Working, working and relax;-)/Prace, prace a zaslouzeny odpocinek;-)

Having spent such a busy weekend we have to start working on our final paper- we´ve chosen the topic "Testing and evaluation in Denmark in comparison with the Czech Republic"- we´re finished on Wednesday and we spend the rest of the week walking through the town, shopping and enjoying the last couple of days that we´re having here...On Friday there is the trip to a nearby island Arö with Jette..we´re using a local small ferry to get there..it looks like there are no people inhabiting this small area separated from the penninsula..there is peace and calm everywhere..and beautiful nature..our impressions are a bit spoilt after we try to get to the sea through marsh and the result? Mud in our shoes, on our trousers and despair in our eyes...but it was still a nice day..:-)
In the evening we are invited to Jette for a dinner..it´s a great time being there with this nice woman and her friendly husband.. and we start to realize that our three month stay here is coming to its end and we feel sorry for it..:-(
We end the day at "galla party" at school (a kind of ball of students of the 3rd year from the seminarium) dancing, drinking (happy hour- 2 drinks for 20DK!;-))and saying goodbye to Thora and others who we won´t see anymore here.. and of course we can´t leave out our "old good" Friday Café where is the afterparty till 4 am. That was a perfect day...

Po nabitem vikendu je cas na praci..mame tyden na pripravu nasich finalnich prezentaci a sepsani zaverecne seminarky- s holkama jsme si vybraly tema: "Testovani a hodnoceni v Dansku v porovnani s CR"..ve stredu praci dopiseme a zbytek tydne travime relaxem, bloumanim po meste, nakupovanim..V patek vyrazime na posledni vyletek se skolou/Jette na nedaleky ostrov Arö..plujeme i malym trajektem..ostruvek je malinkej, nevidime zivacka, jen vsude rybarsky lodky a roztomily domecky..Projdeme ostruvek krizem krazem, potkame zvlastni kravicky Highland cattle (takovy chlupaty obri..) a mame v planu i odjit k majaku..cesta k nemu se ponekud zdramatizuje potom, co odbocime ze silnice a mirime si to k pobrezi..koukame ze se to pod nama zacina nejak podezrele propadat a najednou mame boty plny vody a blata (ja navic totalne spinavy kalhoty)..k tomu zacne poprchavat, takze pro nadavky si nejdeme daleko..:-) ale majak nakonec vidime, ale nejspokojenejsi jsme, az kdyz se muzeme v klidu usadit a rozdelat si nas "package lunch"(obidek)..cestou domu se dozvidame, ze je dnes tzv. "Crazy Friday" v Haderslevu, obchody maji otevreno do 22h, po celem meste jsou ruzne akce, ochutnavky, propagace vseho moznyho, na namesti koncerty a v obchodech vyprodeje!;-) v rychlosti to obehneme, vecer jsme totiz pozvany na veceri k Jette..ma krasnej velkej dum, usmevavyho manzela, kterej se k nam taky pripoji... a clekove ten vecer moc hezky utika..clovek si zacina cim dal vic uvedomovat, ze uz se blizi konec..:-( Po vece jeste padime na gala party do skoly (jakejsi ples 3. rocniku, pripomina to ty americky stredoskolsky plesy, jak to clk zna z tech teenagerovskejch americkejch filmu..) ..tancujeme, popijime (nevyuzij toho, kdyz jsou v "happy hour" 2 drinky za 20DK, vid!:-)), ale taky se uz loucime s Thorou, kterou uz do konce pobytu neuvidime...to je smutny..:-(pak se presouvame jeste do naseho staryho dobryho Friday Café, ktery ma dnes vyjimecne otevreno do 4 do rana..je to skvelej vecer...

Active Weekend with Thora/Aktivni tejden s Thorou

Friday night is spent in front of the laptop screen when we´re watching a typical romantic movie Sense and Sensibility (lovely Hugh Grant and Kate Winslet..)..On Saturday I´m going for a short walk through the town to come back to flat on time to pack my stuff because in the afternoon me, Sylva nad Thora are going by bus to Vojens to a local swimming pool!;-) We use a punching card (min. deposit must be 100DK and one buys different number of "punches" for a journey depending on the distance, i.e. to Vojens we pay 20DK for a single trip=2"punches")..the admission in the swimming pool is 30DK and we can stay there how long we want..we can use not only swimming pool (surprisingly quite warm water..), but also a switchback ("tobogan"), a whirlpool bath, a sauna..It´s really wonderful having this relaxing time and the two hours run so quickly...In the evening we meet at Thora´s place for "the movie night" (Moulin Rouge, Save The Last Dance) and after midnight we´re falling to beds pleasantly tired with the image of the new day that we´ll spend on travels..It´s Sunday and we meet Thora again, this time the plan is to visit Vikings´graveyard, waterworks and the mill in the village called Törning Mill. Lasse is accompanying us on our trip with his small cute car...:-) In the afternoon I follow my "exercise plan" and set off to the gym...in the evening we discuss coming Friday dinner and our teaching practice on Monday..

