Blogs from Aarhus, Region Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe - page 5

Half of my exchange year is over. How did that happen SO fast?! The idea that my time here is quickly and surely escaping me is not something I'm content with. So many great things have happened, and so many more great experiences are on the way. First off, we have Newbies now!! The girls seem like fun, they're trying to gain their footing in this crazy country, and that's all right. I've been visiting some pretty neat things here in Denmark. On Thursday, my host parents took me to a modest museum. There were some really cool things about Greenland (it used to belong to Denmark) and some awesome Viking displays. The pride and joy of the museum however, is that it houses the Worlds Best Preserved Bog Corpse. A very well preserved 2000 year ... read more

So the exam is over and so is the week! I cant believe it has gone so fast!!! Last night we celebrated by having some of the girls over and having a nice big meal! Then today is Sarahs 21st birthday so we went out for a buffet breakfast which was SO good and then we went for alittle more shopping, we went shopping yesterday too and I got a few things….. :P haha, all worth it! We then took a bus to see all the outer suburbs of Aarhus too and now we are chilling out at the apartment, we are going out for asian tonight then we will go out for a few drinks too, should be a good night, aside from the cold weather! S. ... read more

It's christmas season in Denmark!! Anyway, since my last post I have switched host families. I was rather nervous about it at first, but the whole ordeal was rather bittersweet. I left a good family, but I came to a good family as well. My new family is really awesome though :) I have also made Thanksgiving Dinner for all of my host families. That was an adventure. Not quite all of the food came out as expected, but it all tasted good. I was the only one who really liked the Pumpkin Pie, but oh well...more for me! :) Mostly, this past month has been all about christmas! It's so hyggeligt! We cut down oru own christmas tree, we made candles. They have calendar candles and you burn down a number every day until christmas. ... read more

So much has been going on! I'll just run through my journal and give the highlights :) Very recently after my last post, I had a week of Holiday. My host family too me to Hamburg and Amsterdam!! Amsterdam is probably one of the interesting and beautiful cities. There is so much to do! Yes including "Coffee Shops" and The Red Light District. Of which I did see. It was quite the cultural shock. The first day we were in Amsterdam we didn't do much sightseeing. We stuck to the shops and everyday non-tourist life. My host parents spend 2 years in Holland, so they are very knowledgeable. I also ate Snail and Bloodcake/Black Pudding. Quite interesting. I can't say that I would like to eat either of those again, although it was a fun experience. ... read more

The past few weeks have been very fun, and I am happy to say that I have done things that I would of probably not had the chance to do back home. About 9 weeks ago I had my language camp with all of the other exchange students it was a lot of fun. We took few day trips one of them was to Arhus and it was so much fun. we started out at a museum and were able to look around for 3 hrs, then we go out and walk around the city and I think this was the day I realized that I have a very bad spending problem I mean I always have but I usually don’t have my dad’s money at my finger tips each day ;). 5 weeks ago my ... read more