Wish I could say I wrote this but I didnt, Got sent it from my exchange student mate. It pretty much sums up everythin.
"A year has past and now we stand on the brink of returning to a
world where we are surrounded by the paradox of everything and yet
nothing being the same. In one month we will reluctantly give our
hugs and, fighting the tears, say goodbye to people who were once just
names on a sheet of paper to return to people that we hugged and fought tears to say goodbye to before we ever left.
We will leave our best friends to return to our best friends. We will go back to the places we came from and go back to the same things we did last
summer and every summer before. We will come into town on that
same familiar road, and even though it has been months, it will
seem like only yesterday. As you walk into your old bedroom,
every emotion will pass through you as you reflect on the way your
life has changed and the person you have become.
You suddenly realize that the things that were most important to you a year ago
don't seem to matter so much anymore, and the things you hold
highest now, no one at home will completely understand. Who will
you call first? What will you do your first weekend home with your
friends? Where are you going to work? Who will be at the party
Saturday night? What has everyone been up to in the past few
months? Who from school will you keep in touch with? How long
before you actually start missing people barging in without
calling or knocking?
Then you start to realize how much things
have changed, and you realize the hardest part of being an exchange
student is balancing the two completely different worlds you now
live in, trying desperately to hold on to everything all the while
trying to figure out what you have to leave behind.
We now know the meaning of true friendship. We know who we have kept in touch
with over the past year and who we hold dearest to our hearts.
We've left our worlds to deal with the real world. We've had our
hearts broken, we've fell in love, we've helped our best friends
overcome eating disorders, depression, stress, and death. We've
lit candles at the grotto and we've stayed up all night on the
phone just to talk to a friend in need. There have been times
when we've felt so helpless being hours away from home when we
know our families or friends needed us the most, and there are
times when we know we have made a difference.
One month from now we will leave. One month from now we take down our pictures, and pack up our clothes. No more going next door to do nothing for
hours on end. We will leave our friends whose random e-mails and
phone calls will bring us to laughter and tears this summer, and
hopefully years to come. We will take our memories and dreams and
put them away for now, saving them for our return to this world.
One month from now we will arrive. One month from now we will
unpack our bags and have dinner with our families. We will drive
over to our best friend's house and do nothing for hours on end.
We will return to the same friends whose random emails and phone
calls have brought us to laughter and tears over the year. We
will unpack old dreams and memories that have been put away for
the past year.
In One month we will dig deep inside to find the
strength and conviction to adjust to change and still keep each
other close. And somehow, in some way, we will find our place
between these two worlds.
In One month. Are you ready?"
Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Christmas is COMING!!!
Right so I think its safe to say its WINTER TIME!!! which means one thing and one thing only in my mind..SNOW!! o and christmas of course!!
The other weekend in town the Christmas Beer came out (kinda of like Summer Ale) but in Danmark its a big thing when new beers come out so this meant town was made to look like Christmas!! There was a snow machine so the ground was covered in fake snow and there was christmas decorations in all the pubs and then we all sung some christmas songs! It was only for that night though so town is back to normal.
Its getting very cold and dark also now which is a bit scary. You come home from at 5pm and its pitch black! which means you kind of just want to go to sleep but yeah I find things to keep me busy. We were supposed to have snow this weekend!! Everyone else got it! Apart from my side of Danmark but its okay I’m sure more is going to come hooray.
December is the month of Christmas! and you get a present every Sunday woohoo!! But its not all about the presents people! Its about tradtions. Like you eat duck at Christmas Eve o and Christmas Eve is pretty much Christmas!! And you go to church..and basically eat a lot of food! So its going to be really interesting celebrating Christmas in Danmark im pumped!!
Better run I’m being domestic godess and cooking dinner tonight
Love Megs
P.S it was -5 down town on Friday PLUS with wind chill it was around -10!!
The other weekend in town the Christmas Beer came out (kinda of like Summer Ale) but in Danmark its a big thing when new beers come out so this meant town was made to look like Christmas!! There was a snow machine so the ground was covered in fake snow and there was christmas decorations in all the pubs and then we all sung some christmas songs! It was only for that night though so town is back to normal.
Its getting very cold and dark also now which is a bit scary. You come home from at 5pm and its pitch black! which means you kind of just want to go to sleep but yeah I find things to keep me busy. We were supposed to have snow this weekend!! Everyone else got it! Apart from my side of Danmark but its okay I’m sure more is going to come hooray.
December is the month of Christmas! and you get a present every Sunday woohoo!! But its not all about the presents people! Its about tradtions. Like you eat duck at Christmas Eve o and Christmas Eve is pretty much Christmas!! And you go to church..and basically eat a lot of food! So its going to be really interesting celebrating Christmas in Danmark im pumped!!
Better run I’m being domestic godess and cooking dinner tonight
Love Megs
P.S it was -5 down town on Friday PLUS with wind chill it was around -10!!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Epic last couple of months
Alright so the last month has gone by a little to fast its a bit scary so I will just give a quick update to let everyone out there know I’m still alive and breathing.
I started the month in my new house which we all know about and the family is still going great, really feel like home here in my shire!!. I get on really well with everyone except milly..the cat. Maybe its because I have never been around cats before but she always comes and jumps on me and starts attacking me. Apart from that everything is smashing and I love living there.
I went to my councillors family weekend gathering. This is where all the brothers, sons, grandkids get together for a weekend of competitions and just all be together. I went on the Saturday because I had my school party on the Friday. The school party alone was an experience.
The weekend was really fun though just hanging out with the grandkids and taking part. Janus my councillors son was there and hes really awesome to talk to and he showed me how to saber a champagne bottle which I personally think is one the most important things you can learn to do haha. I got to look around the oldest town in Danmark and it was very cute but I like Holstebro best.
Madrid happened in the middle of the month and WOW. Class trips over here are very very different! It was a fantastic week though bonding with my class. Louise (My really good Dansk friend) and I were just laughing the whole time. I brought heaps because hey your only in Spain once arnt ya! The teachers were really relaxed and we would sightsee in the morning and then be free by lunch time. We also got our lunch and dinner money given to us so we had to look after ourselves. I saw many art museums and also a bull fighting arena and the best part! The real Madrid football stadium. Coming home was hard because in total it was about 12 hours all up travelling when you count the waiting around at the airport, flying, catching the train home. Everyone was very tired and most of the class was hung over on the journey home but was still a great trip!
