zondag 2 mei 2010
Last days gone by so quickly...
maandag 19 april 2010
Noooooorrrrwaaaaaaay!!!
Practice
Citizenship and globalisation
zondag 11 april 2010
Special needs
donderdag 8 april 2010
International week
woensdag 7 april 2010
Drama
In the very beginning....
Wow! It seems like such a long time ago that I arrived in Denmark and I had my first lesson. It’s very strange when I think of it.
One of the first lessons I had to attend was art. We had to draw a self-portret. The first time I tried, it didn’t look like anything. It was very bad. But then the teacher tought us some technics en tricks to draw a face. Near the end it went very well actually. The last portret I drew, was a succes, I was very proud of it. It might not look that much like myself but it was suprised I did it.
I’ve learned a lot in the art-class. Mostly about drawing faces. But also that I enjoy drawing very much. I have to practice that’s for sure but maybe I will coninue to draw things. Maybe someday I will be good
Hvad hedder du?
So I think it’s about time I write something about the classes I follow here...
The one question I get the most is ‘Can you speak or/and understand Danish now?' Wel I must say I’m afraid not.
We had some Danish lessons where we learned to say our name (Jeg hedder Marie) or ask somebody what’s his or her name (Hvad hedder du?). We also learned to ask 'How are you' (Hvordan gar det?) and to count to 100. We also learned some basics like how to say how we feel and so on.
I must say that Danish is a very complexed language... There are a lot of words but they only pronounce the vowels and it’s like you have to put something between your teeth to pronounce it the correct way.
Despite of all that, the danish teacher tried her best to learn us soms things. There wasn’t a lot of time to teach us a lot unfortunately! I enjoyed the Danish lessons, the teacher tried to make it fun by playing some easy games. I’m glad I know some Danish now.
woensdag 10 maart 2010
Sleepover slumber party!!!
the door
zondag 7 maart 2010
Visit from my parents and sister
This weekend my parents and sister visited me. It was soo great!! I had a very good time. They arrived friday evening at 18.30 pm... At least they try to arrive then. They didn’t expect the snowfall, and neither did I. It must have snowed 25 cm in 2 or 3 hours. I was quit worried, but not that much because my dad happens to be the best driver of whole Belgium!!! Hihi
So they arrived half an hour later... I immediatly had to pack my bags because we were going to kolding, suprise suprise!!The road to Kolding was really awfull!!! It was like we were on a set of a movie about the end of the world. Really we passed trucks and cars who were stuck in the snow, it seemed surreal, like a videogame... It was very dangerous on the roads... but we finally made it to Kolding 2 hours later... (normally it would have been a half hour drive) Thanks to our magnificent driver (AKA Daddy).We ate something but were all very tired and went allmost immediatly to bed. The next morning we woke up to an amazing landscape. It was really beautiful!! The view was super!! We looked out on a fjord that was half covered in snow and were surrounded with trees with a little white layer of snow on top of each little branch. It was also the first time we could look at the hotel properly and we were very excited about it. It looked like a castle. The weather was very nice. The sun was shining and made the snow sparkle, so it was very fun to wake up to that! The breakfast in the hotel was a-ok!! We had a lot of choice, allmost everything you can imagine having for breakfast!
After a good breakfast we started walking trough the woods to the city. It was a very long walk, but nobody complained because it was very nice outside, the sun, the birds, the swans, the lake... I was with my family and was truly happy!
We walked around in Kolding for a bit, did some sight-seeing and then walked back to the hotel. We were very tired and took a little nap. Then my sister and I watched desperate houswives (one of the many things that we both love) and my parents looked for a restaurant for the evening.
We went to a very good restaurant where they serve very good meat. MMMM it was sooo good! I first had a carpaccio and then a very juicy filet of beef with a potato in the oven with sour cream on top. If you ever go to Kolding, you have to go there!!
It was very very cold that night. Minus 11 degrees... But I heard in Haderslev it was minus 15 degrees, brrrrr!!
The next morning we slept long, had again a very good breakfast and then went back to Haderslev. Then we did THE walk!! I mean the walk I have to do every day when I go to school. But we went a little further so I could show them the rest of the town. It was sunday, so there weren’t much stores open, but it was ok, they didn’t come here to shop.
We walked back to groftholtvaenget and then it was time to say goodbye again. It was very hard to do that, harder then when I was leaving home end of february, I don’t know why! Maybe I realized here how much I really love them, and how much they really love me.... They have come so far to see me.... I now understand the unconditional love that one could feel for another human being. I hope one day I can find somebody whom I can share this with.
O My god, I am being so corny.... Sorry, my emotions just can’t control themselves.
So now I am sitting back in my room, writing to my blog.... I can look out to my next adventure... that will be my trip to Norway the 26th of March!! I’m going to visit 2 of my best friends from school, who are there on erasmus! Wow, I’m sooo looking forward to it, It’s going to be great and very exciting!!
