Germany...again

Heey!

So now we´re in Germany again! We´re at this Sport hotel which is perfect for Nathan, we had been here 5 minutes and he had already found a mountain bike and gone up in the mountains.

Yesterday we took a train for 2 hours, arrived in Innsbruck and were going to go bungy jumping. Turns out they had closed like 10 minutes earlier or something so we had gone all that way for nothing! We then took the train back, watched the finals of the 26" and went back to the Hotel.

The hotel I was staying at was about 15km away from Saalfelden, very discrete location and soo incredibly cozy, everything was made out of wood, alps on both sides and so traditional. I got back to the hotel right after midnight and everything was locked up! .. I knocked, no answer, tried the extra key and even got Nathan to try it because I thought I was just being weak, still didn´t work and I finally walked around the hotel trying to find an open door. 

I was on the edge of desperation when I climbed up to the balcony of the room and was attempting to breaking in to my own hotel room! of course that didn´t work... Checking for the last time if I´d be able to open one of the doors I pressed it and swooosh, it was open all along! Half an hour wasted trying to break into a hotel! So typical getting into situations like this. Next time I´ll remember to try pushing every door before I start climbing balconies! 

Nathans back so we're gonna go out to eat with his parents now... I'm going home tomorrow so I'll post pictures and more then

Eagles nest

The last days have been amazing. 

Monday all went pretty fast in salzburg, tuesday and wednsday my friend nathan was competing in the world championship in trials. He already won #1 in australia and was therefore reprisenting them in the worlds. Only 10 minutes before it all started he was warming up, fell and broke his break, his dad then had to rush to get another break to switch. It was all very stressfull since he also gets judged on time... He lost at least half an hour but It all went well though and he ended up 14th in the world! Wohho, next year it's held in south africa and I believe he will do even better then!

Yesterday we then drove to germany and up into the mountains to see Hitlers summer house, where him and all his other disgusting friends met up and planned their unhuman actions. You could see all these pictures and history of what he did and how he did it, being in the same elevator as he once was and sitting exactly where he was sitting when he was deciding to torture all these people is sickening!

Such a beautiful place, ruined because of this horrible man! Thinking how recently this all happened is so scary. 

Last night we went to watch the top riders compete for first place. I was actually surprised how fast I got into this, I had imagined walking around town doing some late night shopping while nate would be watching that, but oh no I was right there so excited what was going to happen next. It's a really easy sport to watch, you get brakes inbetween and unalike football, basketball and handball you actually understand when somebody gets a point and know if its unfair or not. You dont just stand there and get distracted by the smallest things and clap when everybody else claps... Hahaha

Today is going to be soo much fun, nathan is riding to get rid of that ridiculous amount of energy he woke up with so I'm going to go out for a walk between the alps... Then were gonna have lunch and catch a train to innsbruck where we'll (hopefully) go bungee jumping of europbrucken. That is if I dont change my mind on the way or if some stupid thing doesnt happen that wont allow us to go!

Crossing my fingers that I won't die! :D 

Germania

Not bad waking up to this view! mmm had the best day ever yesterday, I'll put pictures later :) off to germany now !!

Österreich

Finally finally! Im in austria.

You know me, of course nothing went smoothly... 

8 hours before I left I started feeling funny and peeing blood (sorry for the brutal honesty haha). I just thought like oh this is just perfect now I'll go to the doctor and he'll tell me I have a weird disease that won't allow me to fly, it 'only' turned out to be a kidney infection. 

I got some antibiotics, packed and went to the airport... Forgetting the medicine at home so poor mom had to rush back home and get it. 

At the airport I then had my drinking bottle and while waiting in some line I was playing with it, screwing the lid on and off, you know fun stuff... At some point I got distracted while the lid was off, completely forgot I had taken it off and then proceeded with pouring my full water bottle all over my chest! At least I amused the people around me. This was When I was just about to go on a 8 hour long trip! 

When I finally get to austria I was supposed to be picked up, but then I get a call saying that they went to lienz instead of linz,, they had driven 4 hours in the wrong direction! 

