Drama in Aabenraa

On Tuesday a group of 13 people set off to Aabenraa to have "Drama and movement" class there. This class was taught by Flemming Rassmusen. First we played some icebreaker games and then tried to express ourselves through gestures, mimics and movement.
We also did little acting and created a poem, being inspired by music and a picture. The poem of our group is as following:

What a sad day today
All I eat tastes like clay.
My heart is broken and never will be fixed
and all my feelings are utterly mixed.
Without a soulmate, without a single friend
I find myself in the country of Neverland.
I just wish I could to go Legoland.
Istead I have to walk to the graveyard
But I cannot walk

my steps are so hard.

After the lesson we went for a walk to the beach and then went home tired but happy.
On Friday we used masks a lot. First there were some warm-up activities (based on running and imitating) and then we acted. We were embryos discovering our own bodies and the world around us, we also created a story corresponding to a music extract and we also reflected what we had done during those 2 sessions.
In my opinion, both classes were very beneficial and I enjoyed them thoroughly. Some of these activities could easily be used with pupils.

A Trip to Aarhus

It's 5.41 A.M. and I cannot sleep. I woke up at 3 A.M. and since then I haven't fallen asleep. Therefore, I decided to brush up my blog a little bit, although I've got a feeling that few people are interested in reading it and viewing pictures.
On Tuesday our group of 11 people (me, Vojta, Katka, Viki, Mery, Caroline, Siv Hege, Kari, Ania and her boyfriend and Zeliha) went on a trip to Aarhus, the 2nd largest city of Denmark. We expected a lot but I was a bit disappointed. The weather wasn't very nice and both the Ancient Museum and the Organic Garden we wanted to visit were closed. Also the train and bus tickets were very expensive, there was a long queue at the ticket office and besides the train had a 45-minute-delay. I thought that just Czech trains are delayed constantly. Moreover, we got on a wrong train as there are no signs and you cannot recognize where the train is going and you always have to ask somebody to be 100 % sure.
We bought some pizza in Aarhus and I got sick later so I wonder if it was because of the pizza. I think so..:-(
However, I was glad that we've seen something new. It wasn't a bad day at all, we had fun and hygelige time in one of the Cafés in Aarhus.

A Trip to Legoland

On Saturday 27th March we went to Billund, the town of Legoland. It was the first opening day of the season and therefore tickets' were really cheap (110 DKK). We tried all attractions and had a wonderful time. We arrived home at 20.10, ordered pizza, bught some Chinese food, drank bier and had hyggelige time.:-)

Week 11: International Week: Monday and Tuesday

I think that the only problem of the International Week was the fact that it was too short. Otherwise, we all enjoyd the programme thoroughly.

On Monday we were getting to know each other - we drew a picture of our nationality and then drew a picture of another nation. It was a great activity and I think we all did our best and the pictures were great and all the importang characterictics were included in them.:)
I also liked dancing lesson with Pia Paustian. It was really funny and all those dances were great. The only problem came when she decided to teach us a Danish song - Danish is just impossible to pronounce, at least for me.

On Tuesday we "learned" how to prepare sandwidches and Karen, our teacher, told us about the tradition of coffe table. It means that you prepare many different sweets, make strong black coffee, invite your friends and then eat and eat until you think you are gonna dien. Then you make a short break and then go on eating. Great tradition, I wanna try it once.:)

Then we had music with Annette, which is quite a nice teacher, but maybe too kind and she lets students do whatever they want. I`m used to teachers who are the only authority in the classroom and they organize activities and so on. It was quite different Annette - she had some ideas in mind but we also did our own activities - we were trying to learn a Spanish song, a Belgian one, a French one and many others.

But the best part came in the evening. Each nation prepared some specialities typical of their country. Then we put it on the tables in the canteen and ate it all. It was so delicious. So many different tastes. We couldn`t move in the end.

A New Month - A New Hair Cut

As Czech People are very economical, we decided not to pay 150 DKK for a visit at a hairdresser's and cut our hair themselves. Jesper cut my hair and Katka cut Vojta's. You can view a few pictures and judge how successful we were.:-)

Walking through Haderslev with Vojta and Katka

Week 8 and 9 in Denmark

On Friday 26th there was a costume party at school and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was a bit complicated to get a costume here but finally I made it and disguised as a devil. We danced until the dawn and I went to bed at 3 A.M.
We had a rest at the weekend and I visited Belgian girls in their residence and I had a delicious dinner there.
In Week Nr. 9 we didn't have any special subjects. We were really disappointed by the optional English lesson as it was not focused on conversation, grammar or vocabulary, as we had expected, but on analysing a poem. Therefore, we decided not to attend this course any more.
Moreover, we had Special Needs but we didn't learn anything new in this lesson.
On Thursday we day a delicious lunch in the canteen. What's more, it was for free! Great.