Patek vecer stravime pred obrazovkou pri sledovani klasicky romantiky: Rozum a cit (od Jane Austen)- neco pro nas holky (Manu prisel pozdeji, i tak se tech zbylejch par minut nudil:-))..pak na chvili dolu do hospy Ras..v sobotu dopolko si udelam mensi prochazku do mesta, musim se vcas vratit, odpolko totiz mame domluvenej vyletek s Thorou do nedalekyho bazenu ve Vojensu. Tentokrat frcime busem (doprava je tu draha, tak aspon vyuzivame "punching card"- nabijeci karta, s min. vkladem 100DK, na kazdou cestu se pak "spotrebuje" ruzny pocet jakychsi bodu-kazdy v hodnote 10DK- zalezi na vzdalenosti dotycneho mista; my do Vojensu platime kazda za jednu cestu 20DK/asi 8km; je fajn ze ta karta je prenosna- muze ji vyuzivat vic lidi najednou..)V bazenu zaplatime jednorazove vstupne 30DK a muzeme tam byt, jak dlouho chceme...takovej mensi bazen (docela tepla voda), virivka( az moc tepla:-)), tobogan, sauna a mensi bazenky pro deti...je to uzasnej relax zase se jednou po dlouhy dobe natahnout ve vode (uz se tesim do hradeckyho plavecaku;-))..dve hodky utecou jak nic a frcime dom...vecer jsme domluveny, ze se sejdeme u Thory na nejaky film, nakonec vybereme Moulin Rouge (Nicole Kidmann) a Save The Last Dance (amricka romantika s tancem)..po pulnoci padame do posteli s vidinou dalsiho nabityho dne..je nedele a zase se schazime s Thorou, tentokrat uz brzo rano- v planu je vyletek po okoli- hroby Vikingu, "vodni dila", prochazka v Tönder Mill..prijemne to utece, vracime se kolem 13h, rychle do sebe hodim obed a padim do posilovny...vecer s ostatnima diskutujeme patecni veceri (kterou budeme varit my Erasmaci pro nase buddies a ucitele) a s holcinama pak jeste nasi pondelni pripravu na praxi (London Powerpoint)..

Ugly party, lighthouse/"oskliva party", majak

The time is running..the first week of our teaching practice is over and we can enjoy the two free days...and the plans are already settled..On Friday night we´re heading to the Friday Cafe..tonight there is supposed to be an "Ugly party" so we´re all curious what it all will be about...we get to know shortly after we enter the cafe..everyone is dressed up in funny dresses to make himself/herself the most ugliest person in the club..and the following competitions are also somehow connected with the word "ugly"..(eating a cake and drinking a glass of beer in the most ugliest way:-), we cheer Manu but unfortunately another guy wins this contest..)We all enjoy the evening a lot, we might already realize that it is one of the last parties we´re visiting here:-( the night is still young so around 1a.m. we decide to go Ras where the group Edge is singing and we end up chatting in Huset..perfect night..
Saturday- another busy day because today I´m going with Kate nad her two friends Honza nad Lukas for a trip to Odense and afterwards to a lighthouse on the seacoast..The 12-km long walk along the seashore is something unforgettable and I can´t tire of the beautiful nature around us in the sunset..the day was long but it was one of the most interesting days I´ve spent here..
Sunday and relax in the gym (I overcome myself and ride a bike for an hour even if I can still feel the yesterday 12-km walk in my legs:-))..and in the early-evening work on our PowerPoint presentation about London (for our teaching next week)...

Cas tady posledni dobou primo padi, uz mame za sebou prvni tejden praxe a pred sebou dva dny nicnedelani..Na patecni vecer uz ale mame plan..ve Friday Cafe se kona "Oskliva party", tak se rozhodneme "ocekovat", o cem to cele bude...dozvime se to vzapeti, jen co vejdeme dovnitr..vsichni prevleceni do silenejch hadru s jedinym cilem: byt dnes vecer co nejosklivejsi a vyhrat tim padem nejakou cenu! Mimo to se celej vecer tak nejak nese v duchu slova "osklivy"(treba soutez sporadat kus dortu z tacku a zapijet to pivem a to cely "provadet" co nejodpornejsim zpusobem:-))Je to bezva vecer, dorazi i Katcini kamaradi z Cech Honza a Lukas, popijime, kecame, a cvicime nase tela u "limba"(podlezani pod tyci)..kolem 1 se ve Friday zavira, ale nam se jeste nechce razit domu, takze dalsi zastavkou je Ras, kde hraje skupina Edge. potom se presouvame do Huset (skoro samej chlap, jeste ze tam mam "svy bodyguardy"- Jesper, Tim. ...:-))..jj, super noc, skoda ze jedna z poslednich...
V sobotu jsem s Katou a klukama domluvena na spolecnej vejletek do Odense (sice uz jsme tam o Velikonocich byli, ale tak treba tam tentokrat objevime neco novyho..;-))..dopol si jeste projdeme Haderslev a necekane se nabastime, pres celou nakupni ulici se totiz tahne dlooooouhatanskej stul s obcerstevnim (housticky s maslem a konvice s kafem)- promo akce mistni pekarny...takze samozrejme neodolame a napakujeme se timhle krasne krupavym pecivem..mnam..:-)V Odense nechame kluky samotny si projit mesto, my s Katou vyuzijeme tenhle cas k prozkoumani tamnich hadrovejch kramu, pak spolecne zajdeme do "Baresso Cafe"- retezec kavaren po Dansku a vyletek zakoncime nadhernou prochazkou k majaku, kam teda musime nejdriv dotapkat po svejch a ze to neni jen tak nejaka sranda- 6km tam a 6km zpet, ale stoji to za to...ta priroda vsude kolem je krasna, k tomu zapad slunce, ticho, more, no proste balzam pro dusi..fakt skvelej zazitek..
Nedele je ve znameni relativniho odpocinku (kdyz budu povazovat hodinovou jizdu na rotopedu v posilce za relax:-)) a prace na powerpoint prezentaci o Londyne, kterou pouzijeme pristi tejden pri nasem uceni...

