I'm back after a long while since my last post. I've been here for about 4 months now which is pretty crazy! Haven't been doing anything special like travel somewhere since my last post. I did however get half (3 credits) of my 6 credit study requirement fullfilled after a weekend at a nearby community college with an awsome teacher who made the weekend fly by. Hopefully will always remember how he left us with him singing karaoke, very funny and definently made my day!
Anyways this will be about a "normal" day. I wake up at 6.25 to make lunches for the kids. After that I wake the kids up (if they haven't woken up by themself). Make sure they eat breakfast, pack their bags and the girls needs to do their hair. During this time I need to make sure all problems that might pop up gets solved. Example of this could be grumpyness, lost things, and everything else. I then get them to the school bus and get some peace and quiet to eat breakfast myself.
For a couple of hours I'm home alone where I do some laundry and some other kind of chore like cleaning, neating things up (like bookshelfs), or finding missing things. I also get some time off here where I usally make sure to go work out at the gym or go for a run. Need to keep up with the practice and get those gainz!
I then get the kids from the bus, give them a snack and then play or make sure they get ready for the activites for the evening. On Fridays I also help the kids clean their rooms and the bathrooms. I then help out with getting them to and from activites or take care of the kids that don't have activites. After a evening with lots of ups and downs and a bit here and there, I'm very tired. The kids usally don't seem that tired but it's bed time and I make sure things are picked up and ready for the next day. I then usally spend some time on my laptop watching some youtube or playing a game. Then it's finally time for some sleep.
The move to South Carolina is coming closer and closer gonna be an exciting time. But for now see you later alligators!
lördag 10 juni 2017
lördag 29 april 2017
Washington DC
Between 7-9 of April I was in Washington DC. I've been very lazy with writing this post, but here it is. Leaving at noon we got to DC super late and the Friday pretty much just was get there and go to bed.
The day where things happend was the Saturday (8th of April). The day started with a guided tour of the monuents of the city. It was a great day for the tour beeing sunny and fairly warm. However it was not too hot either so it worked out great. The tour started with the Iwo Jima Monument.
A monument for the Marine Corps. It shows how American soldiers raise the American flag on the island Iwo Jima near Japan during World War 2. The monument has all the places where the Marine Corps have been serving around the monument. I think it's an iconic monument looking very cool getting close due to its size.
Continuing the war theme of the tour we went on to the Vietnam War monument. A large black wall with all the names of the casualities and soldiers missing in action.
Nothing very visually appealing but definently amazing with how many names there are on this list.
Close by was the monument for all the women who served in the war. They mainly served as nurses wich the monument shows as the three women take care of a wounded soldier.
A more visual monument than the wall, wich makes it more interesting to look at.
From the Vietnam monuments we made our way to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial a huge and very iconic monument seen in many movies.
The monument is huge and is just amazing to walk up to due to it's size. Going into the monument you see Abraham Lincoln sitting in his chair looking down at tiny you. On the walls around the place are different of Abraham Lincoln's different speeches.
Turning your back on Lincoln and you would find yourself at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and a great view of the Washington Monument. Another sight seen from a lot of movies.
From the Lincoln memorial we went to see the Korean War memorial. Definently the one I liked the most with the soliders walking through looking for enemies.
We then went by the World War 2 victory monument. A huge monument with some nice aesthetics.
After a longer walk we came to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.
A huge rock with Dr. King carved out. His legs are not finish as he wasn't able to finish his work.
The last memorial we saw was the Franklin D. Roosevelt
a memorial made up of several rooms showing the different periods he was president. I didn't take any pictures of it unfortanetly.
After that monument we got on the bus and got dropped off outside the museum of American History. From there we were free to move around on our own and I made my way to the White House first.
The White House had a bunch of security around it and it was hard to get close. Definently a must see while in DC.
From the White House I made my way to the Spy Museum with a short stop for food at a food truck.
The Spy Museum was very cool and had some fun information and a lot of different stations where you could experince and learn about different spy techniques. It reminded me alot about the Stasi Museum in Berlin.
While I was there they had a special exhibition about Bond villans something I think my dad would have been very intrested in.
After another long walk I got to the Capitol Building. Here is where most of the actual politics happen.
Haven't taken many pictures of myself so far but here is a selfie of me with the National Mall in the background.
Ending my tour at the Washington Monument I made my way back to the hotel by walking. A fairly quick march taking about an hour. Yes I'm probably crazy but I finished my challenge with hurting feet feeling proud of my achievement. Finished the night with some Tacos for dinner.
On the Sunday I pretty much just packed my bag, ate breakfast and got some snacks for the ride home. After a long trip home I finally got home, tired but happy for the weekend.
The weekend was great with nice weather. I could've wished for a little bit more time but I guess that just gives me more reasons to go there again. I definently liked the city with all the history and politics. Although it looks very 1920s-30s wich large square buildings it fits the thought of it beeing the capital city.
