My second week and I still feeling like I'm dreaming

   The last weekend on Saturday, after a walk with Ziggie, my family and I did a trip to Copenhagen,  It was amazing how I was expecting, we took a red train from Jersey station to København station, I walked a lot but I was so happy about it because I met the little mermaid and you have to believe me, it’s a LITTLE one. Then we visited the Queen’s Palace and for our lucky the real soldiers were changing their turn, It was a lot of people there and of course I was feeling like in a movie. I also met the Copenhagen’s Opera, The Nyhavn and Strøget street (very famous streets) and then we ate in a Mexican Restaurant with Latin music so it couldn’t be better. We arrived home for make a delicious dinner (Magnus and Clara’s favorite food) and watch movies.


  The Next day on Sunday, after a Magnus  Football game, we drove until my new Grandparents home for meet them, it was a really nice dinner with them and I enjoyed a  lot with my new, fun and amazing relatives. On Monday, I had to do a performance for a parents meeting at my school with all my class playing instruments and singing (like a glee club) a popular song in Denmark(Graceland- Kashmir), as the meeting progressed I was spending time with my partners that day I also received a letter from Canada, my friend Javier Steingassner sent it me for make my day a very happy day, he sent me a poem from our favorite writer Mario Benedetti.

My week went very  fast because I was always busy or doing something with my family (eating, practicing Danish, watching pictures) or at school (Gymnasium and Language school), sometimes in the classroom I feel so alone, is so hard when the people talk in Danish and I really want to know what they are saying and participate in the conversation but I only have to wait and keep learning the language, most of the time I’m with somebody and talking English. For my luck, I’m making friends, I have a friend now, her name is Pil and she is always translating me the classes, which she can do. But this week I’m also starting to talk with other girls and boys from my class, they are so nice and friendly with me, helping me and making me laugh.

   Every Morning after take a shower and  breakfast I have to bike for my school, it can be great and so cold sometimes but my family is doing a great job helping me to find warm clothes and boots for winter, our familiar relationship is going better each day, this week my sister Clara gave me a lovely present, a notebook with my initial that she did for herself, it meant so much for me.

   This weekend we have guests at home so my mom made a delicious meal for them, the dinner was so good and of course I loved the dessert, today I went with mom to shopping as a kind of annual fair of clothes and I bought two dresses very cheap and very beautiful, I love spending time with her and whole family.

Be an Exchange Student is Live on a Roller Coaster!

How it all started­?

     I have to start saying that I don’t know how it all started!

    When I was a little girl my dream was be an exchange student so actually my dream is come true.

     The Most Difficult part wasn’t leave my family or my home in Venezuela, the most  Difficult part was be  alone at the time that I crossed the gate for my flight to Frankfurt, In that moment I felt that my journey had begun, and it really did!

     After 10 hours  flying, arrived to Frankfurt with the bad news that almost all flights were canceled even mine to Copenhagen, so I went to pass immigration and they stopped me and my partner for not having a visa and we had to wait around 5 hours while the problem was been resolved, for our luck everything was find and WE FINALLY ARRIVED IN COPENHAGEN,  Friday,  on September 7 at 22:00 o clock. 

     Still tired from the flight and the time change, I got to AfS’s arrival camp, where as everyone was sleeping, as I had to do because I was expecting another long and exhausting day. My first day at the camp was very normal like all the camps that I had went except for a little thing that I had to do…In Denmark all the girls have to take a shower in morning, together so I was in shock  but I’m not get to used later. I learned how prepare the rugbrød. I also met two particulars persons their name are Ziggy and Markus, they are two very funny Danish guys, of course they were exchange students.

     When Sunday came I was so scared and excited to know my host family and I was the last exchange student at the camp waiting for my new family and that’s why I was also the most scared exchange student. I met my new family and at the beginning for some reason I couldn’t remember how speak English, so “ok” and “its ok” were my best friends. When I finally arrived home I was very tired but my emotion was bigger. My family had flowers at my bedroom, that meant so much for me. I love my new home and family, everything is new for me but I’m doing my best for adapt me and it is liking me more each time.

     My first day at Gymnasium was so cool, I can’t say how different is this compare with my old school, the most interesting thing is that I have to start everything again, the teachers, the classmates, even the language, lockers, computers at the classroom and have to check all the time my schedule at the school’s website .Danish is very difficult Language but I know that with the help of my friends, and the most important my Family, I can learn it and I can enjoy the process. My family is formed for My mom Joan, My dad Lars, My sister Clara and My brother Magnus..and of course my new Dog Ziggie.

    

     I have to bike to get my school and sometimes that can be so hard for me because the weather is getting colder each day and I start to freezing me, all the time people said me “The Winter is Coming” or “Is going to get much colder” and I only can say “Oh Dios Mio” but I really want to live this experience. Today I was at the bank with my dad, opening a bank account for me and it was really nice be in a bank without a watchman or glasses between the people. I also have Danish lessons and I have to take the train 26min from Køge (the town where I live) to another town call Roskilde. I don’t know the way yet but I’m learning it. Tomorrow I’m going to Copenhagen, the capitol of Denmark to see The Little Mermaid and also where the queen lives, I’m so excited about it.

     In resume I can say that.. Be an exchange student is live on a roller coaster but is also  the best experience that has happened in my life.