First 2 weeks
Finally! Finally I arrived in Japan. I got to meet my host family and everything is fine.
Now I`m gonna tell the tale of me getting from Billund airport to Yokohama city. I will do it in both English and Danish but Ill try to keep the Danish version in Italic. Ok, here we go.
Endelig! Endelig kom jeg til Japan. Jeg moedte min vaertsfamilie og alting er godt.
Nu vil jeg fortaelle eventyret, om hvordan jeg kommer fra Billund lufthavn til Yokohama. Jeg vil goere det paa baade engelsk og dansk, men jeg vil proeve at holde det danske i kursiv. Ok, here we go.
Everything started off in Billund Airport (an hour from where I live) on the 9th of March - a thursday. We woke up 4am in the morning as we had to be in the airport 6:30 am if I remember correctly. I had two of my best friends (Anna and Soeren) to stay for the night, and they were coming along to the airport to say goodbye.
The night before I spent packing all my stuff, with Anna and Soeren helping me, and preparing the last things. We had just had this huge party the night before, so I wasnt feeling too well. I went to bed around 12 pm feeling pretty sick.
4am in the morning we woke up. Took shower, had breakfast and rechecked my luggage. Everything was ready.
Then we left. On the way we picked up another of my best friends (Thomas/Akuen) so we had to drive in two cars. 9 people all together.
Det hele startede i Billun Lufthavn (en time fra hvor jeg bor) d. 9. marts - en torsdag. Vi vaagnede klokken 4 om morgenen, da vi skulle vaere i lufthavnen kl 6:30 hvis jeg ikke tager meget fejl. 2 af min bedste venner (Anna og Soeren) blev og overnattede, og de skulle med til lufthavnen for at sige farvel.
Natten foer havde jeg brugt paa at pakke alt mig grej (Anna og Soeren hjalp til), og forberede de sidste ting. Jeg havde til den her kaempe fest natten foer, saa jeg havde det ikke forfaerdelig godt. Jeg gik i seng omkring kl. 12 med kvalme.
Kl. 4 om morgenen vaagnede vi altsaa. Tog brusebad, fik morgenmad og tjekkede alt min baggage igen. Alt var klart.
Saa tog vi afsted. Vi tog lige en til af mine bedste venner med paa vejen (Thomas/Akuen), saa vi blev noedt til at koere i to biler. 9 mennesker i alt.
We arrived at the airport where Simon and Kathrine (the two other danes im going to japan with) were already waiting. We had a little talk, some coffee etc. while waiting for our groupleader from YFU to arrive, Tine.
Finally she did and we got out tickets and checked out luggage in. Just before leaving, Thomas gave me a brand new copy of "Brave new world" and Anna and Soeren gave me a scrapbook with all the good times we`ve had together. I really really appreciate both of them!
Time to say goodbye...
We stepped on to the escelator and waved and waved and waved ... and our families were out of sight.
Vi ankom til lufthavnen, hvor Simon og Kathrine (de to danskere jeg sakl til Japan med) allerede stod og ventede. Vi snakkede lidt og fik en kop kaffe, mens vi ventede paa vores "group leader" fra YFU: Tine
Endelig kom hun og vi fik vores billetter og checkede vores bagage ind. Lige foer vi skulle til at gaa, gav Thomas mig en splinterny udgave af "Brave new world" og Anna og Soeren gav mig en scrapbook med alle de gode tider, vi har haft sammen. Jeg er virkelig glad for begge ting!
Tid til at sige farvel...
Vi stod paa rulletrappen og vinkede og vinkede og vinkede ... og vores familier var ude af syne.
Then we entered the plane and left Denmark. To the left is Simon just after we got on the plane. He`s very excited.
On the plane we got some breakfast and we got to talk a little more relaxed about the whole thing. Both Simon and Kathrine had made these awesome visitcards which I would never had thought of, but there ya go.
Saa kom vi op paa flyet og forlod Danmark. Her er Simon lige efter vi kom paa flyet. Han er meget spaendt.
Paa flyet fik vi morgenmad og vi fik chancen for at tale lidt mere afspaendt om det hele. Baade Simon og Kathrine havde lavet nogle supersmarte visitkort, som jeg aldrig ville have fundet paa, men hvad.