I also headed to KBH for Elyse's 19th birthday. I surprised her in bed and jumped on her and gave her my presents to her. I wasn’t able to stay with her though so I stayed the weekend and my friend Tim's house. He lives in Hillerød, which is a town near KBH. It was a nice weekend being back "Home" because I go to Amager (that is where Elyse lives) so much I call it my 2nd home.
Last weekend I had my LAST EVER ROTARY GET TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was where all the 156 exchange students living in Danmark got together for the weekend in Holbæk which is about 4 hours away. It was held by the Rotex exchange students so was very relaxed. We mostly just all hung out and catched up with everyone. There was so many Newbies- the people that arrived in summer I am called an Oldie. It was the last time the Winter Team will see everyone all together. Needless to say no sleep was had because you have to make the most of these opportunities! We carved pumpkins also because it was a Halloween Themed. On the last night we had a big party and all had to dress up. We also had performances and Ange and I performed the haka for the very last time. I made heaps of new friends from all over the world again, slept for about 4 hours the whole weekend, danced on the tables, did the haka in shorts for once! and the main thing lost my voice! Am only just getting it back now.
I only have about 10 weekends left so as you can imagine its all systems go!! I can rest when I get home!!
Its getting COLD 5 degrees yesterday and I was wearing sandals
Hope everyone’s great
Love
Megz
I started the month in my new house which we all know about and the family is still going great, really feel like home here in my shire!!. I get on really well with everyone except milly..the cat. Maybe its because I have never been around cats before but she always comes and jumps on me and starts attacking me. Apart from that everything is smashing and I love living there.
I went to my councillors family weekend gathering. This is where all the brothers, sons, grandkids get together for a weekend of competitions and just all be together. I went on the Saturday because I had my school party on the Friday. The school party alone was an experience.
The weekend was really fun though just hanging out with the grandkids and taking part. Janus my councillors son was there and hes really awesome to talk to and he showed me how to saber a champagne bottle which I personally think is one the most important things you can learn to do haha. I got to look around the oldest town in Danmark and it was very cute but I like Holstebro best.
Madrid happened in the middle of the month and WOW. Class trips over here are very very different! It was a fantastic week though bonding with my class. Louise (My really good Dansk friend) and I were just laughing the whole time. I brought heaps because hey your only in Spain once arnt ya! The teachers were really relaxed and we would sightsee in the morning and then be free by lunch time. We also got our lunch and dinner money given to us so we had to look after ourselves. I saw many art museums and also a bull fighting arena and the best part! The real Madrid football stadium. Coming home was hard because in total it was about 12 hours all up travelling when you count the waiting around at the airport, flying, catching the train home. Everyone was very tired and most of the class was hung over on the journey home but was still a great trip!
I also headed to KBH for Elyse's 19th birthday. I surprised her in bed and jumped on her and gave her my presents to her. I wasn’t able to stay with her though so I stayed the weekend and my friend Tim's house. He lives in Hillerød, which is a town near KBH. It was a nice weekend being back "Home" because I go to Amager (that is where Elyse lives) so much I call it my 2nd home.
Last weekend I had my LAST EVER ROTARY GET TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was where all the 156 exchange students living in Danmark got together for the weekend in Holbæk which is about 4 hours away. It was held by the Rotex exchange students so was very relaxed. We mostly just all hung out and catched up with everyone. There was so many Newbies- the people that arrived in summer I am called an Oldie. It was the last time the Winter Team will see everyone all together. Needless to say no sleep was had because you have to make the most of these opportunities! We carved pumpkins also because it was a Halloween Themed. On the last night we had a big party and all had to dress up. We also had performances and Ange and I performed the haka for the very last time. I made heaps of new friends from all over the world again, slept for about 4 hours the whole weekend, danced on the tables, did the haka in shorts for once! and the main thing lost my voice! Am only just getting it back now.
I only have about 10 weekends left so as you can imagine its all systems go!! I can rest when I get home!!
Its getting COLD 5 degrees yesterday and I was wearing sandals
Hope everyone’s great
Love
Megz
Friday, October 3, 2008
New Photos
Trying to sleep on the floor of the train after for 10 hours!! on 2 hours sleep
At the Bull fighting arena
Me, Lousie, Susanne, Nanna
Palace
Me and my Rotary Blazer outside
the meeting house
Louise and I at our class picture (the theme was Childs Birthday party)
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Last move for the year!!
Last week was the last time I will move families in Danmark. After being in Danmark for nearly 8 months (woah!) it is amazing how much stuff and by stuff I really mean crap that you gain. I started packing uo 2 days before moving becasue I knew how long it would take me. After throwing out 3 bags of rubbish giving a pile of clothes to my host sis to keep I had narrowed my belongings down to
My new family is mega awesome and nice. They have made me feel so much home allready and I have only been here for about a a week. My host parents are famous host mum presents a tv show and my host dad publishes one on the papers. I have a brother called Rasmus and me and him are the same age so I hitch a ride with him to skole most mornings. I offered to drive if he ever wanted us to die!!
New Address is
Megan Porter
c/o Venelbjerg
Engparken 97
Tvis
7500 Holstebro
Danmark
You may want to write that down and remeber it takes normally 2 weeks for parcels to arrive so you better send xmas pressies early this year :)
I did my Rotary Presentation at Rotary this week and it was my BIG one aka had to be in dansk!! So i managed to speak for 30 minutes all in Dansk and got a couple of laughs out of the members and ended with the haka. I was so happy that my presentation was over I could go really hard out in the haka.
The members all commented on how well I had done and all admired my blazer which is FULL of pins. Am getting a little worried about how it will last the jounrey back home becasue pins keep falling off.
Well I better head of
the sun is shining!! amazing
Hope everyone is smashing
Love Megz
- 2 suitcases (that I came with)
- 3 backpacks
- 4 boxes
- 18 plastic bags filled
My new family is mega awesome and nice. They have made me feel so much home allready and I have only been here for about a a week. My host parents are famous host mum presents a tv show and my host dad publishes one on the papers. I have a brother called Rasmus and me and him are the same age so I hitch a ride with him to skole most mornings. I offered to drive if he ever wanted us to die!!
New Address is
Megan Porter
c/o Venelbjerg
Engparken 97
Tvis
7500 Holstebro
Danmark
You may want to write that down and remeber it takes normally 2 weeks for parcels to arrive so you better send xmas pressies early this year :)
I did my Rotary Presentation at Rotary this week and it was my BIG one aka had to be in dansk!! So i managed to speak for 30 minutes all in Dansk and got a couple of laughs out of the members and ended with the haka. I was so happy that my presentation was over I could go really hard out in the haka.
