Hello J
The past few weeks have been very busy, with
many changes to my exchange. I have now moved to my 3rd (out of 4)
host family and I am getting use to the idea of having 5 siblings, and living
on a pig farm! I am also getting use to not having my close exchange friends
living in Denmark anymore, but I am looking forward to meeting the exchange
students who will come in a few weeks.
It was very hard saying goodbye to some of
my closest friends that I have made on my big adventure but like I said in my
last report: even though I am sad because that I have had to say goodbye, I am
also happy because it means that in just 5 months I have stepped right out of
my comfort zone and gone out of my way to make these amazing friendships in the
first place, ones I will NEVER forget
I think on exchange like I am, you have to
be grateful for every experience that comes your way – and that is exactly what
I am doing.
I have just come back from an amazing trip!!
No, I don’t mean Eurotour, another trip to Switzerland and Italy with my 2nd
Host family!
I had the most amazing time on that trip and
for me to write everything that I liked about it would take a long time but
here’s the short version!
This holiday consisted of Me, my host dad,
mum, brother, sister and her boyfriend. We drove in the car all the way to
Switzerland which took a whole 13 hours (we drove through the night) and when
we arrived at the campsite I was so thankful to take a break from the long car
ride!
The next 5 days were filled with activity
and almost everyday we went on a hike around the Alps of Switzerland. My host
brother (Jonas), sister (Sara), her boyfriend (Jens) and I all decided to go
White Water Rafting together on day, and that was AMAZING!
Me and the others on my boat for White Water
Rafting!
Jens, Sara, Jonas, Aasa (host mum) and I on
the Top of Europe!
The view of our little village that we were
camping in, from hiking in the Alps.
It was also Jens’ birthday one of the days
in Switzerland and as a surprise present my host family had planned for him to
go Canyon Jumping, which was where you are in a harness and you jump off a
platform 80 meters high and fly down through the crack of a canyon. It was
great to see him and the other participants have fun, but I was glad I wasn’t
doing it! (Plunging down rapids in a rubber boat was enough for me!)
After some more hiking, standing on the ‘Top
of Europe’ and more hiking it was time to drive to the beautiful beaches of
Italy! We stayed at a campsite in Massa, which was not too far from Pisa and
Florence, which we visited!
As we were so busy in Switzerland, not
wanting to waste the short time we were there, we took a few days during our
time in Italy to just relax by the beach, and I felt like home – beside the
lack of English and billions of tourists there!
We also went to Florence for one day and it
was lovely! It was much like I expected, but many (many) more shops everywhere!
Besides from sightseeing, I really wanted to buy something from Italy that I
could keep for a long time and I thought, what better that a leather jacket
from Florence! And there were SO many leather shops to help me choose!
I managed to find a nice leather jacket I
loved, and so did my host mum, dad, sister and brother!
Host Dad, Mum and I in our new Leather
Jackets from Florence!
Also in Florence we saw many beautiful, old
churches, museums and I even got to be on a portrait like the Mona Lisa!
Host mum, dad and I - "Being cool"
In Pisa I finally got to see the Leaning
Tower of Pisa and show off how strong I am on camera by holding the tower with
one finger – WOW!
After an amazing holiday, it was time to
drive home which took a total of 1800 km and 2 very long days!
Then it was straight into unpacking, washing
and packing again for my next journey! The move to my new host family was very
good, and although I was sad to leave my 2nd host family, I was
excited to get to know another great and different family.
Only a few more weeks of holidays before it’s
time to go back to school and I have a bit of homework to do, plus I want to visit some more friends and enjoy this beautiful Danish summer!
Farvel alle!
Beth
ps. Thankyou to my 2nd Host Family, it has been great getting to know you and thankyou for allowing me into your family! I love you all lots!!!
