Saturday, June 12 2004
We had a good time at Nikki's grandparents. It's always great to get out of the city and get some fresh air. And the weather was nice too, so we spent a lot of time outdoors. On Friday evening when we arrived we only unpacked and talked to Nikki's grandparents. They made a nice dinner for us and asked us lots of questions. They wanted to know how was Nikki doing in school and how she did at soccer. They were surprised to hear she wasn't going to soccer anymore but we didn't tell them why and what happened. We slept together in the same room like we did the last time, in two separate beds, but she came to my bed for a cuddle. We whispered so no one could hear us, and we lit a candle to make it romantic. We took our clothes off and hugged under the covers. I don't know how late it was when we fell asleep, but we stayed up for a while just kissing and talking. It was amazing how quiet everything was, not like in the city where you can hear cars even at night. In the country it's very quiet.
The next morning we packed our backpacks and went out after breakfast. We took Josef with us, he's a dog who lives with them, and then we went looking for wild strawberries. They usually grow around forests, so we went there and walked around. We almost got lost, but in the end we found lots of strawberries. The problem is that the wild strawberries are very small. They look like little red dots, but they are very nice and sweet. We ate all we could find!
We spent most of the day outside hiking and playing with Josef, and it was already dark when we returned home for dinner. Then around 8 we went out again for a walk. There was nothing else to do but watch TV at home with her grandparents, so we decided to go out. We climbed a little hill and lay down on the grass and looked up at the stars. We were lucky the weather was nice all the time and we didn't get cold. I think this was the best moment of our trip, just lying down and holding hands and looking at the stars. It was so quiet there and I hope it will be the same when we go away on our trip this summer. I think this was the first time we kissed under the stars, or maybe not. But it was very romantic, and we both liked it. It was around midnight when we came home and went to our bed.
On Sunday our legs hurt from too much hiking, so we decided to walk around the town. It's just a little town with one main street, but people are nice and we talked to the locals and looked at the shops. We bought some groceries to take home for lunch and then went to the sea to splash in the water. The water was still too cold so we didn't swim. We only took our shoes off and walked along the shore. We talked about our trip, and Nikki said she would like to see Paris, but I don't know if we'll get that far, and it's probably expensive too. We also talked about the gay and lesbian support group at her school, and I told her maybe she should go and have a look and maybe she will meet someone she already knows. She said then that she was shy and embarrassed to go there alone. I don't know how to make her go, and I don't want to pressure her to go, so I think I'll leave it to her to decide. It's not too important that she should go because she has me to help her with anything she wants to know, but it would be good for her to find some new friends with whom she could talk about it too.
While we were sitting on the shore we also decided to go vegetarian from that day. She said that would be something new to try, and I agreed. So from now we will only buy vegetables and fruit. I think it will be fun. Nothing else important happened that weekend. We returned on Sunday afternoon, and I went home with her to thank her mom and dad for letting us go and to talk about our trip in August.
Last weekend we also saw Harry Potter 3. It was pretty good. We liked it a lot and Emma is a cutie! After the movie we went on a boat which is also a restaurant to have dinner, and the boat sails around the harbor which looks pretty at night with all the lights and everything. Nikki said her mom wasn't impressed with her being vegetarian now because she had to cook special meals for her which is more work. I told her I will cook anything for her when she's at my place, but we both like most when we go out and have nice meals in restaurants.
Tomorrow we are going to a museum to see an exhibition about insects. I think it will be interesting. And in the afternoon I have a couple of friends coming over. One girl will bring the tent which we'll take with us on our trip, and Nikki and me we'll make some snacks.