The members all commented on how well I had done and all admired my blazer which is FULL of pins. Am getting a little worried about how it will last the jounrey back home becasue pins keep falling off.
Well I better head of
the sun is shining!! amazing
Hope everyone is smashing
Love Megz
Monday, August 18, 2008
Back to Skole
I can safely say this will be the last time I start skole ever again...not including University.
Skole started back for me on the 13th August at 720...yes you did read the correctly it is 720am!! It really has to be illegal to wake up that early after nearly a 3 month holiday.
When school starts back in Danmark it is tradition for the 3rd years (me!!) to welcome in the 1st years who are called frogs for some strange reason. So most of the 3rd years lined up in the school and made a path for the 1st years to walk down. This is when it was worth getting up early! We clapped and threw paper and candy and stuck frog stickers on the 1st years as the made their way down the path of 3rd years.
Also at lunch time we steal all their chairs and pile them up in our eating area so the 1st years are made to come and get them and we are all cheering and clapping. Needless to say its awesome being a 3rd year.
My timetable is still having some problems at the moment meaning that this week I only have 7 classes. My host mum thinks this is a problem and wants to contact the skole where I see no problem is this but will try and sort out what classes I’m going to choose.
It feels weird being back at skole, I can understand more this year and the teachers ask me to answer questions which can be a bit daunting but I try my best and if all else fails I just use Dad's motto if in doubt bullshit your way out. Its amazing how just answering ja and nodding and smiling can impress the teachers. But I can understand most of the time about what people are saying to me. I just lack the words to reply now.
Today is actually my 7 months!! amazing yes and also a little freaky how a month went by so fast. My friend actually baked me a cake though and brought it Danish flags so we just finished celebrating. Cant believe I only have 5 months left seems unreal.
Summer is coming to an end :( and it only seems like yesterday that it was beginning
Vi Ses Snart
Megz
Skole started back for me on the 13th August at 720...yes you did read the correctly it is 720am!! It really has to be illegal to wake up that early after nearly a 3 month holiday.
When school starts back in Danmark it is tradition for the 3rd years (me!!) to welcome in the 1st years who are called frogs for some strange reason. So most of the 3rd years lined up in the school and made a path for the 1st years to walk down. This is when it was worth getting up early! We clapped and threw paper and candy and stuck frog stickers on the 1st years as the made their way down the path of 3rd years.
Also at lunch time we steal all their chairs and pile them up in our eating area so the 1st years are made to come and get them and we are all cheering and clapping. Needless to say its awesome being a 3rd year.
My timetable is still having some problems at the moment meaning that this week I only have 7 classes. My host mum thinks this is a problem and wants to contact the skole where I see no problem is this but will try and sort out what classes I’m going to choose.
It feels weird being back at skole, I can understand more this year and the teachers ask me to answer questions which can be a bit daunting but I try my best and if all else fails I just use Dad's motto if in doubt bullshit your way out. Its amazing how just answering ja and nodding and smiling can impress the teachers. But I can understand most of the time about what people are saying to me. I just lack the words to reply now.
Today is actually my 7 months!! amazing yes and also a little freaky how a month went by so fast. My friend actually baked me a cake though and brought it Danish flags so we just finished celebrating. Cant believe I only have 5 months left seems unreal.
Summer is coming to an end :( and it only seems like yesterday that it was beginning
Vi Ses Snart
Megz
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Summer Holiday Pics
Thought you would all need an update on what I look like :) I know some of you are missing your "megan fix"
very top of dk!!!
Helen and I
Repping the Danskness
Min Whanau
Adding a touch of Kiwiness to our metro ride
The beloved sign we crashed into in Prague!!!
On the Berlin Wall
Prague
They breed rebels in NZ..Stepping on the grass in Austria
Venice!!!!
CanCan infront of Moulin Rouge
Casually hanging in Brussles
Eating a Kroket...or 2..or 3 for Dad :)
very top of dk!!!
Helen and I
Repping the Danskness
Min Whanau
Adding a touch of Kiwiness to our metro ride
The beloved sign we crashed into in Prague!!!
On the Berlin Wall
Prague
They breed rebels in NZ..Stepping on the grass in Austria
Venice!!!!
CanCan infront of Moulin Rouge
Casually hanging in Brussles
Eating a Kroket...or 2..or 3 for Dad :)
Sunday, July 27, 2008
6 MONTHS!!!
Okay firstly I am a little scared that 6 months has gone by so fast. It seems just like yesterday I was at Auckland airport waiting to leave New Zealand. Anywho on with the list some will be the same as it is taken from the 3 monther but yes.
So in 6 months I have
So in 6 months I have
- Flown halfway across the world
- Got lost biking to school
- Biked to school in darkness
- Biked home in a storm and been blown off my bike
- Crashed my bike x3
- Climbed Danmarks highest point (100m)
- Had an amazing Intro Camp
- Learnt Dansk is quite hard to speak
- Seen Les Miserables in Dansk
- Turned 18
- Seen more than 20 handball matches
- Been to church
- Casually gone to Sweden
- Built a snowman
- Seen so many churches and castles
- Had no sleep at Rotary Get Togethers
- Had Leticia come and visit me
- Performed the Haka in 6 Different countries
- Lived in a house with no lounge and no mum
- Done a liquorice shot at 10am with my Councillor
- Communal showered a number of times girls
- Been to 7th, 9th and 10th grade
- Seen a Confirmation
- Been to Tårnby Gymnasium
- Seen most of the attraction in København
- Moved families
- Learnt how much stuff you gain after living in a country for 4 months
- Taken part in a Duathlon
- Spent an unbelievable 18 Days on Eurotour
- Wrote on Berlin Wall
- Had the bus crash into a sign in Prague
- Sung sound of music in Austria
- Rode a mechanical bull in Italy
- Kissed under the Eiffel Tower in Paris
- Tried Belgium beer
- Partied like an Exchange student in Holland
- Got a 7 in a English Exam
- Come home from town at 4am and the sun is up
- Nearly killed my host brother on a theme park ride
- Run a 5km beach marathon
- Been to England
- Got fined on the Underground
- Seen Lion King
- Had a heart examination
- Had a brain examination
- Fainted in 3 different countries
- Seen the Black Seeds play in KBH
- Canoed 20kms
- Been to HC Andersons house
- Visited Skagen the top of Danmark
- Meet New Zealanders and Australians in Danmark that arn't on an Exchange!
