A few of my faves

Here in Cambridge it's really starting to look like spring and I love it! The sun, the flowers, being outside with the kids, waking up with the sun on my face. I'm a fan. Therefore I thought I'd just share a few of my favourite songs at the moment. Some of those songs that make a sunny spring day even better. Enjoy!

Regina Spektor - On The Radio 


Death Cab for Cutie - Stay Young, Go Dancing 


The Eclectic Moniker - Easter Island 

Thoughts on living in Cambridge

King's College Chapel 

I have been living in Cambridge for 2 months now! wow time sure flies. (Although I don't really live in Cambridge but in a small village 5 miles outside of Cambridge.) and I love it here!

Driving: It took some time to get used to driving in the left side instead of the right but now it's all good. and well to be honest I've now driven a lot more in the left side than the right so I think it will be a lot harder to go back to driving in the right when I go back home...

The Family: The family I work for/live with(I'm here as an aupair) is so great! They have two children age 6(boy) and 8(girl) and we get along so well. I love spending time with them and they always make me smile. They love reading, playing music, dancing, being creative and so do I. We are a good fit and they have been so welcoming and I truly feel as a part of their family.

Future Archaeologist: I have been incredibly lucky to get volunteer work at the Cambridge Archaeological Unit in their Finds Office where I will get to clean all the things they find. I haven't started yet but will this coming week. It's safe to say that I'm VERY EXCITED!

Cambridge: Is so beautiful! It has a ton of amazing old buildings and lots of awesome museums. The city is all about learning = I feel right at home.

The people: People here are very polite and their accent just makes everything they say sound smart. I was sort of hoping I'd manage to get a bit of an English accent but I'm not so sure that will happen. One of the children has told me that I haven't learned English, I've learned American! When I try to talk with an English accent it just sounds like I'm trying too hard, ha! We'll see I am after all going to be here for another 5 months.
I've met so many amazing people here and I feel very blessed. I have also already had to say goodbye to some of the people I've met here which was surprisingly hard considering the short time I've been here(I'm talking about you Sister Su - I miss you!).

Church: (That would be The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Church is great! From the first Sunday I went there I felt so welcome and just that feeling of being somewhere you belong. It's also the place where I've met most of the people I know here. With weekly things such as Institute and FHE(family home evening) it forces me to get out of the house and gives me an opportunity to talk to people my age and not just a 6-year old and a 8-year old.

The food: Is mostly like in Denmark but I have discovered some new things such as Lemon Curd, which is delicious, and baked beans in tomato sauce.... I have also found out that they don't have fresh yeast here so I've now learned to bake with the dry kind.

Am I a grown up? I feel like one. At least most days. I think it has something to do with all the responsibilities I now have for someone else. Although, the 6-year old has told me that I'm not a grown up until I'm 22. so hey I guess I still have some time.

To sum up: I LOVE IT! I've had many wonderful experiences here so far and have grown so much(you know not in height but as a person...). And I already know that it will be incredibly hard to leave - so hey let's not think about that for another 5 months.

Sorted Books / The Art Assignment

The Art Assignment is a show on youtube which meets with all sorts of different artists. These artists have all created some sort of assignment. For this art assignment the artist is Nina Katchadourian and the assignemnt is called sorted books. You can watch the video here(click here) if you want to but here are the steps to complete this assignment:
1. Choose a person you know or would like to get to know better
2. Take a look at/through their library
3. Make three stacks of books to develop a portrait of this person
I chose to get to know my awesome mom a bit better by creating a portrait of her from the books in her library. Now these are of course in Danish but I will do my very best at translating them for you.

Happiness is a choice

Therefore

Do it now!

Create your future

Healthy and beautiful

A great and marvelous work

The shadows of the night

The shadows' ocean

But greatest of all

Hope for the future

If you could see me now

The springflower

Under a shining sun

With the heart in the right place

To the bitter end

I personally think that The Art Assignment is great! It helps me expand my idea of what art is, it teaches me about new artists and I get to be involved and actually make something myself.

Sunrise

The other day I decided, after a sleepless night, to get up and see the sun rise. I jumped into my onesie(don't judge it's really comfy), put on my coat, grabbed my camera and ventured out into the misty morning.
 I managed to get a couple of pictures, but to be honest they really don't do it justice.
My best advice would be to go see it for yourself! :-) 

(If you click the pictures you can see them in full size)

My jelly babies

 Wednesday, while I was in the middle of my 24 hour biology exam, these came for me. The timing couldn't have been more perfect. They are from Boohoo.com and I love them! It was hard to only get two pairs because they come in a wide variety of delicious colours. I think I might have to get another pair or you know maybe one of each colour. You  can  find them here and here if you want to check them out. I admit they might not be suitable for hiking and such but for summer days going to the beach I think they will be perfect.

Currently reading

Over the course of the last year or so I have started reading a lot of books. Most of them I haven't finished yet. It has now gotten to the point where I have promised myself not to start reading any new books before I have finished the ones I have started. The list is long....
Here we go - in no particular order:

1) Morderisk bedrag(Deception Point) - Dan Brown
2) Vejen til Jerusalem(The Road to Jerusalem) - Jan Guillou
3) Harry Potter og Dødsregalierne(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) - J.K. Rowling
4) The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
5) The Diary of a Nobody - George & Weedon Grossmith
6) Pride and Prejudice(I'm always reading this book haha) - Jane Austen
7) Persuasion - Jane Austen
8) The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
9) The Lady of the Rivers - Philippa Gregory
10) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brönte
11) The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling
12) The Jane Austen Pocket Bible - Holly Ivins
13) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling

My goal is to finish reading all of them before September because in September I'm moving to England(wuhuuu).

I have twenty years

In Spanish you don't say 'I am twenty years old', instead you say 'I have twenty years'. 

Today I have twenty years.

Twenty years of good memories. 

Twente years of sorrows.
Twenty years of my heart beating.
Twenty years of breathing.
Twenty years of being.

Today I have twenty years of life. 

For years to come I hope they too will be filled with a loving family and great friends.