Jeg er så glad....

Today I was in Fredericia after school, my one class of the day, and I was all of a sudden overcome with a feeling of being really happy and content with my life. I just wanted to smile. I even felt like crying. Strange. But it just shows you the extreme ups and downs of exchange.

I would give anything to feel like this everyday.

Raindrops keep on fallin...

So I am being drowned here, in the Land of Den. It hasn't stopped raining in about 2 weeks and I am so sick of it. Coming home on your bike, whilst it is pouring, unable to hold an umbrella and it being so wet the rain penetrates the best of rain jackets - is not the funnest. But character building right? That's what I tell myself anyway.

Updating of my life is sort of overdue so her it is, photos style.

Danish Flags line the streets in Odense. Feels like home :)

My bedroom window, I have my own fairy lights and garden outside. Love it.

New shoes, how you make me happy as now the rain can't take my feet hostage.

Don't you love just looking up and taking in the view? It's unimaginable what is out there, scary and exciting.

C + L in Odense

Us and HC Andersen 'himself'

Fairytales <3

Matchstick girl, concentration on her face is priceless.

Flower festival, amazingly pretty!

~Sweet~

Or maybe they meant lollipop?

Asian kids.

Too big?

:)

That is all for today, I am so exhausted I must sleep a little before waking up and doing it all over again. I like it though, enjoying life right now. Content.

Don't ever take moments like this for granted as they might vanish before your happy eyes :)

Lucy x

Tanker

So the heavens have opened on both Middelfart and Fredericia, great timing too as Andreas and I walk the dog. Now I am soaked for the second time in one day, farvel summer, it was nice knowing you.

So the thing is, I am still stuck in the mud about everything, what I want to do next week, next year, the rest of my life. How can I choose? I have always been indecisive but this is just ridiculous. Anyone wants to help carve my future, feel free as I have given up on deciding.

See where the wind takes me....

It may take me to this amazing place, a place where many would never dream of stepping foot in, but I would love to see this place, Petra, hidden away from the world.

Random thoughts of mine...

I wish I had a bubble blower, like what every child possessed in the 90's...

Time's ticking....

On my bucket list....hot air balloon ride.

What I want to yell at people who are down about nothing. Get a life already.

Zippora Seven, a carefree, beautiful New Zealand model who I adore

I am in a random, do-what-I-want mood so therefore this blog is a little upside down, much like life, so like life, deal with it please :)

I was talking with Catherine today over a cup of tea after school was over and we sort of had an epiphany about the fact that we have had to build our own lives here. Create something beautiful and enjoyable out of nothing.....Hard to imagine when you have never had to do it, but it's so indescribably difficult. Grow roots, feel at home, make friends, find your way from A to B....Hard to say the least. I think that in 6 months I have built myself a great life. I have a great family now and had another fantastic family whom I love so much also, have settled into school, made friends, made several million cakes for my class and learnt a language deemed one of the worlds most difficult. No too bad.

That is all for tonight, I must go off and read Homers Odyssey IN DANISH. So easy.....mmm

Knus

Lucy

Andreas, Danish God

So I have been a subject to bullying by my host brother Andreas. So kind I know. He said I must write a blog about him saying how cool he is....mmm stuck for words?

Just joking bro, you are awesome and you are a Danish God. I liked out little stroll to the post box at 1am on a school night and our endless feasting on cake.

I hope I can eat all of the fudge we are making tonight.

Here is a pic, not quite of Andreas but there is a striking resemblance between the two...

There Andreas, lovely host brother - go make me some fudge :)

Rød grød med fløde....

All you non-knowing of any Danish people out there in the world, have a try at saying the title of this pointless blog....fun isn't it? It's what learning Danish is like put into one word, fun. And by the way it is the name of a dessert which is like an almondy white paste pudding thingy with generally a strawberry type sauce. It is good, but when you have to ask for someone to pass it to you, you are screwed.

