Hej alle!
A few weeks ago I moved to my 4th and final Host
Family and said goodbye to the pig farm. I am very grateful to the Nielsen
Family for being so kind to me for the last 3 months. I have really felt part
of their family and I have enjoyed watching life on a real working farm. Now I
live with my host mum, dad and sister (Benedikte) in the middle of nowhere! It
is nice because I don't have to worry about traffic near my house and I get to
spend more time at home with the family, doing many things like cooking,
hunting, horse riding and much more! I have such a cute room, which I have
decorated with flags, pictures and other memories that I have made this
year.
The day after I moved host families, I sat on a
stinky bus with my 4 good Danish friends (Camilla, Kamila, Yin and Molly) down
to Kiel, Germany, to visit our our good friend Flora! Neither the trip there,
nor the trip back were comfortable or enjoyable - but it was worth the long
trip, because it was four of the best days of my Exchange! It was so great
to see Flora again, meet her family and see where she lives. We went to her
school (which is right across the road!), went shopping in the city, got our
hair cut and nails done, and celebrated a 10 year old birthday party of Flora's
brother, Blum.
Hygge med mine bedste venner! (Cozy
and fun times with my best friends!)
Riding the bikes into the city for some
shopping and a nice lunch!
Thrift/Second Hand shops - They are so
much fun!
Sitting around the bonfire with my friends
on a cold night!
Getting our nails cleaned and coloured!
After that nice little holiday, it was back to
school for everyone. I haven't done anything really big lately, just nice
events like bowling with a Rotarian and his family, and catching up with
friends.
Once a month, my school has an after school
activity called 'Fredagscafe' where the
students can just sit around and talk, with music playing and they can buy
drinks too. Last Friday it was Fredagscafe with open mic - anyone could perform
if they wanted to - and my friend Camilla and I performed a song. I was playing
guitar and we were both singing, which we love to do together! It was super fun
and I think we did pretty well!
My host dad loves to go hunting and last Sunday
I went out hunting with my host dad, host sister and some other men. In the
morning I stayed home and baked cakes and cooked lots of food for all the men who
ate lunch at our house. My Host dad had an instrument called a hunting horn
(like a bugle), but no one knew how to play it, so on Sunday I played the
'lunch time' tune and the 'beginning of the hunt' tune on the Hunting Horn. It
was quite difficult to blow, but I was really thrilled when I achieved it and
got great applause.
After lunch we all drove to a big forest and
went hunting for birds and deer for about 4 hours. It was very interesting to
see how the 'system' of hunting works and it was nice to meet some of my host
family's friends as well.
Baking 3 rye bread cakes - they tasted so
good!
My host sister, Benedikte, and I ready for
hunting!
Me playing the lunch hunting tune on the
Hunting Horn.
The under 25's lunch table.
Trying to look the part for hunting..
My host dad and I, and the ‘kill’ of the day.
So that's the latest news! Hopefully this
weekend I am going horse riding with my host mum and sister which is awesome,
and I am super, super excited for CHRISTMAS soon!!!!!
:) Beth
