Thursday 20 November 2008

A small hello

Hi everyone!
how are you?im sorry i havn't been in touch but i've been a bit busy like the other weekend i went to a place called Numboida to do some kayaking with my brothers school, there was a possum in the tree and the girls all screamd it was very funny. I've also just finished my exams it was pretty hard comin in at the end of the year but i have setteled in ok but i still miss everyone in france, so i send my love to all of you and thank you for everything you've done!! At school in english we've been makeing video's of reality TV soo when we get them on disk i shall transferm them onto my blog soo you can all have a look there are about 5 to watch(there were about five groups).
il try and keep on touch
bissous xx
Dani

Thursday 18 September 2008

last stop

The morning i left London CG found a lovely lady to take care of me on the plane and at the arrivals, we left late because some guy didn't pay for his ticket and when we arrived the police were waiting for us all to get of the plane because there was a criminal on the plane, we went and got our bags i said good bye to Margie then found my mummy. that night they had a surprise for me we stayed on the 17Th floor over looking Niagara falls it was amazing we got to go under the falls a i threw a coin of the edge and made a wish. the next night we stayed in Cleveland and went and saw American idol it was cool. and then we went back to Chicago and we ate at "babba gump shrimp co". the day we were leaving we went for a walk on the navy pier we went on the Ferris wheel and i went on those swings that spin and go really high. then we got on the plane to LA and then went from LA to Sydney but on the way home we faced head winds and had to go around them and when we were of the coast of NZ we had ran out of fuel and had to stop in Auckland to re full so we sat on the tar for 1h then we missed our flight to ARM and had to wait 1 more hr then we arrived at my new home.


THE END

Friday 5 September 2008

London - all 15hrs of it!

On the London Eye




Outside 'Canada Gate' at Green Park


Outside Buckingham Palace ...



















































Chatting to Ian who let us into the stables at Horse Guards!




































Trying to call home from the end of Downing Street









They even have pain au chocolat here too, in front of the Houses of Parliament!

First London black taxi ride

With Bill in front of his tube on the Waterloo & City line ('the Drain')


Bill & I in the cab



Surprise at Liverpool Street Station - Lindsay!!!

Friday 22 August 2008

catch up

For the last few weeks i have been swimming in the river because the swimming pool is shut, and when the boys go fishing they make me go and look for the hooks that they have lost in the river.

One very boring morning George came round to our place [Pol was still here] and said do you want to go to limoux on the bikes, and we said yes of course, so at 2:00 we left its about 4 km to limoux then after about 2 km there was this sharp turn and i sped down it and flew of my bike and cut my leg open it was really deep so George gave me his bandanna tie around it and then we carried on,we turned up at CGs work with blood dripping down my leg. it was so deep that now it has scard and my bone has built a little bit of bone on top to protect it, it looks funny.

In ALB there was a big dance festival that started on the Thursday with Panama dancing then on Friday was Cuba and the start of the fete d'ALB the village party, that night i danced for 4 hours straight and in the end i had very sore feet. The day after we ate at a friends house then we went to watch Burkina Faso and Chile and then at the fete i danced on stage. the day after that was carnival a french tradition to dress up so no one knows who you are and dance around the village i went as an All Black then at the fete we left early at 2 am.
















We picked up
Karina at the airport and since we were at the airport we went and saw the tower and i gave them chocolate as usual and i gave a box to the check in ladies. Stefan has had a new baby.

There was a film festival www.cinesansfilet.com that went on for 3 days in the village the first day i met up with a friend from school.

Then the second night Pol left to go back to Spain, then on the 3rd night it was just the winning films and then an Australian band (Rob Sawyer) played and in the end they gave me their drum stick and a CD signed by the band.

CG Japanese friends, Suzuki sensei, Hitoshi & Shiho came to stay for 2 days and one night this is what we managed to do:
.go to Mirepoix, the market was there it was huge, and we went for a look round the area.
.we went wine tasting , once in Castel Negre and once in Limoux it was fun.





.went to rennes le chateau looking for treasure.
.we went to arques donjon.
.ville rouge termenes Cathar castle.
.abbey de frontfroide a huge castle type church .
.then we went to the beach at Gruissan.





























