And now for the last post of this little group! (this could turn into two, its totally possible, it might get pretty long)
I will start with paperwork challenges. As you know, it takes a TON of work to live in another country. Add being a minor to that, and it seems almost impossible. Monday after school, I went to the Bornholm's Kommune to get my paperwork in the system. After waiting for thirty minutes, we were informed that we were in the wrong place. I needed to go to the police station. Wednesday during school, Claus picked me up and took me to the police station. There I gave them all of my paperwork, and had my fingerprints and picture taken. They also said that if I had submitted the form online it would have been much faster. The travel agent that helped us now seems rather uninformed, because she also told me to take money that I did not need. (Mom, I will bring back the sealed envelope unless you say differently) That being said, in about four months I get a card that means I can travel to other countries without my passport because I am a temporary resident of the US. I think I also get something in my passport. Honestly, I am not quite sure what happened. The next visit was after school on Wednesday. I think it was to get something registered, but I'm not completely sure. I originally thought we were going to get a bus card, so I didn't bring my passport. Thankfully, once we realized that I needed my passport, it was only a three minute drive back home to go grab it. Still not completely sure what we were doing there. Claus then went to get me a bus card, but was told that I needed something called and NEMID. So that is what I got today. Tomorrow we will attempt to get a bus card yet again, this time with a nemID. After that, I think the only thing I have to do is pick up the temporary residency thing in a couple months, although it is completely possible I'm not done.
OK. That turned out longer than I expected. Lets move on to something more interesting. Extra curriculars!! The first day I was here, they talked to me about extra curricular activities. Claus emailed the music school in Roenne, and the director said he would talk to me about opportunities to play trumpet. I am joining a full symphony at the music school, and he waved the fee so I will be playing for free. He also so that maybe he could give me music theory lessons, or I could take private lessons with the trumpet teacher. I start the symphony on the ninth of September, and am super excited to be able to play trumpet again! He also mentioned another trumpet student that I should talk to, who just happened to be in my music class in Gymnasiet! I mentioned to him that I ride horses, and he also contacted the riding club in Nexoe the same day. I get to ride for the first time tomorrow, and I am super excited even if it is just a skill evaluation! The last thing is that I mentioned that I played chess, and he contacted the chess club of a neighboring town. It seems like a club full of old white guys, but I may as well go check it out anyway! Anyway, it looks like I will be almost as busy here as I was in Kansas.
FOOD. Yes the food here is very good. It's probably a little weird to some of you, but it is still amazing. Breakfast: Yes, I am eating breakfast here. It is sort of expected. When I wake up, there could be a couple of things on the table (at least on week days. On weekends it is different) There could be fresh baked rolls from last night, butter and a number of condiments. There also could be muesli, which is kinda like oats but better, and yogurt to put on top (like milk on cereal). Sometimes Lismo gives Nikolai cheerios, but no one else seems to eat them. Nikolai is lactose intolerant, meaning that there are always two types of milk and yogurt on the table. Lunch: Lunch is rather normal I guess. She makes me lunch to take to school, usually a sandwich on rolls or something in between to pieces of rugbroed(rye bread, super dark, really good, can't find it anywhere besides Denmark). She also gives me a piece of fruit. Today, I had to go to Roenne to get my nemID, so she took me out to lunch. I had AMAZING Danish meatballs, potato salad and green salad. Over all, lunch really isn't that exciting. Dinner: Dinner involves meat. Every day. Claus and Lismo seem to split the cooking duties, and I have been helping out some. We have had fish soup like three times. Its just broth with carrots, shrimp and big pieces of salmon. Its actually not awful, and I ate it every time. We had chicken a couple of nights, once just baked with some spices (kinda bland) and once in this spicy Thai sauce with curry paste and bell peppers with rice that was really good. The first three days with Sebastien still here were interesting because they made all his favorite foods that seemed mostly to be meat and potatoes. So I had different versions of meat and potatoes for three days straight. We also had this beef stew over mashed potatoes with coffee in it of all things. It was really good. We had spaghetti with ground beef and red sauce. And lasagna with ground beef and red sauce. And one night we had pepperoni pizza, homemade. All of my lunches involve meat too. Two nights ago, we had bakes salmon that was really good. With potatoes. We eat a LOT of potatoes. Surprise anyone? Nope, didn't think so. With the Thai food we did have rice. And with the soup we just had bread. A lot of bread. They don't seem to eat many vegetables. We have had salad a couple times. And I eat fruit for snacks because they don't really eat crackers here. This family doesn't eat granola bars either, which has been a change because in the US granola bars were my breakfast every day. There is also no chocolate in the house. NO CHOCOLATE. I am dying very slowly of lack of chocolate. THANK YOU CHRIS FOR SENDING ME CHOCOLATE!!!!
Um.... I am going to a language camp on Jutland tomorrow. It lasts a week. Hopefully it will be super fun!! Oh, pictures of the house. ummm. NEW POST>I will post pics of the house tomorrow, after I run around and take them. Anyone who has a skype can skype me and I can take them on a tour! Its a little different than most American houses. Lots of windows.
Dad is enjoying these as well, but he hasn't figured out how to comment yet.
ReplyDeleteHi Dad!! Yeah I think you need a google account, which he has but refuses to use. I got to go riding today and now I'm sore but very happy!
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