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Endnu et indlæg om noget det skete for noget tid siden. Fra den 9 til den 11 September havde jeg orientering med alle de herlige andre udvekslingsstudenter i mit distrikt. Det var virkelig vildt, lige med det samme var vi bare på samme bølgelængde. Det var en lang bus tur for mig og en af de tyske udvekslingsstudenter Nico. Det værste ved den lange tur var at vi havde glemt at spise noget før vi tog af sted, så vi spiste ikke noget fra frokost i skolen ca. Kl. 11.30 til kl. 20. Vi fik dog lidt pomfritter fra nogle af de andre udvekslingsstudenter der kørte i den samme bus som os.

I min bus var der: Mig fra Danmark, Nico fra Tyskland, Laura fra Finland, Lea fra Frankrig, Kerry fra Sydafrika, Bastian fra Chile, Lucas fra Brasilien &

Jumpei fra Japan. En ting i skal vide er at når man er sammen med andre udvekslingsstudenter så sker der noget med en, noget der gør at mig bliver helt tosset med at tage billeder. Så det meste af bus turen blev brugt på at tage billeder (meget af hele weekend blev faktisk brugt på at tage billeder).

Vores orientering  forgik på en lejerskole, der var så mange ting man kunne lave der. Vi havde dog ikke tid til at prøve det hele, noget jeg var forberedt på fra orientering i Danmark. Det er et super stramt program, men det gør ikke så meget for man behøver ikke tid til at blive behagelige med hinanden. Det sker bare lige med det samme, så vi havde en masse sjov når vi havde fritid.

Vi spillede en masse amerikansk fodbold, eller det vil sige der var ingen af os der havde 100% styr på reglerne men det gjorde ikke noget. Noget der også sker når man er udvekslingsstudent er at man altid kan spise hvis der er mad. Så der blev også spist en masse. En hel masse.

Vi snakkede en masse om de ting vi finder anderledes her, hvad vi savner fra der hjemme og hvad vi elsker her og vil savne når vi tager hjem. Det er altid rart at snakke med dem fordi du ved at de forstår præcis hvordan du føler. For det kan være ret svært at forklarer. Jeg synes også det er rigtig rart at jeg kan forstå deres problemer, at jeg ved jeg kan være en støtte for dem. Heldigvis så har vi det alle godt her, ingen der gerne ville hjem. Folk der ikke havde hjemve endnu, og folk som havde det slemt. Men jeg er sikker på at den weekend var alle glade. Det sørgelige øjeblik var da vi skulle sige farvel til hinanden, efter kun en weekend var det som om vi havde kendt hinanden i årevis.

Vi ser hinanden ca. en gang om måneden, og det er altid sjovt. I vil hører mere om andre møder en anden dag. Hav en fantastiks tredje December, vær glade og vigtigst spred glæde.

Another post about something I did a while ago. From the 9^th to the 11^th of September I went to an orientation with the other wonderful exchange students in my district. It was amazing, right away we just connected. It was a looong bus ride for me and  Nico , the exchange student from Germany. The worst part about the long ride was that we had both forgot to eat something before we went on the bus. Neither of us had eaten since lunch in school around 11.30 and we wouldn’t get anything to eat before around 20. However, we were lucky and got a little leftover french-fries from some of the other exchange students who joined us on the bus later on.

There were two busses going to the orientation. I my bus there was: Me from Denmark, Nico from Germany, Laura from Finland, Lea from France, Kerry from South Africa, Bastian from Chile, Lucas from Brazil and Jumpei from Japan.

One thing you all need to know is that something happens to you when you are with other exchange students, you get a tad obsessed with taking pictures. So most of the bus ride was used taking pictures (actually a lot of the weekend was used taking pictures).

Our orientation took place in a camp, there were a lot of activities you could do. However, we didn’t have time to try it all. Is was prepared for a tight schedule after the orientation in Denmark. A lot of information needs to be told in a very short time. It doesn’t really matter that much though, as you don’t need to use time getting comfortable around each other. It just happens all by itself right away, so when we did have free time we had a lot of fun.

We played a lot of football (the American kind), or we tired to play as non of us really knew the rules that well. However it was still a lot of fun. Another thing that happens when you are an exchange student is that you can always eat if there is food. Even if you have just eaten lunch, you can still eat a snack. So we also spend a lot of time eating. We did have a lot of fun while eating, so we didn’t waste time.

We talked a lot about the things that are different here. Some of them we laughed about, some of them we really wondered about. We talked about the stuff we miss from home and the stuff we will miss when we go back. It is always nice to speak with other exchange students, as they mostly understand exactly how you feel. It can be very difficult to explain it. I think it is so nice to know that I can understand their problems and be a support for them. Luckily we are all enjoying out time here and no one wants to go home. Some had felt really homesick and some hadn’t been homesick at all. However, I’m positive I can say that during the weekend everyone were happy. The saddest moment of the weekend was when we had to say goodbye, after just one weekend together it felt like we had know each other for years.

We see each other about once a month, and it is always a lot of fun. You will hear more about other times with them another day. Have a wonderful third of December, be full of joy and most importantly spread joy.