I went to the beach with
Thierry and the gang for the afternoon first we went to the port and got these huge ice creams with lots and lots of cream then we went to the beach but their was no waves so we didn't get to boogie board but we did swim little bit.

Two days ago I went to the beach to stay with Yvonne, Jordan and Kelise for 3 nights and 2 days, the first morning we got up and had breakfast then went straight to the beach and i didn't put any sun block on and had really bad sun burn, any way that morning we made a huge castle / swimming pool actually it was a hole full of water and we made a caste of left over sand that after noon we found it still alive so we rebuilt it. the next day we got up and went to the beach again and made a spa bath very relaxing.

Sunday 27 July 2008

update

A couple of days ago i met CGs other god daughter called Daisy from Estonia very pretty blond hair and green eyes, we went for a picnic on the mountain tops it was very pretty we played with the cream and got it everywhere. it was lots of fun.

Pol the very first boy i met in Spain has come to stay at our place for three weeks to learn English then he goes home.


I have a question for everyone?we are having a carnival and i need ideas for a costume if you could give me your ideas???
thank you

update

a couple of days ago i met CGs other god daughter called daisy from estonia very pretty blonde hair and green eyes, we went for a picnic on the mountain tops it was very pretty we played with the cream and got it everywhere. it was lots of fun.

pol the very first boy i met in spain has come to saty at our place for three weeks to lurn english then he goes home .


I have aouestion for evryone?we are haveing a carnival and i need ideas for a costume if you could give me your ideas???
thank you

Sunday 20 July 2008

grau du roi


Flying the Languedoc Rousillon flag for the team!



two weeks ago i went to Grau du roi for a training camp for the championships it was lots of fun we stayed at a really rich campsite their were 16000 campers. at mid week CG came to get me to go to Switzerland a long history with my visa 18 hours in the car arriving the next morning for training everyone was amazed.we had a great week there weather was nice the water was hot all very good.





AND THE CHAMPION IS....
i came home from Grau du roi and stayed here for 3 days then left for the championships for the first four days it was very intense as you have all seen the results.
The four days after that it was a lot of fun as it was the challenge for young french and were just having lots of fun the four days were made up of relays swimming and sunbathing on the beach and of course enjoying a bit of camping.





























Julien & Paco's K2 race - French National Kayak Championships


My 'Petit Finale' K1 race - French National Kayak Championships

Saturday 12 July 2008

Finals!!! 3 seconds slower than the best whilst training; but very well done!!!

104 Petite finale K1 Dame Minime 1 500 metres
12/07/2008
10:30:00
Accueil
Avant
Apres
Place Ligne Bateau Club Temps
1 3 GRENIER Cloe Picardie 02'44'64
2 5 SOPER Danika Languedoc Roussillon 02'45'57
3 8 LIGNEAU Joanne Ile de France 02'46'82
4 4 RIVOAL Clara Centre 02'49'11
5 1 TABOURIN Charlene Auvergne 02'50'30
6 9 HUVELIN Flora Ile de France 02'50'46
7 2 JAFFRENOU Camille Pays de Loire 02'58'93
8 6 GERARD Alicia Champagne Ardenne 03'02'81

Friday 11 July 2008

K1 made it to 'B' Finals - K2 was a little more difficult ...













58 2eme 1/2 finale K2 Dame Minime 500 metres
Les 3 premiers en Finale A, les 3 suivants en Finale B, les autres elimines.
11/07/2008
14:17:00
Accueil
Avant
Apres
Place Ligne Bateau Club Temps
1 4 GERARDIN Josephine/TOSSER Awen Lorraine 02'30'62
2 2 AIECH Melodie/LEFLOND Elvira Champagne Ardenne 02'39'37
3 6 GAUME Sophie/ROBERT Anais Alsace 02'43'07
4 7 JEAN RICHARD Laura/SEBAN Louise Franche Comte 02'44'07
5 8 GALIACHO Justine/LERICHE Marion Normandie 02'48'15
6 1 CHIRAT Roxanne/LUBAC Justine Picardie 03'03'71
7 3 ORLIAC Romane/SOPER Danika Languedoc Roussillon 03'44'72
<<< 5 HOSTENS Manon/TEXIER Cecile Aquitaine Disqualifie


Hearing from her by phone last night, the weather is rough, all their tents were flooded & I've since heard that the heavens opened overnight; she probably didn't get any sleep!

