Blogs from Region Sjælland, Denmark, Europe - page 8

Ahh Woke up bright and early kind of excited, but still a bit shocked at the early hour to see what was in store for me at work. It was pissing rain as it had been since I had made it to Kobenhavn yesterday afternoon. Benny had made coffee and laid out some things for breakfast for me. The night before he showed me some things that I could wear to work, including pants, his company tshirt, sweatshirt, and boots. He actually even gave me a hat that was way too small so I looked like a total goof. He brought out the lunch kit container from the fridge and said "take what you like" so i did and wrapped it all in wax paper with a cover on top for the soggy meats. All the ... read more

All is well on Sjæland at the moment. The weather is great, folks are getting married, the work is relaxed. Ive spoken to several Svanholmers about the family coming to visit and they all have the same response, Well then, once you invite one Canadian, you get 5 eh? They always like to joke with me and one of the Dutch guys here calls me The Bush Man. I cant write to much at the moment since I am on a coffee pause but everything here is going swell. I hope things in Alberta are going alright, besides the fact that teachers can no longer talk about evolution! All the best, Nicholas... read more

Yesterday we wend to Roskilde, it was the first capital of Denmark with an old gothic cathedral dating from 13th century, replacing even older. But the main reason we took a train (30 min) was a Viking museum. Danish vikings(there were of course Norvegian and Swedish too) are the ones who are remembered the most in history as those who stole, burned and raped, just because they did it in civilized France. Well this was part of the business, they did of course a lot of trading, and in time they settled in France and England. They were the best saylors of their time and they boats were well designed. The museum was more interesting than I expected with many informations well presented and the tour with english speaking guide added a lot of little known ... read more

Denmark finally has summer. The weather over the last two days has been above 15 degrees with clear blue sky and no wind. We took the couches from out of the youth room and put them outside and had beers all of yesterday. Two days ago we went to Roskilde for the annual Rib Eating Contest and had as many ribs as we could. I had 6 whole ribs before I called it quits. One rule was that you could only have a white shirt on and only wash your hands by using your shirt. Tonight we´re going to Copenhagen for another great party and then on Wednesday I will likely be going to Esbjerg for Easter with the family. Sorry to cut it short but its time to go!... read more

Things in Svanholm have been a bit boring lately as most of the teenagers have gone to Ireland for a week with school. Lucky for them, they will be there for St.Patty´s Day which should be pretty fun. I also got some crappy news from the Roskilde Festival which told me that they have had far too many requests for volunteer work and I will have to apply for 2010 if I want to volunteer. But, the guys came up with a better idea. Instead of volunteering for 24 hours, we will pick bottles at the festival for a few hours each day. One fellow from Svanholm did that 8 hours a day for the entire festival and saved up enough money for a 3 week vacation to Turkey. I´m not sure if that shows you ... read more