price range. dang. walked for AGES (we had like 6 hours to kill), then went back to the hotel to wait for our shuttle to the airport. Our plane got delayed at Charles de Gaulle, but when we finally got to Stockholm we stayed at the Hilton. By far the most luxurious hotel I've ever stayed in! Impeccable.
Tuesday 16/05 - Train back to Linkoping! More on the farewell dinner for ESN later :D
Stay in school kids,
Chloe xo
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Walpurgis Day
Greetings Earthlings!
Well, this weekend was Valborg in Sweden - also known as Walpurgis Day. Apparently it's a big tradition to celebrate the last day of April (especially if you're a student), by getting up really early, drinking exorbitant amounts of alcohol, and partying until the wee hours of the morning. All to celebrate the arrival of Spring!
And so we did, in true Swedish style. We met at 945 on a Sunday morning (eugh!) equipped with beer, bicycles and our overalls, and headed down to the river to watch the dragon boat races. God these people are idiots - a whole bunch of swedes, all pioneering dragon boats in various states of undress, with those who were clothed looking totally ridiculous in a wonderful assortment of togas, men in drag, superheroes, and pirates. Fantastical. Really wanted to see someone fall in the river, but unfortunately didn't happen. Not to matter! We kept ourselves entertained, dancing, drinking, playing soccer, and evading the law in our own little way...
After the dragon boats we went to Tradgardsforeningen (try saying that 3 times fast) for a picnic in the park. After some very interesting bench antics the boys went to play soccer again, while the girls conspired as to how we could steal the ball away from them. With a spectacular bit of trickery by Angela and Silja, they managed to steal it (and get quite far), before Silja decided to throw the ball not to Angela, but into a tree, earning her a lovely crash tackle by one of the boys. Angela and I conspired against Lex, to test his level of Unagi while playing soccer - only to discover that it's very hard to sneak up on someone with at least 20 people watching. As a result, we ended up on the ground, covered in dirt and leaves. Spectacular.
After the park, we went back to Jonathan's place for some dinner and a nice drinking game or 2 before the kravall. After 3 very rowdy rounds of Kings (and a substantial amount of vodka), we headed off to the kravall - Akuten (Emergency). It was pretty good, music was a bit disappointing though - too much old school techno for my liking... I did however, get some lovely photographs; take particular note of Jonathan's lovely hair, which we all took turns wearing. I must say, the mullet look simply isn't for me.
Stay in school kids,
Chloe xx
Well, this weekend was Valborg in Sweden - also known as Walpurgis Day. Apparently it's a big tradition to celebrate the last day of April (especially if you're a student), by getting up really early, drinking exorbitant amounts of alcohol, and partying until the wee hours of the morning. All to celebrate the arrival of Spring!
And so we did, in true Swedish style. We met at 945 on a Sunday morning (eugh!) equipped with beer, bicycles and our overalls, and headed down to the river to watch the dragon boat races. God these people are idiots - a whole bunch of swedes, all pioneering dragon boats in various states of undress, with those who were clothed looking totally ridiculous in a wonderful assortment of togas, men in drag, superheroes, and pirates. Fantastical. Really wanted to see someone fall in the river, but unfortunately didn't happen. Not to matter! We kept ourselves entertained, dancing, drinking, playing soccer, and evading the law in our own little way...
After the dragon boats we went to Tradgardsforeningen (try saying that 3 times fast) for a picnic in the park. After some very interesting bench antics the boys went to play soccer again, while the girls conspired as to how we could steal the ball away from them. With a spectacular bit of trickery by Angela and Silja, they managed to steal it (and get quite far), before Silja decided to throw the ball not to Angela, but into a tree, earning her a lovely crash tackle by one of the boys. Angela and I conspired against Lex, to test his level of Unagi while playing soccer - only to discover that it's very hard to sneak up on someone with at least 20 people watching. As a result, we ended up on the ground, covered in dirt and leaves. Spectacular.
After the park, we went back to Jonathan's place for some dinner and a nice drinking game or 2 before the kravall. After 3 very rowdy rounds of Kings (and a substantial amount of vodka), we headed off to the kravall - Akuten (Emergency). It was pretty good, music was a bit disappointing though - too much old school techno for my liking... I did however, get some lovely photographs; take particular note of Jonathan's lovely hair, which we all took turns wearing. I must say, the mullet look simply isn't for me.
Stay in school kids,
Chloe xx
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