Personal/ Cultural Blog
This was an exciting week for me personally as my parents visited from Thursday to Sunday. My feelings on the days leading up to their visit were very strange as I couldn’t quite get my head around the fact that in a few days they would be here in Denmark with me!
It was also a culture filled week with a Pancake Party, a Turkish Tea, a Dutch dinner party and sight-seeing in Copenhagen, which is why I have found it hard to separate personal and cultural development for this week’s blog.
On Tuesday of this week it was pancake Tuesday, which we found out isn’t celebrated by the other nationalities here in our Erasmus group. This is something I have learned as I thought it was an international day! The other students thought that ‘Pancake Tuesday’ was a very worthwhile celebration so Kerri, Trisha and I agreed with the group to throw a ‘Pancake Party’ for them. It was a very fun night as it was a Pancake Party with an Austrian twist as on that day in Austria they celebrate ‘Carnival Tuesday’ where everyone dresses up and has a street party. I have never made as many pancakes in my life and probably won’t again! I’m also pleased to say that every single one was eaten!
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| The Pancake Party |
On Thursday, seeing my Mum, Dad and brother at Copenhagen Station was surreal! I spent a lovely weekend with my parents, brother, Kerri and Trisha. We were spoiled by my parents and we stayed in a nice hotel and had dinners in lovely restaurants. I had a really enjoyable time catching up with them, sight-seeing, showing them around Copenhagen and showing them the things we have learned about Danish way of life.
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| Sitting outside a cafe in Copenhagen in true Danish style with blankets around us, drinking tea and hot chocolate and eating 'dream cake'. |
While my parents were in Copenhagen I thought it would be a good opportunity for them to meet Soren, who has been so kind to us, so we met him and his girlfriend Christina for dinner. This was a very enjoyable night as my parents enjoyed being able to chat to Soren and Christina and find out more about Denmark from Danes!
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| Dinner with Soren and Christina |
It was also nice to show my parents where I am living here in Vordingborg, so they can relate to and imagine the things I have been telling them about here. After such a lovely weekend, it was hard when they were leaving on the train as it felt so strange that they were going home, without me! It felt as though I was being left behind but I had to remind myself that I now live in Denmark for the time being! My time with my parents went by in a blink which was disappointing, but as the saying goes ‘time flies when you’re having fun’.
A day after my parents left I was able to get back into the normal day to day life here in Denmark which I was glad about as I was worried about missing my parents a lot after they left.
This has shown me that since coming to Denmark, I have become a stronger person. I am more able to cope with whatever life throws at me and I think that, although I am a person who doesn’t like change very much, it has eventually done me the world of good. After overcoming the difficult first two weeks here in Denmark, I have adjusted to and am now embracing life here. I have developed coping mechanisms and have adapted to life in Denmark. I have noticed that I have a more positive attitude towards life. I always now try to look positively at life and find myself laughing at situations I may find myself in. Maybe the relaxed Danish culture is rubbing off on me?
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