Ludwig
The day where things happend was the Saturday (8th of April). The day started with a guided tour of the monuents of the city. It was a great day for the tour beeing sunny and fairly warm. However it was not too hot either so it worked out great. The tour started with the Iwo Jima Monument.
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| Iwo Jima monument |
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| Iwo Jima monument from a different angle |
A monument for the Marine Corps. It shows how American soldiers raise the American flag on the island Iwo Jima near Japan during World War 2. The monument has all the places where the Marine Corps have been serving around the monument. I think it's an iconic monument looking very cool getting close due to its size.
Continuing the war theme of the tour we went on to the Vietnam War monument. A large black wall with all the names of the casualities and soldiers missing in action.
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| Vietnam War monument |
Nothing very visually appealing but definently amazing with how many names there are on this list.
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| Women of Vietnam War monument |
A more visual monument than the wall, wich makes it more interesting to look at.
From the Vietnam monuments we made our way to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial a huge and very iconic monument seen in many movies.
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| Abraham Lincoln memorial |
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| Abraham Lincoln memorial |
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| Abaham Lincoln himself |
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| Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool |
Turning your back on Lincoln and you would find yourself at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and a great view of the Washington Monument. Another sight seen from a lot of movies.
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| Korean War Memorial |
From the Lincoln memorial we went to see the Korean War memorial. Definently the one I liked the most with the soliders walking through looking for enemies.
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| Part of the WWII victory memorial with Washington Monument in background |
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| The wall of Gold Stars Symbolising all the American losses in WWII |
We then went by the World War 2 victory monument. A huge monument with some nice aesthetics.
After a longer walk we came to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.
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| Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
A huge rock with Dr. King carved out. His legs are not finish as he wasn't able to finish his work.
The last memorial we saw was the Franklin D. Roosevelt
a memorial made up of several rooms showing the different periods he was president. I didn't take any pictures of it unfortanetly.
After that monument we got on the bus and got dropped off outside the museum of American History. From there we were free to move around on our own and I made my way to the White House first.
From the White House I made my way to the Spy Museum with a short stop for food at a food truck.
While I was there they had a special exhibition about Bond villans something I think my dad would have been very intrested in.
After another long walk I got to the Capitol Building. Here is where most of the actual politics happen.
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| The Capitol Building |
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| A Selfie of me near the capitol with the National Mall and Washington Monument in the background. |
Haven't taken many pictures of myself so far but here is a selfie of me with the National Mall in the background.
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| The Washington Monument |
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| Looking at the Lincoln Memorial from The Washington monument |
Ending my tour at the Washington Monument I made my way back to the hotel by walking. A fairly quick march taking about an hour. Yes I'm probably crazy but I finished my challenge with hurting feet feeling proud of my achievement. Finished the night with some Tacos for dinner.
On the Sunday I pretty much just packed my bag, ate breakfast and got some snacks for the ride home. After a long trip home I finally got home, tired but happy for the weekend.
The weekend was great with nice weather. I could've wished for a little bit more time but I guess that just gives me more reasons to go there again. I definently liked the city with all the history and politics. Although it looks very 1920s-30s wich large square buildings it fits the thought of it beeing the capital city.
Ludwig
fredag 24 mars 2017
New York
Friday
Early Friday morning (17th March) I got on the train to New York City. Arriving there at lunch I got something to eat before making my way out to Tarrytown where I dropped off my stuff. I then went back into the city and just relaxed for the rest of the day. Didn't feel like doing anything big this evening as I had gotten a cold and my head got pretty messed up. Spent the evening chilling out with the person that helped me get a place to stay for the night before going to bed quite early.Saturday
Started the day with breakfast in Tarrytown and then got on the train into NYC. A ride for about slightly less than 1 hour. From Grand Central Terminal I made my way to Central Park by foot.
On my way to Central Park I really got my first experince (in daylight) of the tall and square buildings of NYC. Both for good and bad. Starting with the bad part, according to me it makes the city grey and kind of dull. Making NYC look like it has little personality compared to Boston or an European city of your choice. However it is very easy to navigate, you just need to know the right street and avenue and you will easily get to your destination. It also gives some amazing views. On my way to Central Park I happend to pass Trump Tower. No matter what you think about him I think the place looks pretty dull beeing just gold. It is also guarded by armed police officers as many other places in the city.
Moving around Central Park was very pleasant. The park looked nice even though it was very snowy. I can only imagine how amazing it looks in the summer.
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| A tall building on my way to Central Park |
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| A street on my way to Central Park |
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| Trump Tower |
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| A statue right before walking into Central Park |
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| A small vantage point in Central Park |
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| Some kind of theater in the park |
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| One of NYCs very tall buildings |
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| Bethesda Fountain |
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| A super yummy burger |
From Central Park I started making my way down through the city. It got closer to lunch so I made my way to the Brooklyn Diner where I had an amazing burger.