See you on the next blog!
Pubcrawl
On thursday, our buddies organized a pubcrawl. We went from bar to bar... to bar. It was a very good initiative. In each bar we got something free to drink. That was very nice. Actually we only did tree bars... We ended in the Ras cafe because there we could pay 50 kroners and could drink as much beer as we wanted between 10 and 12 pm... That was a good deal!!
I didn’t drink to much that night because my parents and sister were coming over the next day, and I didn’t want to have a hangover then.
But It was very fun, I had a good time and think we should do it again.
Dress-up party
The school had organized a big party to celebrate fastelavn or Carnaval as we say it. Everybody had to dress up in something funny. I was going to be one of the girls from grease. I like dressing up, I thing it’s so much fun.
All of the erasmus students were going to the party, and I must say, everybody did a very good job to dress up nicely, with the materials we had... because we obviously didn’t bring our whole closet from home.
It was a very nice party, but to be honest i had a little bit to much to drink! So it all went so fast... But Im sure I had a really good time.
maandag 1 maart 2010
Copenhagen trip
zaterdag 13 februari 2010
I'm Belgian, and damn sure proud to be one!
I thought Danish people were very tall and had blue eyes and blonde hair. That was partly true but not all Danes are like that.
I was told that the people here are very friendly, kind and helpfull. That is true, but you yourself have to be open towards them, then they will tell you everything and help you whenever and wherever.
I heard also that Denmark was very expensive. Unfortunatly that is also true, the food and drinks here are very expensive.
We also had to think about some things that is typical for our own country. Of course anyone who knows a little bit about Belgium, can say we are well known for our dellicious beer, chocolate and french fries. Belgium has a good reputation when it comes to food en haute cuisine. And so we love eating out and enjoy a lovely evening with friends or family.
Belgium also has great sports(wo)men, Like our Tennisgirls/woman Kim, Justine and Yanina... and of course our footballteams and then you have Tommeke Boonen... :-)
Begian people are also known to be hard workers... as you can see when looking at me :-) just kidding!
OK computer
My computer broke...
I went to a local computerstore and they said my hard disk is fried; How could that be? They could't give me an explanation. So here I stand with my broken laptop in the middle of Denmark. Luckely I still have my sweet parents and sister who are more worried about me than anybody. My mum suggested to buy another one immediatly, I'm so lucky to have such great parents, and of course a killersister who took care of the practical things. And so Loes her brother is comming on a visit very soon (actually i'm staying up late to wait for him) and he will bring my brand new laptop among other things... (I hope the car is still driving with all the extra luggage from Loes, Ine, Caroline and me) It will be the best valentinesgift ever!!! Though it's not from a lover, it's from people who i love more than words can say.
And so after a long struggle (we also had problems to get internet) tomorrow Marie Claus will be wireless in Denmark too!!!
Prepare yourselves for lots and lots of news....
What do we eat?
The first two weeks we have eaten a lot of things. All tough we (my roommate, Loes, and 2 neigbours, Ine and Caroline) are not the most talented chefs, we try to make the best of it every day. And really we are not bad at all. Especially the spaghetti!! That was a big succes! But not only the spaghetti, the salmon, koteletten, sausages... were very tasty. Yesterday we went to a local grill. I ate a real cheeseburger with french fries. Mmmmm, it was sooo good, and allthough they weren't really belgian fries, they were very good.
So mum, don't worry, I'm not starving to death!!
Today we did our first basket of laundry, again something we are not so familiar with. But after some searching and grrrr..ing (and some help from a kind neigbour) we found out how the waching machine works, with good results!! Our clothes are wearable again!! They smell like a sunny summerday!
So that was the practical side of erasmus in a nutshell.
o-ow
Allready two weeks have passed, time flies in Denmark.
So what have I been doing these first two weeks? Let me think!
The first week we moved it to our appartment and tried to make it more of our own. It worked very well, I allready feel very much at home in our cosy little crib! I'm a little bit dissapointed that it is kind of far away from the city and school. I must say I'm not used to walking an hour every day, but I think it will do me well. ( I hope you're proud of me daddy!!)
I was very curious about the school, the people and the lessons... it was all very exiting!
I was very happy to found out there were so many people from different countries present here. It's going to be great all together.
During the first week we got the asignment to make a litlle powerpoint about our country or our city... it was a nice way to found out something more about other countries.
We did our presentation about our beloved studentcity Ghent. It made me realise what a nice city it really is, and for a minute I longed for home... Especially 'DE GENTSE FEESTEN'!
Some of the erasmus students think about comming to de gentse feesten. It would really be great!!! What a party that will be, i can't imagine!
