As I wrote in the last post that I joined the AFS midterm- camp the last weekend in Finnsnes. So here I am, ready to post something more about the weekend and the places I were.
Friday 5th Feb 2010: I drove to Olderdalen about 2pm to be sure that I will catch the bus at the farry port about 3pm. So I went to my mum to deliver the car and waited there for half an hour before I started to walk to the ferry port waiting for the bus. I did not miss it, luckily! I met the other two AFS girls from Nordreisa on the bus by the way. The one comes from Netherland and the other one comes from Germany, both talk Norwegian very well! In the meantime we met two others AFS girls from Hong Kong and Thailand. The bus ride was uncomfortable, because the road was so bumpy, so I couldn't catch much sleep.. After over 3hours and 30 minutes buss ride and 3 times changing the bus, we finally arrived in Finnsnes. At the bus station in Finnsnes we met two ladies, who were waiting for us to give us a lift to the school. On the way to the school I finally could see an island, Senja, the one I've heard a lot about, concerning to something called "
Troll". There is a huge troll in Senja, but we didn't see it though. I told the chauffeur that I've heard a lot about the island and finally I could see it from the distance. She was so nice, she drove over the bridge, called
Gisundbro, to Senja island (the second biggest island in Norway). We stopped to take pictures at the Senjastua, a restaurant just right beside the bridge. The weather was cloudy and started to snow, so I couldn't take good pictures of the bridge. When we arrived at "Trollvik skole", we had a typical AFS- camp- soup as dinner. The soup was good, as always. It always tastes like AFS- camp; warm and tasty! The soup is mainly made of water and bouillon cubes, vegetables and meat/ sausage bites. Easy, standard, but good. After that we had activities, which I find really cosy. Later that evening I made " Spicy Noodle Salad". It was successfully, thanks to the AFSers from Thailand who gave me a hand making it. Most said it was good, but some didn't like it because it was too spicy for them. For me it wasn't spicy at all, just tasty. Afterwards we sat around the table and chatted laughed with each other, untill the bed time. To be honest, I had an awefull night because I couldn't sleep.
The bridge, Gisundbro
Outside the Senjastua. Me and Rieka(AFS Germany)
Me preparing for the Spicy Nooddle Salad
Here's my cooking team, and also the girl behind the camera* : )
Yes, we are like sisters.
It looks yummy, doesn't it?
Haha, he is proud to present our masterpiece : ]
OK. LET'S EAT!!!
*The girl at the right, she was the girl behind the camera.
Looks like we're a family^^
Saturday 6th Feb 2010: It snowed the last night and also on that day. I and another leader woke up at 7:50am, I think, because our group were going to prepare breakfast before 9am, but we wanted to take a shower first. The shower was cold, which is a normal experience, so I don't really mind such things. At the leader table, where I had my breakfast, I was quite quiet because I like enjoying my breakfast without talking too much and surely because I felt extremely tired. The whole day we had different activities/ programs for the AFSers in groups. After lunch the local AFS-leader came and wanted to take pictures of all of us. We went outside to take pictures. And as the leader team was going to be taking pictures the AFS students throw snowballs on us, so we had a snowball war afterwards... If was vey funny, but extremely cold because I got whole Thailand chasing after me and throwing snowballs on me. I wanted to take my revenge on one of them, who escaped away, but the person was too fast. Haha. And then we had heaps of free time, but I, as a leader had to work, I had the private conversations with some of the students. In the evening I played Skip-Bo with AFS students, while the other were watching movie/ Melodi Grand Prix final. I find Saturday evening the best. The leaders went to bed at 3am on Sunday.. I was dead tired, so I had no problem with sleeping that night.
The leaders around the leader table. The breakfast meeting.
Lunch break. I pose with feelings!
The school building and SNOW(-fall)!
Here we are, the whole region 5 and the leaders.
Photoshooting. Just befor the snoball war begun.
The snowball war has begun.
Protect yourself from being hit on your head!
Try to escape.. if you can!
Run away like there is no tomorrow...
Right before I got whole Thailand behind me.
Playing Skip-Bo with the students.
Sunday 7th Feb 2010: There were 3 leaders(I was one of them) who woke up at 8:30am, also, later then the others. Anyways, I was the first one who got up, but the last one who sat down around the table.. Shame on me!! That day we had some programs with the students as well. They had to make poster about "Globalisation", and the winner poster will be sent to the AFS office in Oslo, where it will be shown. Every group did a good job. After the winner is voted, we had lunch, then the evaluation about the camp. I and two exchange girls, who live in Nordreisa, had to leave the place earliest, at 2:15pm. I arrived home about 6:30pm, it was a long journey, but I slept almost all the way because the road wasn't bumpy anymore and the seats on the busses were comfortable.
Snow. I totally got Christmas feelings! View from the kitchen window, frontyard.
The backyard view.
The students from my group. Some were working and some were playing.
I sat in front of the classroom writing journals from the private conversations.
I look like a teacher, they said.
My group presenting the "Maria" poster.
Students from Japan and Germany.
Me and students from Hong Kong and Indonesia. They are lovely.
Me and another girl from Hong Kong.
I wear glasses because somebody told me that they fit me.
Do they?!
These students will bring the future something good, I'm pretty sure about that.
They way to the bus station. Isn't it wonderful?
The bridge, Gisundbro.
In the bus at Finnsnes bus station.
Thank you everyone for the pictures!
DancerWithoutShoes
