Days 1-6

It's almost been a whole week since I left home. It's crazy to think I'm actually doing this...

     So, since I did not start this blog till today I have five days to catch ya'll up on. I suppose I'll go back to the actual day I left Seattle, Tuesday, August 10.

My flight left Sea-Tac at 4:30PM (Seattle time) 11:30PM (Iceland time) 1:30AM (Sweden/Denmark time). This flight was not too fun, the plane was rather small, fully booked, and I couldn't understand anyone except the flight attendants. I arrived at the Reykjavik Keflavik Airport at 6:50AM (Iceland time) 8:50AM (Sweden/Denmark time) 12:50AM (Seattle time). Went through security once again and headed to Gate 11. I left Iceland at 7:50AM(Iceland time) 9:50AM (Sweden/Denmark time) 1:50AM (Seattle time). Ah, I managed to get an hour of sleep on this flight :) Anyway, finally I arrived at the Copenhagen airport around 1:00PM (Sweden/Denmark time) 5:00AM (Seattle time). By now I'm exhausted :( It's almost 2:00PM by the time I'm actually about to exit the airport with my luggage. I am met by my new papa, Paul (not Paul, but Pa-uhl) and new sister, Emilia. We have an hour drive till we get to Helsingborg. I am in awe at this place, its interesting.

     When we got home, I met my new brother Eric. But, sadly he left today (August 16) to Florida to be an exchange student as well. I also met my new mama, Birgitta. She made us a traditional meal of meatballs and potatoes. mmmm :) I got settled into my new room and then Emilia and Eric took me on a walk around the town. Later that evening I met my other new sister, Veronica and brother, Marcus. I also met his girlfriend Ida. They are wonderful people. That was day one.
     Day 2 & 3 Aug. 12/13 I didn't get up till almost 11. Ate some breakfast, them Paul and Emilia drove me to Höganäs for the last two days of language camp. (It started on Monday.) At language camp I met the rest of the students who were going to be living in the same Rotary district as me. A few from the U.S, France, Italy, and Japan. I learned some Swedish, a little about the culture, and a timeline of the past kings and queens. Here is also where I learned about a very important word in Sweden, Fika, a word meaning : to take a coffee break. Everyone partakes in fika!
     On Friday afternoon we all took a bus back to Helsingborg, I walked home, and managed not to get lost. That night Paul, Birgitta, Emilia and I went to visit with Per-Eric, Birgitta's papa. That was very nice.

Roxette :)

     Day 4 Aug. 14: Slept in till around noon, late, but I was tired so oh well. Today was the day of the concert. Paul, Emilia, Eric, and I left to another town, can't remember the name...for the Roxette concert. The only song I know of theirs is Listen to your Heart. Anywho, we left around 1, got there after 2. They weren't going to open the gates till 5! Gahh, such a long wait. So Eric took me around that town for a bit so we wouldn't be as bored. Finally the gates were open and we got in, but once agian had to wait for another 3 hours because they weren't going to start playing till after 8. Two bands played before Roxette, and honestly were not very good at all. Roxette played, and everyone went crazy! Emilia and I were standing within 25 feet of the stage, while Paul and Eirc were further back. They played great! Ahh, the concert was over it was probaby around 11. It was incredibly slow getting back to the highway, it took an hour. Still had an hour drive, and we were all hungry. Ha, only place open at 1 in the morning would be McDonalds. So we stopped and picked up some food. Got home, ate,said bye to Eric and finally fell asleep close to 3.

Emilia, Eric, & I

     Day 5 Aug, 15: Slept in agian :) Eric and Paul left early this morning to head to Stockholm. Emilia, Birgitta, and I went to spend the afternoon with Marcus and Ida. We had a large fika, watched t.v and played a game. It was lots of fun.

     Day 6 Aug, 16: Today! Well I woke up earlier, before 9:30 :) I haven't done much, just been studying my swedish. Trying to learn! Around 1:30 Emilia, Birgitta and I are taking the ferry to Helsingor, Denmark. I'm looking forward to it.