We finally found each other though and went out to eat pizza and some austrian apfel something or another. Then I had forgotten the name of my hotel so we couldn't find that so I got to crash on the couch of the world championship team! Not bad huhh hahaha

Now I'm safe and sound finally in my own hotel room in the cutest little town between the alps in austria. Everything is so beautiful, trees all over and houses made from wood. 

Tomorrow I'm going to watch the world championship in mountain biking trials, never done that before :D then I'll find something fun to do, saalfelden has a lot to offer! I'll probably get lost and end up living with cows in the alps. 

un'altro viaggio

In the last 4 days I have slept 11 hours thank you very much! Now I have 17 hours until I'm going to catch my flight and I still have left working for 10 hours & sleeping & packing!

I need 34 hours in my day! :( 

There has also been a slight change of plans. 

I'm not going to London anymore... or I am, but I'm catching a connection flight as soon as I get there to go to Austria. I got really lucky with the tickets and found a cheap one that leaves from London 3 hours after I arrive there. Why not?

Ok. I'm a complete freak. I have a check list for packing in my room. It works though, it saves me about 2 hours of running around like a headless chicken!

I'm only taking that brown bag with me because if I want to check in a bag it costs more than the flight ticket and I don't really need more. The limitations of liquids however then make life a bit difficult but I have it all figured out!

I have a box in my room with all "this-type-of-stuff". little bag for documents & tickets. Mini shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, mouthwash, hand sanitize & nail polish. Then I also have my dry shampoo, which I love! It's a travel version so it's smaller and it's so comfy only having to clean your hair once a week while travelling and using dry shampoo the days in between. 

then you of course can't forget the brennivin bottle there hahaha! good for if you want to get drunk on a long bus ride or something

My two favorite mini travel things... 

1. This great invention for perfume!

You take what ever perfume you want to be in the bottle and simply just spray into the part that's turning up on the picture. Then you just close it up and you have I think 120 sprays before it's finished. Also nice to have in your purse :D

Such a weight saver!

2. This wonderful scale to weigh your bag

You just take the strips (you can see them on the second picture) and click them around the handles of the bag. Then you just turn the scale on and lift your bag up and it gives you a precise number of how heavy your bag is both in lb & kg. The scale itself is I'd guess less than 200 gr and is really worth squeezing in your bag. Even when your at home you can't really check your baggage weight because the home scales aren't made for it. Can save you heaps of money.

Now I have a lunch date with Sunna. We're gonna track down the fattest, greasiest most hang-over food we can find and eat it all! 

of monsters and men

First time I was going to buy an album instead of downloading it.

Excuse me? Of monsters and men is not available in the Icelandic store? haha!

So I went to the store and bought the CD itself. 

I've had around 8 friends abroad sending me messages telling me that they either went to a concert with them or heard them in the radio and absolutely love them. They certainly raise up my national pride! 

I didn't realize that they had made this many songs but my favorites are 

• Dirty paws ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgn8Eoh9aSY )
• Love love love ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj5JO9j5jiI )
• Six weeks (  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBtnnZX_jDU )
• Little talks ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6BC_uQEEmM )

Check them out, you really won't regret it! I promise! 

oh, btw... Today I was in such a hurry I forgot to eat before I went to work so after I had driven all the way to Reykjavík I stop by in a store to buy something also to have for the night since I was going to be working 12 hours straight. On the way to the shop I walk past a homeless man that asks me if I have any money, so I empty my purse to him giving him everything I had. He was soo happy and I just went on my way. After I had found everything I wanted in the store I realize I had forgotten my credit card at home and the money I gave the man was way more than enough to pay for everything! I then worked 12 hours with only a snickers my darling co-bartender had with him and orange juice... Am I misunderstanding or isn't karma supposed to work the other way around?? hahaha

105

Housing problems are probably fixed! 

Thank god, I've been worrying for so long. My friend is moving to Reykjavík and when I offered him a girl roommate, how could he say no?

