Travels – The Anna behind Yannani

Lovely trip to Germany

I just came back from my 2nd mini vacation. This time I went to Germany to visit my best friend who lives there. It was really nice to be able to hang out with her again. Due to inflammation we see each other less and less.

My trip started with staying awake until 4 am because my buss left my city at 5:10 am. I decide to do a night stream to keep my mind from falling asleep. I streamed a cozy supermarket game called “InKonbini”. It was really nice and just what I needed to keep me awake. I ended the stream at 4 to leave since it does take me about 30 min in to town. Since it was too early for public transport I had to rent one of those e-scooters. The annoying part was that I had issue paying for the scooter, so it took me almost 20 min of trying before I got it to work. I thought I would miss the buss, but thankfully I forgot it left and 5:10 instead of 5am, so I had 10 more minutes.

Then there was just an 8-9h buss ride until I ended up in the city where my friend was picking me up. The first day was mostly spent trying out new noodles and getting bubble tea. Other than that we just chilled in her place and got to great all her doggos again.

The first proper day was Friday where her friend came over in the afternoon to give me a much needed haircut and then in the evening we headed to a carnival. I bought a tiny panda key chain, a pineapple & coconut liqueur. I also tried the attraction where you shoot tiny targets. The gun was quite heavy to hold I ended up getting 4 points. I chose one of those plastic planes you build yourself. Seeing it brought back fond memories of when me and my dad used to make them. Then at the end we drove to a hillside so that we could see the firework show that they were doing.

Saturday we were quite tired from the day before and we had plans to hang with my friend’s boyfriend in the evening, so we just decided to chill during the day. Played some games, did a tiny bit of cleaning, walked the doggos and then we headed off to his place at around 6 pm. At his place we played the German version of “Go for Broke” called “Mankomania”. Where the goal is to go bankrupt. It was my first time, but I managed to get 2nd place. Somehow my friend’s bf manged to win within 3 rounds. After that we played a lot of Noosh which is a version of Farkle. 1st round the bf won, but 2nd round I won. Since it was quite late by the time we finished our 2nd game, we decided to call it a night.

Sadly I did not sleep that well at his place. Nothing wrong with my bed or anything, but it was just waay too hot so I was constantly waking up every hour from discomfort. We left at around 8am because we had to drive back and walk the dogs.

Sunday after we got back from his place, we walked the dogs, relaxed a bit and then booked an appointment at a driving simulation place. You get to sit in a full driving sim rig chair and race with and against your friends. We brought another friend of ours. I picked a Mazda 787B as my race car. The goal was to have the quickest time around the track after 1h. I was in the lead for the majority of the beginning, but as soon as the others got a good understand of their cars, they quickly beat my time. I sadly ended up last.

Monday was a full on chill day. Since it was our last day together we just spent it hanging out, played more games, watched our K-drama and walked the doggos.

Yesterday both of us had to wake up early because the bus was leaving at around 6am. Then it was another 9h of travel and I was finally home. I showed Nathan what I got for him, and he really liked it which made me super happy. Then just spent the rest of the day chilling in front of my pc playing games.

Overall it was a great trip. I really enjoyed all the things we had planned and just spending time with my friend. Her dogs are also super cute and great company to be around with. I hope I get to travel and hang out more with her.

Quarter update!

So it’s been a while since last time I posted due to constantly forgetting about it xD but there are a few things that has happened which I will briefly update you guys in this post.

So we left off just at the end of January, going into February. The events that happened were 1) Valentines Day, 2) The boys first concert of 2026 and 3) My first TCG convention.

FEBRUARY HAUL

Valentines day

Not much planned for that day because Nathan had band practice for most of the day, so I decided to do a little Valentines stream with my community. I had a lot of fun. Tried an upcoming game together with Seyaca and then a new cozy game called “A little to the left” which is about organizing.