Extremely Funny and Incredibly Pleasant!;-)/ Extremne zabavne a neuveritelne prijemne!;-)

Wednesday and the first school day after the Easter holiday- this time music lesson with Else Marie...what´s in the programme? presenting our "Dwarf mime", working with musical instruments - accompanying stories with our own music!, learning rythm (DanielDanielDanielDaniel, Iva, Sylvie, Chaaar....lot,Kate.....:-)- quite confusing but funny). Dinner at Thora´s place also with her boyfriend and Mette- delicious pitta bread with various ingredients we could put into it!(lovely garlic) and ice-cream!;-) Watching football match on Tv- Denmark against Tjekkiet! The result? The game ended in a draw! But Danes admired our Czech guy "Dino" (Koller)..:-)

Thursday- English lesson with Jette- we were supposeed to finish reading the book "Extremely loud and Incredibly Close" by J.S.Foer by that time and now the discussions about it follows...We´re divided into groups and we talk together about crucial points of the book...I must admit that in the beginning it was quite a hard reading for me, because it´s actually a post modernist work and there are more stories told by different characters in the book, each of them concerns with different period of time...but when you hold on and get to the end of the book you gradually disentangle the interwinded stories...and after all I took a liking of the book!:-)

Friday and meeting Thorbjörn- preparation our teaching practice for the following three weeks, but to be honest there wasn´t much to discuss yet because in that time neither of us knew what (s)he would be teaching, which classroom etc. so we tried to use the time to search some info in internet about the Danish curriculum, what the difference between Danish public and private schools is...And in the midday we set off on our excursion to Sonderborg to visit local castle and afterwards to Danfoss Universe. So at first a bit of history lesson followed by scientific explorations! We really enjoyed it...who wouldn´t actually?!;-) Exploring what lightenings are, reading about glaciers and experiments of all kinds! a real world of wisdom! See: http://uk.danfossuniverse.com/

http://www.world66.com/europe/denmark/sonderborg

Short visit of Friday Café and Tribunen ended the fine day...

Saturday trip to Kolding and visit one of our Danish teachers Hanne (Danish literature teacher- we had her lesson in the very first week here in Denmark), who invited us for lunch in her house! Oh, how lovely the visit was! Hanne´s house was really charming and it completely fit with its inhabitants´characters! The atmosphere was filled with warmth and hospitality of our hosts and we felt there very relaxed...besides all it was really unique experience to see how Danish people live...We had also the chance to taste some Danish specialities (fish in curry sauce, dark bread, Danish cheese etc.) ...We spent wonderful time together..THANK YOU, Hanne and your family! Then we got to know a bit the town centre too...that day was by chance the day of 200th anniversary of the local castle that was put into fire 200 years ago... and on this occasion the Crown Prince was supposed to come and take part in planned celebrations in the evening! The town seemed to be nice and it would be surely worth of another visit one day!

Sunday and relax in the gym and work on our presentation of the book for our English lesson on Tuesday...

