This is probably going to be really long because SO much has happened in the last 2 weeks! So I'll just start with 2 weeks ago and move on up through today :)
My family has a small farm. They were worried about when they could harvest their hay because it takes a few days and it can't rain during those days (that tells you how much rain they've been getting..). So last weekend they finally had enough sunshine to harvest their hay. I got to help them and it was very different from anything I had ever done before.
Like most typical Danes, my host family enjoys soccer. My host parents coach a 12 year old girls soccer team. I went to practice with them so I could learn how to play- need I say more?
On Friday I spent the night at my third family's house. I have a sister there who is my age. Her name is Line and we're already really good friends. I think we'll have a great time when I live there!
Here's where the exciting part starts :) On Sunday I went to INTRO Camp. All of the Rotary exchange students from all over Denmark went to this camp. It was at a Høj Skole near Århus. My host mom and sister took me to the train station on Sunday morning. They were speaking to each other in Danish and then all of a sudden they started rushing towards a platform. My host mom told me to get on a train and I said my train was not supposed to get there for about 20 minutes. We did not have time to figure out if it was right or wrong so they put my luggage on the train. I was very confused and didn't want to lose my luggage so I got in with it. As the doors closed they said, "This might be the wrong train, sorry." I stood there for a few moments and then my phone started ringing. My host mom told me that it was the wrong train. I was terrified! I didn't know where I was going or anything. Luckily it got all sorted out and I made it there in one piece, but at the time it was a little scary.
Each person was assigned a room with 1 or 2 other students. We had about 6 hours of Danish lessons each day. At night there were activities and there was lots of free time during the day. One day during free time my exchange student friends from the language school (sprogcentre = language center and it was in Vejle) made a movie. I'm not really sure why but we did. If you're bored- watch it :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeTwLzjH08c
That is the link to the video. This group of friends became my family over the course of the week. We did everything together.
So they have very large spiders in Denmark. My room mates and I found a spider the size of my fist. So we went into the hall way and waited for someone to walk by. The person in the picture was lucky enough to be the first one to walk by. He was afraid of it so he tried to use his towel- we found someone else to help us.
We listened to Danish music all week long, and on Wednesday our awesome teachers surprised us with a famous Danish band concert. They came to our school and we got to meet them. They were very sweaty. but they were nice!
On Friday we got to go into Århus which is the second largest city in Danmark. We went to this crazy awesome modern art museum called Aros. You should all look it up if you get the chance. At the top of the museum was like area called a rainbow where you got a panoramic view of Århus. Each window panel was a different shade of the rainbow so you got this crazy sensation with all the different colors. there were 2 areas where there were wholes in the class and you could see what the world looked like outside of the colored panels. We asked "Is this real life?" It was crazy! I can't even explain how crazy it was. You will just have to come visit me and find out!
It was awesome! There were also some really great modern art works inside the museum as well. "The Boy" is one of their most prized possessions. He is HUGE. The detail was incredible, he really did look like a real boy.
After this we were given free time to do whatever we wanted in the city. We went shopping and then to the cathedral and then to an ice cream place. The Cathedral was huge and amazing.
I can't figure out how to rotate the pictures.. sorry. It was huge though. There were people buried in there from the 1600s.
On Saturday we prepared skits for a talent show type thing. Each class had a skit. Here is the link to our classes skit if, once again, you have nothing better to do :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BalC0-YLj4&feature=youtu.be
I had a fantastic time at INTRO Camp and I'm absolutely loving my time here! I have made the absolute best friends. As I write this I have been in Denmark for exactly one month. Thank you everyone for all of your love and support <3

Hooray! Thanks for sharing your blog! As I've said before, I'm loving that you're letting me be an exchange student in Denmard vicariously!
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ReplyDeleteHaha thanks for reading :)
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