We arrived in Stockholm in Sweden and met two Norwegian YFU students who were going to Japan as well (Jimmy and Andrea). Then we got on a bus and drove to Brommasplan some 30 kilometres out of Stockholm and took a taxi from there to the place where the preparation course was to take place. It was -12 degrees.
When we got there, there were already some Swedish people and more to come. There were 3 rooms and I got to sleep with 4 Swedish people (Sandra, Kajsa, Gustav & Alex).
The next couple of days went like described in the last post I made, so I wont repeat all that. The entire course was in Swedish, so I certainly learnt a lot of Swedish those 4 days. Men det var jette bra!
One night we went to a Japanese resturant in Stockholm and got Tsukiyaki (I think) which is a Japanese dish where you get a lot of vegetables (yasai) and a huge bowl with some　sweet stuff in it and a gasblow thingy under it. Then you put all the yasai in the bowl and kinda fry it I guess. Afterwards you take up the Yasai you would like to eat, dip it in raw egg, and eat it. It was really nice but got a little too sweet in the end.
Vi ankom til Stockholm i Sverige og moedte 2 norske YFU studenter, som ogsaa skulle til Japan: Jimmy og Andrea. Saa tog vi en bus og koerte til Brommasplan ca. 30 km fra Stockholm, og derfra tog vi en taxa til det sted, hvor forberedelseskurset skulle finde sted. Det var -12 grader.
Da vi kom der, var der allerede nogle svenskere og der kom flere. Der var 3 vaerelse, vi skulle fordele os paa, og jeg kom til at sove sammen med 4 svenskere (Sandra, Kajsa, Gustav og Alex).
De naeste var dage gik ligesom beskrevet i den sidste post, jeg har skrevet, saa jeg vil ikke gentage alt det. Hele kurset var paa svensk, saa jeg fik under alle omstaendigheder laert en masse svensk paa det 4 dage. Men det var jette bra!
En af dagene tog vi paa japansk restaurant i Stockholm om aftenen og fik Tsukiyaki (tror jeg), hvilket er en japansk ret, hvor man faar en masse groentsager (yasai) and en stor skaal med noget soedt vaeske i og et gasblus under. Saa putter man al yasai`en i og "frituresteger" det. Bagefter tager man det yasai, man vil have, og dypper det i raa aeg og spiser det. Det var rigtig laekkert, men det blev lidt for soedt til sidst.
Here are some pics from the course:
Her er nogle billeder fra kurset:
Top left is Kajsa(swe) and Kathrine(den)
Top right is Andrea(nor) and Alex(swe)
Bottom left is Andrea(nor) and me
Bottom right is Kathrine (den) and Simon(den)
Monday afternoon all the parents of the Swedish students came to the course and participated in the predeparture thing. It was basically just about YFU rules and how to make the year unforgettable.
After that the Swedish students went home with their parents and left us Danes and Andrea and Jimmy from Norway.
We had loads of fun that night. We played pictionary ... in Swedish! We always ended up drawing the wrong things cos we thought the words meant something else.
Anyway, tuesday morning we left Sweden. (Picture) - For verfication, look at the Stockholm sign in the background.
Now, I don`t feel like writing more right now, so I`ll continue the tale sometime later. Untill then, ja nee.
Mandag eftermiddag kom foraeldrende til alle svenskerne og deltog i den sidste del af kurset (predeparture). Det handlede mest om YFU regler og hvordan man fik mest ud af aaret.
Efter det tog de svenske studenter med deres foraeldre hjem og efterlod os 4 danskere med de to nordmaend and en enkelt svensker.
Vi havde det rigtig sjovt den aften. Vi spillede pictionary ... paa svensk! Vi endte altid med at tegne de forkerte ting, fordi vi troede ordene betoed noget andet end de egentlig gjorde.
Naa, tirsdag morgen forlod vi Sverige (billede) - for bevis, laeg maerke til STOCKHOLM banneret i baggrunden.
Nu har jeg ikke rigtig lyst til at skrive mere, saa jeg vil fortsaette dette spaendende eventyr senere. Indtil da, ja nee.