I made reservations for Nathan and I do go out the day after to a place we have been several times called Amadeus which serves “All you can eat, ribs”. We tried taking our bikes besides me suggestion that we go by public transport. Nathan quickly realized that biking wouldn’t work and we had to ride home and cancel. He understood that I was a bit upset about this, so we decided to go out to one of the few restaurants closer to our home. We picked one and made a reservation. I had a GIANT calzone and Nathan had a chicken pineapple cream curry. Even though it wasn’t what we had planned I appreciate Nathan understanding they situation and we ended up having a nice time in the end ❤

The boys first concert 2026

The weekend after that aka 25th of February, the boys had their first concert of 26 in Gent. It was in this small very narrow bar with a small stage. They were the warmup band, but there were a lot of confusion about when they were going to play. First it was 10pm, then it became 9pm and at the last minute it went back to 10pm again, which is a bit annoying since Gent is ~1h drive from Antwerp. We also got to learn that the drummer had agreed to let the other band use his drum set, so we couldn’t even leave after their performance because of that. So we weren’t home until close to 1am, which isn’t the best.

The concert on the other hand was great! I personally thought they were WAY BETTER than the “Main” band. Not due to bias, but just like the genre better, the songs and just the overall experience. The members of the other band were all ~18-20, so they were quite young. They didn’t put any of their music online and was planning on just do physical stuff like Vinyls and CDs. They were apparently were well known and already had a decent fan base. I just personally didn’t really vibe with their music. The female lead singer also was kind of a drama queen and wore a pretty short skirt. Their most raved song was something about a monkey? idk xD Just glad when it was all over and we get to go home. I also had to wake up early the next morning.

My first TCG convention

The next day I woke up at around 8:30 am to get ready to ride into the city. I left my bike the underground bike garage by the central station and took the train to Breda. I was attending my first TCG (Trading card game) convention with Nacho and Moopie. It was my first time, since I don’t collect any TCGs. Nacho overslept a bit, so I got breakfast at the station before heading to the location. There were for some strange reason a lot of police people there that morning, even a small squad outside of the station as I left towards the buss stop. I never got to learn why.

After meeting up, we just walked around looking at all the stalls and all the cards. Nacho collects Pokémon cards while Moopie and I didn’t collect anything. I did however decide to get a few cards since I have been considering starting a new hobby, but I didn’t want to go with Pokémon. I picked the somewhat new TCG set from League of legends called “Riftbound” since I felt the most connected with that. I bought 5 single cards and 3 booster packs. The cards I got were really nice looking and I am excited to look for more in the future. We also had this funny moment where we walked around to find the best price for those transparent plastic sleeves used to protect the cards. I bought some and put them in my pocket and then we went to sit down. Not even 10 min later when we were a bout to leave, I asked Nacho if I could have some sleeves from here, and it wasn’t until I stood up and reached into my pocket that I remember that we JUST bought some! The best part was that all three of us had forgotten, despite walking around for past 30+ minutes looking for them. We all had such a great laugh and a great way to end the convention.

After my train ride home, I went down to the garage where I parked my bike and was greeted by the worst possible scenario. My bike was STOLEN! At first I thought I had forgotten where I parked it, but then I saw my cheap locker that had been cut, just laying on the ground. It was such a shitty way to end the day. I couldn’t walk around too long either since my phone was on less than 20% battery and I needed it for my buss ticket. R.I.P bike :c

MARCH -> TODAY

March was quite uneventful. The only thing that did happen was that I applied to a job at our local McDonalds. I was given an interview which I was thankfully allowed to do in English. I mentioned that I was very flexible as one of the reasons to pick me. He then asked if I would be able to work a random 1pm shift, to which I answered “ye” and he went “woaw, you are indeed flexible” xD. I met up the next week for my 2h trial run of “proefperiode” as they call it here. It was a lot and much harder than I initially thought. I was in charge of the grill aka “making” the burger patties. I tried my best, but it was sometimes hard to use the spatula to scrape the burgers off the grill without leaving too much behind. I also did some finishing and just learned about the workplace in between. The worker who was in charge of training me did his best to do it in English, and he did a really good job. Later when things were quite and we had a small chat. He asked me which lvl my Dutch was. I said it was 2.4 and went “THEN WHY ARE WE DOING THIS IN ENGLISH!!” xD Apparently he was lower lvl than me. I tried to explain that it was due to being nervous BUT I was nervous xD

I ended up not getting the job in the end.

