I don't want to go home just yet. Time flies, and that makes one realize that one should savour every day they have left on their exchange. It really does go too fast and before you know it, you are back in the comfort of your 'home' land. Yet, I think after you have experienced another part of the world and made families and friends (whom come from all over the globe) that will last forever, you never really are 'home'. You belong to the world now. You are a traveler, and now the earth is your playground and the unknown seems like your comfort zone.
At the end of July I got to visit, Klara, whom was an exchange student in South Africa and had just come back to Denmark. It was really good to see her, felt like a part of me was home. It was so much fun being with another half Danish, half South African person.
Anyway, back to August. I visited my first host family at the beginning of the month, it was really good to go back there and reminisce about the time I had living there. Also getting to catch up with them (especially my host mother, whom after talking and talking for hours- I had to get a drink of water). We had a nice dinner and it felt like old times. (Hyggeligt!) I missed them a lot, so it was really a blessing to return, spend the night in my old bed and feel at home there as I used to.
I was lucky enough to get a visit from one of the exchange students living in Copenhagen from Australia, Danica. She's one of my really close friends here and it was so nice that she could come spend a few days with me; we had a lot of fun together.
It was my host dad's birthday this month too, and the family drove up from Fyn and we celebrated together. After that, I got to go to the 'Sommerbio', which is like a cinema outside, where people come and picnic on the plane along the river and watch a film. Kind of like the Drive-in we have in South Africa. I went with my host mom and host sister, as well as some of her friends. We watched a Danish film called 'Alle for To'. It was really funny.
One Sunday, my host sister, her boyfriend, my host brother and I went to Djurs Sommerland, a theme park about an hour from my city. It was so much fun. I love Roller-coasters and such, so it was really good time for me. I was so grateful for that experience.
I also spent a day with my next host sister, and then joined by my next host mother, we took a trip to Aarhus, and shopped a little and got some coffee at Starbucks. It was really nice, and made me look very forward to moving in with them. (4th September!)
I started school again on the 15th of August and it was nice to see all my classmates again and get back into the whole routine of going to school everyday. It was an amazing summer vacation in Denmark, with great weather.
On the 18th of August, was the Welcome Meeting in Nibe for all the 'newbies' in Denmark. The new exchange students that is. Also, there were some 'oldies', like me, who were there and it was good to see them again, considering they were the exchange students on my Euro Tour with me, and we are all very close because of that.
I also got to visit my best-Brazilian-exchange-student-friend, Mariana, who lives in Aars. So I took the train and visited her for the weekend. It's always a good time when we're together, so I was very happy to visit her.
So, it's my last weekend living with family and I've had a really lovely time here, and felt very blessed. It's good timing to move now, considering when I visited Mari, she cut my hair- very short- and it was a really nice change, and change is always good.
It's the start of the final chapter of living here, and that is scary but also exciting. I've experienced so much, yet there is still so much to experience. A lot of room to grow and have fun at the same time. I love Denmark, and want to enjoy every minute I have left here.
Bring on September! :'D
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| Oldies at the Welcome Meeting - District 1440 |
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| Hair cut |
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| I'm an Oldie now, look at all my pins- also, R.I.P long hair |