He has an adorable 2 year old son that I was already going to take care of twice a week until I came up with the brilliant solution of just moving in with them haha! I have a place to live and he has a babysitter whenever he needs. win-win!

The apartment is literally the house next to my school and I can ride a bike to work if I don't feel like walking for 15 minutes. Nothing's written in stone yet but so far it looks as if it will work out 

Looks like I won't be living on the street after all, yay!

Haaave you met Týra?

This little muffin has been the light in my life whenever I go to Reykjavík. She's a complete primadonna and the queen of the house. My grandparents wanted to give me a puppy for ages, they finally achieved their goal and she was born on my birthday. If I'd believe in Astrology I'd be claiming that she's this adorable because of her birthday. Next month I'll be celebrating my 20th birthday and Týra her 5th. 

Whats'app

on to the next thing, have you ever heard of whats'app? If you haven't then go to your market or appstore and get it. Within Iceland texting is free but texting to or within other countries is so expensive so this becomes a lifesaver! 

It's kinda like a chat but instead of your facebook account it's connected to your phone number, it's also so easy to send pictures and voice clips, funfunfun! 

You can see when the other person was last seen online and weather or not they have seen your message. 

Seen 5:35am

What the hell made facebook (& whats'app for that matter) think that it would be a good idea for other people to be able to see when you've seen their messages?! I feel like my privacy has been violated. If I choose to ignore someone and then lie that I was asleep it's my business. What's next? being able to see who views your profile? I won't be able to cyber stalk anyone without them knowing. I'm not happy. Let's all sign a petition!

Now it's 05:44 in the morning and I'm still awake, the sun has gone down and come up again. I'm gonna go back to watching Suits. I'ts a really good show & the actors become more and more handsome with every show you watch! 

book mountain

holy guacamole!  

you are my Everest!

my next 12 weeks are going to be filled with joy

For those of you that know me know that I am the most irresponsible person ever and have in most cases no clue what I'm doing in life besides just what I want when I want to. Things always find a way to work out just fine. 

I am starting school in 2 weeks and still have no clue where I'm going to live thank you very much. 

I have 3 possibilities. 

First. Driving front and back. Which is hard since I don't have a car and would have to borrow my moms car along with taking the bus. That's going to cost me the same as renting an apartment in central Reykjavík. Buying my own car is too much responsibility. I don't like to be tied down.

Second. Renting an apartment in Reykjavík. On campus you can rent cheap apartments but since I don't like to plan ahead I didn't even apply, so much for that. I found a great apartment, good location and really nice, but no shower or bath. what?! I took a shower by heating water and pouring it over myself in Finland last summer. I'm not doing that every day!

I found another where I'm only renting a room but shearing the rest of the house with four 25 year old guys. I got enough of being a maid this summer, not going back to that with four loud guys 24/7! Also renting an apartment involves a lease that ties me too much down. 

Third (and my personal favorite). I'll use ja.is (site where you find peoples info) I'll go on that, find all guys living in 101 under 30 then cross reference them with the ones that I find are good looking and single on facebook and conveniently find myself the ideal boyfriend. This way I don't have to think about how to get front and back for the rest of the semester. I'm smart like this sometimes. 

(I'm of course joking, for god's sake don't take me seriously!)

I guess I'll end up just living out of my purse. Having my stuff here and there and just planing one night ahead where to sleep. That will work out just fine. Unless someone that lives in Reykjavik wants to adopt me... anyone?

timetable paradise

Ok, this can't be considered normal. I called the school to make sure they weren't forgetting like half my schedule. No no, this is it.

Timetable from heaven! besides the fact that I have to drive to school two days only to be there for one hour and twenty minutes it's still great! :) 

The semester is also only 12 weeks + exams. Is this a joke? Why doesn't everyone just go to university just for the sake of it haha..

Okei I actually don't doubt that it's going to be hard, hardER if anything since I still have to finish reading the same amount of pages as if I was in school for 5 hours a day for 20 weeks. But I really prefer doing it on my own terms so it's all good :D 

now only one more week until the school starts, also one week until I go abroad.

I'll take my student of the month award now! :)