That leads us to Easter. Where nothing much happened. I did get to do a lot of games with friends and I also finally started my Easter chocolate. Nathan and I ordered a lot of Chinese food which were delicious. My next adventure is FACTS on April 11th. I am so excited cuz I will be meeting up with so many of my friends. We will be like 8 people walking around.

That’s it for this quarter update. I hope that you all have had a great 2026 so far. Enjoyed your Valentines day and Easter with either your loved ones or just celebrated by yourself ^^. Next post will be about my first FACTS experience (if I don’t forget again)

Chiao for now.

Just a quick trip to Norway

Last week I got back from my very short Norway trip. I was only gone for 3 days and those days went by so fast that I didn’t see the need write daily, but rather just sum it all up in one post.

So I travelled out on Sunday evening. Did the usual bus into the city and then train to the airport. The plane went as schedule and everything went smoothly. It was an evening plane from around 7-8pm. I arrived at my family home at around 10pm. Not much happened since it was late.

The first official day was spent on going for nice morning walk with my mother and a friend of hers. We didn’t walk up to “Grefsenkollen” this time, but different one. It doesn’t have a specific name, but it’s another one I used to do a lot growing up. It was nice 1h walk, then the rest of the afternoon was spent on completely defrosting and cleaning out the fridge. We moved all the food out, took out all the shelfs and cleaned the entire thing from top to bottom as well as putting a pot of boiling water in the freezer to remove all built up frost and ice. Evening was just spent with chilling and continue watching “Ginny and Georgia”.

On Tuesday we went for yet another walk, but not with the friend this time. We walked a bit longer than the previous day. When we were done with that, we went shopping at the nearby shopping mall. It was a late birthday present from my mum. We walked around in some clothing store and I eventually got myself 4 nice jumpers/long armed shirts. They looked really nice and I liked the fit of all of them. I also got a small wallet which I can use when I don’t want to drag my huge one around. My mother had an appointment at 5 pm, so we didn’t take too long. This evening was mostly used to repeat some stuff for my exam the next day and watch more Netflix.

My last day was the day of my Psychology exam. The day didn’t really go to much else. I met up at the mentioned place at 4:30. I registered at the front and then it was mostly a waiting game. I had to wait a bit over 1h before I could pick my assignment, and then I got 30 min of prep. I ended up getting the assignment to discuss “nature vs nurture”.

I was given a case about a pair of twins who went to the same school, were both well liked amongst their friends and extrovert, but one of them didn’t enjoy school and found it hard to go to class while the other one was doing great at school. Their parents divorced when they were 4 and that’s when the twins started living separate from each other, which was hard for the one that was also struggling at school.

I tried my best to answer as well as I could. I brought up a lot of different points and some theory, but I did have a hard time of remember the name of some specific theory or model. I felt bad about how I almost couldn’t answer any of their follow up questions. It was however given a word I had never seen in my 1 year of studying. However, I ended up getting a strong 3 out of 6. It’s not the best grade, but it does mean that I pass, which was the most important thing. After my exam my mother and I ordered sushi, finished the 1st season and then I just spent the entire night watching a different series until I had to leave for the airport again on Thursday morning.

On Thursday I spent the first half of the day just arriving back home to Belgium, and the second half I spent on attending Nathans concert. It was really fun. Despite being quite tired since I only was working on 2h of sleep, I tried my best to be energetic. I even jumped and danced during KARO’s performance. I did have a lot of fun and I also took a lot of photo’s which sadly didn’t turn out as good as usual since I was using my own camera, but they weren’t half bad either

Leaving Norway on a high note

Yesterday I arrived back home in Belgium fresh from my cousins lovely wedding from the day before. It was an early flight which also meant that I got all of yesterday to do a lot of things.