From Times Square I made my way towards Ground Zero and the 9/11 Memorial Museum. On my way I caught some famous and cool looking buildings seen in the pictures above. On my way there it got more cloudy and after a while it started snowing. At Ground Zero I met up with my Cezch Au Pair friend living near New York, whom I met at the training school. We went to the 9/11 memorial museum togheter.
The 9/11 Memorial was captivating and very interesting. It had a lot of personal stories and captivating facts about before, during and after the event. On a scale from 1 to Concentration Camp I would put it one step below Concentration Camp. Just like a Camp it is very captivating and an awful act. The Camps do however feel more real and just feel like a bigger thing. Probably cause they are part of a bigger event that happend over a longer time. I still think it's a worthwhile experience. After that I had dinner and then my cold and headache beat me and I had to go back to rest.
On my way through the city I saw some classic and amazing sites. First I made my way to Times Square.
An amazing place with huge screens making it seem like the sun was out even though it was a cloudy day. It's even more impressing during the evening or night where it lights up the place just as it was day. I did pass by Times Square during the Friday night but unfortanetly didn't snap any pictures then.
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| Flatiron Building |
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| Empire State Building |
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| An amazing looking roof |
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| Starting to get cloudy |
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| Washington Square Arch |
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| A cool looking building |
From Times Square I made my way towards Ground Zero and the 9/11 Memorial Museum. On my way I caught some famous and cool looking buildings seen in the pictures above. On my way there it got more cloudy and after a while it started snowing. At Ground Zero I met up with my Cezch Au Pair friend living near New York, whom I met at the training school. We went to the 9/11 memorial museum togheter.
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| The smoke from the 9/11 attacks from across the river |
Sunday
Got up and went to the city to meet up with my German Au pair friend wich I also met at the training school and also lives near New York. We went to the Barcade. A bar filled with old arcade machines. After that we went for some pizza.
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| NOM NOM NOM Pizza |
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| Somewhere between NYC and Boston |
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| Somewhere between NYC and Boston |
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| Somewhere between NYC and Boston |
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| Somewhere between NYC and Boston |
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| Somewhere between NYC and Boston |
After the train I finally had got home to Boston and got some dinner and then went to bed.
After the weekend I think it was an amazing trip wich I really enjoyed and definently could return to, altough I think I prefer walking around Boston. Also sorry for some weird formating of the pictures the editor drives me crazy sometimes. Will look into writing some html-code and hopefully it will look better soon.
Ludwig
lördag 11 mars 2017
The Lion King
Yesterday me and my host family went to Providence, Rhode Island to see the Lion King Broadway musical. It was a great experience at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
It was not just a great and funny show but an awsome looking place. I really liked the show, it was quite similar to the Disney movie with seriousness, jokes and popreferences (Probably casue the show was an adaption of the Disney movie).
The following might contain spoilers!
It followed the regular plot following Simba going from a kid in almost all of the first act, to the second act showed him as grown up. They had some really cool costumes for the different animals. My favorite part was definently the part where Simba meets Timon and Pumbaa, that also includes their song Hakuna Mata. My favorite popreference was definently the scene where Zazu is trapped by Scar and sings for him and Scar tells Zazu to lighten up. Zazu then chooses to instead sing Let it go from the recent Disney movie Frozen. Where Scar tells him to sing anything but that song. Pretty funny considering how widespread and worn out the song got. Especially for parents and people working with kids.
In conclusion I would just recommend to go see it if possible. Enough for now will try and get some more posts out soon
Ludwig
måndag 20 februari 2017
Boston
Went into Boston yesterday (19th feb) and it was pretty cool! Started out at Faneuil Hall where I walked around a bit and then got a really nice hamburger with fries for lunch.
After the very tasty lunch I went on trough north end and up to the USS Constitution.
I went into the museum part and it was pretty interesting. To pay for the entrance you payed with a donation so you were free to pay however much you wanted. If you want to go on to the ship it's possible. I didn't though casue I felt I wanted to move on.
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| A very tasty hamburger |
I went into the museum part and it was pretty interesting. To pay for the entrance you payed with a donation so you were free to pay however much you wanted. If you want to go on to the ship it's possible. I didn't though casue I felt I wanted to move on.
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| On my way to the USS Constitution |
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| The USS Constitution |
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| Bunker Hill monument |
Form the USS Constitution I went to the Bunker Hill monument. The monument is a huge pillar and it's pretty epic looking. The monument shows the place for "The battle of bunker hill" between British and New England soldiers in 1775.
From Bunker Hill I continued my trip through Boston to Boston Common wich is a big park.
There I took sometime to rest and just chilled out for a while. It was a perfect day with some nice sun and decent temperature.
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| Street near Bunker Hill |
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| Bridge on my way to Boston common |
On my way there I got some pretty nice pictures of Boston for example this epic looking bridge or the nice little street near bunker hill.
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| Boston Common |
From Boston Common I continued down Boylston street to the Hynes Convention Center T-station and went home. I had a great day in Boston with some great views and nice experiences.
Ludwig!
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