Anyway, school is back in action after an amazing-splendid-exciting-tiring 3 month summer break. It is so odd to be back at school, back to the structured days and early early wake up calls (or lack there of when you turn off your alarm in your sleep by mistake!). It has been so interesting going back into classes and actually understanding what is going on, like that is amazing for someone who used to sit in class, drawing houses, thinking about things way too much and being sad that I couldn't understand. But now I can sit through an entire religion lesson and tell the world what it is about. Oh understanding how I love you so. And my class is still awesome, such a cool bunch of kids who make me laugh and smile all day everyday.

I thought that I would write a list of things I really liked, just to refresh my memory as sometimes I lose track of what I love. And that is kind of sad, so here we go.

Jeg kan godt lide...

Exploring

Being worry free and having fun

Coffee and Tea

Cupcakes

Seeing where my feet take me.

Valuing life, it's something to hold on to and enjoy

Denmark, land of quirky streets and cute houses

Making a fool of myself all the time.

And of course all of my friends and family both in Denmark and in New Zealand, both places I call home, both places forever in my heart.

To Maddie, my amazing and lovely sister, missing you the most.

Jeg elsker dig skat

x

Walking into the unknown

Ok so can life just be a little easier to figure out please? I am finding it so hard to keep up with mine lately and I would appreciate it if I could just be decisive and know what I want.

So I have about 5 months left in this amazing country, which of course makes me want to cry and makes me worried, nervous and stressed. How can I have been here for over half a year already? Time has done a Usain Bolt on me. I now feel so rushed, learn Danish better, make more friends, be more involved, do more BE more. But time is against me now, worrying me all the time.

On top of that worry I am trying to figure out what I really want to do, next year and in life. Hard decision to make when you are 17 years old and in a foreign country....

University in NZ or be broke and go overseas? Come back to Denmark for university? So many options, as they say the world is your oyster. But I don't like seafood so let's use another saying.....the world is at your fingertips.

Well lately Catherine and I have been enjoying taking photos around Fred with the amazing moment catcher 'Naomi', she takes the most beautiful pictures. Ponder these.

Dinner at the Sorensen's, miss my family and love you all SO much

Miss my Nanna as she flies far away to the US.

Sunflower

Smiley Laerke hehe

Haircut time
Smukke pige :)

Middelfart waterfront before Jazz Festival

Ice cream by the water

:)

Even our bikes are friends

School begins again on Wednesday after having been on holiday since May 19th, so that means my day in classes constantly trying to understand. It's a good thing, makes me better at this whole Danish business which would be nice. It would just make life a lot more simple.

If only life would slow down and take a breath.

"the world is falling out beneath me" as Brooke Fraser would say.

Life is good, life is great. I just wish I could freeze time and have the time to choose.

Left Behind

Don't you just hate that feeling of being left behind? You just feel so 'meh', the best word I can find to describe how I'm feeling now. Very poetic I know, that is I, a poet in disguise. Actually I am just sick so cannot be too creative with language at this precise moment. Apologies. Distance is also something that is getting to me right now, why must people live so far away? I wish that people you wanted close could be by your side all the time, not too far away.

So a few weeks have passed since my last post as I, yet again, have found myself being rushed-off-my-feet-busy which is great. I spent a week at 'Crossroadz' Christian Camp which at first I was a little skeptical about one because I didn't really know anyone there and two, I had no idea what to expect. But it was actually lots of fun and I met SO many new amazing people from all over Denmark so it was a good week. It was also nice to see young people with such a strong sense of faith, sometimes even I question my generation but these people were just so passionate, I really respected and admired them for that. I had about half the amount of sleep you should normally get in a week so even now I am still recovering. They had this activity called a nightrun, directly translated which means the leaders wake you up at 1am and you are dropped in a forest and attacked pretty much. Did I know what was happening, nej not so much. But people assured me it was normal so I just went with it. And then another night we played volleyball and football at 3am which was fun, but naturally the football skills here are a lot higher than that in NZ so they were running circles around me.

