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Ashley's American Adventures
hi again.
well what a weekend off i have had. it was unbelievable.
ashleigh, ruthie, and i all went to ashleigh's house in new jersey (about 2.5 hours away from camp) for the weekend. we left camp on friday night and arrived about 11:30pm. Her house was amazing. there was so much land around it, and she had a massive pool area too. the area in which she lives is absolutely beautiful. it is in the countryside, but its so close to all the shops and cities. for example, philadelphia is about 1hour away, new york is 45 minutes, and the beach about 45 minutes away. perfect!
there were lots of wild deer, rabbits, and kayoties that wonder round her garden.
her family were so welcoming to us, and it just felt like being at home. i could just get up and get anything i wanted. that is exactly what they wanted me to do.
so the first night we watched stepmom on TV (the first time iv seen television in 6 weeks).
the next day, i woke up and went outside, and my goodness, it was HOT! that day we just lazed. it felt so good just to do nothing, and not hear a kid around us. her pool was so refreshing. later on ashleigh and i went on a drive around the local area. now i understand why people love to drive. the long country lanes, beautiful scenery, and fresh air. we went past some developments of houses which sell for about 1million dollars. OMG!!!
for dinner, we went to a fondue restuarant called 'the melting pot'. you have never tasted food until you go to this place. FANTASTIC!
there were 4 courses, first the cheese fondue, then a salad, then the meat and fish fondue, and finally the chocolate fondue. we chose bailey and chocolate, and we had fruit, marshmallows, and the best brownies i have ever tasted. oh. my. god! i was in heaven.
ashleigh's best friend, heleana, came round too. she was hilarious. later on we went back to ashleigh's place, and sat outside in the gazibo drinking wine, listening to music and looking at the stars. this is my idea of a perfect evening. ashleigh and i sat out till 5am. whoops! we even went skinny dipping in her pool - it was so much fun. that is one thing of my list of things to do before im 30. hahaha. i just need to try it at camp now.
so on sunday we went to the mall. it was beautiful too. i just wondered around watching all the typical american people. it was such fun. i managed to get a fresh smoothie, yum yum.
back at home, we watched 'the producers' and then had dinner outside in the pool area. finally - we got to eat good food, instead of camp food. delicious!
unfortunately, we had to leave after dinner, so we arrived back at camp about 12 midnight. the road trip was so much fun again. listening to country music (jewel), 'dispatch' and then some love songs. so cool!
so back at camp today. and only 3 weeks to go. it is into the 100's now at camp, so we have to keep drinking water.
i was kind of gutted today because i somehow deleted 300 of my photographs from my camera. i needed them for next year at uni, but now they are gone. grrrr.
i played with a diabalo today. my second time of trying it - and i can do quite a lot of tricks on it. i really impressed myself (if i do say so myself, haha).
tonight for evac, it was a department showcase. i took lots of photos so please take a look. it was great.
i got a letter today from one of my ex-campers. it was just saying over and over again, 'i really miss you'. awwwww bless.
well im going to upload my photos now, so see ya'll soon.
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