- Been to KBH 5 times! Thanks elyse
- Dreamt in Dansk
- Choked on a potato
- Been camping Dansk style at the beach and not even swum in the ocean..damn you dangerous west coast
- Taken sooooooooooo many photos not just of me either!
- Met some amazing people
- Had such an amazing time all ready dreading coming home
Bring on the next 6 months though! I'm living life to the fullest which is the way to go!!
Is now a bad time to say that we having around 25 or higher degrees :) but its only getting hot now!! I have spent most of the "summer" wearing my trackies which isnt right!
Vi Ses snart
Megz
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
What time is it...Summer time!!
According to Danish people we are in summer..YEAH RIGHT!! I seem to keep missing this wonderful sunshine and warmth that they keep going on about. So far my summer has consisted of a couple of really nice hot days and about 30 overcast, rain, heavy wind days. Good thing I didnt come over for the weather!
My summer holidays are going awesome heaps of travelling happening and people coming to see me in the bro which always makes me happy. Last weekend I was invaded by two aussie girls which was fun because we got to head into town. Got about 2 hours sleep and then the next day I had to run a beach marathon. I use marathon very loosely it was a marathon but there was also a 5km run you could enter so I entered that. It was was still a mission because it was on the beach and this is the main fact it was about 7 degrees!! yeah so before you say o what 5km's easy! try running on beach in cold condidtions and also real poor fitness level. The best part was that we all got a medal at the end of it hooray!
I then headed over to England for a couple of days to stay with family friends. I cant explain how exciting it was to hear English again and be able to speak and have people understand me and just to see English!! Was very exciting. Had a real fun time over in England shopping and of course sightseaing and also catching up with my friend Tesha who lives in England for the year working. Together we went and saw Lion King which was brill the costumes were fantastic. We ran into some trouble riding the underground and trains because I was doing it without a ticket on my last day mainly because I may or may not have spent all my money on clothes... I mean tourist attractions!! So yes had to pay a couple of pounds maybe 30 to be exact but the main thing was that I got home!
Am heading to København today to see a New Zealand band play and then my family comes over tommorow to do the sightseaing things with me. It should be fun especially becasue my host bro Rasmus is home from America. He's pretty cool but has a bit of an American accent but I am willing to look past that.
I have to finish packing actually!
O yes I dreamed in Danish the other night! Unfortuantly it was only a sentance but that has to count for something ay??
Hope the weathers not to lame!!
Love Megz
Sunday, June 15, 2008
18 days+ 40 crazy exchange students+ 8 differnt countries= One awesome as Eurotour!
Okay words cannot explain how unbelievably awesome Eurotour, when you spend 18 days on a bus with crazy exchange students of course alot of things are going to happen. I had the time of my life on Eurotour and I made "friends for life" no but seriously I made friends with people from Brazil, America( a couple of them were very nice), Argentina, Mexico, Lithuania, Canada, Italy even some of the Australians!! Together we travelled around Europe on our "special" bus in total travelling around 4000 kilometeres with broken toilet and air conditioning that didn't work half the time and of course a very unique bus driver...
Eurotour for me started at the crack of dawn pretty much! I had to wake up at 5am..yes 5am!! and then drive for 2 hours to the place where I was getting picked up. I get on the bus and people were excited and luckily all tired so we could all sleep. I spent most of the trip talking to Helen (Kiwi friend) and also floating around the bus talking to the other people. Driving from basically the top of Danmark to Berlin takes about 13 hours then you have to add on an extra hour for when certain bus drivers get lost trying to find the hostel!
1st day of tour we spent in Berlin, we got dropped on in the centre and then our so called tour guides just said okay be back at the bus in 3 hours and walked off. So it was a bit confusing but also nice being able to explore Berlin on our own. We then got taken to the Berlin Wall and I wrote on it! Which was my main goal for Berlin.
Prague was our next destination and we stayed in a wait for it...4 star hotel!! Prague was all about the beautiful buildings, bridges and river running through it. Prague is apparently very cheap to buy things but I was so busy sightseeing I didn't actually make it to the shops. I must be growing up!! In Prague 4 american girls were lucky enough to see Channing Tatum ( a movie star and he is very hot!!) Unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to bump into him so had to make do with looking at their photos of him. It was in Prague were our bus driver actually crashed the bus into a sign when he was attempting to do what felt like a 200 point turn. We caused a mini traffic jam behind us and cars even started honking! We then drove around for 1 hour trying to find a parking place.
After our time in Prague we left the 4 star hotel and headed to the hills of music! Austria. Where we actually stayed in the middle of now where! There were only hills all around us and grass and yes we were miles away from anywhere!! The hotel was "quaint" aka small and smelly but it was nice being in Austria. That night me helen and marg (and aussie) went for our usual run in every country and we sung sound of music which is compulsory if you are ever in Austria. The next day we went sight seeing and saw the opera, parliament, churches and lots more. Austria was a bit like Prague just cleaner. In Austria we crashed AGAIN!! This time into a tram! Luckily no one was hurt though. We also got to go to the opera in Austria. We organised it all ourselves because our guides didn’t want us going, it was a nice evening out at the opera though.
We then headed to Italy!!! My favourite country. This was all about sun, beach, sleep and relaxing and partying like an exchange student with the other buses. We met up with Bus one the first night and then the 3rd night Bus 3. Because we were on the beach we didn’t have any set things for us to do so we could just take it easy and work on our tans. After living in Danmark for a couple of months we were all pasty!! We headed to Venice one day and that was really nice just walking the streets of Venice and getting lost. In Italy I rode a mechanical bull!! Was so much fun. There was some English rugby boys in Lido de Jeslo at the same time as us and they had made me a bet that I wouldn’t be able to stay on for more then a minute but I did. It was sad to leave the land of Gelato and Sun but I will defiantly be back there soon.
Monaco was a surprise, I didn’t know that it was that small and built up with so many high rise buildings. We were only there for a couple of hours but I still go to appreciate the beauty of it all. We parked at the top so then had to run all the way pretty much to the bottom. There was stairs so running down was okay, it was the coming up which the difficult part.
