So now I'll just start with Monday and give a play-by-play of my week :) On Monday after I got home from school I got ready to go to a Rotary Meeting. They asked me to speak about my experience at INTRO Camp.. in Danish! So I did. After I sat down I noticed that people seemed quite surprised. My host mom told me that around Christmas time the exchange students are asked to talk to the club in Danish and they come with their speeches written down and have a pretty hard time making it through the speech. She said that since my little unprepared presentation was better than those prepared 5 months after they've been here, the club was pleasantly surprised. So that was reassuring, because I don't feel like I am progressing as much as I would like to be.
The picture is of me and some other exchange students in front of our school. Catherine from Canada, me, Lucio from Argentina, Kato from Thailand, and Poncho from Mexico.
Tuesday was Rachael's birthday. Rachael is an exchange student from the Bahamas who goes to Rosborg and who went to the Sprogcentre with us. We had casually invited her to hang out with myself and Catherine (a girl from Canada) that night. We planned a surprise party with everyone from the sprogcentre. We had food, cake, presents, decorations, a big card, and students who had come into Vejle for her party. We then got a message from Rachael telling us that her host mom was taking her out to dinner for her birthday.. So what did we do? We had the party and ate all the food without her.
The picture doesn't have everyone that was there in it. Rachael is on the computer screen. In our friend group she is known for taking pictures ALL THE TIME, which sometimes results in some pictures that aren't very attractive. So we thought we would put a not very attractive shot of her up next to her cake.. and then eat it. Payback. The party was at Catherine's house. She lives very close to the school, so I stayed the night at her house instead of making the long trip home only to do the same thing again in the morning.
Wednesday was not very exciting. I only had 2 or 3 classes (i don't remember..) so I got to come home early. I was pretty tired and I was coming down with the INTRO Camp bug, so I came home and relaxed. Everyone got sick at INTRO Camp. Luckily I didn't have it as bad as some people did. I'm still trying to get over though.
Thursday wasn't super exciting either. I had a full schedule. I had to wait for my bus for an hour though, so I went down to the walking street with another exchange student for a while. Then I took like 40 minute bus ride to Kolding. I waited there for 20 minutes for the next bus to come. At this point it was freezing cold and, of course, raining. The bus finally came. This ride is only 20 minutes and then a 15 minute walk home. I was surprised by my host sister who picked me up at the stop so I didn't have to walk in the cold rain. I'm freezing cold and it's still Summer.. ah!
Friday was the first school party that I attended. It was a concert with a bunch of local bands in the park. I went with Catherine and we met some people there. We stayed for a while and then went and got ice cream. After we were finished Catherine and I went back to her house where we had a hyggelig evening. Hygge does not translate into english, but the closest word in english is cozy. We had dinner and then made some hot cider, lit a bunch of candles, got some candy, and watched a movie with her family. It was so great! I love the use of candles so much! When I get home I'm totally gonna keep using them.
The picture is of me and some other exchange students in front of our school. Catherine from Canada, me, Lucio from Argentina, Kato from Thailand, and Poncho from Mexico.
Tuesday was Rachael's birthday. Rachael is an exchange student from the Bahamas who goes to Rosborg and who went to the Sprogcentre with us. We had casually invited her to hang out with myself and Catherine (a girl from Canada) that night. We planned a surprise party with everyone from the sprogcentre. We had food, cake, presents, decorations, a big card, and students who had come into Vejle for her party. We then got a message from Rachael telling us that her host mom was taking her out to dinner for her birthday.. So what did we do? We had the party and ate all the food without her.
The picture doesn't have everyone that was there in it. Rachael is on the computer screen. In our friend group she is known for taking pictures ALL THE TIME, which sometimes results in some pictures that aren't very attractive. So we thought we would put a not very attractive shot of her up next to her cake.. and then eat it. Payback. The party was at Catherine's house. She lives very close to the school, so I stayed the night at her house instead of making the long trip home only to do the same thing again in the morning.
Wednesday was not very exciting. I only had 2 or 3 classes (i don't remember..) so I got to come home early. I was pretty tired and I was coming down with the INTRO Camp bug, so I came home and relaxed. Everyone got sick at INTRO Camp. Luckily I didn't have it as bad as some people did. I'm still trying to get over though.
Thursday wasn't super exciting either. I had a full schedule. I had to wait for my bus for an hour though, so I went down to the walking street with another exchange student for a while. Then I took like 40 minute bus ride to Kolding. I waited there for 20 minutes for the next bus to come. At this point it was freezing cold and, of course, raining. The bus finally came. This ride is only 20 minutes and then a 15 minute walk home. I was surprised by my host sister who picked me up at the stop so I didn't have to walk in the cold rain. I'm freezing cold and it's still Summer.. ah!
Friday was the first school party that I attended. It was a concert with a bunch of local bands in the park. I went with Catherine and we met some people there. We stayed for a while and then went and got ice cream. After we were finished Catherine and I went back to her house where we had a hyggelig evening. Hygge does not translate into english, but the closest word in english is cozy. We had dinner and then made some hot cider, lit a bunch of candles, got some candy, and watched a movie with her family. It was so great! I love the use of candles so much! When I get home I'm totally gonna keep using them.
The girl in the middle is Catherine, and next to her is her younger sister. I stayed the night at Catherine's again and came home this morning. Today is another relax day which is nice. Tomorrow I get to go to church, yay! I'm very excited :)
I hope everyone has a great week! I miss everyone back home and appreciate all the support! Next Saturday I'm spending the weekend in Copenhagen. I'm going with my host parents, my host sister, and Rachael. It should be really fun, but I don't know if I'll have time to update this. If I do, great! If not, I'll make it up sometime! Thanks for reading! <3
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