So let’s start with Saturday shall we. I woke up a bit early, because I had to go down to the shopping center to buy some last moment items including some stockings, a razor, some muesli and I also got a new adhesive strapless bra to try. After I got home I went straight into the shower and then got dressed, which took a while because it was my first time using these type of bra, so I constantly re applied them just to make sure they wouldn’t fall of during the day. I eventually got there.

We left the house at around 1pm, and then we drove to pick my sister and her partner outside of their place. The wedding took place in a nice small church called “Tanum church”. It was the same place as where we had my grandmother’s funeral back in June 2021. We met up with all the other guest and got prepared for the ceremony that started at 2:30pm. Right before it all started they realized that they had actually forgotten the rings, so that moment happend later xD. The bell rang and everyone stood up as my gorgeous looking cousin came walking down the ail. I could hear my mother’s sniffles behind me. The vows were really beautiful (hers a bit more than his) and there was some nice singing. Overall a really nice and short ceremony.

After everything was completed at the church such as mingle and a lots of photo taking, everyone got ready to head to the after party location. It was at this really nice house on top of a small hill with a great view over the docks and the fjord. The bride and groom arrived a bit later and finally got to exchange their rings under a nice white flower arch.

The rest of the night was quite straight forward. I mingled a lot with the guest, we had a great dinner buffet and there were a lot of great speeches during dinner, including my mother’s. Then we mingled some more while enjoying the desserts. They had some cakes, a slushy and soft serve machine. The slushy one was filled with rum and cola and which tasted really nice. At around 9pm the band started playing and we danced until we went home at around 11pm. I went straight to bed as I needed to be up at 6.30am the next day.

That brings us to yesterday! Not a lot happend in the morning. Just took the bus to the airport and went through all the normal stuff until I got onto the plane. We actually left on time, which doesn’t happen often. The trip was also shorter than usual by 30 min. I arrived in Belgium at around 10 am and got to my city around 12. Nathan was waiting for me at the train station and we gave each other a big hug and a small smooch. Then we headed to a smash burger place to have lunch. It was a bit of a walk, but the food was really good and the hiring posters were even better. We headed home quickly after, because Nathan still had band practice at 4pm. I might have fallen off the buss seat on the way home due to some sharp turns xD. Nathan tried to grab me, but he was too late and also too weak to prevent me from falling. I did catch myself my putting my one feet on the floor, but it was quite a funny moment. Especially for the woman sitting across from us.

The rest of the night was just spent on updating everything on my pc and do a small stream, since I missed doing that while I was away.

So this trip was overall a really nice one. Had a lot of fun with the bachelorette party and the wedding. Got to help my mother out with tidying the garage and my dads room and had some nice walks. I always enjoy traveling to Norway, but it does get a bit bored and I do end up missing home after a week, but I enjoyed this trip and next one will probably be around November, when I’m going back for exam.

Hope you all have enjoyed the post and the photo’s and I’ll see you guys in the next one ❤

Rounding up my vacation

Today is my last day here in Norway. It’s the day of my cousins wedding and then tomorrow morning I’ll be flying home. This has been a really nice trip. Being able to help out my mother with some of her chores has been a bit tiring, but I know she needed the extra hands. I am looking forward to come back home to my own place.

Nothing much has happened since the last post, which is why I haven’t written anything. I decided to just mention them all in one longer post, instead on multiple short ones, since a lot of days was just spent chilling or minor events.

My mother was gone last weekend on a girls trip to Sweden, so I got to have the house for myself. It was really nice to both get a little break from mum, but also be able to hang out with my friends that I usually hang out with. We played some games and I got to order kebab for dinner. I ordered for the usual place and to no surprise, it tasted delicious. My mother returned back on Monday and I made dinner for the both of us.

The following week, not much happened. We planted some new flowers on my fathers grave, and picked up my cousins wedding present on Tuesday. On Wednesday we sorted out all my dads cloths and put them in big bags to give to charity and then in the evening my sister and her boyfriend came over for dinner that I was cooking. On Thursday, my mother and I delivered my dads old cloths to Fretex (aka charity) and then we had a nice walk down to Grünerløkka and had a nice dinner. I had some spicy Won tons followed my Crazy Duck.