France was both good and bad. I loved Avingnon with its old castles and unfinished bridges and yet Paris did nothing for me. In Avingnon I went around with the guys and also the Brazilians, which was a change from Helen and the Americans. I could tell it was going to be good because the first thing we found was a fruit salad stall that was giving it away for free!! I then had to do the haka because the guy in charge of the stall found out I was from New Zealand. We spent the day just taking it easy in Avingnon and looking around because I was with guys I didn’t get to do any shopping!! That night after dinner our beloved bus driver blocked the road "trying" to do a u-turn.
We arrived in Paris and met up with Bus 1 again and then had to rush to get ready because we were meting up with them under the Eiffel Tower. Now I have seen the Eiffel Tower before and it is nothing compared to what it looks like at night!! Personally I think you shouldn’t be able to look at it during the day, only at night because it is so amazing! So we partied under the Eiffel Tower me and Ange did the haka again and in total just had a really nice night. During the day times did the usual sight seeing and taking it easy everyone was running low on energy by this stage. One thing, which made me very happy, was that I saw the Moulin rouge! Well the outside of the Moulin rouge it cost's to much to actually go in!! But I still did the cancan outside the Moulin rouge.
After Paris we headed to Brussels, the land of chocolate mmm. We only got a couple of hours to sightsee in Brussels because we got there late. But I got to see the main thing there is to see in Brussels the pissing statue of a boy. That night we went out to this pub, which had about 1000 different, flavours of beer it was amazing! The only chocolate I actually ate was the free samples that was given out in the chocolate stores so that was pretty impressive I thought!. Belgium was a really nice country and I wish we got more time to explore it.
Headed to Amsterdam the land of hash, red light district and the best thing of all croquets!!!! or however you spell them!. The first thing I did was rush off the bus and find myself a croquet stand. We then had a canal tour but the boat actually left without Marg and I so we had to chase it down the river. Finally got onto it and it was a mini sauna in there because it was a glass boat. They only gave us 1 hour in Amsterdam which is basically no time so that was annoying. On route to where we were staying ( unfortunately we didn’t get to stay in Amsterdam... luckily I had already seen red light district Thanks Dad!) our air-con broke down on the bus and it was one of the hottest days on tour! This meant that as soon as we pulled into a petrol station it was water fight time!! That night was our last night on tour so needless to say very little sleep was had!
Journey back to Danmark was sad because for some people this was the last time they would see each other because my oldies are going home soon. After spending 18 days with each other you get close and bond! Coming home was weird, It felt like I was coming back to New Zealand not Danmark. I have to get used to speaking Danish again, after only speaking it a couple of times on tour it got a little bad.
So that was basically Eurotour, nearly 1000 photos taken, only 4 hours of sleep most nights, lots of random conversations and memories forever!
Thanks to my friend Mark in Australia this was proof readed by him =)
Eurotour for me started at the crack of dawn pretty much! I had to wake up at 5am..yes 5am!! and then drive for 2 hours to the place where I was getting picked up. I get on the bus and people were excited and luckily all tired so we could all sleep. I spent most of the trip talking to Helen (Kiwi friend) and also floating around the bus talking to the other people. Driving from basically the top of Danmark to Berlin takes about 13 hours then you have to add on an extra hour for when certain bus drivers get lost trying to find the hostel!
1st day of tour we spent in Berlin, we got dropped on in the centre and then our so called tour guides just said okay be back at the bus in 3 hours and walked off. So it was a bit confusing but also nice being able to explore Berlin on our own. We then got taken to the Berlin Wall and I wrote on it! Which was my main goal for Berlin.
Prague was our next destination and we stayed in a wait for it...4 star hotel!! Prague was all about the beautiful buildings, bridges and river running through it. Prague is apparently very cheap to buy things but I was so busy sightseeing I didn't actually make it to the shops. I must be growing up!! In Prague 4 american girls were lucky enough to see Channing Tatum ( a movie star and he is very hot!!) Unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to bump into him so had to make do with looking at their photos of him. It was in Prague were our bus driver actually crashed the bus into a sign when he was attempting to do what felt like a 200 point turn. We caused a mini traffic jam behind us and cars even started honking! We then drove around for 1 hour trying to find a parking place.
After our time in Prague we left the 4 star hotel and headed to the hills of music! Austria. Where we actually stayed in the middle of now where! There were only hills all around us and grass and yes we were miles away from anywhere!! The hotel was "quaint" aka small and smelly but it was nice being in Austria. That night me helen and marg (and aussie) went for our usual run in every country and we sung sound of music which is compulsory if you are ever in Austria. The next day we went sight seeing and saw the opera, parliament, churches and lots more. Austria was a bit like Prague just cleaner. In Austria we crashed AGAIN!! This time into a tram! Luckily no one was hurt though. We also got to go to the opera in Austria. We organised it all ourselves because our guides didn’t want us going, it was a nice evening out at the opera though.
We then headed to Italy!!! My favourite country. This was all about sun, beach, sleep and relaxing and partying like an exchange student with the other buses. We met up with Bus one the first night and then the 3rd night Bus 3. Because we were on the beach we didn’t have any set things for us to do so we could just take it easy and work on our tans. After living in Danmark for a couple of months we were all pasty!! We headed to Venice one day and that was really nice just walking the streets of Venice and getting lost. In Italy I rode a mechanical bull!! Was so much fun. There was some English rugby boys in Lido de Jeslo at the same time as us and they had made me a bet that I wouldn’t be able to stay on for more then a minute but I did. It was sad to leave the land of Gelato and Sun but I will defiantly be back there soon.
Monaco was a surprise, I didn’t know that it was that small and built up with so many high rise buildings. We were only there for a couple of hours but I still go to appreciate the beauty of it all. We parked at the top so then had to run all the way pretty much to the bottom. There was stairs so running down was okay, it was the coming up which the difficult part.
France was both good and bad. I loved Avingnon with its old castles and unfinished bridges and yet Paris did nothing for me. In Avingnon I went around with the guys and also the Brazilians, which was a change from Helen and the Americans. I could tell it was going to be good because the first thing we found was a fruit salad stall that was giving it away for free!! I then had to do the haka because the guy in charge of the stall found out I was from New Zealand. We spent the day just taking it easy in Avingnon and looking around because I was with guys I didn’t get to do any shopping!! That night after dinner our beloved bus driver blocked the road "trying" to do a u-turn.