Now I`m gonna tell the tale of me getting from Billund airport to Yokohama city. I will do it in both English and Danish but Ill try to keep the Danish version in Italic. Ok, here we go.
Endelig! Endelig kom jeg til Japan. Jeg moedte min vaertsfamilie og alting er godt.
Nu vil jeg fortaelle eventyret, om hvordan jeg kommer fra Billund lufthavn til Yokohama. Jeg vil goere det paa baade engelsk og dansk, men jeg vil proeve at holde det danske i kursiv. Ok, here we go.
Everything started off in Billund Airport (an hour from where I live) on the 9th of March - a thursday. We woke up 4am in the morning as we had to be in the airport 6:30 am if I remember correctly. I had two of my best friends (Anna and Soeren) to stay for the night, and they were coming along to the airport to say goodbye.
The night before I spent packing all my stuff, with Anna and Soeren helping me, and preparing the last things. We had just had this huge party the night before, so I wasnt feeling too well. I went to bed around 12 pm feeling pretty sick.
4am in the morning we woke up. Took shower, had breakfast and rechecked my luggage. Everything was ready.
Then we left. On the way we picked up another of my best friends (Thomas/Akuen) so we had to drive in two cars. 9 people all together.
Det hele startede i Billun Lufthavn (en time fra hvor jeg bor) d. 9. marts - en torsdag. Vi vaagnede klokken 4 om morgenen, da vi skulle vaere i lufthavnen kl 6:30 hvis jeg ikke tager meget fejl. 2 af min bedste venner (Anna og Soeren) blev og overnattede, og de skulle med til lufthavnen for at sige farvel.
Natten foer havde jeg brugt paa at pakke alt mig grej (Anna og Soeren hjalp til), og forberede de sidste ting. Jeg havde til den her kaempe fest natten foer, saa jeg havde det ikke forfaerdelig godt. Jeg gik i seng omkring kl. 12 med kvalme.
Kl. 4 om morgenen vaagnede vi altsaa. Tog brusebad, fik morgenmad og tjekkede alt min baggage igen. Alt var klart.
Saa tog vi afsted. Vi tog lige en til af mine bedste venner med paa vejen (Thomas/Akuen), saa vi blev noedt til at koere i to biler. 9 mennesker i alt.
We arrived at the airport where Simon and Kathrine (the two other danes im going to japan with) were already waiting. We had a little talk, some coffee etc. while waiting for our groupleader from YFU to arrive, Tine.
Finally she did and we got out tickets and checked out luggage in. Just before leaving, Thomas gave me a brand new copy of "Brave new world" and Anna and Soeren gave me a scrapbook with all the good times we`ve had together. I really really appreciate both of them!
Time to say goodbye...
We stepped on to the escelator and waved and waved and waved ... and our families were out of sight.
Vi ankom til lufthavnen, hvor Simon og Kathrine (de to danskere jeg sakl til Japan med) allerede stod og ventede. Vi snakkede lidt og fik en kop kaffe, mens vi ventede paa vores "group leader" fra YFU: Tine
Endelig kom hun og vi fik vores billetter og checkede vores bagage ind. Lige foer vi skulle til at gaa, gav Thomas mig en splinterny udgave af "Brave new world" og Anna og Soeren gav mig en scrapbook med alle de gode tider, vi har haft sammen. Jeg er virkelig glad for begge ting!
Tid til at sige farvel...
Vi stod paa rulletrappen og vinkede og vinkede og vinkede ... og vores familier var ude af syne.
Then we entered the plane and left Denmark. To the left is Simon just after we got on the plane. He`s very excited.
On the plane we got some breakfast and we got to talk a little more relaxed about the whole thing. Both Simon and Kathrine had made these awesome visitcards which I would never had thought of, but there ya go.
Saa kom vi op paa flyet og forlod Danmark. Her er Simon lige efter vi kom paa flyet. Han er meget spaendt.
Paa flyet fik vi morgenmad og vi fik chancen for at tale lidt mere afspaendt om det hele. Baade Simon og Kathrine havde lavet nogle supersmarte visitkort, som jeg aldrig ville have fundet paa, men hvad.
