Sometimes the Internet can be an amazing thing

As you may know, I am au pairing in Germany at the moment. I have been here a week, and so far I am really enjoying it. My host family are great and I am in a lovely area. The only problem is that I haven't met any other au pairs, or anyone else my own age. Until today that is.

I posted in an au pair Facebook group to see if there were any other au pairs nearby, and found a girl who is in a town about 40 minutes a way. Meeting up with people who you have met on the internet is one of those things that parents and teachers always tell you not to do. I ignored these warnings, and we made plans to meet at the main train station of the city that I am in.

There was a slightly awkward 'are you the person I am supposed to be meeting?' moment at the beginning, but after that it was a really day. Unfortunately the weather was not great, but we still had a good time wandering around the shops, sitting in Starbucks and chatting. We also managed to get a little bit lost on the tram, but when there are two of you, getting lost can be pretty amusing.

Freya x

Snail's pace

My Internet is being incredibly slow at the moment. Also my brothers got an X-box for Christmas, which may seem like it has nothing to do with this, but because we live in the middle of no-where our Internet connection is not great (it is just especially bad at the moment). This means that whenever they play fifa on x-box live (which, if they had their way would be all day), no one else is allowed to go on the Internet, because it makes the game laggy. So anyway I do not exactly think it's fair that because they now have this x-box I can't go on the Internet. But my parents make us share the 'internet time'. I feel like a 5 year old, with my allotted time for going on the Internet. I cannot be bothered to argue with my brothers every night over who is going on the Internet though. So this is my only choice.

This has led me to the discoveries that a) I hate x-box live with a passion, b) I spend a lot of time on the Internet and c) I do not know how people survived without the Internet. They must have gone outside (outside? noooo) and socialised ith people (ugh socialising? noooo).

So let me see, a list of things you can do without the Internet:
- Watch TV, although there is never anything on
- Read a book, but right now I have no new books to read
- Homework
- Watch paint dry... ;)
So basically there is not much to do. ;)

Freya x

Liebster Blog Award

OMG I am so excited about this! Thank you so much to Sophie from http://beingfifteenandblogging.blogspot.co.uk for nominating me, she is amazing! :)

Ok so here are the rules:

(1) When you receive the award, thank the person who gave it to you, and include their link in your blog(2) Post 11 things about yourself.(3) Answer the 11 questions of the person who nominated you.(4) Choose up to 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers.(5) Create 11 questions for your nominees!(6)  Inform the nominees of their nomination.

11 facts about me:

(1) The subjects I take are: Psychology, History, Human Biology and German
(2) I am completely obsessed with the TV show friends, and I would really like a friends T-shirt if anyone feels like buying one for me ;) 
(3) I have three younger brothers
(4) I have long brown hair, and brown/hazel eyes
(5) I procrastinate like crazy, and I should really be writing my History essay right now
(6) I love tea and drink it all the time (how British am I!?)
(7) I used to do Ballet until I realized that I can't dance
(8) My favourite food is ham and pineapple pizza
(9) I absolutely can't stand spiders
(10) I am really clumsy - I was in the canteen drinking hot chocolate on Monday, and I managed to pour it all down myself, so I spent the rest of the day smelling like chocolate :) 
(11) I lose everything - I have currently misplaced my hairbrush, so I rocking a (very) messy bun right now

Here are the questions I have to answer:

(1) who or what was your first love?Well I have never been in love with anybody (blame that on going to an all girls school), but I love my family to bits (even if they are annoying) and I guess I always have so I would say it's my family.

(2) where is your favourite place on earth?This is really hard to choose because there are so many places that I love, but my favourite place is probably London. My favourite place in London is probably Covent Garden because I like the little stalls in the market bit, and there are nice Restuarants where you ca sit outside, and my favourite thing of all are the street performers.  (3) what makes you amazing?Hmm okay this is actually a really hard question. I would like to think that I am a good friend, and I think I am a pretty good listener.

(4) where do you see yourself in 10 years?I'm going to tell you the truth I don't have a clue. The future terrifies me, and I honestly have no idea what I want to do with my life, which terrifies me even more. I hope that in 10 years I will have been to university, found a job that I love, and be living in a tiny apartment in New York.

(5) what inspired you to start blogging?I actually really don't know, I think I just woke up one morning and decided to make a blog!

(6) why are you proud of where you live?I've been thinking about this question for a while now, and I can't really think of anything. I guess that because I have never gone to a local school and most of my friends live far away I don't spend much time here, so I don't feel that much of a connection to this place.

(7) if you could be a character from a book, who would you be and why?I think I would like to be Katniss from The Hunger Games because she is so strong and clever and I would get to end up with Peeta. I wouldn't like to fight in the Hunger Games though. Or maybe I would be Alice from Alice in Wonderland because it would be fun to fall down the rabbit hole. Or maybe I would be someone from Harry Potter, not a main character though, just a random girl because it would be fun to be magic, and who doesn't want to go to Hogwarts? 

(8) who do you admire most in the world?Umm... I really don't know.

(9) what is your favourite song that in your opinion is under appreciated?'Everything has changed' by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, because I love that song, and I don't know if it is just my friends but it seems pretty under appreciated to me. 

(10) how are you going to spend this Christmas?I will be in Thailand this christmas, so I will probably spend it lying on the beach and swimming.

(11) what is your favourite quote, and why? My favourite quotes are always chnging, but a quote that I have always loved is this one from A Cinderella Story - "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game"

Ok so here are my nominees:
(1) http://offmychestblogdotcom2.wordpress.com

And here are my questions for you:

(1) If you could go anywhere right now where would you go?
(2) What is your favourite food?
(3) Do you believe in love at first sight?
(4) What would your perfect date be like?
(5) What is your biggest fear?
(6) What is your worst habit?
(7) When you were little what did you want to be when you grow up?
(8) What is your favourite season?
(9) What is your favourite animal?
(10) Where do you want to live in the future?
(11) If you could be anybody (Character from a book/movie/TV show, celebrity, someone you know...) who would you be?

So that's it, thankyou again to Sophie for nominating me!