We arrived in Paris and met up with Bus 1 again and then had to rush to get ready because we were meting up with them under the Eiffel Tower. Now I have seen the Eiffel Tower before and it is nothing compared to what it looks like at night!! Personally I think you shouldn’t be able to look at it during the day, only at night because it is so amazing! So we partied under the Eiffel Tower me and Ange did the haka again and in total just had a really nice night. During the day times did the usual sight seeing and taking it easy everyone was running low on energy by this stage. One thing, which made me very happy, was that I saw the Moulin rouge! Well the outside of the Moulin rouge it cost's to much to actually go in!! But I still did the cancan outside the Moulin rouge.
After Paris we headed to Brussels, the land of chocolate mmm. We only got a couple of hours to sightsee in Brussels because we got there late. But I got to see the main thing there is to see in Brussels the pissing statue of a boy. That night we went out to this pub, which had about 1000 different, flavours of beer it was amazing! The only chocolate I actually ate was the free samples that was given out in the chocolate stores so that was pretty impressive I thought!. Belgium was a really nice country and I wish we got more time to explore it.
Headed to Amsterdam the land of hash, red light district and the best thing of all croquets!!!! or however you spell them!. The first thing I did was rush off the bus and find myself a croquet stand. We then had a canal tour but the boat actually left without Marg and I so we had to chase it down the river. Finally got onto it and it was a mini sauna in there because it was a glass boat. They only gave us 1 hour in Amsterdam which is basically no time so that was annoying. On route to where we were staying ( unfortunately we didn’t get to stay in Amsterdam... luckily I had already seen red light district Thanks Dad!) our air-con broke down on the bus and it was one of the hottest days on tour! This meant that as soon as we pulled into a petrol station it was water fight time!! That night was our last night on tour so needless to say very little sleep was had!
Journey back to Danmark was sad because for some people this was the last time they would see each other because my oldies are going home soon. After spending 18 days with each other you get close and bond! Coming home was weird, It felt like I was coming back to New Zealand not Danmark. I have to get used to speaking Danish again, after only speaking it a couple of times on tour it got a little bad.
So that was basically Eurotour, nearly 1000 photos taken, only 4 hours of sleep most nights, lots of random conversations and memories forever!
Thanks to my friend Mark in Australia this was proof readed by him =)
Friday, May 16, 2008
New Family! New House! New York? well maybe not New York!
Last week I moved families. It was hard enough packing everything up and I was only moving down the road, very worried what its going to be like in 8 months!! I had 9 EXTRA! bags however these were plastic bags but they were cramed to the top with "stuff"
It felt werid leaving the Krogh family however I see them around town and I will go back and visit.
The Biehl family (aka my new hosties for my next couple of months) picked me and all my luggage up luckily it all managed to fit in the car. I have told my 3rd Host Brother that by the time I move to his house we will need a pick up truck! So I arrived at my new house and unpacked everything and within an hour I had moved in. Im a pro at moving it to new houses and adapting. They had invited Rasmus (my host bro currently on exchange in usa) friends that live near us around to come and meet me. They were really cool and were talking to me and also inviteded me to a theme park the next day. It made Rainbows End look pathetic!! Well lets face it Rainbows End is kinda little! I did a 50m free fall no harness nothing just dropping from mid air was so awesome was on the mean as high afterwards!!
Have spent the week adjusting to having a mum around the house but I have bad news! There is a lounge but I am so used to not having one I havent actually used it yet! Im hoping when I come back from Eurotour I will be able to use it. Speaking of Eurotour I am getting picked up in 6 hours and I still have to pack. Mentally I have packed its just physically I am a bit behind!
My new address is
Skjernvej 85B
7500 Holstebro
Phone Number: 97413228
Please feel free to send me packages and letters!!
I shall think of everyone at Uni and Work while I am travelling round Europe! I will try and take some scenic photos but you never know!
Hej Hej! ( O my fmaily only speaks dansk to me, half the time I have to guess what they are saying. Brain hurts from thinking so much!)
Megz!!
It felt werid leaving the Krogh family however I see them around town and I will go back and visit.
The Biehl family (aka my new hosties for my next couple of months) picked me and all my luggage up luckily it all managed to fit in the car. I have told my 3rd Host Brother that by the time I move to his house we will need a pick up truck! So I arrived at my new house and unpacked everything and within an hour I had moved in. Im a pro at moving it to new houses and adapting. They had invited Rasmus (my host bro currently on exchange in usa) friends that live near us around to come and meet me. They were really cool and were talking to me and also inviteded me to a theme park the next day. It made Rainbows End look pathetic!! Well lets face it Rainbows End is kinda little! I did a 50m free fall no harness nothing just dropping from mid air was so awesome was on the mean as high afterwards!!
Have spent the week adjusting to having a mum around the house but I have bad news! There is a lounge but I am so used to not having one I havent actually used it yet! Im hoping when I come back from Eurotour I will be able to use it. Speaking of Eurotour I am getting picked up in 6 hours and I still have to pack. Mentally I have packed its just physically I am a bit behind!
My new address is
Skjernvej 85B
7500 Holstebro
Phone Number: 97413228
Please feel free to send me packages and letters!!
I shall think of everyone at Uni and Work while I am travelling round Europe! I will try and take some scenic photos but you never know!
Hej Hej! ( O my fmaily only speaks dansk to me, half the time I have to guess what they are saying. Brain hurts from thinking so much!)
Megz!!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Adventures in KBH!
The little mermaid!
Tim and I
Elyse and I
Saying goodbye to Elyses Host bro
The Canal
Queens Castle
Hanging at the fountain with Tim
Kiwis at the mermaid!
Statue of Ice cream!
HUGE ice creams!!
Sun in Denmark!! It is Possible!!!!
I didn't think it was possible but there has been SUN in Danmark for the last couple of days. For some strange reason the other Danes dont seem to be so excited as I am. I guess they get used to not seeing sun for about 6 months. They also can still wear jeans and jackets but me I'm repping it up Kiwi style with my shorts and singlets and jandals!! yea bro! The temperature can be a bit tricky though I think 14 degrees is the highest temperature at the moment which is basically summer right! Kay enough about the weather thats a bit grannyish!!
I've decided I'm not coming back to New Zealand I will just marry a dane and then live here for ever and ever! Who knew love could be so easy to find in a country (Don't worry family I haven't fallen in love with a Dane! I am talking about Danmark!) But I love living here and speaking bits of danish and being able to understand Danish..sometimes and just life in general is sweet as the only downer is Danish is so hard to pick up! Note to people planning on coming to live in Danmark, Danish is I think one of the hardest languages to lean but hey I might be a bit biased =)
Moving Day is very soon, in about 5 days I will be living in a house which 1. Has a lounge 2. Has a host mum and 3. Is closer to town and 4. Is smaller meaning I will see my family more but in saying that it will be very weird moving. I have to start packing up all my belongings again, by the end of the year I should be pro at packing up all my stuff! I seem to have gathered a whole lot of important things aka crap over the past 3 months but I will look at throwing some stuff out before I change familes.
