Busy Busy

Hi everyone. I have been busy with school and other fun things. The goodbye party for my host sister was a success and I got to meet some of her friends and also some of my host parents friends. I also got to meet my host mom's sister and her two sons (one is 18) who stayed with us for a day traveling from the other side of Denmark to say goodbye to Josefine. After the party we were all tired so we spend Saturday just relaxing. On Sunday it was Josefine's last day and we asked her what she wanted to do and surprisingly she said she just wanted to stay home and say goodbye to the house and her own area. I understand that though. My last night in my own bed was kind of emotional too. But since it was such a nice day on Sunday my host mom and host brother took me to the beach for an hour or two. I actually got some suntanning in.. not that the danish sun is very strong, there was some clouds too. That night we went out to Chinese with my host fathers parents for Josefines last meal. It was pretty good and almost like the Chinese restaurants in the US but this restaurant also was serving sushi and french fries in their buffet. It was pretty odd. That night, or I should say morning, Josefine was taking off from the Copenhagen airport at 4:45 am. We had to be at the airport at 3 am and so we ended up leaving for the airport at 2 am. It was a long night since we didn't get home until around 6 am. I was supposed to go to school at 8 but my host family understand that I would be way too tired to function so they let me sleep in until 11. Anyways my host sister got off well and she has arrived safe in Arizona, so good luck to her! I'm sure she will have a great exchange. The past few days in school have been good. I am definitely getting more adjusted to the Danish school system which is a relief because at first it was hard to figure out. Now I have been able to make my way to my classes and make some friends. The class I'm in is very nice and the teachers and students are both friendly. This Friday there is a party at the school, but parties at their school are MUCH different then in the US. Beer is served and the kids drink with there teachers. It is very hard to get my head around so I will be interested to see how that turns out. Next week I have to go to Intro Camp for all the Rotary exchange students in Denmark. I think its going to be over 125 students so it will be packed. We will be staying in a old school (with rooms for sleeping thankfully) in a town about 4 hours away from me. About as far as you can get in Denmark. I am very much looking forward to Intro Camp, I heard it's a blast and they will teach us a lot of Danish there. I have also started Danish lessons. I have only had one so far but we only learned our birthdays, introductions, and some numbers, which of course are useful things to have. I can't wait until I can maintain a conversation in Danish. I will definitely try to learn as much as I can. Right now I just got home from school and had a snack and I will go for a run pretty soon now. I hope everyone is great!