http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Punkie/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Punkie en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:43:27 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:43:27 +0000 So i found out there was a Swedish Ski tour the 7th week and i wasn't planning on going because it was a tad expensive and i was saving for Euro Tour in May but my host club FrederiksbergFakoner found out about it through my 3rd host Mor and they paid for it AND gave me extra money to spend while i was there lt3 It was sooooo sweet and i later thanked them lt3But my grade 2nd G took a 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/blog-380307.html So here in Denmark they have a formal dance similar to the American Prom. It's called Galla. Everyone gets dressed up and has dinner and has a dance. Only the 3rd years get really into it and dress up. It's their last dance and all so they get really into it and have a very formal dance and fun pictures and just party all night But being a second year it wasn't that big for the rest of everyo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-380286.html The day after i came back from La Santa i moved into my 2nd host family. There's the host mother Rina host father Henrik and nine year old son Nils. Plus 2 half host siblings from Henrik's previous marriage that i never really see because they have moved out of the house and are a lot older.They have different tradtions but all Danes have certain traditions that they follow. I loved these tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-361233.html My entire second class and i headed to La Santa for PE. Physical Education Can you beleive it But it was an intense week from November 14th to November 21st of pure exercise We worked out from 800 am to 1100 at night. But somehow we found time to relaz in our swimsuits get nice tans and party at night. P It was so much fun W played everything from beach volleyball to basketball to fri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-361223.html Wow so i woke up one fine Thursday morning. Got ready to go to school and was about to walk out the door when Esther said to me Hey wanna go to Belgium And i said Sure When Um in an hour Kristian's flight was canceled the airline went bankrupt and outa business and i am driving Kristian there. His best friend lives out in Belgium now and he was going to fly out to see him and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/Brussels/blog-361217.html My host family and i left for Germany at 800 and took a ferry across. It was so much fun and the ferry was HUGE Then we drove for a couple of hours and finally came to our hostel. We went shopping on the people street in the city of Lubeck. Everything was a heck of a lot cheaper in germany so my host family was buying a lot We tried some marzipan delicious but not sold in the states... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-337391.html This past week is autumn holiday I have the whole week off to just relax So Sarah came to Kobenhaven to spend one night with me We went around the city and i showed her and her host family all my favorite places like the little mermaid and the Queen's castle. It was SO much fun and i enjoyed seeing her I hadn't seen her in like a month so it was good to see my best friend After Saturday http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-335054.html That night was Culture Night That means that the whole city of Kobenhaven was open until really really late that night So me and my host family went into the city to take advantage of low prices and lots of funWe first ate at a cake shop called La Glace. It is the best cake i have ever tasted in my whole life I thought one peice wouldn't be enough but it filled me right up My host family http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-337359.html The exchange students from Introcamp all REALLY wanted to see one another again so we planned a trip for them to come to Copenhagen and stay the whole weekend. Unfortunately not everyone could attend but we were able to get the majority or at least a large group. So Friday night we planned to go to Tivoli for the Alphabeat concert. Alphabeat is a popular group here so we were all very excited http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-327117.html HejWell i went to the soccer game with my 3rd host Far Jorgen and it was so much fun As a matter of fact i lost my voice yelling for the Copenhagen team so much But i loved spending time with my Far and seeing the famous sport of Europe.Language school started and it is SUPER hard Danish is hard to pronounce and very hard to remeber But i just keep trying and Esther and Michael work with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-314637.html Sunday we went to a horse race just outside Copenhagen. It was a special day where all the ladies got in for free. My host Mor Esther had been looking forward to it for a whole month or longer She told me that all the ladies wore large hats and looked terrific And boy was it trueI chose a big red hat and Mor chose a yellow one. Then we decorated them with fun stuff we could find. Mine was de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-327108.html Well during the last week of August all the Rotary exchange students from all over Denmark had a language camp in Jutland. There were 108 of us total it think. We stayed at this gymnasium and just had fun for a whole week The exchange students made parties like every night one night we had a toga party another a Brasilain night then a Mexican... and danced every night. Then every mornin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-326432.html HejWell a lot can happen in just 3 days My 3rd host Mor Susanne took me on host tour to see my 2nd host family's house and my 3rd host family's house. My second host family's house was wonderful I had my own room in the basement and my own bathroom down there too. Nils my 2nd host brother was SO excited to teach me English that he ran around the entire house pointing at things and havin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-309723.html Well I'll just start with the flight hereIt was LOOOOOOONG WoW I was fidgity and ready to just LAND But when we did it was incredible Denmark is completely different from home in New Mexico. There are NO mountains. It is completely flat. But i love it The people wear expensive brands of clothing and talk a language that will be very hard to master But i intend to MASTER it oWell when http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-308388.html