In the first week we visited some practise places. I went together with Loes (my roommate and classmate in belgium) and Kari (one of the sweetest girls i know from norway) to a primary school were we vistited the 1st grade. It is simular to the 1st grade in Belgium, were the children learn to read, write and do mathematics. It was suprising to see how much the schoolsystem is different from the one in Belgium!!
In Denmark there is a very loose atmosphere. The children can walk around free in the classroom, they eat together in the classroom, and the teachers are calles by their first name.
I'm not going to write all my impressions about the visit here on my blog, I will save that for my paper.
So that's all for now folks
Love and greeting
Marie
dinsdag 2 februari 2010
Blog goes English!!
So the other students and teachers can understand it too...
It will be a little more difficult but I will try my best not to make a lot of mistakes. I think it will not be a big problem. I like wrighting in English but the qwerty keyboard is starting to get on my nerves. I will get used to it I guess. And when I go home the azerty will get on my nerves... Oh well, No problem I'll get trough it...
maandag 1 februari 2010
Hellow
Hmmm... Qwerty wordt een uitdaging! Dus excuses voor typfouten!
Na een lange reis (auto-vliegtuig-trein-trein-bus-auto) kwamen we aan in ons appartementje...
Het is er gewellig, we hebben elk een grote kamer en per 2 een badkamer. ( Ik deel een appartement met lieve Loes)
Jammer genoeg hebben we nog geen internet op het appartement maar dit zou nog in orde komen. Hopelijk heel snel, het contact met het thuisfront en het gevoel van herkenning is wel belangrijk voor ons allemaal. Buiten het feit dat we nog geeen internet hebben is tot overmaat van ramp mijn laptop ook nog eens stuk... Ik snap het niet goed. De eerste dag werkte het ding perfect en de tweede dqg kreeg ik hem niet meer aan de praat. Nu vraagt hij steeds weer om een paswoord. Ik heb helemaal geen paswoord!!!! Mijn grootste nachtmerrie is uitgekomen. Mjah, ik blijf kalm em rustig! Zo ben ik nu eenmaal zeker? Straks naar de computerwinkel en eens kijken of zij dat wachtwoordprobleem kunnen omzeilen. Anders ga ik wel beginnen paniekeren.
Ons appartement ligt tamelijk ver van het dorpje (half uur stappen) Dat is wel spijtig. Kheb eigenlijk spijt dat ik niet met de auto gekomen ben. Het is maar 8 uurtjes rijden naar hier.
Het stadje is zeer gezellig, er is een groot meer dat momenteel bedekt ligt met een dikke ijslaag met daarboven nog eens een dikke sneeuwláag. Er zijn veel winkels (ook H&M en Mango... joepie!!!!)
Vanmorgen hadden we onze eerste bijeenkomst, dus om half 9 vertrekken op ons appartement, een halfuur wandelen en om 9 uur op school... Dat was effe lastig. Morgen moeten we om kwart na 8 al op school zijn, ik zie er een beetje tegenop. Maar ze gingen kijken of ze buskaartjes kunnen krijgen voor ons. Fietsen gaat nog niet omdat dit nog te gevaarlijk is: Met "ze" bedoel ik Jette, Charlotte en Tove, dit wijn de 3 verantwoordelijken voor erasmus. Ze zijn heel vriendelijk en familiair, zeker Jette.
In totaal zijn we met 27 studenten die op erasmus zijn. Onder andere van spanje, Noorwegen, Turkije, Polen, Tsjechië... België is het beste vertegenwoordigd met 7 vlamingen en 4 Walen:
Er ligt hier heel veel sneeuw en elke nacht sneeuwt het nog een beetje bij. Kheb spijt dat ik mijn moonboots niet meeheb... jaja alweer had ik naar mijn lieve mama moeten luisteren!! Ik denk dat ik toch maar best sneeuwschoenen koop, ik ben immers al 4 keer gevallen...
Zo... dit was al een korte update van mijn erasmus-avontuur.. Ik hoop dat ik snel terug op internet kan voor nog meer nieuws en foto's!
Dikke kussen en warme knuffels!!!
Veel liefs
Marieken
woensdag 27 januari 2010
It's the final countdown!!
Kheb heel veel zenuwen en kben heel benieuwd naar het appartementje waar ik samen met Loes 3 maand zal in vertoeven.
Maar 1 ding is zeker... Het wordt de max!! Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat ik de tijd van mijn leven zal hebben.
Kben nog helemaal niet aan mijn koffer begonnen... haha, wel al wat last-minute-solden-shopping gedaan met de mama.
Morgen koffer maken, samen met mama, om de lastige vragen 'heb je dat mee? Heb je dat mee?' en helemaal opnieuw te moeten beginnen te vermijden.
Vanavond nog eens een stapje gaan zetten in den RBSC samen met zus, die ik superhard zal missen!!!
Amai het kriebelt!!
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