Streda a prvni den ve skole po velikonocnich prazdninach...moc se nam nechtelo, neni divu, ze, kdyz prazky byly jednim slovem fajn...:-)celej den mame hodiny s Else Marii a predvadime nas dcv.- pantomimu o trpaslicich (dostali jsme cd s hudbou a meli na ni vymyslet odpovidajici pribeh o trpaslicich:-))- s holcinama jsme sehraly neco jako "trpasliciho Hamleta"...:-) zbytek hodiny (az do 14h!) experimentujeme s hudebnima nastrojema, mame vymyslet "hudebni doprovod" k ruznejm pribehum atd...uz nas to celkem unavuje, prece jen je to porad dokola a prvotni nadseni z uplne prvni hodiny tohohle typu uz nas preslo...Vecer mame domluvenou veceri u Thory, sejdeme se tam vsichni Erasmaci (az na Tima a Manuho- ti maji fotbal), prijde i Mette a Thory pritel...S Katou dorazime na misto o neco driv, abysme Thore pomohly s pripravou, ale moc nam to nezabere, pze k vece jsou pripraveny pitta chleby a my k tomu nakrjaime ruznou zeleninu, sunku atd. a pak si kazdej sam tvori svoje vlastni pitty...nemuzu si vynachvalit nalozenej cesnek...mnam...jako dezertik nanukovy dortiky...nj, uz zase mluvim o tom jidle...:-) pak sledujeme vsichni tv- prenos fotbal. utkani mezi Danskem a CR(jaka to nahoda!;-))...znaji naseho Kollera..:-)...hra skonci nerozhodne, aspon se vyhneme trapne situaci, ze by se jedni radovali a druhy byli zpruzeny, ze...:-)

Ctvrtek si muzeme prispat, anglictina nam zacina az ve 12:30, mame diskutovat o knizce, kterou jsme meli na dnesek precist (Extremely Loudly and Incredibly Close)..ve skupinkach se o tom bavime, co se nam na knizce libilo, cim je zvlastni atd. musim rict, ze ze zacatku to byla docela fuska se tim prokousavat, clovek se v tom pribehu nemohl moc vyznat, vypravelo ho vic lidi, v ruznjech casovejch odstupech (co bysme taky chteli od postmoderniho dila, ze), ale vydrzela jsem, do konce a vyplatilo se, clk zacal postupne chapat....:-)

Patek dopol jsme nejak ve skole prezili, cekaly nas docela nudny hodky s Thorbjörnem, kdy jsme meli mluvit o nasi nadchazejici praxi na mistnich skolach, ale bylo to jaksi k nicemu, pze nikdo v tu dobu jeste nevedel, jaky tridy bude ucit, tudiz jsme zadny pripravy nemohli jeste delat...cas jsme zabili na internetu, kde jsme hledali neco o danskym vzdelavacim systemu...odpol nas cekalo dobrodruzo- exkurze do Sonderborgu- vetsi mesto na vychode (na ostrove), navstivili jsme tamni zamek (spis muzeum, vse se tam vesmes tocilo kolem vztahu k Nemecku, pze tohle mesto driv bylo jeho soucasti)-Lasse nam delal pruvodce..pak vyprava do Danfoss Universe (experimentalni centrum vedy a techniky)- tady jsme se vyblbli...meli jsme tam jen dve hodky casu, tak jsme litali po celym arealu a snazili se prozkoumat co nejvic...clk se tady dozvi zajimavy veci (trebas co jsou blesky, jak vznikaji ledovce, teplo atd.) a sam si tu muze spoustu veci vyzkouset...nektery veci jsou i o logice (sestavovani ruznejch kostek), zkouseni nasi odvahy (polozit se pod metrakovej kamen zavesenej ze stropu..)..jsme tam byli jak maly deti, fakt... a jsme vdecny skole, to za nas cely zacvakala...( a ze to nebylo malo...vstupny pro skupinku nad 10 lidi vyslo pro kazdyho na 75DK)..vecer i kdyz utahany jeste jsme vyrazili na chvili do FC a Tribunen....

V sobotu nas cekal dalsi vylet...tentokrat do Koldingu, kam nas pozvala Hanne (ucitelka literatury, kteoru jsme meli hned prvni tejden) na obed primo k ni domu...musela pripravit obed pro celkem 12 lidi i s jejim manzelem a dcerou, tak jsme ji za to aspon koupili bonbosku a tulipany..bylo to fajn mit prilezitost videt, jak bydli normalni danska rodinka...dum meli moc utulnej, takovej, kterej presne odpovidal jejich charakteru, nic moderniho, ale clk se tam cejtil dobre...k obedu jsme meli naco jak "bufet"- ruzny zeleninovy salaty (zvlastni nazvy- neco na zpusob kuskus s pomerancem), dansky speciality- ryby v kari omacce, tmavej chlebik (ten nesmi nikdy chybet), syry, cokolada...pak s plnejma brichama na prochazku do mesta...hezounky nakupni ulice, cisty, pak na hrad...ale dneska byl zavrenej, pze se tam chystali na privitani korunniho prince, kterej mel vecer dorazit u prilezitosti 200. vyroci zachrany hradu od pozaru. Chteli jsme tam puvodne vydrzet az do vecera, abysme kralovskyho clena pozdravili:-), ale okolnosti nas jaksi donutily vyrazit smerem domu...(usoudili jsme, ze 4 hodiny bezcilneho bloumani po meste by nebylo asi nejzabavnejsi)...vecer spolecnej (po jistych peripetiich se shanenim jidla na spolecnou veceri se nam nakonec podarilo ukuchtit testovinky a ryzi s tofu a parkovou smesi ( ála co dum dal:-))..

