Friday, August 23, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Danish Summer Desert
Traditional Danish desert served in the summer. It's a type of buttermilk with a little bit of lime, with these little cookies on top of it :)
Sunday, August 18, 2013
First Week Adventures
Wow! It's hard to imagine that I've already been here a week... So much has happened!
I started school Wednesday, and I have to admit it was so hard. I had to keep telling myself that these are the challenges they prepare you for when you first become an exchange student. I've found that danish people seem very cold, because they don't talk to strangers. I was surprised at first because I was expecting a warm welcome when I first got to school. But that was NOT the case... I had to really put myself out there and try to meet people, and even then they hardly talked to me. Everything is so new and different that I had to use all my strength not to look as frightened as I was. All my lessons are in danish, so I sat there the first day completely lost. The second day was better, but still very scary. I have to take the city bus to school, and I got a little lost so i had to ask for help. Thursday after school my third host mom, Gitte, picked me up from school and took me to her house for dinner. There I met Sofie, my host sister who is going to Venezuela on exchange this Monday. She was so sweet to me, I really loved her! She invited her friends Mathias and Kevin over so that I could meet them. Sofie also told her other friends to look out for me, and to make sure that I feel welcome here in denmark. Friday was a good day at school. My classmates have started to warm up to me, and many of them asked me to hang out sometime. Friday night I went to a surprise going away party for Sofie. It was amazing to see how much her friends care about her. I met all her friends, and most of them have invited me to do things with them sometime this week. Yesterday we went to Djurs Sommerland, an amusement park in Aårhus. I had so much fun, and it was great bonding time for me and my host family. Tomorrow I am going to Germany after school with my host mom to go shopping. My short time here in Denmark has been life changing already... at times I have been very homesick and scared of the cultural differences, but I have found in myself a new kind of strength I didn't even know I had. I believe that this experience is good for me; the challenges as well as the successes will help me so much in the future.
I think that's all for now.. I'll post pictures later :) As the Danish would say: Hihi! (A casual way of saying goodbye)
I started school Wednesday, and I have to admit it was so hard. I had to keep telling myself that these are the challenges they prepare you for when you first become an exchange student. I've found that danish people seem very cold, because they don't talk to strangers. I was surprised at first because I was expecting a warm welcome when I first got to school. But that was NOT the case... I had to really put myself out there and try to meet people, and even then they hardly talked to me. Everything is so new and different that I had to use all my strength not to look as frightened as I was. All my lessons are in danish, so I sat there the first day completely lost. The second day was better, but still very scary. I have to take the city bus to school, and I got a little lost so i had to ask for help. Thursday after school my third host mom, Gitte, picked me up from school and took me to her house for dinner. There I met Sofie, my host sister who is going to Venezuela on exchange this Monday. She was so sweet to me, I really loved her! She invited her friends Mathias and Kevin over so that I could meet them. Sofie also told her other friends to look out for me, and to make sure that I feel welcome here in denmark. Friday was a good day at school. My classmates have started to warm up to me, and many of them asked me to hang out sometime. Friday night I went to a surprise going away party for Sofie. It was amazing to see how much her friends care about her. I met all her friends, and most of them have invited me to do things with them sometime this week. Yesterday we went to Djurs Sommerland, an amusement park in Aårhus. I had so much fun, and it was great bonding time for me and my host family. Tomorrow I am going to Germany after school with my host mom to go shopping. My short time here in Denmark has been life changing already... at times I have been very homesick and scared of the cultural differences, but I have found in myself a new kind of strength I didn't even know I had. I believe that this experience is good for me; the challenges as well as the successes will help me so much in the future.
I think that's all for now.. I'll post pictures later :) As the Danish would say: Hihi! (A casual way of saying goodbye)
Thursday, August 8, 2013
2 Days & Counting....
So, I'm sitting here in my living room, 2 days before I have to leave to the airport. It hasn't really hit me yet that I'm leaving for an entire year.. You'd think I'd be busy hanging out with friends before I leave but instead I'm at home, bored out of my mind. I decided "Hey! Why not make a blog?" Many exchange students in my year have already left and they've been making blogs, vlogs, all sorts of stuff. I'm certainly new at it and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing but bare with me, I'll get the hang of it eventually! In the future I hope to be an expert blogger, so I can share my experiences while I'm in Denmark to my family and friends back home. I'm planning on posting updates once a week at the most, so stay tuned for updates!
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