I spent the weekend in Copenhagen spending time with Elyse and Tim. This time I actually got to see "sights" and the plus side was it was sunny! I went with Elyse to her skole on Fredag and her classmates are really nice and they talked to me. On Friday night I saw a "famous" person! His names Martin and he won X Factor kind of like NZ Idol but 10 times cooler. I was going to accidentally fall into him and land on his lips and kiss him but I didn't want to interrupt him because he looked like he was having a normal night. I saw P.S I love you with Elyse and some girls from her class.
Saturday was spent lying in the hammock trying to organise the plans for the day. I had to say goodbye to Elyse parents which was sad because I got on with them and they were so nice! But yeh so I said goodbye to them and then Elyse and I headed into KBH and picked up Tim and we went to the lil mermaid and I took pictures then we walked around taking more pictures then went back and lay in the sun at Elyses house. We had been invited to an 18th so we went at 11pm and it was held in a Kindergarten!! Pretty good for a party venue but I guess in New Zealand you wouldn't be able to because of OSH reasons or something.
Sunday I was "supposed" to be at handball by 8am (the whole reason for the trip was Frederikke was playing in KBH but I just tagged along) but HC said that I could come along later so it meant I got sun time and just chillaxed with Elyse. Headed over to the handball centre and then drove all the way home in the middle between 2 12 year olds (HCs gf 2 girls who also went to KBH) who were screaming and hitting each other!
I love being in Copenhagen it's just waaaaaaay different to being in Holstebro but I still love living in Holstebro.
Moving Day on Saturday thennnn
on the 17th of May Eurotour starts yeeeeaya!!!!
Day One: Berlin
Day Two: Berlin
Day Three: Prague
Day Four: Prague
Day Five: Austria
Day Six: Austria
Day Seven: Austria
Day Eight: Italy
Day Nine: Italy
Day Ten: Italy
Day Eleven: Monaco
Day Twelve: France
Day Thirteen: France
Day Fourteen: France
Day Fifteen: France
Day Sixteen: Brussels
Day Seventeen: Amsterdam
Day Eighteen: Home time!!
Bring on Eurotour!!
Hope everyone is staying calm and getting nice and cold!
Vi Ses
Megz
I've decided I'm not coming back to New Zealand I will just marry a dane and then live here for ever and ever! Who knew love could be so easy to find in a country (Don't worry family I haven't fallen in love with a Dane! I am talking about Danmark!) But I love living here and speaking bits of danish and being able to understand Danish..sometimes and just life in general is sweet as the only downer is Danish is so hard to pick up! Note to people planning on coming to live in Danmark, Danish is I think one of the hardest languages to lean but hey I might be a bit biased =)
Moving Day is very soon, in about 5 days I will be living in a house which 1. Has a lounge 2. Has a host mum and 3. Is closer to town and 4. Is smaller meaning I will see my family more but in saying that it will be very weird moving. I have to start packing up all my belongings again, by the end of the year I should be pro at packing up all my stuff! I seem to have gathered a whole lot of important things aka crap over the past 3 months but I will look at throwing some stuff out before I change familes.
I spent the weekend in Copenhagen spending time with Elyse and Tim. This time I actually got to see "sights" and the plus side was it was sunny! I went with Elyse to her skole on Fredag and her classmates are really nice and they talked to me. On Friday night I saw a "famous" person! His names Martin and he won X Factor kind of like NZ Idol but 10 times cooler. I was going to accidentally fall into him and land on his lips and kiss him but I didn't want to interrupt him because he looked like he was having a normal night. I saw P.S I love you with Elyse and some girls from her class.
Saturday was spent lying in the hammock trying to organise the plans for the day. I had to say goodbye to Elyse parents which was sad because I got on with them and they were so nice! But yeh so I said goodbye to them and then Elyse and I headed into KBH and picked up Tim and we went to the lil mermaid and I took pictures then we walked around taking more pictures then went back and lay in the sun at Elyses house. We had been invited to an 18th so we went at 11pm and it was held in a Kindergarten!! Pretty good for a party venue but I guess in New Zealand you wouldn't be able to because of OSH reasons or something.
Sunday I was "supposed" to be at handball by 8am (the whole reason for the trip was Frederikke was playing in KBH but I just tagged along) but HC said that I could come along later so it meant I got sun time and just chillaxed with Elyse. Headed over to the handball centre and then drove all the way home in the middle between 2 12 year olds (HCs gf 2 girls who also went to KBH) who were screaming and hitting each other!
I love being in Copenhagen it's just waaaaaaay different to being in Holstebro but I still love living in Holstebro.
Moving Day on Saturday thennnn
on the 17th of May Eurotour starts yeeeeaya!!!!
Day One: Berlin
Day Two: Berlin
Day Three: Prague
Day Four: Prague
Day Five: Austria
Day Six: Austria
Day Seven: Austria
Day Eight: Italy
Day Nine: Italy
Day Ten: Italy
Day Eleven: Monaco
Day Twelve: France
Day Thirteen: France
Day Fourteen: France
Day Fifteen: France
Day Sixteen: Brussels
Day Seventeen: Amsterdam
Day Eighteen: Home time!!
Bring on Eurotour!!
Hope everyone is staying calm and getting nice and cold!
Vi Ses
Megz
Thursday, April 17, 2008
3 MONTHS!!
In the past 3 months I have:
Flown halfway across the world
Been sick in 3 different countries all in 24 hours
Learnt how hard Danish really is to speak
Cycled everywhere
Got lost biking to school
Biked to school in darkness
Biked home in a storm
Been blown off my bike
Crashed my bike
Been involved in a 3 bike pile up
Visited Diana in Silkeborg
Got lost in Silkeborg at night
Seen how the Danes really party
Been to Intro Camp
Lost mobile phone on the train going to Intro Camp
Got off at the wrong Train Station going to Intro Camp
Lost my memory card in my friends laptop
Learnt some more Danish
Met some amazing people
Seen Les Miserables all in Danish..even the songs!!