Nedele leharko, odpol posilovna a prace s Kate, Danielem a Cha na prezentaci knizky na hodinu aj...

Easter break/Velikonocni prazdniny

Friday- the last day at school and farewell with the international students, my sister is coming in the evening

Sunday and the first of our planned trips
- fiord (at a village Örby)
- Törning Mill (unfortunatelly we didn´t manage to find the mill there)
- Christiansfeld (for me and Kate it´s already the second visit of this “town of honeycake“, so we already know which places we can´t miss there°-))

Monday
- First stop in Lögumkloster (beautiful cloister)
- Mögeltönder (incredibly charming village with small houses like from a fairy tale, worth of visiting!, also a castle of prince Frederic- Schackenborg- in the picture, but it´s not accessible)
- Tönder ( a smaller town with a nice shopping street)
- Bowling in Haderslev with Mette and her boyfriend- quite fun even if I didn´t play so well…:-)

Tuesday
- Egeskov (it´s said to be the most beautiful water castle in Europe but unfortunately we´re not lucky, the castle is closed in this time of the year:-() -see the picture
http://www.egeskov.dk/en/node/378


- Odensee (birthtown of H.Ch.Andersen, I´m really excited about the Andersen´s museum- a rich exposition telling very interesting info from the story-narrator´s life-e.g. Andersen´s hobby was “paper cuts”- he made it when telling his stories to his friends´ children…), nice walk through the town (nicely neat park decorated with flowers in various shapes…) http://www.visitdenmark.com/uk/en-gb/menu/turist/inspiration/storbyferie/odense/odense.htm

Wednesday
- day off, having a rest, dinner at Tim´s place with his landlords (delicious pizza and tons of pancakes), concert in Tribunen

Thursday
- Aarhus- Vikings ´center, Den Gamle By (The Old Town= open-air musem-see the picture), walk through the city (in rain), the “Women museum” wasn´t unfortunately open anymore that day
http://www.visitdenmark.com/uk/en-gb/menu/turist/inspiration/storbyferie/aarhus/aarhus.htm

http://www.dengamleby.dk/english.htm

Friday
- Ribe
- Esbjerg (fishing port, funcionalistic building of the town hall)- sea, the sculptures of “Four sitting men” - see the picture
http://www.visitdenmark.com/uk/en-gb/productpage/produktside.htm?CallerUrl=/&id=7079
- Party at Jesper´s place (I fell in love with “ raspberry BacardiJ) and afterwards dancing in Crazy Daisy till 4:30a.m.(great night!!!)

Saturday
- celebration party of Sylvie´s and my birthdays! We´ve got everything necessary for this occasion, even the birthday cake (biscuits with “quark” and pine appleJ) and birthday balloons!;-)

Sunday
- the last day of my sister´s stay in DK….however the planned departure doesn´t take place, because no bus has come! We don´t know what the problem was (any accident on the road?)…We have to find another alternative how to get back to Prague..it´s really annoying…but fortunately my sister gets safely back home and subsequently we find out that the problem was that the bus didn´t really come at all because that bus relation was cancelled and the travel company hadn´t announced it to travelers…- isn ´t it lovely to travel?!;-)

Monday
- catching up the missing sleep, doing some stuff for school


Velikonoce byly ve znameni cestovani, prijela i segra, takze tech celejch deset dni bylo moc fajn... V sobotu jsme zasly na chvili s holcinama do "Kafky" posedet...v nedeli nas cekal prvni vejletek- k fjordu, pres vesnicku Törning Mill, kde mel bejt nejakej mlyn (podle Jette), ale my ho teda nenasli...:-), no nic, zajeli jsme jeste do Christiansfeldu (my s Katou uz jsme tam byly, tak jsme presne vedely, kam nase spolucestovatele nasmerovat, samozrejme nesmela chybet ochutnavka perniku:-))

V Pondeli jsme meli pred sebou trochu delsi trasu- do Tönderu, cestou jsme se stavili v krasnym klastere Lögumkloster a roztomily vesnicce Mögeltönder (domecky jak z pohadky, pripadala jsme si tam jak v risi nejakejch hobitu:-))- jakoby se tam zastavil cas... a pak mestecko Tönder- utulny, mensi.

