One Loooooooooooong Weekend! (+thursday!)
THURSDAY: Math, boring. Nice to see friends again though!
FRIDAY: Wow, okay. Had a birthday party for Tanja (classmate, was a helper for Thanksgiving) and most of my class was there. It was way fun! I love birthday parties!
SATURDAY: Attempted to recover from Friday, and went to visit Grace in Kolding! It was quite a 'hugali' visit. It was good to see her again and we talked a lot. Even though we just stayed at her house, we still didn't get to sleep until about two o'clock, and I had to get up at 8:30 the next morning! Oof, killer.
SUNDAY: Woke at the dreaded 8:30 and had breakfast with Grace's host family. It was interesting. Apparently, they have relatives living in Cheyenne and have actually been to Wyoming! Who'd of thought? At ten I was picked up (okay maybe 10:15, my host family is always late), and Graces family went to church for the 'First Advent'. The Danish people have Advent the last four Sundays until Christmas, and light a candle in their window for each Sunday as it comes. Younger kids begin to get little presents every single day from the first advent until Christmas Eve, where they get their 'super present' after dinner. The elder family members get gifts each advent and a big one at the end. So, Graces family went to church. We happily did not go to church.
First we went to Frederica were Nicolia had an indoor soccer game. I tried to sleep sitting up, but didn't accoplish much. At about 12:30 we went back to Middelfart, ate a quick lunch, and then went off for a
'tree lighting' and 'tea' (there was no tea) at an ex-castle turned restaurant. We met up with about 10 different family members of my host family, but there weren't enough chairs so I had to sit on a green crate for most of it. After filling up on sweets and pop, we went outside where there were some news cameras and some guy on a microphone. Santa was weaving through the crowd. After a few minutes, they did a Danish countdown and lit up a giant Christmas tree. Everyone cheered and went home. I'm trying to put up pictures, but the computer is being stupid.
FRIDAY: Wow, okay. Had a birthday party for Tanja (classmate, was a helper for Thanksgiving) and most of my class was there. It was way fun! I love birthday parties!
SATURDAY: Attempted to recover from Friday, and went to visit Grace in Kolding! It was quite a 'hugali' visit. It was good to see her again and we talked a lot. Even though we just stayed at her house, we still didn't get to sleep until about two o'clock, and I had to get up at 8:30 the next morning! Oof, killer.
SUNDAY: Woke at the dreaded 8:30 and had breakfast with Grace's host family. It was interesting. Apparently, they have relatives living in Cheyenne and have actually been to Wyoming! Who'd of thought? At ten I was picked up (okay maybe 10:15, my host family is always late), and Graces family went to church for the 'First Advent'. The Danish people have Advent the last four Sundays until Christmas, and light a candle in their window for each Sunday as it comes. Younger kids begin to get little presents every single day from the first advent until Christmas Eve, where they get their 'super present' after dinner. The elder family members get gifts each advent and a big one at the end. So, Graces family went to church. We happily did not go to church.
First we went to Frederica were Nicolia had an indoor soccer game. I tried to sleep sitting up, but didn't accoplish much. At about 12:30 we went back to Middelfart, ate a quick lunch, and then went off for a
'tree lighting' and 'tea' (there was no tea) at an ex-castle turned restaurant. We met up with about 10 different family members of my host family, but there weren't enough chairs so I had to sit on a green crate for most of it. After filling up on sweets and pop, we went outside where there were some news cameras and some guy on a microphone. Santa was weaving through the crowd. After a few minutes, they did a Danish countdown and lit up a giant Christmas tree. Everyone cheered and went home. I'm trying to put up pictures, but the computer is being stupid.
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