Yesterday however was a nice day. I made plans to hang out with some of my old friends that I had before moving to Belgium. After meeting my mum in the city to go shoe shopping for the wedding, I hopped on a tram and met my friends in a park close to where one of them lived. Since one of them was recovering from a concussion, we just decided to keep it chill. We tried a lot of different Asian snacks and talked about what has been going on in our life’s for the past years. It was really nice seeing them again and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I’m always a bit nervous when it comes to social gatherings due to my social anxiety, but this was nothing but nice.

Today is the big day so a lot of things will happen. We are scheduled to head out at around noon. I need to run some small errands and then it’s probably just going to go very fast with the wedding ceremony and the after party. I was tasked to take a lot of photos which I’m looking forward to.

So that was basically my last week quickly summed up. As I stated, it’s been a nice trip, but I’m looking forward to be going home. Be back with my boyfriend, my pc, my own bed and back to streaming again.

Fresh prawns and great company

Yesterday we had some guest coming over and thanks to the lovely weather, we were able to sit outside and enjoy a delicious dinner.

The day started as any other day, late and relaxing. I continued watching my new series “Wednesday” before I went up for some light breakfast. Not much was on the agenda besides just preparing for the guests that were arriving at 6pm. I helped my mother out in the garden trimming some of the overgrown grass. After that it was just waiting until the guests arrived

They arrived right on time at 6pm, and one of them brought their lovely little dog. I have met them all before since they are my mother’s girlfriends since I was little. We sat outside in beautiful sunlight and started talking about all kinds of things. They updated me on their life and I updated them on mine. I told them about the boy’s concerts and how the weather had been in Belgium over the summer. We sat outside together with some nice drinks until dinner was ready.

Today we were having prawns and bread together with a side salad and some avocado. It’s quite simple, but also very popular in Norway especially during summer time. We decided to eat outside since the weather was so nice. So we ate and talked more about life.

After dinner I headed down stairs, because the guest was here primarily because it was their monthly book club meeting. So when they started talking about the book that they had read, I decided to excuse myself and head down for the night.

I spent the rest of my night talking and playing some games with my boyfriend, before heading to bed. Even though the guests were mostly friends of my mums, it was really nice to catch up and hang out with them during the evening and the food was really delicious.

Long walk with delicious food in between.

The Norway trip is still going good. I have been quite busy ever since the bachelorette party this weekend. It’s been a lot of helping my mother cleaning out the garage and going on walks. Yesterday we took a nice one and had a delicious dinner.

We started the day a bit later than usual, since I was still recovering from my headache. Our first order of business was to clean more out of the garage and bringing it to a place we call “the dump”. Thanks to our combined efforts, we have been able to clean out half of the garage in just a couple of days. This has been really nice, but also a bit tiering. After our trip to “the dump”, we headed to a small shopping centre to just do some grocery shopping for todays get together. We got 3kg of shrimps, some salmon and chicken. When we were done with the small shopping round, we headed home and had a small, very late lunch.

At around 6pm, we were ready for our daily walk. We decided to walk down along the river that goes through the city. It’s a walk that I used to do a lot with my dad, both before and after he got sick. It’s a really nice and easy walk and it was fun to see all the changes that has happened along the river bend since I walked it last. It sadly began to rain not long after we started our walk. It wasn’t that bad compared to how much we get in Belgium. We walked all the way down to food court, which I have been at plenty of times. We decided to eat at a place called “Døgnvil” since the court was about to close when we arrived.

“Døgnvil” is quite famous for their burgers, so I decided to go with a classic Cheddar and bacon, with some simple fries on the side. My mother was drawn toward one with a salmon in it, and she got a really nice piece too. It tasted really delicious and it felt really nice after the walk. When we were done eating we headed back up the path.

I was hoping we would catch the tram, since I was feeling a bit tired and it was already close to 10 pm, but my mother just kept walking until we were basically at the crossroad bellow our house. Then she decided to the tram and I decided to walk the last bit, since I didn’t want to spend € 3 for 1 tram stop, when it only takes me 10 min to walk up. When I got home I just headed straight downstairs and relaxed for the rest of the night since I was a tad annoyed that we ended up walking all the way home.