Utery- daleka cesta az do Odensee (rodiste H.Ch.Andersena), na ceste jeste zajedeme k Egeskovu (pry nejkrasnejsi vodni zamek v Evrope), ale otvira se az nekdy na konci dubna, takze mame smulu, tak apson udelame par fotek za plotem..:-)Odensee nam to ale tohle zklamani vynahradi...Je to vetsi mesto a hlavni atrakci je tam samozrejme muzeum slavneho rodaka, jehoz soucasti je i jeho rodny dum...maji to tam opravdu vymakany, do poslednich detailu, clovek se tam dozvi zajimavy info o jeho zivote, v jedny cely mistnosti se nachazi vsechny jeho knozky pohadek ve vsech jazycich, do kterejch byly prelozeny..najdeme tam i ceske vydani;-), lidi si tam muzou i pohadky cist nebo poslouchat z takovejch "automatu"..i mestecko samo o sobe je moc hezky upraveny, i parcik atd..Odvezu si odtud i suvenyr- tricko (darek od Peti k narozkam:-)) http://www.novinky.cz/clanek/130794-v-odense-u-pohadkare-andersena.html

Stredu venujeme nabirani sil na dalsi cesty, takze relax, posilovna a vecer setkani s ostatnima na veceri u Tima (pizza a tisice palacinek:-)), pak na chvili na koncert do Tribunen

Ctvrtek je narocnejsi- ceka nas asi 130km vzdaleny Aarhus...na ceste se zastavujeme ve Vikingskem centru (jen si projdeme okoli, prohlidneme rekonstrukce vikingskych domu) a smerujeme do Den Gamle By (skanzen s domy prevezenymi z ruznych casti Danska, z 18., 19., 20.st.- opravdu nadhera, bylo to vlastne vystavene cele mesto, s ruznymi obchody, v nekterych jsme taky natrefili na lidi v dobovych kostymech, takze atmoska tam byla temer dokonala...pripadala jsme si tam jak v Dr. Quinn...:-)) Aarhus uz nas tolik nenadchnul, prece jen ty vetsi mesta nemaji toho spravnyho ducha, nebo jak bych to rekla...:-)

Na patek mame naplanovany posledni vejletky- do Ribe (zajdeme do mistniho kostela a kavarnicky na chokokaffe:-)), zacina poprchavat, jeste nas ceka Esbjerg (na zapadnim pobrezi)- je silena zima, mesto jen prolitneme, popravde tam neni dvakrat co k videni:-), tak se jeste rozhodneme rozloucit s vejletenim morem! A to je ale zazitek a fakticka tresinka na dortu!!:-) Turisti nechybi ani tady- hlavne diky obrovskymu sousosi ctyr sedicich muzu hledicich do sireho more:-)) Vecer je party u Jespera, pak se presouvame do Crazy Daisy, kde parime az do 4:30. Tahle akce nemela chybu...

Sobota a nase narozeninova oslava je tady! tak jdeme slavit! Nechybi ani narozeninovy dortik, kterej dopol nejak improvizaci zhotovim (susenky, tvaroh, ananas) a bytecek u holek vyzdobime i balonkama, takze atmoska je vesmes priznacna...

Nedele uz je relaxacni, segra se bali dom, v noci ma odjizdet, ale bohuzel to neklapne, bus do Koldingu jaksi nedorazi, takze Peta se musi dopravit do Prahy vlakem druhej den...neni rozkosny cestovat?!;-)

V utery dospavam predeslou noc a delam par veci do skoly...

Trip to Jels and Christiansfeld and Wedding/Vylet do Jelsu a Christiansfeldu a Svatba

Weekend and free time to go for a trip...we´ve planned to visit a near small town Jels by car (Finnja is driving)..we set off around 9a.m. and are in the destination in 20 minutes..the information center is open from 10, so we shorten the time walking to a local cemetary... a bit morbid but we agree it´s a nice graveyard, projected like a maze from neatly shorn hedges...in the tourist center we take some info brochures and pay for visit of an old mill... afterwards we walk to the Orion Planetarium (that is open only on Sundays) and to Viking Pageant- open-air theater...we´ve got still enough time so we decide to go to another town Christiansfeld- "The Town of Moravian Brethern"...small, hostiorical, very nice...and special from many reasons. Its treets are straight and meet in right angles (took an inspiration from American cities?:-)). Another speciality is Christiansfelder honeycake(gingerbread)! We can´t resist and have to taste it!:-) It´s delicious but we actually know it from CR, the town Pardubice is well known for it too...Then we take a walk through an old Brethern Churchyard Gudsageren...the atmosphere is quite unique, peace everywhere...and all the gravestones are identical as a symbol of equality of all people after the death.... See: http://www.sydjylland.com/

In the afternoon we´ve got the opportunity to experience a special occasion- the Danish wedding! Coincidentally it´s the wedding of our two schoolmates from English lesson(Sinne and Sören)! It takes place in one of the Haderslev churches...it´s a real experience...the beautiful bride in a white dress walking slowly with her father towards an altar where the man of her life is waiting for her...then both of them are sitting down on chairs opposite each other together with their parents and siblings...The priest starts talking (of course in Danish:-), the words are often interrupted by singing...at a certain moment when the woman-priest is talking, people start smiling, unfortunately we don´t know why, but afterwards we get to know that the priest said sth about the characters of the bride and bridegroom and she also mentioned sth about the "history" of their relationship (it must have been sth. "spicy" that it made the people laugh;-))...that was nice and made the ceremony more personal...we were a bit surprised we couldn´t see any "newlywed kiss" but we were assured that this was rather an exception and normally also Danish newly-weds kiss:-) The whole ceremony took about half an hour, then the newly-weds came out of the church and it was the time for family, friends and others to congratulate them ... Wow, really nice...

