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

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)

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

• 2 suitcases (that I came with)
• 3 backpacks
• 4 boxes
• 18 plastic bags filled

Yes so as you can see that is quite alot of to have but you have to remember I have been away for at least 8 Months in a colder climate and having to change my dress style. This time last year I would have been in Trackies and Jumper and shoes and the me today is wearing Jeans, Boots, Scarf and Black jacket! Of course my rungi side still comes in aka as soon as I get home from school I change into my football shorts but thats okay becasue so does my host bro.

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

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

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 :)

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

• 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

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