I have no photos of camp sadly as I just forgot (silly I know) but I can try find some from someone else later. But it was a good week and meet so many cool people, maybe i can return next year?

So now I am being lazy and this blog becomes a photo blog with some captions, enjoy!

Sankt Hans Church in Odense where HC Andersen was christened. Organ concert oooh yeah!

The other week, my Rotary councillor was such a sweetie and invited me to come to Copenhagen with her for a few days! She works there every week and thought it would be nice if I could tag along and see more of the city. I had a day free while she was working so I invited my friend Simon who was on exchange in Wellington not too long ago to join me for the day. So I was really excited as we went to the Danish Design Centre aka my dream. There was an exhibition on called 'Denmark by Design' perfect? Indeed it was.

Then we were wondering what to do with the rest of the gorgeous sunny day....Tivoli was right across the road, hey why not? Grab every chance you're given I say. So with entry at 300kr, it was a bit steep but it was a great investment in my happiness.

5G of force? Ja tak, scariest thing ever!

Tivoli Gardens

Copenhagen Rundetarn, view over the city

Bridge to Sweden!

Me and the amazing view

I was also lucky enough to be able to go to the Louisiana Modern Art Museum about an hour north of Copenhagen. It was amazing, a 1950's building crammed full of weird and wonderful art. A great view as well, we could even see Sweden!

Warhol after Munch, great exhibition.

Dinner at Louisiana, yep that's Sweden you see in the distance.

Triiippy art!

Rebel, it clearly said 'do not climb the sculpture', so what did I do?

View of Christiania from my hotel room :)

Deloitte's building in KBH, where my councillor works, lucky huh?

The drive to Sweden! I love how you drive to another country...that is where NZ fails...

øresund link to Sweden.

Turning Torso Building, tallest in Scandinavia.

Bridge from the tower.

Nice door handles.

We could NOT go to Malmo in Sweden and NOT go to Ikea, after all it is its birthplace.

"we won't buy much"

Swedish meatballs, in Ikea which is Swedish in Sweden. Boyyyah.

Me + Ikea = a perfect combination.

Drive home, Denmark this way haha

It was such a nice few days away and I LOVE how I can say I have been to Sweden now! Life is complete. Tusind tak Gunhild :)

So the other day we went on a little family excursion to southern Fyn which was so much fun. We went to a castle called Valdemars Slot which is in fact still lived in by its owners which i found quite interesting.

The Danish Queen sleeps here on her visits, not too bad.

Cute!

We then climbed a church tower on the island which was the highest point - 79masl!

Small windy

The church tower.

The hair after, smukke?

A day in Fredericia with my amazing awesome and filthy friends Ellie (here), Michy, Catherine and Kristy-Lee.

Kristy-Lee's 18th dinner we made! Pizza, a bit of a failed attempt but we tried?

Love you girlie :)

Kolding with the girls.

Ellie, Catherine and I

Ellie, Michy, Catherine, Kristy-Lee and I

On Wednesday the 28th, it was the day for the inner child (or is that outer?) to come out for BONBON LAND BABY! A theme park in Naestved, Sjaelland which is full of candy and fun rides. I went with my crazy friends from school, Elisabeth, Kim and Maksim. It was like 3 hours by train so when we arrived we where exhausted but had a fun day in the sun and along with about 10 million families with small children, yay.

Entrance

The prawn ride haha

Buffet was just like lard on a plate, loved it.

Me and Elisabeth being so photogenic.

Ignore that person (Maksim haha) and look at the ride behind! I went on that, nearly died.

Elisabeth, Maksim and Kim

The he cat ride! Not enough time to try it, but it looked insane.

Someone is a little tired on the way home....

Now I have a few pictures which just make me happy, I hope they make you happy too.

School is back soon and Andreas my host brother comes home from the USA even sooner, jeg glaeder mig :)

Love every moment, love life.

Knus, Lucy