In the evening a small "beforeparty" with a lot of unhealthy food (the only healthy stuff were slices of cucumbers and carrots:-)..and then just going downstairs to a concert (in a pub Ras that is just in the same house where we´re staying...)..unfortunatelly there was so many people in such a small place and I was so tired from previous days that even the band was playing very well and I liked the music a lot I couldn´t help myself and had to go to bed....:-(

Vikend je tady a tudiz i cas na nejaky ten vejletek..planovali jsme ho uz dost dlouho, tak dneska ho konecne podnikneme...Plan je nedaleky mestecko Jels...frcime autem- je tady Finnja z Nemecka...mistni info centrum otevira az v 10h, takze si cas zratime prochazkou na mistni hrbitov..:-) je moc peknej, i kdyz to zni morbidne, ale je hezky udrzovanej z zivych plotu, ani si clovek nepripada, ze je na hrbitove...v info centru nabereme brozury, zaplatime 10DK za prohlidku stareho mlynu a vyrazime do Vikingske vesnice...je to tam ale mrtvy,sezona a vsechny predstaveni zacinaji az v cervenci, takze je to tam takovy smutny v tyhle dobe...je tady taky planetarium, to je ale otevreny jen v nedeli....mame jeste dost casu, tak se rozhodneme popojet dal a navstivit nedaleky Christiansfeld- Mesto Moravskych Bratri...je maly, utulny a ma hned nekoli zvlastnosti...ulice jsou pravouhly (snad po vzoru nejakych americkych velkomest) a taky se tu vyrabi jedna dobrota- medovy pernik(v podstate n eco jako nas pardubicky)..neodolame, musime ochutnat..je mekkouckej, dobrej...nadlably se jeste projdeme po meste, zavitame i na hrbitov moravskych bratri (vsechny nahrobky jsou stejny, symbolizuje to rovnost vsechn lidi po srmti)... a razime domu...ceka nas mimoradna udalost- danska svatba! a kdo ze se bere? shodou okolnosti jsou to nasi spoluzaci z anglictiny- Sinne a Sören! Je to fakt zazitek mit tuhle prilezitost, pro me vubec je to teprve asi druha svatba, na ktery jsme byla...Nevesta v klasickych bilych satech, zenich v obleku...zvlastnosti..u oltare nestoji, ale sedi na zidlich spolu s rodici- nevesta a jeji rodina na jedne strane a zenichova strana naproti...Oddavajici- zena ma proslov- v danstine:-) , mezitim se nekolikrat zpiva a na konci par poklekne pred oddavajici a rekne sve "ano"...novomanzelskoho polibku se ale nedockame..:-((jak potom zjistime, normalne se Danove libaji, tohle byla pry snad nejaka vyjimka, nevim proc..:-)), venku se pak manzelum blahopreje (nevesta chudak drkotala zubama, byla priserna zima)...napadlo nas se taky zeptat , proc se lidi behem proslovu parkrat pousmali, co tak vtipnyho knezi rekla...prej mluvila o povaze nevesty a zenicha (znala je osobne) a zminila i jakysi vyvoj toho jejich vztahu...to bylo hezky, takovy osobnejsi...moc peknej zazitek...

vecer jsme se sesli u nas na byte na mensi "predparty" plnou nezdravyho jidla (jediny zdravy byly platky mrkve a okurky:-)) a v danou dobu jsme se presunuli jen o dve patra niz do hospody Ras, kde mel koncert nas kamarad dan Lasse...skoda, ze tam bylo tak strasne moc lidi, nedalo se hnout... a ja byla silene utahana..takze jsem to uz pred pulnoci byla nucena zabalit, i kdyz me to docela mrzelo...mohl to bejt peknej vecer...nekdy priste...

