I have decided to write this blog based entirely on my year in Denmark and by doing this, I can write down what I do every week and be able to read it once I go home and, therefore, remember everything and reminisce about it all. Also, whoever is reading it (my friends and family back home) gets to see what I am getting up to.
I may even make a vlog just to show my face. But we'll see if I have the guts to talk to myself with the use of a camera.
To start off, there are so many things that are different here and it's like discovering a new world. This place is so easy on the eyes and from a South African's perpective, the snow seems pretty beautiful. Everything is white. Each flake falls gently from the sky and kisses the ground effortlessly. It starts off slow and then it happens all at once, covering the ground like an unliftable blanket. All in all, it's a picturesque environment, and I can't get enough of it. (But that will probably change since it's freezing and I'll get sick of it. Maybe).
Also, the people drive on the other side of the road. Steering wheels are therefore on the opposite too. It's all a bit confusing, but just adds to the 'newness' of it all.
People actual cycle while it's snowing and it seems completely crazy to me, but the Danish are said to be the happiest people on Earth, so maybe that's why they're okay with doing a minor thing as such.
The language is different, and so difficult- but I think I'm doing okay so far.
The food; oh my gosh, the food. It is good and there is a lot of it and I am an exchange student and exchange students get fat on exchange and there are so many bakeries and I cannot deal with it. So embrace the food, yeah?
Anyways, I don't think any amount of words or pictures could sum up the amount of craziness that is included with this opportunity. I am so content, yet so excited to keep learning and just experiencing it. I start school tomorrow which is really rad but unnecessarily scary. No one should feel as nervous as each exchange student feels before starting school in a foreign country. So we'll see how that one goes.
My host family is really cool, I have a lot of fun with them and really look forward to the next three months living with them.
Today we went to Nibe to the welcome meeting for the newbies like myself. I got to meet the 'oldie inbounds', the other 'newbie inbounds', the upcoming outbounds and the rebounds. So I met a lot of cool people and it was nice. We're all kind of in the same boat, so we get each other.
I am super excited for the next 51 weeks and don't think I'll get over it.
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