I survived my exam! However, I don't know yet if I have passed it. Anyhow, I won't have a 10 :) I'll already be glad to have passed the course! The first week of the second module is already finished... Time flies! But I have still a bunch of work ahead of me: for my new course 'European Politics, Economics and Constitution' if have 4 more essays to write, good for another 34 pages, and around 600 pages to read. For International Political Economy I have to write another 3 essays and I also have a mid-term exam in 2 weeks. For German and Latvian I only have to do my homework... I definitely won't be bored in the coming weeks :)
What happened in the past week? So, last weekend I went for a drink with Nadia on Saturday. On Sunday I went to play frisbee... the wind also played along with us :) Gosh, frisbee and strong wind don't really go together. In the evening I was invited at Nadia's place to eat some real Italian pizza. After we prepared the ingredients together (there were 3 other German Erasmus students and 1 French one), an Italian Erasmus student made us some nice pizza... It was an adventure :) But it was a good opportunity to meet some new people!
That wasn't the only adventure on Sunday. I took the bus to get to Nadia's place. It was not enough that I took the wrong bus... I ended up right, but it took a different route... No, 4 guys, of which 3 were totally drunk, had to get on my bus as well. One of the guys started talking to me in Latvian. So, I said to him: I don't speak Latvian, hoping he would leave me alone. Unfortunately his sober brother started talking to me in English. This is how our conversation went: (guy) So, where are you from? (me) Hm... Germany. (guy) And how long have you been in Riga? (me) Like a week or so... (guy) That's my brother you know... whilst pointing at one of the drunks (me) Oh, nice... (guy) He's a bit drunk, you see (me) Really? I haven't noticed... of course I said this in a very sarcastic manner :) Then they finally got off the bus... The final words of the sober guy were: Welcome to Latvia :) Jee, thanks :D
The rest of the week was quite dull. I started a new course (the European thingy one), got annoyed about the amount of work we have to do and I slept, ate, read and wrote some stuff :) Very interesting... The weather was really good! Although it wasn't really warm, the sun shone practically every day! Heavenly! The sun shining above the Daugava is the prettiest thing to see in Riga! It is really picture material... Of course, I don't have a picture of it :)
I saw a miracle on Tuesday :) Picture Jesus splitting the water in order to get to the other side of the land... I guess on Tuesday he came back to split the fog... There was a huge amount of fog; you could barely see a thing. When the tram drove over the bridge, I could not see the Daugava on either side of the bridge! Maybe it was playing hide-and-go-seek. Anyways, it was a really strange sight :)
Some big news: Saskia is going home... She is leaving me behind in cruel Riga :) She decided to go back home, because she is too homesick... Noooo, it's not my fault :p It's sad, but she made up her mind. Bad luck, I'm not coming home yet ;) I will return in December... after my exams are finished. Ieha! I can't wait... HOLIDAYS!!!
Some thingies I've learned recently:
What happened in the past week? So, last weekend I went for a drink with Nadia on Saturday. On Sunday I went to play frisbee... the wind also played along with us :) Gosh, frisbee and strong wind don't really go together. In the evening I was invited at Nadia's place to eat some real Italian pizza. After we prepared the ingredients together (there were 3 other German Erasmus students and 1 French one), an Italian Erasmus student made us some nice pizza... It was an adventure :) But it was a good opportunity to meet some new people!
That wasn't the only adventure on Sunday. I took the bus to get to Nadia's place. It was not enough that I took the wrong bus... I ended up right, but it took a different route... No, 4 guys, of which 3 were totally drunk, had to get on my bus as well. One of the guys started talking to me in Latvian. So, I said to him: I don't speak Latvian, hoping he would leave me alone. Unfortunately his sober brother started talking to me in English. This is how our conversation went: (guy) So, where are you from? (me) Hm... Germany. (guy) And how long have you been in Riga? (me) Like a week or so... (guy) That's my brother you know... whilst pointing at one of the drunks (me) Oh, nice... (guy) He's a bit drunk, you see (me) Really? I haven't noticed... of course I said this in a very sarcastic manner :) Then they finally got off the bus... The final words of the sober guy were: Welcome to Latvia :) Jee, thanks :D
The rest of the week was quite dull. I started a new course (the European thingy one), got annoyed about the amount of work we have to do and I slept, ate, read and wrote some stuff :) Very interesting... The weather was really good! Although it wasn't really warm, the sun shone practically every day! Heavenly! The sun shining above the Daugava is the prettiest thing to see in Riga! It is really picture material... Of course, I don't have a picture of it :)
I saw a miracle on Tuesday :) Picture Jesus splitting the water in order to get to the other side of the land... I guess on Tuesday he came back to split the fog... There was a huge amount of fog; you could barely see a thing. When the tram drove over the bridge, I could not see the Daugava on either side of the bridge! Maybe it was playing hide-and-go-seek. Anyways, it was a really strange sight :)
Some big news: Saskia is going home... She is leaving me behind in cruel Riga :) She decided to go back home, because she is too homesick... Noooo, it's not my fault :p It's sad, but she made up her mind. Bad luck, I'm not coming home yet ;) I will return in December... after my exams are finished. Ieha! I can't wait... HOLIDAYS!!!
