Sunday evening started when I arrived in Copenhagen. Family picked me up right outside the baggage claim and we went strait home. On the way to the house, the father pointed out a seagull and said that they call them "Stockholmers" because they "make a lot of noise and sh*t all over the place", pretty funny. When we got home they asked what I would like to eat, I did not really care about what, so they ordered Thia food. (Go figure right?) So, I had duck, and it was actually really good. After dinner we hung out in the kitchen for a while. Calle, their youngest son who is sixteen had some of his friends over because they wanted to meet me. It was fun, they were all pretty funny. They asked me a few questions here and there but it was mostly idle chit chat. One thing that I know now though is that where I'm living, Skåne, is pretty distinct from the rest of Sweden. They have a completely differ accent than the rest of Sweden, and have slightly different words for things. The reason for this is the area used to be a part of Denmark until approximately 300-350 years ago. After all this I went up to bed, which is actually the biggest room in the house.
Monday I woke up early-ish, about 930 or so (the sun is up at around 430-500), had some breakfast. The grandparents were here, so I talked to them for a little bit, the grand father doesnt know any English and the grand mother knows a little, enough to be able to communicate. They were both really nice, the grand father is pretty funny. Later on we all went down to their 'Colony' house. (not sure the Swedish spelling or word). Its a small one room cabin with a garden. They're used as summer homes for a lot of people or as a recreational thing. Historically they were set up during the 1700's during a large spread famine. A lot of the peasants and lower class peoples that lived in the cities did not get any food because there was not enough to go around, the the government gave everyone a small bit of land out side of the towns so that they could support themselves independently.
Its a nice little place, they have a garden with tomatoes, chili's, raspberries, cucumbers, onions, and others. After that me, the father and grand-father went of fishing! Not pannzy fishing with poles, but real fishing with nets. They own a small little put-put boat that he uses, its a nice little thing. We laid the nets, about 180 meters of them, about 10 minuets from the marina. They were to be collected the next morning.
After wards went to the grandparents house for a BBQ, which was nice. Talked for a bit. After that I went bowling with Sanne, the daughter, who is 20, Calle and his friends. Was pretty fun. One thing thats nice over here is how the sun is out late so it makes hanging out a bit easier. So, when you're walking home at 2200, its still light out. His friends are pretty cool, some of them want me to reactive my WoW account so I can play with them, but we settled for me playing Counter-Strike instead. So already there are nerds for me to hang out with.
The next morning I was woken up at 530 to go fishing. There coffee is really good too, really really good. Definitely bringing some home. Fishing was fun, caught a lot of flounder and some other fish that I know but forgot the name of. We were hoping on catching Salmon, but no luck with that. After that we went on a short hike around the area. Really nice place, there is a river running through the center of town. Then too a bike ride to the center of town to meet with my Rotary contact helping person. The school Im going to is about a 5minute ride from where I live, so thats nice. Also, its called the Future School in English. Apparently they use contemporary learning techniques, such as self learning. So the teachers give you an assignment and you do it you self or something like that. Anyways, theres about 150 kids that go to it, which is really nice because I wont be in such shock than if I were to go to a large school. I'm planing on getting a cellphone here pretty soon, maybe within the next couple of days.
Next day basically did the same thing, woke up early to go fishing and such. Hmmm... now my days are getting a bit mixed up, I've done so much the last few days. Well, I've gone sailing twice now, really fun. Awesome small boats, when you go fast it tips almost 90 degrees, so you end up almost stand up on the side of the boat.
And the instructer was an exchange student to Australia when he was in high school through the Rotary club as well! So we were talking a lot while sailing. One fun word in Swedish that I got to learn is 'fock' with a longish 'o'. So that word will be easy to remember. He he. So, thats basically what I've done so far these last couple of days. The language is coming along slowly, I can now discern individual words that are being spoken instead of just a jumble of gibberish, so thats really good. Hopefully this camp Im going to well help a lot. but most people I've talked to have said that I pronounce all the Swedish words as if I've been speaking it all my life, so thats really cool. Also, theres a girl across the road that wants to meet me, she did an exchange to Virgina a year or two ago, so it will be nice to be able to hang out. But apparently she is pretty shy, so I'll probably have to go over and say hi first. So yeah, so far its been really great here. Every thing is really nice, the coffee especially.
My next posts will prolly not be quite as long as this one, but I'll still try to summarize my weeks.
Hej Då!
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