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Hey. Drizzle. The weather here has been crazy. It's been getting so cold lately.. It's freezing but the people here are still wearing hot pants and tights (well, the girls do). It's been ... raining a lot. They call it drizzle here. The water doesn't just fall from the sky and falls to the ground, it just comes from everywhere. You're surrounded by water, but you would look like a chav walking around with an umbrella, so you get soaked. (I've been trying to use British words more often; hopefully they'll stick in my mind.)
At least the sky looks fab all the time:)
(I annoy everyone by stopping every 5 seconds to make photos of the weather..)

I'm getting used to being ill all the time. I've started taking Anadin on a daily basis. Oh, and I bought myself some UGG boots :D for only 55 quid.. just need to know the right people;).

I've recently went to the pub with my host parents. There was this band playing - Atomic Rays - and my host parents know them and they were being recorded for BBC1. I really liked them, they've got some amazing covers! The nightlife in England is quite rough apparently. I saw some things... but I've also been told some shocking things. My host mum told me a lot about violence and drinking around here.. There are big parts of this country that seem to be quite violent... 

My host mum made Apple Crumble this week, which was very nice. You eat it with evaporated milk, which is some kind of sweet milk in a can. Still need to get used to using canned milk.. strange!

I'm sorry, I keep on telling you about the telly here, but there's a really amazing drama about the Great Train Robbery of 1963. It's called Mrs. Biggs:

Here's a trailer. It's better than it looks though

Last Saturday, I had to go to a meeting with my organisation and the other exchange students. There's only four of us in Bristol. We met up with the organisation people in town and went over the rules again. A few weeks ago my area rep told me about a weekend trip to London, which we could attend and she said I could think about it some more and there was going to be more information when we met up next time. Well, last Saturday they told us it was sold out already, so we didn't even have a chance to go. My organisation has been quite disappointing so far. There was supposed to be a preparation camp in late August this year at the University of Birmingham. I was quite excited about it, but then they cancelled the whole thing. They just haven't been very reliable. Well, anyway: after the meetup, we went to Castle Park (only the exchange students). It's really beautiful, and the weather was absolutely perfect!!

 Last week, I started helping two of my classmates with their French. I (and most of you) know I'm not qualified at all, but it's actually more than enough around here:P. And it's quite fun to do actually. I can see, why it's so hard for British people though. French makes so much more sense in German than in English ... if that makes sense. The sentence structure are much more similar to the German one, in my opinion. Sometimes, it gets all jumbled up in my head - English, French and German (and Swiss German). Some of my British friends still laugh at me, because sometimes I say some really weird (at least weird to them) words, like: 'Uui' or 'Ah Mann' :P. It seems like my English hasn't improved at all yet. Especially my accent hasn't turned more British yet. I've met a girl here (the one I'd like to go to London with) and she's got the most amazing accent ever. She told me she grew up in Bristol, so she's got a Bristolian dialect, but I think she speaks different than the rest. She's got the best swear words, like 'bloody hell!'. Always reminds me of Ron in Harry Potter :D. She also always says 'innit?', which sounds so cool! I've tried to do it like her as well, but it doesn't sound as good:(. People here say 'Cheers' instead of 'Thank You'.. starting to do that now as well.
I joined the gym this week. It's SUCH a long process! I went once and they gave me an appointment. Then I went to that appointment and filled out all the forms. Then they gave me a date for an instruction (well, the first half) and tomorrow (Sunday), I'll have my second instruction. It's a bit pointless, but the gym is really cool. I got some kind of key and you can plug it into the machines and it helps suggests you exercises and the amount of weight you should use and how many reps.. really nice. I would of loved to go to training with someone from school... but none of them do any kind of sports.. so I had to go to the gym. Oh, and I'm still doing that kickboxing on Monday and sometimes on Wednesday. I think I'm the only girl (and the youngest person) in the club.. but it's still fun. I get to train with the main trainer all the time. I've noticed today, that I've actually got blue marks all over my shins:D. And on both sides of my hips as well - one because of training and the other one because I fell down the stairs:P. My host family was quite shocked, but it's normal for me..
The school is doing a lot of trips this year. There's one to New York City in spring of next year, but I won't go. And there's one with my French class to Paris, and I'd love to go, but I'm not sure if I will yet. They've also been talking about going to Africa, but I think that's next year :(.
I really want to do my scuba diving certificate here. My friend (the same girl again..) said, she wants to do it too and it's so much less expensive than in Switzerland. She thinks it's about 400.- pounds. All of my friends from school never have got any spare money. It's a bit depressing really. We wanted to go to the cinema this weekend to see 'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower', but she didn't have enough money. Most of them say, we're going to go out and travel after christmas, because than they'd have some more money again, but I doubt it:P...

How's everyone at home doing? I've heard of a shooting (I mean with guns not with models) in Wettingen..what the hell?! It only ever gets interesting when I'm not around!

Stay safe xxx Alex