Some thingies I've learned recently:
- You cannot sit on two toilet seats at the same time (a professor trying to explain the situation of Latvia regarding Russia and the European Union)
- 'Prot' means 'know' in Latvian... strange people! So mummy, from now on I will call you knowz ;)
- Walking around in Old Riga on high heels is dangerous :) There are too many 'kasseien' (for an English translation please visit http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/)
That's it for now... Uz redzesanos mani draugi!
Oh oh oh... Andy is coming on Sunday!!!!!!!!!! Hooray!!!!!!!!!! Zuzana is coming in less than a month... double hooray!!! My daddy, brothery and his girlfriendy are coming in a little bit more than a month... tripple hooray!!! Finally, my mumsie is coming in 2 months... fourple hooray???
PS: don't mind spelling and grammar mistakes :D Oh another funny thing... I explained English grammar to a Canadian girl... what a funny world?!
4 opmerkingen:
Godzijdank is er de 'van Dale':-p, waarin ik de Engelse vertaling vond voor 'kassei', nl. 'Cobble(stone)' of 'Paving stone' :-)
Nog 7 essays te gaan. Examen binnen 2 weken. Jeetje ! Die Rigaanse profs kennen werkelijk
geen medelijden :-s Gelukkig heb jij geen gebrek aan inspiratie.
Jesus splitting the fog ... gewoonweg *SCHITTEREND !*
Saskia die weggaat... wat jammer !
Wens haar het allerbeste van ons, he. Groetjes ook aan haar ouders.
Knowz ... (mmm ... sounds not too bad :-p)
P.S. : foto's kijken lukt nog altijd niet. Krijg steeds die boodschap : 'Google Fout 404 NOT_FOUND. Het verzoek kan niet worden verwerkt', als ik het fotoalbum wil openen :-s Wie weet raad ?
Hoooooooooooooooooi pipo!
Wat leuk dat er zoveel mensjes langskomen daar! :) En probeer een heel klein beetje te genieten van de vakken daar want ze klinken veel en veel interessanter dan alles hier.
Veel plezier met Andy dit weekend, gedraag jullie een beetje :D Of helemaal niet natuurlijk, en geef je huisgenootjes maar een flink koekje van eigen deeg :P
Oja, en in januari gaan we toch maar geen taalcursus meer doen, ik ben het leren een ietsiepietsie helemaal beu dan vermoed ik ;) Dus maar gewoon een weekje lekker luieren! :D
Allez, viel Spass noch... enne, is er een Nederlandse vertaling voor die rivier daar? Ik dacht namelijk dat het de Donau was maar die stroomt niet in Riga volgens Dieuwertje ;)
Heel veel liefs!!
JE MOET WEL FOTO'S MAKEN! Wat ben jij nu voor een rare piet :P
Vind het wel jammer dat Saskia naar huis gaat :( Zit je daar helemaal alleen! Maar... jij krijgt wel erug veel bezoek :D beter!!!
Ga je nog wat reisjes maken, of heb je daar denk je geen tijd voor? Vink wel jammer hoor, want dat hoort er juist bij!
Veel succes nog!!!
Xx!
Hey Ellen!
Veel werk daar precies. Zitten we toch een beetje in hetzelfde schuitje, hihi :-).
Vandaag neem je afscheid van Andy zeker?
Maar seg scheetje, I still miss you :-).
Ik heb ondertussen al twee artikels voor passe-partout en twee voor pas-uit geschreven. Flink hé? Hihi.
Alé geniet nog van je zondag, en dan er weer tegenaan voor een nieuwe week!
Smak!
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