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eleannag@hotmail.fr
Hi, everybody !
May I introduce myself?
My name is Eleanna GRECO,
I am fifteen years old, I'm Italian but I live in Nice. I have a little sister and an other little brother, I'm the elder in my family . Physically, I'm pretty short, I have got very long chestnut and curly hair, an big brown eyes , a big smile and a chubby face. I’m an easy going girl, fairly shy, not really daring and a little bit sensitive . I'm interested in Rock music,Japan and Italian culture and above all mangas. Sometimes I read so much that I forget the homework. My favourite hobby are dive without an aqualung, looking for wild mushroom with my father and go to the cinema with my best friends. Love to all Eleanna <3
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Quelques villes francaises vues par les lycéens de Hetland vgs à Stavanger
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Bonjour, élèves de Hetland !
A votre tour vous allez pouvoir faire connaissance avec notre lycée,
(Now it's your turn to get a glimpse of our school)
situé entre mer et centre-ville, à deux pas de la Vieille-Ville.
(which stands between the sea and the town centre, quite close to the Old Town)
Voici une vue générale depuis la terrasse au pied de la Tour de l'Horloge (vue est)
(This is an overview (east) from the terrace with the Clock Tower)
Les façades jaunes, au fond, sont celles de la Rue Désiré Niel
(the yellow façades/fronts in the background are from the houses in Rue D. Niel)
Ici vous voyez plus à gauche (nord-est)
(Here you can see further left: north east)
et voici notre belle Tour de l'Horloge.
(and this is the old clock tower)
Malheureusement, toutes les salles de classe n'ont pas encore été rénovées et ont conservé le charme de la vétusté !^^
(Unfortunately our classrooms have not all been renovated yet and look quaintly ...dilapidated !^^)
We'll send pictures of this later.
(à suivre...)
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Wow, our five-day trip was worth it indeed!
Stavanger, the Petroleum Capital of Norway, is no city of concrete (pas du tout une ville de béton) but is a lively and nice-looking place of about 200,000 people (126,000 for the inner city - or harbour area). The old centre and all the islands north and northeast of the harbour are quite picturesque.
The city boasts loads of intimate or bucolic places along the fjords
(peut s'enorgueillir de beaucoup de lieux plus intimes ou plus bucoliques dans les fjords - avancées de la mer dans les vallées glaciaires)
(Hafrsfjord)
and historic places
( the SWORDS IN THE ROCK Monument commemorates the battle of Hafrsfjord, in 872, after which King Harald Fair Hair (Harald à la Belle Chevelure) united the three districts of western Norway to make one single kingdom)
and crystal-clear waters in the 'ocean,' as they call it (= the North Sea)
with soft sandy beaches,
plus mountains for hikers,
(Mark the green roof for eco-friendly insulation)
(here, a Preikestolen hytte)Below: on our way to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
It was ever so windy ! I had never seen such a thing ! We had to crawl our way to the edge and hold tight! But what a reward!
And the two-hours' hike up there is varied and sporty!
There are also facilities for children on small beaches along fjords.
Sea-food is their everyday treat (les produits de la mer sont leur régal de tous les jours)
(fresh shrimps)
but the traditional meal (repas traditionnel) consists in meat balls and vegetables + mashed chick peas (purée de pois cassés) or green peas, with lingonberry jam! (avec de la confiture d'airelles rouges)
People are very welcoming and friendly. We met someone in the harbour who offered us to take a seat on his boat (a lovely old wooden boat)
and on another occasion our host borrowed a towel from a posh hotel nearby so that I could dry myself and get changed after a swim in the North Sea ! No way they would have done that in France !
(la réception d'un hôtel très chic nous a prêté une serviette de bain pour que je puisse me sécher et me changer après avoir été nager !)
We were able to visit the Oil Museum (Musée du Pétrole)
which looks out onto the sea
and even stands above the waves.
I also visited Hetland Secondary School further south
and met the French class who should be penpalling with my own pupils !
But time to leave was drawing near -
Farewell, rowan trees (adieu, sorbiers)
and Norway !
... Perhaps my pupils themselves
will be able to see all this
some day in Stavanger, won't you ?!
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In the meantime (entretemps)
we'll send you pictures of our own school in Nice
under the heading 'TRIPS' (rubrique "voyages")
and articles from the community of pupils/students
should give our Blog a new lease of life !
(devraient donner une nouvelle vie à notre blog !)
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Vivement un peu de fraîcheur ! 32° à Nice aujourd'hui...
La maison d'Unni est sur une île qu'un pont relie à Stavanger.
Nous avons hâte de survoler la côte si découpée à l'approche de l'aéroport de Sola, de marcher sur la plage puis de découvrir, à un peu plus de vingt kilomètres, le rocher de Preikestolen
ou le bloc coincé à 1000m d'altitude au-dessus du Lysefjord : Kjeragbolten.
Sans parler de la vie en Norvège, de la cuisine, des habitudes de tout un chacun...
Et peut-être pourrai-je rendre visite à une des classes de français d'Unni ? Comme elle-même l'a fait dans mes propres classes au printemps 2010 .
Ici, une photo d'Unni (premier plan) avec moi.
See you soon ! Ses snart !