Back to Norway, in time for the party

Friday I travelled back home to Norway for 2 weeks, so that I can attend both my cousin’s bachelorette party and her wedding. I arrived quite late and just got a short sleep before it was up and get ready for an exciting weekend.

Friday was mostly spent on traveling, so not much to tell about that day. The only thing was that I arrived at the airport 1h earlier than I was planning to, but better too early rather than too late. Everything else went smoothly all the way home.

The big day was yesterday. I had to wake up at 7 am to shower and get ready for my mum to drive me and my sister to my cousin’s place. There we met up with all the other guest, and received a goodie bag with various items. We all got a nice T-shirt, a bracelet, a pink cowboy hat and some snacks and drinks.

After everyone had arrived it was off to Tønsberg and the house we had rented for the weekend. It took us about 1h to arrive to the house, and we had to leave as soon as we had unloaded the car. Our next stop was the trotting track where we had arranged it so that my cousin got try out trotting racing for herself (with supervision). We were a bit late, so the horse had been waiting for almost 30 min, but it went well and the bride to be enjoyed herself a lot. We stood on the side line with drinks and cheered. When they had ran a couple of rounds it was off and ready to head into the city for some lunch.

We ended up sitting in the park and had small games and quiz (which I did terrible on) before we ordered some pizza for lunch. We all shared stories and just got to know each other before heading on to the next activity.

Our next stop was Escape room. We got put into two teams of 6 and were given to different rooms. Our was about us being kidnapped on our way home from a night out. We were actually so bad that we needed several hints and even with those we barely made it out in time. We had like 1.5 minute left on the clock, but it was a lot of fun to try and fail solving all the puzzles. The other team did much better than us, but they apparently also had two members who were very excited and active.

For the rest of evening we just had dinner by the docks at a place called “Haveriet”, where I ordered a chicken tagliatelle with Smirnoff of Ice raspberry. My cousin even got a free beer from a guy at another table. We headed out to our last place for the evening afterwards. Where we played some shuffle board and got some more drinks.

My sister and I headed back to the house at 10pm already, because she had a headache and even though a part of me wanted to stay with the girls, I also wanted to make sure that my sister got home safely. We both went to bed when we got to the house. I did hear that the other girls were up until around 3 am just party and drinking.

Today we just woke up, had a small breakfast and then just prepared to leave. We discussed in the car about how the evening went, and we all agreed that even though it was a really fun day + night, the fact that one of the guest had her baby, dog and husband with her, which meant that she constantly needed to keep tabs on that. The fact that her behaviour made people a bit annoyed also kind of ruined the night. She and some of the guests just up and left earlier, without saying goodbye or cleaning up the room they had slept in. So we all came to the conclusion that she probably shouldn’t have joined or only joined for part of it and then gone home.

The bride to be did have a lot of fun, despite that little piece of drama.

After we got back to my cousins place, we just said goodbye to the remaining guest and my mum came and picked me up. The rest of the day we just went for a walk, changed some light bulbs, visited my dads grave and had a nice dinner. We were suppose to buy new ones, but forgot that things are closed on Sundays.

So that was the end of this weekend. Tomorrow we are planning on doing some tidying in the garage and then probably go for another walk. So far, I’m enjoying the trip.

Sunny walks, ramen and shrimp sandwich.

The past two days we have had really nice weather and therefor decided to head out during the afternoon to get some more walking in before I head home on Sunday.

Yesterday we went to place called “Fornebu” which isn’t too far from where we live. We had a nice walk in a park called “Nansenparken” which is named after the famous Norwegian polar explorer Fritoff Nansen. The park wasn’t that big, but we don’t walk that fast so it still takes some time before we made a full circle. The park also used to be an old airport and the main path we walked down used to be the run way. After the walk we headed into a small restaurant which was located right beneath the flight tower. It was a small Korean cuisine place and they had all kinds of Korean dishes included chicken ramen.

