Tania's 'Fødselsdag'

After we got home from the dinner at two o'clock last night we slept in this morning. After breakfast Tania went to the supermarket and we secretly put all the presents that we had prepared for her- together with some candles and a Danish flag - onto the small table in the living room. So she was surprised when she came back home. In the afternoon we had a coffee and ate the plumcake I had made before we got ready for our trip to Aalborg in the evening. In Aalborg we went to a bar to have some beers. At 1:30 in the night I got really tired and I knew that the trip home was going to take 1 1/2 hour so I decided to take the next bus. I was so happy to finally be able to sleep soon when I arrived to Løgstør at 3:30.

Dinner with the staff

This evening we were invited to have dinner with the staff of 'group two'. One of the teachers put her house to our disposal so we could have dinner at her home. Everyone had to bring his/her own drinks and we made the food together. Therefore, we divided the group into three teams: Some of us were responsible for the starter, some for the main meal and some for the desert. I was in the "starter team" and made a lot of pizza bread. For the main meal we had different salats, grilled meat, roasted potatoes and sauce. As desert we had coffee, applecake, vanilla ice cream and chocolate brownies. The food was awesome and we had a lovely time with a lot of laughter!
At 00:00 o'clock we sang a birthday song for Tania who is turning 25 and they told us that it is a tradition in Denmark to be powdered with cinamon on your 25th birthday if you are not married. When you are still not married at your 30th birthday you will be powdered with pepper. But they were nice this time and just gave her a cinamon stick.

Halloween preparations

Tomorrow the students will have a halloween party in the school. So today, when I was working in the evening, we started to to some of the decoration.

Another Sunday in Aalborg

This morning I went to Aalborg to go to the church. After the service they told me that there was another service in the afternoon so I decided to stay the whole day. In the afternoon service I asked them not to translate the service for me, because I wanted to see how much I understood. I don't know why and how this worked but to my own surprise I understood the whole service and was able to take some notes in Danish. Furthermore the girls invited me to join their connectgroup whenever I find the time to do so. I am so looking forward to be there!

Nationalpark Thy

Together with Fatou, her boyfriend and Tania I went on a trip to the Nationalpark Thy today. The weather was not really good, so everything looked less colourful than it actually was. I am sure we will go there again next spring, when the weather is better. But still - it was a nice tour and at least we saw something new and now know another place to go to next year.

Limfjord's Lobsters

After we came back home from the camp yesterday we were happy to be able to sleep in today. At four in the afternoon we met two men we got to know (near the habour in Løgstør) two months ago. One of them - a fisherman -  invited us to try fresh Lobsters which he had caught in the Limfjord two weeks ago. It was the first time that I ever ate Lobsters so I really didn't know what to expect of this dinner but of course I wanted to try. In general we really enjoy to try different Danish meals.  Since we're not living in a host Family and mostly cooking ourselves (and we cook the Spanish, French or German things we're used to eat...) it is always something 'special' to get to know typical Danish food. And I really appreciated his invitation. The fish and especially the Lobstors from the Limfjord are so expensive (!) so it was a 'big thing' for us to be invited to eat Limfjord's Lobstors prepared by the fisher himself. We ate the meat of the Lobster on a toast together with a selfmade remoulade, herbals and butter. I don't think that I ever ate something similar before so I don't know how to describe the taste but I really liked it! We also had some Lasange and burned figs with selfmade cream as a desert afterwards. Soooooo good! I had eaten the desert here in Danmark before and I really love it although I never really liked figs. I am looking forward to taste some more Danish food the next months.

Efterårsferie!

In week 42 -the past week - the school was closed and the students, teachers and some pedagoges had their "Efterårsferie" = autum break. About half of the students went home to spend the week with their parents. The other half took part in one of the two autumn camps that the school offered for those who could not go home for a whole week. 

One of the camps took place near Grenå, which is a town at the Baltic sea. So all three of us (Tania, Fatou and me)  joined some of  students and pedagoges on their trip to Grenå. We were living in a holiday house where we spend a lot of time haning out. There was a big living room, a kitchen and shared rooms for all of us.

Every day we went on a trip somewhere before we went back home to enjoy a cozy afternoon and evening together.

Although for us it was actually work instead of holidays, it was so good to see the students during their holidays and to experience how different they behave when there are less things going on so they have more time to relax. I think we - as well as the students - had a very nice week together.

Here you can see some of the pictures taken on the trips. I will upload some more the next days.

Medieval Market

 
Today we visited a special market in a town near Løgstør.

People in medieval dresses were selling different handmade things in tents.
 
You could buy a lot of different things. From cheese to handmade beer jugs to goat horns (they use the horn as a cup - you drink whatever you want out of it)

Nibe

Nibe is a town next to Løgstør. When we came home from our last trip we decided to stop there to have a coffee and walk around the habour. Here's a picture of the habour. And by the way: In the summer they have a big music festival (see more here: http://www.nibefestival.dk/) that a lot of people told us about.

Skywalk Lovesang

This morgning I took the bus to Aalborg to be part of Bethelkirken's 175th birthday. We had a service and lunch after that. I got to know some of the other girls my age who have been and are part of this church.
After lunch there were different small concerts. 

At 3p.m. I went over to the EuroLifeChurch to be part of their service. I've had good conversations and enjoyed the time there as well.

Afterwards I went back to Bethelkirken. The Youth went to a restaurant not far from the church to have dinner together. 

The highlight of the whole day was the Worship evening. The band Skywalk - which is the most famous Danish worship band - played in the church. It was kind of funny for me to meet them because I knew them even before I came to Denmark. Some of them were surprised that a German knew their music. Although it was Danish worship I really enjoyed the concert and understood more than I thought I would.

I definitly had another blessed sunday today.

Kanutour

Today after work Lena - the social worker in the protective workshop - took us with her to her home. 

[The protective workshop is a group of disabled people who are older than the students - e.g. former students. They do a lot of diferent creative things from modeling to creating theatre plays]

Lena and her husband have their own Kanus and invited us to a Kanutour.

The current in the Fjord was too strong today so we decided to stay on a small river and stop before the river opens out into the Fjord. 

All of us have been Kanuing for the first time. It was a lot of fun and we could really enjoy the nature around us since the weather couln't have been better.

Afterwards we had dinner and a relaxed time in their house. The food and especially the company was so nice. We had an awesome day and I'm pretty sure this was not the last time I've been Kanuing.