Unfortunate events in our kitchen

On Sunday evening me and Katka were sitting in the living room and drinking strong black tea. As midnight was approaching Katka got hungry and decided to heat some rolls in the microwave. She put them in and turned the microwave on. Two minutes later the kitchen was full of steam, black smoke and terrible smell of burned rolls. We opened the window and the front door but the smell is still there.
On Monday Zeliha tried to prepare some French fries but the oil in the frying pan caught fire and we had to put the pan out and wait until the fire went out. In the picture you can see the burning frying pan.:-)
I think that we must be staying in a haunted house because something strange happens every day. Maybe we can make a horror film here...

A Trip to Copenhagen

On Wednesday 17th we left for Copenhagen. We travelled by bus and by train and the journey took about 3 hours and 30 minutes. After our arrival we went to the Danhostel, got installed there and went sightseeing.
On the first day in Copenhagen we took the City Tour Bus and visited the Rundetaarn (built by Christian IV between 1637 and 1642, it used to be an observatory, a library and a library). There was a marvellous view of the whole city, although the weather was a bit cold and windy. We also walked along Stroget (a shopping street number 1 in Copenhaged and the longest shopping street in Europe, 1.1 km long). In the evening we had a delicious dinner in a Chinese restaurant. We paid 100 DKK and could eat anything we wanted. No wonder we spent the rest of the day lying in bed and doing nothing.
On Thursday, Feb 18th we started the day with a delicious breakwast and then went sightseeing. We could see the Royal Library (called The Black Diamond as it shines at night). We wanted to go on a boat trip but the boats didn't sail due to the frozen river. That's why we had to walk for about 40 minutes to see The Little Mermaid. But it was worth-doing as The Little Mermaid is probably the most famous symbol of Copenhagen and is really beautiful. You can also come to her and touch her.
We also went to Amalienborg Castle and watched changing of the guards accompanied by great music. Then we went to the oldest cafe in Copenhagen called Sommersko.
In the evening we went to the Mediterranean Restaurant Riz Raz. The buffet there was flavourful and we kept eating until we got extremely full. To get rid of the energy we gained we went out and searched for a disco. Unfortunately we didn't find the one we were looking for but we discovered an Australian Bar with extremely friendly prices - a bottle of bier for just 10 DKK. So walking back to the hostel was really funny!:-)
On Friday 19th we packed our suitcases and got ready for going back to Haderslev. Before that we wisited the National Museum which is enormous and has a great number of fascinating exhibitions. I especially liked the Children's museum with replicas of toys you could play with, and the Café where I ordered wonderful hot chocolate.
Everything in Copenhagen worked like clockwork except for catching the bus. The train was a little bit delayed and that's why we didn't catch the bus to Haderslev. As the result we had to wait for an hour for another bus. But we did shopping instead to kill the time.
To sum up: Copenhagen is a wonderful city and I really enjoyed staying there. I would like to go there again in spring when everything is green and weather is more suitable for sightseeing!

Happy Valentine's Day

Love is in the air - can you feel it? I sure can...:-)
Sunday was a funny day. Our friend Eliska Skalova came from the Czech Republic to visit her boyfriend and us, too. We were really happy to see her, although she didn't bring Rum we desperately needed.:-)
Then electricity in our house stoped working all of a sudden. Although we tried to exchange the fuses, there was still no light in the kitchen and the fridge, washing machine and freezer did not work. The funny thing was that we had some clothes in the washing machine. We had to get our landlord and meanwhile decided to take out the clothes of the washing machine, squeeze it by hands and put it on the cloatheshorse. We got a bit depressed so we decided to play the piano and sing some songs to release the pressure. No wonder the music band on Titanic played songs until the very end.:-))
Then we went to Vojta's and prepared Vienna's schnitzel with potatosmash. This was without a doubt the best part of the day!

Friday Night Fever

On Friday 12th we didn't stay long at school. We just discussed what we'd experienced so far and evalauated the lessons we'd had. I was quite to surprised to see that Jete is open to criticism. She took down some notes and I'm pretty convinced that she'll do her best to improve the things in the programme we weren't satisfied with. Than we planned our trip to Copenhagen.
After school we, Katka and Vojta went to a pizza restaurant. Then we bought some beer and went to Vojta's place. In the evening we went to Student's Cafe and had a really good time there. We were drank beer, danced, talked a lot and went to bed at 3.30 A.M.:-)) You can see some photos....