Min anden familie

Now that I have officially moved out I can post about how absolutely wonderful it was to live with my second host family. Oh i loved them so much, they were caring and loving and treated me like just another member of the family. Kim and Pernille, my host dad and host mom, were always so kind and open to me. They made me laugh and let me be my complete self around them. It was really a joy to be able to be their child for three months. I have to say, the person that I will miss the most thought is my host brother, Frederik. I have always wanted an older brother and he was better than anything I couldve hoped for. He made me laugh and we grew very very close. I really adored him and on my last night out he took me out with him and another friend and it was just a blast. So many funny things and memories. It was the perfect way to end my stay with them. I really loved them and they will always be a part of my family.

Just An Interesting Tidbit

Yesterday in gym we played basketball which in my mind was completely normal but not in Denmark. I mean they knew the sport but in American gym class Im used to all the boys being pros but here because they all play soccer, basketball was not their strong suit. It was so interesting to see because you give an American a basketball and they will dribble it but you give a Dane a basketball and they will kick it. I couldn't believe that. It seems so minuscule yet fascinating to see the littlest difference.

Februar

Wow another month gone by, just like that. Alright, where to start. Well first off, my family and friends. This saturday I move and as much as I am looking forward to my new family I absolutely adore my family now and I feel really at home with them so it will definitely be difficult to say goodbye. What will be even more difficult is the fact that this is my last family. Time has just gone too fast. Along with my family, I love my friends. Recently my friend, Frederik, bought me gold fish. Just for the hell of it, to have a good laugh and look back on it. I am so fortunate to have these people in my life. I had an amazing time with my class on the first friday of the month because we had a school party. Each class had a theme and we got to decorate the classroom and dress up and eat dinner all together and then have a dance afterwards. My class chose Rock N' Roll and we went all out!!! We had fake tattoos and fake piercings, ripped clothes, teased hair, the blackest makeup we could put on, and the blackest nail polish on our nails. We all had a good laugh about because it was the complete opposite of how we all would normally look. One thing about the school party was the beer. Now let me remind you, just because the alcohol is there doesn't mean im drinking- rotary rules, of course. I can't get used to the idea though that at school parties the school pays to give each student two free beers as if they are passing out water. It is just such a huge part of Danish culture and normality, it still freaks me out to this day. But besides the alcoholism the weekend fun didn't stop there. That sunday was superbowl sunday but due to the time change it ran from 12 at night to about 4 in the morning. I was ready to curl up and stay awake to enjoy some good ol' American culture but a few of the boys in my class actually invited me to join them. Danish boys are very closed off so I was really surprised but it was a great opportunity to get to know them. I made my dad's guacamole and headed over there. It was a long night but it was so much fun. It was great to get to know them outside of school and I felt like I was really building a relationship with them. To show my class how much I love and appreciate them I made them cupcakes on tenth with my friend Felix. I made them cake for Valentine's Day because we had vacation the next week and I wanted to share a classic American tradition with them. It was funny to explain to them how much we do for Valentines Day in America because most of the class didn't even know what day it was. It was shocking to learn that.
The next week was amazing because we had a full week of vacation. The thing I absolutely love about Danish gymnasium (high school) is that we have a full week of vacation every six weeks, its absolutely glorious. For my vacation, one of my friends visited me. She is another exchange student from America but she lives on the other side of Denmark. It was so great to see her again because it had been about 2 months. One thing that I love about exchange students is that we relate so much to each other that we are practically family within the first minutes of meeting each other. On the last day of vacation it was the Danish version of halloween, its called festelavn. The kids dress up and get together but they dont really trick or treat but they do get candy. They have a wood basket filled with candy and they take turns hitting it like a pinata. It was so cute to see them all in their costumes and it was cool to be able to participate. I got to do it with my host family and their whole family, the same people I spent Christmas with. Unfortunately, another month is coming to an end and I can't tell if im excited for all the trips im taking or dreading them because it means that my time here is almost up.