First Day in Denmark

I left for the airport on August 5th at around noon and arrived a little past two. My flight was at 5:35, so I had plenty of time. I checked my bag with no problems and proceeded to say goodbye to my family for a year:( I will miss them, and I know that they will miss me, but I have a feeling this trip is going to be worth it.

I boarded my 8-hour plane ride and tried to get as much sleep as possible. We were given two meals on the plane; a dinner and a breakfast, which were both very good.

I was sitting at a window seat so I got to enjoy the nice views as we flew over Denmark. I even got to see the bridge connecting Denmark to Sweden!

On the flight I sat next to a nice Swedish woman who spoke Swedish, Danish, German, and English and was writing a book. She was very nice to me and gave me advice and even waited for me after we had landed to give me a hug and wish me good luck.

I landed in Copenhagen at around 7am Denmark time (1am New York time) and waited for around 4 hours for my connecting flight to Aarhus. The Copenhagen airport is very large and one of the prettiest airports I've been in. There I met another exchange student, Randi, who isn't living far from me. We talked about our nerves and how excited we were while on the scariest plane ride ever. It was the tiniest and loudest airplane I've ever been on, and landing was not very graceful, but we made it to the ground.

While in the Aarhus Airport, Randi and I retrieved our bags and met a Danish girl who had just gotten back from exchange in Colorado. She gave us some reassuring words and told us she thought it was brave of us to go on exchange while not really knowing a lot of the language. After our interaction with the Danish exchange student, Randi and I walked through the doors to meet our host families and counselors for the first time. It was quite the welcome party...

After I was welcomed at the airport, my first host family brought me back to their beautiful home and showed me to my room. My host mom took me on a walk with the dog to show me where my school was and showed me a bit of the town I'm going to be living in. It's a very cute little town and everyone seems very nice. I'm very excited and nervous to start school, but I think all will be well in the end. 

Here's the view from my bedroom window:

There are several very pretty willow trees in their yard and everything is very green. There are also a lot of shrubs that serve as boundaries for property. My family also has a very beautiful garden where they grow vegetables as well as an apple tree.

I think that's all for now, just a quick little update. So far everything is lovely; my host family is very nice to me, my room is very comfortable, and I am getting along with my host siblings. I can't wait to see where this adventure is going to take me.