Lähtötunnelmia

Tässä on niin sanotusti nyt lähdön hetket käsillä. Pakattu on, hyvästelty on: enää vain odotellaan. Me aloitetaan matkanteko siis jo tänään Kristiinan kanssa. Tai huomenna, sunnuntain puolella yötä.. Lähdetään yhdeltä yöllä bussilla kohti Lontoota. Perillä meidän pitäisi olla n. 7.25. Sen kummempia suunnitelmia ei ole, koska nyt vuorostaan Kristiina on tosi kipeenä.. Toivottavasti saadaan edes muutama tunti unta bussissa..

Big Benille kävelyn suunnittelua.

Tosiaan siis kummempia suunnitelmia Lontooseen ei ole, ainakaan Kristiinalla. Ollaan perillä jo aamusta ja lento lähtee vasta illalla 18.45 paikallista aikaa. (20.45 Suomen aikaa.)

Itse ajattelin käydä aamupalalla jossain kivassa paikassa ja sitten kävellä katsomaan Big Beniä ja ehkä piipahtaa joissain kaupoissa jos vastaan joitain kivoja tulee. 

Lontoosta meidän täytyy jatkaa matkaa vielä lentokentälle Gatwickiin, matka on n. Puoli tuntia bussilla. Bussi lähtee samalta Victoria Voach Stationilta mihin saavumme täältä Plymouthista tulevalla bussilla.

Voiton tuuletus: reissusta almost selvitty!

Täytyy kyllä sanoa, että itselle tämä 4 viikkoa on tuntunut oikein sopivalta ajalta. Olen saanut irti mielestäni todella paljon näinkin "lyhyessä" ajassa. Englannin puhumisesta on tullut sujuvaa. Sen on nähnyt jo siinä kun itsenäisesti on täytynyt puhua englantia ja laajentaa sitä osaamista: työt, arkipäivän kanssakäyminen, kuntosalin jäsenyys, kosmetologi palvelut, ravintola, uudet ystävät. Hyvin sitä on selvinnyt ihan itse vieraassa maassa!

Pienistä vastoinkäymisistä huolimatta reissu on ollut oikein antoisa, olen saanut hyviä ystäviä, nauranut, vähän itkuakin tirauttanut ja oppinut niin paljon uutta! Hienoa, että tällainen ulkomaanjakso on mahdollista. 

-Rosa

Last friday

Today we went to school (Almond Vocational) and stayed there a while. We met other people from Hyria and we got our certificates etc. After that we all Me, Kristiina, Rikhard, Tuure and Teemu went together to eat. It was nice to meet other Finnish people and talk with them. 

Waiting bus.

Burger King

Then our ways separated, Tuure and Teemu went back home because they are travelling tonight to London and flight tomorrow morning back to Finland. me and Kristiina went to do final shoppings to friends and family.

Tuliaisia

-Rosa

Final packing

Uhh. The things I've bought from here! Now I realise how much I have stuff when it's time for packing. Oh my oh my. :D

I haven't packed all of it yet but I hope I manage to get it all in my luggage. And I hope that it won't weight too much! 

Kristiina has huuuge luggage and her bag weighted already 17 kg when we came here (limit is 20 kg and then you have to pay). I hope neuther from us has to pay from extra kilos... 

Packing

-Rosa

Final week

My final week started awful.. I was sick for three days, and still I'm a bit stuffy. I hope it goes away before our flight back home.. Last days in work were pretty similar with past days. Nothing special. 

My french friends, last work day.

Today we are going out one last time with Kristiina and my french friend Lou and Rikhard is maybe joining us too. I think it's going to be sad to say goodbye, me and Lou have become really good friends. But both of us are still happy and excited to go back home.

Frappucino at Starbucks.

-Rosa

Third week

Third week is now about to end. It's sunday night. I'm looking forward to come back home & Finland. Altough this place is really nice. 

At this moment I feel a bit sick, my throat is aching and nose is bleeding :( I hope I won't be sick on plane.. 

This week has gone really quick. In work it has been quite easy week. I've been "hanging out" almost everyday after work with the French girl who works in a same shop as me. 

I was really luvky on friday, I got from the city centre a 7-days free pass to local Lifecenter. I can go to gym, swimming pool and to sauna free until next friday! 

Walking back to home from LifeCenter

It has been really good week. I'm looking forward coming home and graduating but I think I'll miss this place and people I've met. But now I have to go back with my studies, I have 2nd of june entrance examination to Haaga-Helia and 5th of june same thing in Lamk. 

-Rosa

Food in England

This post is going to be about food in England. 
I must admit that I was very surprised that home-made food isn't that different from Finnish food. Pasta bolognese, potatoes and fish, meat sauce and mashed potatoes etc. Very similar that in Finland. Like I've said in earlier post, I think we are very lucky to live here. Our host (Judith) does very good food. And like she says "I'ts nice and fresh". We eat healthy: Pork, chicken and fish, salad, vegetables, potatoes, rice. And of course wonderful desserts. Most of time dessert is fruits and chocolate mousse or yogurt. Today Judith made for us Banana Split, mmm yammy. 
Judith picks up our salad, tomatoes, cucumber and other vegetables, meat and potatoes from a local farm. Very different from other hosts, our spanish friend told tha her friends gt everyday frozen pizza or ready hamburger... But like I've said: we're lucky!
Here's some pictures of foods that we've had.

Garlic bread and Pasta Bolognese, mm.

Fish, potatoes and salad. One of my favorites!

Chicken, vegetables and potates.

Fish, potatoes, salad and "salty" pie (down left in picture) is absolutely my favorite!

-Rosa

Oxfam

First of all I'm going to answer some of earlier questions.
"Oxfam is a global movement of people working towards a world without poverty. And we won't rest until we get the job done." -from www.oxfam.com

Oxfam was founded in 1943. Nowadays there is over 700 Oxfam shops in Great Britain. Like the quote says Oxfam is fighting against poorness in world. Oxfam where I'm working is quite big, comparing to other charity shop in Plymouth. 
Quality in products is very high I think. Clothes and other items are very precisely before tagging and putting them to the shop. I think Quality is quite same as in Finland.

First you take "the tagger" put price to price tag..

Then you put the needle through tag in clothing..

..And press, ready to go!

Second, I really don't know what to write. I'm not that good in writing :D... So I'm going to tell you about the weather in here. It's different from Finland's weather. One minute we can have realy warm and sunny and in the second it can be windy and rainy. One does not simply go anywhere -even if it's sunny- without umbrella. 
Now past few days it has been really good weather! Sunny and warm, ahh lovely.

Central park

I'm not really good posing to pictures :D

-Rosa