Turned 18 in Danmark
Had my kiwi friends come to the “Bro” and surprise me
Got free birthday champagne in the club
Got “non alcoholic” drinks brought for us
Walked 6km home in heels
Seen about 20 Handball matches
Been confused for a Brazilian
Been confused for a Londoner
Been to the “beach”
Been to church
Got sunburnt 3 times
Casually driven to Germany to buy alcohol and food
Gone to Copenhagen for the weekend
Casually gone to Sweden to meet up with other New Zealanders
Ridden my bike in the snow
Had a snow ball fight
Built snowmen (harder then it looks)
Become pro at catching trains
Visited 5 churches and surprisingly they were all different!
Gone into a Cave
Had Leticia pop across from UK to see me
Climbed one of the highest mountains in Denmark (100m)
Attended Rotary get together with 150 other exchange students
Been to “interesting” rotary meetings
Performed the Haka 2 times in a dress
Been yelled at 2 times in Danish by my teachers
Gotten 60% in an English grammar test
Met some nice Danish boys
Learnt that Danes don’t snack
Lived with a Danish family
Lived with no lounge
Lived withno host mum
Tried rødgrødmedfløde
Tried the “special” black bread
Done a liquorice shot (with my councillor) at 10am
Communal showered with the girls from my class
Had to explain who the Maoris are
Explained so many times that New Zealand is not part of Australia
Been able to converse in Danish
And most importantly taken LOADS! Of pictures and had an amazing time!!!
There has been other events but these are the ones that came to me
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Raaah I'm a Viking!!!
Okay first of sorry for the delay in getting another post up, i've been busy having a life and not living on the interent...suprising as it may seem
Anywho on to the main event!!
Picture 150 exchange students from all over the world coming together for one weekend and throw in some music and food and cameras and what do you get? A weekend of photos being taken, friendships being made, no sleep all weekend and an overall fantastic weekend!! Its what we call in the business a Rotary get together.
This weekends theme was Vikings and was held in Roskilde which is knowen for its Viking museum and is situated on the island of Zealand (the one thats has Cobenhagen on it). The weekend started on Friday and so I spent most of my afternoon travelling there by my favourite mode of transport the train. Now before I set off I was under strict instruction not to lose my mobile phone this time so I was making sure I had it on me at all times.
When Angela and I got off in Roskilde we see the other exchange students plus the "oldies" these people were hugging and running around they have been here for more then 6 months so know each other really well.
Friday night we learnt some Dansih folk dance which was highly entertaining becasue they were quite "special" dances. We got to dance to normal music later in the night and everyone was just hanging out and talking. I stayed up late talking with Emmah and Ange and we stole some of Elyses food at 4am thinking she wouldnt mind.
Saturday Morning got woken up early for breakfast and we got told the plans for the day. We headed to the Viking Museum and got split into groups. We were doing lots of different activites all day. I started with making rope, it looks harder then it does and takes a long time to make! but I am the proud owner of some handmade rope now! We also learnt about the Viking ships and how they are made and also about the voyages that people take in the ships in todays day and age.
In the Evening we all got dressed up for Dinner and the Party. Felt weird getting dressed up and all we were doing was walking down the corridor. After Kai we had entertainment and the Australasia group (Ange, Helen, Tim, Eylse, Me and Emmah) performed Do you believe in Danish again. It is on you tube for thsoe who want to see it, choose the one where you can see 6 people. The dancing started once the live band arrived and was really fun danicng with everyone. When the band left we all mingled with different groups and making more friends. My group I was hanging with stayed up all night talking and spooning in the corridor to keep warm.
Sunday was goodbye time and for some of the oldies it would be the last time that they would see some of their friends so it was quite an emotional time and we were also all very tired. On the train home I kept falling asleep and then waking up having no idea where I was or even what island I was on making it very hard and thinking I had missed my stop to chnage trains. Luckily everything was okay and I got home in the end and got off the train to find I had lost my voice!
All in All awesome as weekend meetign all the exchange students, we have a bond which is hard to explain but you find yourslef clicking with most of the people.
Bring on Eurotour!!
Anywho on to the main event!!
Picture 150 exchange students from all over the world coming together for one weekend and throw in some music and food and cameras and what do you get? A weekend of photos being taken, friendships being made, no sleep all weekend and an overall fantastic weekend!! Its what we call in the business a Rotary get together.
This weekends theme was Vikings and was held in Roskilde which is knowen for its Viking museum and is situated on the island of Zealand (the one thats has Cobenhagen on it). The weekend started on Friday and so I spent most of my afternoon travelling there by my favourite mode of transport the train. Now before I set off I was under strict instruction not to lose my mobile phone this time so I was making sure I had it on me at all times.
When Angela and I got off in Roskilde we see the other exchange students plus the "oldies" these people were hugging and running around they have been here for more then 6 months so know each other really well.
Friday night we learnt some Dansih folk dance which was highly entertaining becasue they were quite "special" dances. We got to dance to normal music later in the night and everyone was just hanging out and talking. I stayed up late talking with Emmah and Ange and we stole some of Elyses food at 4am thinking she wouldnt mind.
Saturday Morning got woken up early for breakfast and we got told the plans for the day. We headed to the Viking Museum and got split into groups. We were doing lots of different activites all day. I started with making rope, it looks harder then it does and takes a long time to make! but I am the proud owner of some handmade rope now! We also learnt about the Viking ships and how they are made and also about the voyages that people take in the ships in todays day and age.
In the Evening we all got dressed up for Dinner and the Party. Felt weird getting dressed up and all we were doing was walking down the corridor. After Kai we had entertainment and the Australasia group (Ange, Helen, Tim, Eylse, Me and Emmah) performed Do you believe in Danish again. It is on you tube for thsoe who want to see it, choose the one where you can see 6 people. The dancing started once the live band arrived and was really fun danicng with everyone. When the band left we all mingled with different groups and making more friends. My group I was hanging with stayed up all night talking and spooning in the corridor to keep warm.
Sunday was goodbye time and for some of the oldies it would be the last time that they would see some of their friends so it was quite an emotional time and we were also all very tired. On the train home I kept falling asleep and then waking up having no idea where I was or even what island I was on making it very hard and thinking I had missed my stop to chnage trains. Luckily everything was okay and I got home in the end and got off the train to find I had lost my voice!
All in All awesome as weekend meetign all the exchange students, we have a bond which is hard to explain but you find yourslef clicking with most of the people.
Bring on Eurotour!!
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