VACATION!

While many of you were in school waiting for the day to end I spent last week on vacation! Yes in Denmark we have a week off for fall vacation. I began mine on friday with a girls night. I went in to the city with a few of the girls from my class. After a crazy night with my girls and spent the rest of the weekend relaxing to get ready for the rest of the week. It all began with Sweden on monday. My host mom, sister, brother, and I took a train to Sweden. It amazes me that you can go to a whole different country in only 45 minutes. Of course from vermont we could go to Canada in little time but it didnt even feel like crossing borders. I didnt have to take out my passport or anything!In sweden we found this little store called the American store. I felt like I was at home. They had everything and it was so great to walk around and tell my family about everything and even buy a few things to bring home and try. Unfortunately, the store made me very homesick but I looked at my host family and thought about how truly lucky I was to have these people in my life. When we got back I was exhausted. The next day I went into town and met up with another exchange student, Anthony, from Canada. He really is a sweet kid. We went and got tea at a little cafe and just caught up on what was going on in our lives. Its nice to know you arent alone on exchange. That night my host sister Anne and I had a little bonding night. We went and saw footloose; it was awesome! We spent the whole ride home laughing and talking and having a good time. I spent wednesday decompressing so nothing really crazy or exciting happened that day but thursday the excitement resumed. I spent the whole day with my younger host brother, Mads. He wanted to try KFC for the first time and we looked one up in København. After he realized how gross greasy, fast-food chicken is we walked around and ended up finding a store that sold root beer. Later that night he and I made root-beer floats and we watched a movie. We became overwhelmed with a sugar rush so we took a late night run. It was a refreshing way to end a fantastic day. But the fun didnt stop there. At the end of the month Holbæk is happening, its a halloween party for all the exchange students and we dress up in costumes. One of the exchange students, Madeline, and I went costume shopping and ended up buying cowboy hats, mustaches, and water guns. Its going to be a good night. I then went to my friend Christina's house and I love having her around. She really is wonderful. I feel comfortable around her and we always have a good time no matter what we are doing. On saturday morning I woke up early and headed home. My family and I went out to brunch and then went to a little kite show in Dyrehavn, a HUGE park on Sjaelland. I was reading "The Kite Runner" at that time so it was interesting to have the image of this blissful event along with what was happening in the book. After the kite event my host sister, Ida, and I went back home and carved a pumpkin! It was so nice to have one of those little traditions from back home. We carved a classic pumpkin face with vampire fangs. We had so much fun doing it. I couldnt just let the seeds go to waste so Mads and I roasted them. I have never roasted pumpkin seeds before but they actually turned out pretty fantastic. Unfortunately came sunday. The last day of vacation, I was not ready for it to be over. Sunday I spent relaxing and getting ready for school. All in all it was an amazing vacation. I got closer to my family and i truly cherish their company. It will be very difficult to leave them.