Blogs from Denmark, Europe - page 112

Warning: This joint blog contains an obscene number of personal jokes and sexual connotations. Parental guidance is recommended for persons under 15 years of age. Time for an update! Kate and Elisa are on intro camp this week, just chilling and junk. They got to Aarhus yesterday (Sunday) via train from Copenhagen. There, they met up with their Perth buddy Adam ‘the lad’ Spight. Around fifty other exchange students (mostly from Australia and Brazil) are also at the camp. Every day this week they will have 6 hours of Danish lessons. The rest of the time is spent hanging with the bitches in the lad pad and re-enacting High School Musical. Yesterday they had a tour of the school, as well as introductory assemblies. After dinner they enjoyed a sing-along in the lounge with Levi playing ... read more

I've now been to school for 3 days (although one of those days was an excursion), and I'm really surprised about how different the school system is. When I was in Japan last year I went to school for two weeks and I thought that that was different, but this is in a whole new league. First of all, it's no where near as strict as in Australia. You call your teachers by their first name, there are no uniforms, and in most of the classes you are basically left to your own devices, so if you don't want to work, you don't have to. Most people do though, which I think's pretty interesting. Also, you can just walk out of the class whenever you want, you can eat in class, and you can go outtside ... read more

I've now been in Denmark for a week. I woke up this morning, looked out the window and - what do you know! - it's snowing. It's not much, but it's more than I've ever seen before. It's almost covered the ground. Also, yesterday, I went with my host brothers and their big brother (Brien) and his girlfriend (Lene) to Copenhagen for the first time. We went bowling (I lost, agghh) then walked down the longest shopping mall in the world. Brien kept saying how boring it all is, but I thought it was amazing. I'm in love with the buildings here. Not to mention there's like every shop I could want o that street. There was even Top Shop! We went past the main night clubbing area and it looks pretty cool, and tha was ... read more

Hello. This is my first entry for a blog on TravelBlog. I'll quickly tell a bit' about myself: I'm a 16 years old girl - ½ dane ½ italian. I speak danish, italian, english, and a bit' of spanish, french and german. I simply love to travel - but as a student, I don't have the money. So my first trip will be in the woods 5 km from where I live. I live in Denmark - nearby Silkeborg. They have the greatest woods and rivers. Travelling means a lot to me, it helps me to move on. I've had some personal issues, that I wanna solve asap! So I'm planning to go on a 3 days long trip alone in the woods. I'm planning a survivor camp - which will consist on walking, enjoying nature. ... read more

DENMARK 2009 Thursday 29/01/09 I arrived in Denmark on Sunday. Since arriving, I have travelled across the country to Jutland, been to school, attended a Rotary meeting, tasted traditional Danish food such as Ponzi (a sausage bought from a street stall which is eaten with toasted bread- note the sausage doesn’t go inside the bread), and been shopping among other things. The school I am attending is Ordrup Gymnasium and is an old but pretty school. The students are friendly but it is an effort for them to speak English and because I can’t speak Danish yet, I don’t participate in most conversations at school. Subsequently, school is really boring and I still haven’t lasted a whole day, instead leaving at lunchtime and other breaks to go home and sleep (I’m still a bit jetlagged). The ... read more