En Uge

One Weeeeek! One completely turbulent week. Denmark is very different; the food, the people, the homes, its all new to me. the homes are all perfect, and they look like they were cut out of a magazine. The weather is fantastic. I was told that it would be rainy and overcast everyday, but the week that i have been here has been nothing but sunny. The crap weather is starting to appear now, so im getting prepared. Today is my first day with my host family, until now i have been living with my host counsellor; i definitly prefer living with my host family. they are really fantastic (even though i just met them today). On Friday night I spent the night in downtown Kolding with other exchange students, and it was freakin awesome. There were about 12 other exchange students, and only 3 (including myself) were newbies. Everyone got really comfortable with eachother, so much so that we decided to strip down to our skivvies and take a dip in the Kolding lake... at 2 in the morning. It was definitly a night to remember. The food here is great stuff! Danes eat bread with everything, its with every meal and is eaten as a snack. Its a good thing that I like the bread so much. I would be worried about it all going to my hips, but there is a massive hill that i have to bike up to get to school, so hopefully that will keep the extra Rotary 15 off :)
Vi Ses og jeg elsker dig!

The Day Has Come

It is 12:50 A.M. on August 1st. That means that in about 11 hours I will have left for Denmark. This whole blog thus far has been nothing but a countdown, and now the countdown is over. Now I leave. Now I start writing in Danish, and posting photographs of my new friends that I will have hopefully made. I've written the 12 page essay, written the culture essay, and responded to all of the journal entries. I've given a speech in Danish, watched Dances With Wolves, and memorized my 10 phrases. I've successfully made my Rotary Club infatuated with me, received my Blazer, and perfected my Rotary smile! I have nothing left to do. My suitcases are packed, my goodbyes have been said, my room has been cleaned (albeit, not very thoroughly). The next thing I have to do is muster up the courage to walk down that terminal. Surprisingly, I believe that I am ready. No matter how tedious those assignments may have seemed, the stuff that Rotary made all of us Outbounds do, actually helped. I really feel ready. Goodbye Florida, Goodbye canary-yellow bedroom, goodbye friends, goodbye family (reminds me of the book Goodnight Moon). Farvel, have fun without me :]

33 days

Holy Mother of God, I have 33 days left in the United States. That is soooo soon. I am very very very very very very very very very excited! Well, last weekend all 73 of the RYE Florida kids got together for the last orientation weekend before we all ship out across the globe. It was a lot of fun, despite the 5 hour workshops and the 100% humidity of central Florida. I bonded a lot more with everyone else, and I have to say that it is very dificult to leave all of them. The strangest part about saying goodbye to them is knowing that the next time I see them, they will be completely different people. We will all be fluent in another language, with a year's worth of stories to tell. I dont know how big of a change we will actually experience, but I do know that I can't wait to find out.

my 1st host family!

I had contact with my host family!! Everyday I had been waiting for some notification from my host parents, and finally they e-mailed me! My host mom, to be exact. Also, she sent pictures!!!!! I have a 17 year old brother, a 16 year old brother (whom I won't meet because he will be in Brazil), and a 14 year old sister. I found the 17 year old brother and the 14 year old sister on facebook. Also, I have a dog named Zojka :)

the family:

the house:

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

I TURNED 16 YESTERDAY!!!!! 1 month 29 days!!!!!

2 Months 2 Days

That's right people, 2 months and 2 days! I will be in Denmark in 2 months and 2 days! Try and wrap your head around that yall! Yes, I just said yall. Also, in exactly 2 days I will be turning 16. On June the 1st I will have completed another year of my life. Anywhoo, as I have not written in quite a while, I figured I should catch everyone up. Well.... I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MY HOST MOM!!!!! Her name is Bente and she sounds really, really nice. She has a 17 year old son, a 16 year old son, and a 14 year old daughter. I won't meet the 16 year old son because he will be on exchange in Brazil while i am their. But! I have siblings! also, I have a dog named Zojka, so that will be awesome. Anyways, not much else has happened. Agnete and I spent the night at jamie's, which was pretty amazing. We took about 45,068,506 pictures on her macbook. Im going to share them with you, too.

Kolding!

Forget about Faaborg. Just completely erase it from your memory.There is no Faaborg, there never was. The city I am going to be living in is Kolding!! Its on the peninnsula Jutland, and its about 55,000 people, and its B-E-A-UUUUUTIFUL! Its in the district 1460, and my school is Kolding Gymnasium! I also know my host father, but I cant remember how to spell his name. He has a son who is going to Brazil next year, but I don't know if he has other children (I hope he does).

In other news, Agnete moved in with me!!! She is an inbound from Denmark, and she's awesome. I can't wait to visit her in DK!