Hey time...bye time....

So its been a while since I have written anything, mainly because I am never sitting down for more than 10 minutes before I have to go again. People ask me what I am doing, and I never know what to say. It's just . . stuff. Like seeing people, catching a bus and or train or even biking somewhere, going to school, doing some schoolwork if school is lucky, doing chores like going to the bank etc. It just piles up and therefore am nearly never home. It's like I have never stopped running since I got off the plane at Billund 10 months ago.

Time just won't hold up, I want time to just stop so I can be a Dane for a little bit more.

Amongst the chaos, some exciting things have happened. We had our school gala the other week which is similar to a leavers ball in NZ, not quite the parade that Marsden puts on but it was really awesome to be part of it.

We danced lancier which in my opinion is the most hilarious dance ever created. Catherine was my man, and a good looking one at that. We began by all parading into the gymnasium at the gymnasium (as in school) as i felt like we were part of some sort of Deb Ball, Catherine and I were the only ones laughing and talking as we did this I am pretty sure. Which made it even more hilarious.

My awesome as host dad, Jens has the most beautiful so he put it to good use to create memories of the hilarity of Catherine and I dancing together.





I was also really lucky as (nearly) all members of all of my host families were at the Gala too! So here are some pics of all of us. Ellie, one of my best friends EVER, also came as my guest as she had to be part of my special night too :). Sorry I cant put captions under the pics....just blogger being not so user friendly.

But in the fam pic we have Jens, current host dad, Andreas, my last host brother, me, my host mum Ulla, and Lærke, Gitte and Ib from my first family. Love you all so much!





It was such a fun night spent with the best people ever. Tak for en rigtig dejligt aften alle sammen :).

Have been up to see Ellie in Brande a few times recently too, its about an hour by train from here and in Central Jylland so its good to get around DK a bit more before I go.

The weather has been changing SO much too as of late. First Autumn was like BAM, leaves everywhere and the heavens were permanently open, now winter has hit and I just wish snow would fall already, as if it snows, at least the cold is pretty and not just grey and wet. Let it snow let it snow let it snow :)






The other day Catherine and I went to Andreas house and made some Danish candy things called flødeboller, cream balls translated hehe. They are so so yum and we made them pink so they were even better!






Wednesday did not only mark the birthday of my ever aging mother, BUT it also marked the premiere of the the 7th of the Harry Potter films! I was so so excited, its like the climax of my childhood was coming to fruition. I went with Catherine and Andreas at 23.58 in Middelfart and it was so amazing. I was whispering the lines I swear, and was noticing all the parts they missed out or did differently. Cute Harry nerd. But of course now we must wait 6 months for the second part to come out!

Then on Thursday, Andreas and I decided to go to Odense just randomly. So we took the train and bus and ended up at the Rosengårdcenter which is DKs biggest mall. And just by CHANCE IKEA is right next door...so naturally we went there and had the best time ever. Had the good old Swedish meatballs for dinner, at 4.30 as it seemed like dinner time as it was so dark. They also had all of their Christmas stick which was so awesome. I feel like you can really get into Christmas here, Scandinavia is the place to be. It better snow...just fingers crossed.

Must be off to bed as am tired from school, all of 2 classes and had Andreas and Catherine over for dinner and an epic Pushing Daisies Marathon.

European Handball Champs Game tomorrow with my mum, looking forward to it! We plan to watch the men rather than the game. Im totally fine with that!

Knus from a far away freezing land

Lx

Bored

Bored at school.

Writing Life Plan

Hug your dreams.

Have you hugged your dreams today? If not I would advise to do so as they are the things that drive us, make us work harder, keep us going. You may even achieve them one day :)

Oh and thanks Catherine for the title of this blog! I am so tired even naming this thing is hard.

So Im sitting here in my room, so tired I could fall asleep on my laptop, the TV still on with Danmarks næste top model booming. Its not that good to be truly honest but it makes me feel like I am achieving something as it is in Danish, my life is awesome.

I sit inside, nice and warm while outside is just chilln, quite literally its about minus 2 right now. Oh hey winter. I just wished it snowed already so it would at least be pretty and cold.

Just a random as update on nothing.

Our school gala is on Friday, similar to a leavers ball but not quite the taahdaah that Marsden does where mothers hold meetings about ribbon and girls pay their inheritance to look good for just one night. Well this is a bit more casual in my opinion, but we have to dance lancier. A ridiculous, made up mess which resembles drunk Swedish people trying to be German. Hilarious. Have lessons all week at school which is AWESOME when you half understand the instructor! Makes it super easy.

Anywho, signing off for bed. Small thing called school tomorrow argghhh

Lx

Londontown

Okay so here is the long promised blog about London. It has now been a few weeks since my class and I got back from this amazing feels-like-home city. I miss it, I miss the controlled chaos of a big city, I miss the unbelievable mix of cultures, starbucks, the curry house we ate at every night, the tube (I can still rattle off the different stops and lines, sort of epic) and being with my friends 24/7.

It was amazing being in a huge city such as London with the people you love so much, wish I could go back! But back to reality again, back to school and the long days of not doing much but having to attend otherwise your absence rate will shoot through the roof. Just a little over school at the moment, as many other exchange students are at this time. Just not doing much gets to you after 9 months. I crave a challenge like an assignment or essay. I need those short term goals again. I am used to having huge and sometimes crazy goals such a learn Danish, make new friends, build a life. A bit daunting, thus the thought of small goals seems very tempting and exciting. Sounds sick to most I know.