67 1er repechage K1 Dame Minime 1 500 metres
Les 3 premiers en Finale A, les autres en Finale B
11/07/2008
14:53:00
Accueil
Avant
Apres



































Place Ligne Bateau Club Temps
1 7 BIBRE Justine Picardie 02'54'60
2 5 RENOUD GRAPPIN Emilie Bourgogne 02'58'60
3 2 LERICHE Marion Normandie 03'01'59
4 9 RIVOAL Clara Centre 03'05'96
5 8 SOPER Danika Languedoc Roussillon 03'08'31
6 4 GRENIER Cloe Picardie 03'10'71
7 1 GERARD Alicia Champagne Ardenne 03'19'02
8 6 JAFFRENOU Camille Pays de Loire 03'28'92
<<< 3 GARRY Yasmine Pays de Loire Dessale








Thursday 10 July 2008

Excellent, 3rd in the preliminary K2 race! 5th in preliminary K1 race!

26 2eme serie K1 Dame Minime 1 500 metres
Les 2 premiers en FA, les 3 suivants en R1, les 3 suivants en R2, le 9e elimine
10/07/2008
16:40:00
Accueil
Avant
Apres
Place Ligne Bateau Club Temps
1 5 BOSQUELLE Lucille Nord Pas de Calais 02'40'07
2 6 CAVERIBERE Manon Bretagne 02'46'89
3 2 RENOUD GRAPPIN Emilie Bourgogne 02'55'65
4 3 LERICHE Marion Normandie 02'59'48
5 7 SOPER Danika Languedoc Roussillon 03'01'01
6 8 TABOURIN Charlene Auvergne 03'01'60
7 4 LIGNEAU Joanne Ile de France 03'14'88
8 9 BAUDET Laura Reunion 03'32'87
9 1 MIGNOTTET Lea Franche Comte 03'37'69


14 4eme serie K2 Dame Minime 500 metres
Les 6 premiers en 1/2 finales, les autres elimines.
10/07/2008
15:52:00
Accueil
Avant
Apres
Place Ligne Bateau Club Temps
1 8 BOSQUELLE Lucille/THOMAS Marie Nord Pas de Calais 02'33'61
2 2 DELAHAYE Anais/FRIGOT Eloise Normandie 02'49'31
3 6 ORLIAC Romane/SOPER Danika Languedoc Roussillon 02'51'76
4 7 LENEZET Marjorie/PITREY Juliette Ile de France 02'55'89
5 3 BIKARD Savane/VAN DE WEGHE Emeline Alsace 03'00'75
6 4 CHIRAT Roxanne/LUBAC Justine Picardie 03'35'00
<<< 1 EON Alexandra/FRESLON Pauline Pays de Loire Dessale

Friday 27 June 2008

Guillaume's party and more


The other weekend their was a big party at Guillaume's house that he is constructing, it was his wife's birthday, the theme was cross dressing.
CG fell over a sewage pipe sticking out of the ground and split her knee open, she got three stitches and cant walk very well.






































































END OF TERM
I am very happy to announce that we have finished school yay!!!

















EUGE
AND LORI'S WEDDING
On Saturday it was Eugene and Lori's wedding it was very lovely they had a huge lunch and dinner then everyone was dancing in the middle of the day their was a huge storm so me and Lynn went dancing and got soaked.

PONT DU GARD
on Sunday i went to a race it was really badly organised we did 12 km and we were supposed to do 2km .


MEETING THE MAYOR
LAST FRIDAY THERE WAS A BIG GET TOGETHER FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES A SPORT IN LIMOUX AND I GOT A DIPLOMA FOR KAYAKING HERE'S A PHOTO OF ME AND MAURICE [NOT A NICE ONE OF ME LOL]
LINDSAY
LINDSAY CAME DOWN TO GO ROCK CLIMBING WITH HIS MATES