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Since the last time I've posted a few things have gone on. One-- my birthday! I am no 17 years old. In Denmark when it is your birthday they put a Danish flag up. I was in Sweden for a little bit for my birthday so they put up a Swedish flag for me. When I got back to Denmark I had a few friends over and we ate dinner and then went to Copenhagen. For my Easter break I went to Sweden for a few days because my new host family has a home there. It is in the middle of a forest and is very beautiful. I switched host families also. I still live in the same town just a few minutes closer to my school. In this family I have a host mom, dad, sister (18), 3 dogs, 2 cats, and like 15 chickens. I do not live on a farm though, I live in a normal neighborhood. Soon I will be going on euro tour for a few weeks, and hopefully be able to blog about it...... if anyone other than my mother cares.... hey mom.  Sorry I havent been updating im just having suchhhh a good time here, there is no time. haha

updates....

Saturday I took the ACT in Sweden. And for those of you who don't know what the ACT is, it is basically a test you must take to apply for colleges in the United States.  It was difficult, and not what I expected. There were only 4 others taking the test with me. Not many people know about the test. The night before the test I had a school party. It was superhero themed. Many did not dress up for it. I just wore cat ears and all black- cat women. Original right?

Track (atletik) is going great. I am improving everyday. I am very happy I joined it, still hoping for no more weight gain ;).  In Denmark it is starting to feel like winter... even though its February. There is finally snow on the ground and it looks so beautiful! Although snow is wonderful, it is a little strange riding my bike in it. I don't think I would ever think of riding my bike if there was snow on the ground, but it's necessary! I don't know if its getting darker later, or if I am just becoming used to the limited sunlight hours.

 The lack of daylight was a change I really had to get used to.

A cool thing I have done in Denmark is go to Christiania. For information of it you can look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania It is a very controversial thing in Denmark, some love it some hate it. When I went it was like walking into a new world the atmosphere was so unexpected. They have beautiful graffiti on the buildings, and little shops set up everywhere. Even though I hoped I could, there was no picture taking allowed, which was a bummer. It was a great experience.  

 In past few months I have became really good friends with an exchange student Tara. She's from Vermont, and lives around 30 min away from me in Denmark. Its nice having such a good friend to help you with everything.  

And here is just a picture I really like from my friend Mette's 18th birthday party :)

Godt Nytår!

Happy New Years! New years for me was full of great times and fantastic experiences.  I spent it with 3 of my friends. New years here seemed to be quite like in America well besides the fact it came 7 hours earlier... One big difference I found was instead of kissing when its the new year you "jump" into the new year... literally. Everyone stands up on a chair and when its 12 o'clock they jump off. Of course there still was the streamers, noise makers, and the classy 2012 glasses. It was amazing anywhere you look there were fireworks being set off to celebrate the new year. Its nothing like anything I've seen before. Yesterday was a month since I've switched host families. That means in a couple days i'll be entering my 6th month in Denmark! Crazy right! I'm told that after Christmas time flies. Before I know it I'll be leaving Denmark for good :(  I've just got to try my best to constantly occupy my time and not miss a thing!

update :)

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. So we could say celebrating it in a different country could be an experience :) For starters... no snow :( but that't ok because back in Chicago there wasn't any either. My favorite part about Denmark during Christmas is going to Copenhagen and listening to all the music people are playing on the street and just looking at the beautiful decorations! I was automatically happy when I was there :) As for my home there were no Christmas decorations or tree because they have a Jewish background. Although that was different it was cool to experience it like this. In Denmark they celebrate Christmas on the 24th. So for the 24th we went to my host dad's sister's home. She had a Christmas tree and decorations up. On the tree there were no lights, there were candles that we lit. After we lit them we walked around the tree holding hands singing Danish Christmas songs.  On the 25th we had a Hanukkah dinner at our home. We played games and ate together :)  and  Other updates I have are I have started a track and field club in Copenhagen. It's very hard considering I've been doing nothing for months ;) It is nice doing some exercise. Hopefully it will keep me from gaining the exchange student weight! :) It's been almost one month since I've been in my new home! Wow, time is flying :) Only 5 months to go! My new years resolution? Only speaking danish, and have the best time possible here :)

New Family.New Changes.

Recent news, I've switched host families. I'm still in the same town just a few minutes down the road. I really like this family :) They are very very sweet and helpful. I have a host mom, dad, and brother. They have helped me find this Track and Field club in Copenhagen. This should help me find new good friends :) I've had a hard time these past nights. My boyfriend had broken up with me but I should take is as an opportunity to make this exchange the best I can. Another thing is I am sick :/ The first time being sick in Denmark.... it was bound to happen haha. Latley I have been with exchange students having a good time :) I hope this is where my exchange takes off and becomes amazing! :) 

switching homes.

After my first 4 months of being here, I am now switching homes in Denmark. In my next family I will have a mother, father, and brother living with me. I have not really met them yet so it is just like coming to my first family. My brother, Villads, went to New York last year on his exchange. It will be nice having someone who understands what you are going through and have been in the same life style you are used to. Hopefully I will be able to progress with my Danish. For a little bit I was learning a lot, but now I'm just getting tired of it. Hopefully I will get another energy burst to start learning again. On  Saturday I was assigned two hours to go to school and help sell goods to raise money for the school. Our table sold æbleskiver ( shown in the picture
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and glögg which is just hot wine with spices in it for flavor. The school was decorated for Christmas and it was very nice :). Also, taking orders from people was good for me to practice my Danish. I didn't always know what they were saying but for the most part I did fine. Today I will be going to Copenhagen ( I think) with my class to go to some theater and watch a film maybe? I'm not really informed all the time. haha. That's as much as I can update on now. When I get settled into my new home I'll tell you more. :)

Thanksgiving/Black Friday!

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!! I love thanksgiving, I love the food the family the atmosphere, just love it. My favorite food at thanksgiving are mashed potatoes <3 Although its not celebrated here I'm going to do my best to make it happen. You know maybe go to the store and pick up some instant mashed potatoes, haha. Later I think im going to go watch the Macy's thanksgiving day parade via earthcam.com and eat some pie.  But really what I wish they had here was Black Friday! For those who don't know what black friday is, it is the day( or night?) after thanksgiving where you leave to go shopping in the early morning like 2 or 3 and shop! Some go out later but I like being early. The reason everyone goes shopping on this day is to buy Christmas presents for cheap. I think every store has big sales and deals. AHHH I love it! Maybe I should do some shopping myself to make up for it ;) haha. Although I'm not going to be in America for thanksgiving its still nice celebrating it here. I like to tell people all about it like what we eat and some traditions. Rotary put on a thanksgiving get together for the exchange students in my district here in Denmark. It was very nice :). Its good being with exchange students! Every country had to do some type of entertainment.... so the north Americans danced to Were All In This Together by High School Musical. Haha I wish someone video taped that. It was so funny. So once again Happy Thanksgiving!!!! byeee :)