Anyway, LONDON! We began at 3am at Fredericia train station, ikke så frisk! We took the train to Copenhagen which takes about 3 hours then we waited waited waited to get our flight to LONDON! I got a stamp in my passport as I left KBH which was more exciting than you would think...

After a flight sitting next to an uber feral 14 year old boy who thought he was top lort, we arrived in London. And for all of you kids living in Denmark, you will know Jesper from X Factor. Well his class was on a studietur too and was on the same flight there and back as us! Yay Danish celebrity who isnt too hard on the eyes. NOM.

So after staring at Jesper for some time, we all trudged onto the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station and then onto West Brompton. Just sayin, but taking your suitcases when there are about 30 students on the tube is no easy feat. We deserve a medal for all of that, so stressful agh! But we got to the hotel and dumped our stuff and we let free for the afternoon so a group of us went to Piccadilly Circus to find some food and take in out first sight of the big smoke.






So now Im tired and so will just post pics and maybe small explanations, sorry kids, writing s super hard at this very moment.
























So that was London in a nutshell. It was the most amazing week, the most tiring week but I wish I could do it all again.

Thanks 3.k for being awesome, going to miss you all and your crazy antics.

So onto the rest of my life at the moment. Well, Im at a strange place at the moment. I think its a mix of the emotion of my looming departure from DK, having to say goodbye to so many amazing people, having to think beyond this year, having to build a life again, moving to a new city, starting university and other small things like this. It will be so hard to go back home, as I have changed so much and I feel like my life in NZ stood still. Like my room will be the same as I left it a year ago. The same CD in the CD player, the same numerous pieces of useless paper on my desk, the same notes I madly scribbled on my wall in vivid for NCEA level 1 and 2. Thats all the same, but Im not.I wont fit into my old life. And to be honest I am scared.

The joys of life changing things hey? Have to be prepared for the truck load of emotion that comes with it.

So last weekend we had our second of only two Rotary Get togethers. And for all of those poor people not in the Rotary loop. this is where all exchange students in DK meet for a weekend, usually staying in a school, not sleeping, catching up with your international friends and eating. Oh and of course partying, but abiding by the 4 D rules, thus not so much fun JK, its still awesome.

So this time it was the oldies last get together before we all go home. It was in Holbæk on Sjælland so another 3hr train journey with the good old DSB trains that I have learnt so well this year.

We had like a halloween dress up party on the Saturday night which was really cool, just chill and bogan as. Elles and I went as hippie, bum, bogans from Christiania which worked out super well for last min costumes. We were pretty epic I have to admit.







We got bored whilst sitting at our table, so naturally we began a bonfire with the candles on our table. The Rotarians were freaking out silently and took them away from us when we were getting puds hahahaha shot Rotarians!

But it was such a fun weekend in all, slept in a hallway and corridor so was pretty epic.

Will miss some oldies, others I will not give a second thought for the rest of my life. Whoops did I just say that? Tehe

Oh so the other day Catherine and I had a date and we made the cutest and yummiest meal EVER. We have talent at both cooking and dating, suggestive?






Oh and we had Muesli for pudding . .yums!

And one last pic....its getting cold here and dark. Hate it, just a little jealous of NZ as it heats up and DK cools down. But I love how you can see the sudden change in seasons here. Its definitely autumn now.




Oh and a pic of my house! Super cute no?

Lucy signing off

x

Shut eye

Im making a conscious effort to go to sleep earlier as I have discovered that my sleeping pattern is whackity whacked up.

And yet I am here, when I should be asleep

Good learning of lessons me.







I want a cupcake right now argggh nom a nom

Lucy not sleeping when she should be

x

Torn in Two

I have been feeling like I am being torn in two lately. Im happy but there is this constant thought in my head of going home.

Am I looking forward to it? I am not sure, in a way I am just as I feel ready to take the next step but then I cant imagine leaving my life and all the people I love in Denmark.

Heart torn, mind displaced.

I love this song, care of Ellie. Love you so much girlie.



London update soon as.

Lx

Time to Fly

The time has come to fly up and away. In less than 3 hours I will be on a train to Copenhagen to fly to London. A little excited? I suppose you could say that. I started packing days ago...yet I still feel like I am missing something important.

Typical.



But it will be so much fun, 5 days in London with my class. It will be insane!

I am looking forward too:

- Starbucks (we only have like 2 in Denmark!)
- English accents
- Seeing red double deckers and pubs.
- Taxis
- Being in a city which is ACTUALLY a city, rather than like Fredericia which is more like a wanabe city.
- People driving on the correct side of the road
- Telephone boxes
- Fish and Chips
- Being able to practice my amazing British accent and feeling like a fool
- Using pounds
- Shopping EVERYWHERE
- Going to Notting Hill and expecting to find the blue front door and Hugh Grant.
- Discovering the Order of the Phoenix Headquarters.
- The possible terror attack on London. Great Timing.
- Getting lost in the side streets
- People watching
- Jack the Ripper tour.....slightly terrified
- Curry and other general cheap pub grub
- Catching the tube and probably getting lost
- Seeing policemen on horses.
- Being somewhere that is not where I normally am.

These plus many more things I look forward to.

Ill post when I get back, might even have some nice pics to browse through. If only I had a nice camera...oh well my little blue canon will have to do.

Peace out kids

Later Denmark!

Luce trying to stay awake for the 3am train to Copenhagen