Wow.

Danmark is amazing! Unskyld for not writing in this before! I have been So busy! I never imagined that being an exchange student could be this time consuming :-P So anyway...I have already done so much, yet it feels like I just got here. I'll just mention the highlights :-)
My host family is amazing! Min mor's navn er Louise og hun er 41 år gammel (my "mom" is 41 years old) og min far er 43 år gammel. Min lillebror er 11 år. I also have two host sisters. One is about my age and she is in Argentina as an exchange student. I stay in her room. My other host sister is 15 and she goes to efterskole which is similar to boarding school. She is home some weekends. My little brother and I have a lot of fun. I've never had a little brother before so it's exciting :-) My host family owns a flower nursery. They have a bunch of "greenhouses" and they grow very pretty flowers :-D
School is also really fun. Really really different though. We have a different schedule every week. You have to check the internet to see what classes you have. It usually stays fairly consistent, but its subject to change. The biggest difference is the independence of the students. In the USA it seems that students rely quite a bit on their teachers reminding them of homework and parents reminding them of this and that. But here...it's really up to the student if they want to learn. You can sit on your computer and not pay attention in class, and the teacher just assumes that you don't want to learn, so you don't learn. But the main difference is that the students really care about learning. Without a teacher breathing down their neck they begin to pay attention and learn to rely on themselves. Another big difference is the breaks. Every morning after my frist class I have 20 minutes before my next class! Then after my second class I think it's lunch time, and then after the next i believe it's a 10 minutes break. Something like that. Very different. I enjoy it though because it gives kids and teachers a time to go out and talk and relax and be refreshed.
Other differences between the US and DK...everyone bikes or walks here. The bus has also proved to be quite an adventure :-P I think I've almost mastered the art of taking the bus, unless I'm unfamiliar with the surroundings. In which case, the bus driver can always tell me when my stop is which is qutie nice. Food is really yummy. We use a lot of the same ingredients, it's just prepared differently. Frikedeller is a really danish dish. It's like a fried meatball. It's absolutely delicious. Potatoes are served at almost every meal. Yay high calorie goods!! Haha...good thing it's really easy to be active. Speaking of which, I joined a swim club that I attend once a week. It's very nice.
Rotary functions I have been to thus far include intro camp and I just got home from our District Conference (and of course rotary meetings). Intro camp was by far the most fun I've had in a while. Exchange students are the most fun group of people I've ever met. At intro camp we had 6 hours of danish for the first 2 days. And we had a lot of activites. We traveled to Viborg to see a cathedral, and also to Århus, the second largest city in Dk...which in comparison to US cities is kind of little, but it's still fun :-) I actually live 16 minutes by train to Århus, so that's really fun. At district conference we listened to some speeches and then went out for activities. We walked about 3 km and arrived at this "project adventure" type place. There was one element that was about 10 meters high and another that was about 25. I didn't make it up either, but I did participate in Archery, and log cutting...and Axe throwing. That's right. I threw an axe. A real axe. Amazing. Then we had dinner, and then the rest of the night was left to our own devices. Which was very hyggelig :-)

Danmark is truly amazing. Everything is so wonderful! I am very happy with my decision to become an exchange student. Og ja...jeg kan taler lidt dansk. Jeg lær mere dansk hver dag. <3

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