We arrived in Stockholm in Sweden and met two Norwegian YFU students who were going to Japan as well (Jimmy and Andrea). Then we got on a bus and drove to Brommasplan some 30 kilometres out of Stockholm and took a taxi from there to the place where the preparation course was to take place. It was -12 degrees.
When we got there, there were already some Swedish people and more to come. There were 3 rooms and I got to sleep with 4 Swedish people (Sandra, Kajsa, Gustav & Alex).
The next couple of days went like described in the last post I made, so I wont repeat all that. The entire course was in Swedish, so I certainly learnt a lot of Swedish those 4 days. Men det var jette bra!
One night we went to a Japanese resturant in Stockholm and got Tsukiyaki (I think) which is a Japanese dish where you get a lot of vegetables (yasai) and a huge bowl with some　sweet stuff in it and a gasblow thingy under it. Then you put all the yasai in the bowl and kinda fry it I guess. Afterwards you take up the Yasai you would like to eat, dip it in raw egg, and eat it. It was really nice but got a little too sweet in the end.
Vi ankom til Stockholm i Sverige og moedte 2 norske YFU studenter, som ogsaa skulle til Japan: Jimmy og Andrea. Saa tog vi en bus og koerte til Brommasplan ca. 30 km fra Stockholm, og derfra tog vi en taxa til det sted, hvor forberedelseskurset skulle finde sted. Det var -12 grader.
Da vi kom der, var der allerede nogle svenskere og der kom flere. Der var 3 vaerelse, vi skulle fordele os paa, og jeg kom til at sove sammen med 4 svenskere (Sandra, Kajsa, Gustav og Alex).
De naeste var dage gik ligesom beskrevet i den sidste post, jeg har skrevet, saa jeg vil ikke gentage alt det. Hele kurset var paa svensk, saa jeg fik under alle omstaendigheder laert en masse svensk paa det 4 dage. Men det var jette bra!
En af dagene tog vi paa japansk restaurant i Stockholm om aftenen og fik Tsukiyaki (tror jeg), hvilket er en japansk ret, hvor man faar en masse groentsager (yasai) and en stor skaal med noget soedt vaeske i og et gasblus under. Saa putter man al yasai`en i og "frituresteger" det. Bagefter tager man det yasai, man vil have, og dypper det i raa aeg og spiser det. Det var rigtig laekkert, men det blev lidt for soedt til sidst.
Here are some pics from the course:
Her er nogle billeder fra kurset:
Top left is Kajsa(swe) and Kathrine(den)
Top right is Andrea(nor) and Alex(swe)
Bottom left is Andrea(nor) and me
Bottom right is Kathrine (den) and Simon(den)
Monday afternoon all the parents of the Swedish students came to the course and participated in the predeparture thing. It was basically just about YFU rules and how to make the year unforgettable.
After that the Swedish students went home with their parents and left us Danes and Andrea and Jimmy from Norway.
We had loads of fun that night. We played pictionary ... in Swedish! We always ended up drawing the wrong things cos we thought the words meant something else.
Anyway, tuesday morning we left Sweden. (Picture) - For verfication, look at the Stockholm sign in the background.
Now, I don`t feel like writing more right now, so I`ll continue the tale sometime later. Untill then, ja nee.
Mandag eftermiddag kom foraeldrende til alle svenskerne og deltog i den sidste del af kurset (predeparture). Det handlede mest om YFU regler og hvordan man fik mest ud af aaret.
Efter det tog de svenske studenter med deres foraeldre hjem og efterlod os 4 danskere med de to nordmaend and en enkelt svensker.
Vi havde det rigtig sjovt den aften. Vi spillede pictionary ... paa svensk! Vi endte altid med at tegne de forkerte ting, fordi vi troede ordene betoed noget andet end de egentlig gjorde.
Naa, tirsdag morgen forlod vi Sverige (billede) - for bevis, laeg maerke til STOCKHOLM banneret i baggrunden.
Nu har jeg ikke rigtig lyst til at skrive mere, saa jeg vil fortsaette dette spaendende eventyr senere. Indtil da, ja nee.
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