The last winter days (Pictures)

Trip to the sea❤️ 

 

Breathtaking sunset

At the lake in Kadrina

Ice fishing

Frozen Waterfall 

Saaremaa theaterfestival❤️

Oh how I hate it, when you finished writing a post and then you can't open the draft anymore. Thank you blogger app.
However this weekend was the school theatre festival on Saaremaa, for me the first time to visit the islands, but I didn't see anything besides the view from out of the car window and the aula of the school, where the performances took place from the morning till the evening. And as everything here it was of course not only a festival but competition.
I am still impressed how high the scale was set and I really enjoyed watching the plays, although it was impossible to concentrate in the evening after a long day trying to figure out what the actors were telling me.
On Sunday we performed our play, 'kuu peal on parem' or 'it's better on the moon', which is about the life of dogs, living on the street. I would say we did really well. Best actor and best actress, a nomination for the best play and a few special awards too. It means a lot to me and I am incredibly thankful for the experience and the amazing days I had.

Only in Estonia- a loaf of selfmade bread as a prize :D

Head aega 💕

Change of host family

Only 3 1/2 months left and time is runnig. I want to make the best out of my exchange and that's why I decided to change my family.

I was actually thinking about changing for a long time, we just didn't fit and had different expectations of each other. I don't want to write more about it, because it's something too personal to post on the Internet. But still, I am very thankful for everything my old host family has done for me. I had also really great moments there. And for every other exchange student, who is reading this and who might be thinking about changing family too: you're not weak because you want to change and you are not a worse exchange student. It is something completely normal, because no one knows before if people fit or not. 

Now I am already for two days in my new host family(I could stay at my old school) and as far as I can say that now, it was absolutely the right decision. 

My new host family is so wonderful! I have four host siblings, two sisters in my age, one 5year old brother and one 9year old sister and I'm sharing a room with my oldest sister. And not to forget the two cats and the two guinea pigs, of course! It's so great having a cat again, I didn't know how much I have missed that*--*

Yesterday we went sledge riding, with big rings (?) and it was really fun! After that we ate Viinerpirukas and drank hot peppermint tea, and it was just a wonderful day. Today I built a snowman with my sister, and I think we did really well :D

I am really happy here.:)

February

 I was basically at home in the last two weeks. I travelled in turns to Tartu und Tallinn, holding presentations on different schools in English and Estonian together with past exchange students from Estonia and sometimes even with other current exchange students. I really enjoyed giving the presentations and I think it was a quite useful experience. I can definitely know better now how it feels like to be in the teacher position &how difficult and exhausting this can be. But mostly it was fun and I really liked talking about my exchange .
And on the weekend was already the Mid Year Seminar We talked about the first half of our exchange and what the second half is going to bring. We also had a language test,just for yourself, which was quite hard, but in the end it turned out quite well for me.
I had a bit time in Tallinn and Tartu and I finally took some pictures :)

YFU people ♥

Then Valentinsday came, which is here also called 'Friendsday', friends give each other chocolate bars for example, and because it was on a Sunday this year, we had a little celebration in school. There was a little surprise waiting for everyone in our lockers: a bonbon with a nice quote and a lotterie number (but I wasn't lucky :D)

Maize balls with caramel called like a part of the eye: Iris :)

Tallinn

And now the pictures of Tartu:)

Imagine Dragons concert & Language tour

I am sorry that I always write far too late about the events that happened, but here the next entry finally is.
So about the language tour. I have done only one presentation so far at my own school for a 7th class. I couldn't say that much because the presentation was in Estonian, but we were so  lucky with the class, the students were really interested in the topic and payed attention.
After the whole snowy and cold January the snow started to melt last week. I am kind of proud of myself, because I didn't fall one time although the roads were so slippery. Besides ice, huge water puddles covered the ground- some of them were really large like tiny lakes.

Before the snow melted I built with my host sister my first(very small) snow house!

Our snowman *--*

And on the next day it looked like this :(

On Friday I went to the Imagine Dragons concert! It was so great, I don't have words for it.

Dancing to the music, your heart beating in the rythm of the bass, singing along with thousand others, enjoying the music. I loved it so much and had such a wonderful time there.

 The singer of the band also talked about something, which really touched my heart, about how music unites people no matter where they come from as an exchange student I could obviosuly relate to that.

All in all it was an amazing weekend, I enjoy every visit to Tallinn so much, there are just so many activities you can do and it has such a beautiful old town.

I hope I find the time to write again soon !:)