My father tried a bibimbap while my mother and I had a chicken ramen. When the food arrived I will admit that it didn’t look as astatically pleasing as the ones back home in Belgium. It was also served in a metal bowl which always feels a bit off for me. The broth wasn’t too bad, but the noodles tasted really like the instant ones you get from the store and they were a bit undercooked. Chicken was alright and so were the rest of the veggies. There were no Bok choy which was unfortunate, because I prefer it over green onions. Overall I would rate the ramen a 4/10. It’s sadly the worse one I have had so far in my life, but the rest of the day was nice. Didn’t do much other than watch some TV in the evening with my parents and hang out with my friends.

Today we headed on a bit longer trip. Took the car and drove to a place called “Jeløya” which is a small island outside a city called “Moss”. We started having a nice small lunch at the café and I had a tradition shrimp sandwich served with lettuce, mayo and dill. It was really good and defiantly topped yesterday’s ramen. After we had eaten we had a really nice and long walk along the sea side in lovely sunshine. There were some tough places especially for my dad, but fine for the most part. It was also A LOT of birds just chilling by the waterside. When we had made a full circle we saw a small art exhibit before heading home.

Tonight my sister is planning on cooking us some chicken and broccoli for dinner and we will see if my parents and I will watch some TV in the evening. Tomorrow is my last day and we are planning going down in the city and walk by the harbour. Then on Sunday morning it’s off to the airport.

Family Birthday Party

Yesterday was my dad’s birthday and we had invited our extended family and their partners. It was really nice seeing everyone again and also got to hold a baby for the first time.

Before the guests arrived we had to set the table and still prepare the food, but that didn’t take too long. The guests arrived at 3 pm and thankfully the weather was nice enough for us to sit outside.

The first people to arrive was my aunt and my uncle, then my oldest cousin with her partner and 7 months old daughter and then my other cousin and his partner. Everyone was dressed in nice summer cloths and we sat outside catching up, having a nice time. I informed them of my plans to finish my high school degree and everyone thought it sounded like a great idea. My mother had found some old photos of the family that was taken at leas 15 – 20 years ago. It was fun to see photos of me and my cousins so young. A bit later on my sister arrived after her shift at work and then it was time for presents.

The first one was from us to my aunt, because she had her birthday not too long ago. My mother had bought some coffee cups from when we were at “Blaafaververket” the other day. Next one was from my extended family. My father got a burgundy scarf + hat and a small mug. Then it was my turn to get a small present since I won’t be home during my birthday. I got a small bottle of perfume from Blueberry. Everyone said it smelled nice, but I personally couldn’t smell it as good, but it’s the though that counts. Then it was my gift to my dad, which was a bottle of virgin olive oil since my dad love to cook. From my mum my dad got a nice coat that she had bought when she went to Morocco earlier this year with her girlfriend. After all the presents it was time for dinner.

The menu of the day was chicken salad with honey melon, asparagus and walnuts. Which tasted really nice and refreshing. We also had wiener sausages for the people who wanted that. The sausages are mostly used for kids party, but ever since they were a big hit during another party my parents realised that some adults enjoy some sausages now and then. Our menu might not be close to traditional party food, but I don’t really mind as long as there are some items that I like. After we had our main course my sister got to hold the baby and she did a really good job. The baby kept trying to grab my sister’s hair and knocking down her toys. Very cute! Then it was dessert time. which we decided to have outside. My mother had bought 2 different cakes for the party. 1 chocolate and 1 cheese one. I preferred the chocolate one over the cheese one, but both were nice.

Then it was my turn to hold the baby. I was a bit nervous since it was my first time holding a baby. I was afraid to drop her, but it went well. She was a bit restless, but the thing she loved was to be held up so that she almost stood up by herself. She also like to grab and pull on one of my mums hat. Then it was time for people to go home. We said goodbye to everyone and wished them well until next time.

Rest of the evening I spent playing some games with my friends and talk to boyfriend, before going to sleep. Today is going to be a quite day at home. My mother needs to tidy up the house before the cleaning lady comes tomorrow. Tomorrow my mother and I will meet up with some of her friends for lunch so that will be nice.