Trip to Copenhagen/Vylet do Kodane

Another weekend is almost over and I haven´t managed yet to share my "Copenhagen experience" with you....but I needed some time to "recover" from passed days spent in the busy capital..sorry:-) so let´s start now...
Our trip actually began already on Monday when we met to plan following three days in the capital...We were supposed to work out our own plan of the sight-seeing tour, with the help of our "guides"- two Danish students Monica and Karsten. We wanted to see as much as possible in the capital, so our plan was really full.
On Tuesday morning all of us met at the bus station...all carring heavy rucksacks on our backs, except for Tim, who appeared on the spot with a small bag as if he was heading just for shopping in the town...:-)...About a 4-hour journey was before us with one change in Vejle where we took a train going to our destination...Just a short mention about Danish trains- perfectly clean, comfortable and offering choice of beverages, food and other pleasant things:-) right onboard. Let´s go further...:-) We arrived at Copenhagen shortly before 1 p.m. and our first stop was in the tourist center where we gathered in loads of leaflets and info brochures (as if our rucksacks weren´t heavy enough:-))...Then walking to Danhostel to get rid of our luggage and hurrah to the center! First look on The Black Diamond (Royal Library) confirmed that Copenhagen is a modern city which is not afraid of the latest trends in architecture (and not only this as we find out later)..Nationalmuseet follows...a huge exposition tracing the Danish history from the Middle Ages till the present, as well as The Collection of Egyptian and Classical Antiquities and The Ethnographic Collection and some others...personally I liked the parts about recent Danish history, but was really excited with small doll houses that perfectly imitate real ones.
Wednesday and another day of exploring...walk through a picturesque harbour canal Nyhavn which is a real idyllic spot and offers a unique waterside café experience..enough admiration of beautiful colured houses we must go on..to one of tourists´main attractions- The Little Mermaid...on the way we´re passing The Gefion Fountain (the largest monument in Copenhagen)...this time unfortunatelly without water but never mind it´s still impressive...after a few minutes we´re coming to her! Created by sculptor Edward Eriksen and inspired by H.Ch.Andersen´s beautiful fairy tale there she sits on a small boulder- The Little Mermaid- gazing sadly in search of her prince..everyone wants to touch it and I´m not the exception..:-) We´re leaving the small statue in the right time when a bus full of Japanese tourists is arriving...It follows another dose of "spiritual enrichment" because our destination is The Statens Museum For Kunst (Denmark´s national gallery) which houses a unique collection of art from Denmark and abroad from the 14th century until the present day. There is a lot to see, sometimes I felt a bit lost among such a vast number of paintings, sculptures etc. Passing Rosenborg Castle, where the Royal Danish Collections of interiors, portraits and handicrafts are deposited including the well-guarded Crown Jewels, we´re coming to RizRaz Restaurant- an ideal place for lovers of vegetarian food! We really enjoy today´s lunch buffet consisting of delicious spinach lasagne, pizza, pasta and different kinds of salads...absolutely overeaten:-) we decide to climb up the Round Tower but admission 20DK discourages us from this intention...instead we girls decide to walk through the busiest shopping street in the city- Ströget...amazing shops- especially the Danish design stores charm me most...but we´re all ripped out of that admiration when Sylva realizes that somebody has stolen her wallet! A walk to the police station and all the formal processing come after...The day seems to be spoilt by this accident...well, a man can´t feel safe anywhere...unfortunately...:-( The end of the day is "in sign" of one of Danish features- we visit The Design Center...not so big as we expected but still interesting, and we must laugh when we discover some "supportive ingredients for modern days" there:-)(see my fotoallum).
The last day in Copenhagen and visits of the Cathedral Vor Frue Kirke (the Danish queen Margarethe got married there!), Marble Church and royal guard change in front of the royal palaces Amalienborg...The weather can´t be better, a perfect time to have a pleasant walk to Christiania- the free town ( in other words an urban social experiment that has existed for over 30 years). In this area we were not allowed to take photos and believe us, we didn´t dare!:-) It´s a completely different kind of attraction that tourists are used to...and it´s worth seeing definitely!
The last remark to Copenhagen: Denmark is known for its flat surface, so no wonder that Danes are keen on cycling...but to use bikes right in the center of a half million rush metropolis?! Well, I must admit this was a kind of surprise for me...In the morning there are "fleets" of bikers from students to managers who are hastening for work as in a race...a bit funny...:-)
The capital says goodbye to us with the sun above him...so bye bye, nice to have met you, Copenhagen;-)

Tak jsem konecne u svyho notasku a muzu se s vama podelit o nejcerstvejsi zazitky z naseho vyletu do Kodane...Mam pocit, ze jsme tam nebyli 3 dny, ale aspon tejden, videli jsme toho docela dost...na to, ze jsme si to naplanovali vice mene sami, nebyl predem zadnej danej plan, tak si myslim, ze to bylo fajn a hezky jsme to promysleli....-)cesta vlakem s jednim prstupem rychle utekla, v 8:15 jsme vyrazilii z Haderslevu, ve Vejle prestup na vlak a ve 12:40 na kodanskem nadrazi...hned nalet na blizke info centrum, nabraly jsme tam s holkama asi tunu letaku( nevim, stejne, kdo to bude kdy cist:-))a vsichni vyrazili smer ubytovna, asi 15min chuze...pokojik pro nas 5 holek (i s tou Monicou, delala nam s Karstenem "pruvodce")- mensi, ale celkem pekny, ...vstup do pokoje i do vytahu s kartou, kterou nam po zaplaceni aktivovali ( nam taky dalo, nez jsme se s ni naucili zachazet, porad to nejak blblo, jsme "viseli" parkrat ve vytahu:-))...dole pak spolecna kuchynka, kde jsme si kazdy rano delali snidani...to by bylo ubytko...:-)hodili jsme veci na pokoj a sli hned do centra...docela hezky, prijemna prochazka po nabrezi, dost se toho prestavuje, rekonstruuje...moderni stavby- viz. "Cerny diamant"- knihovna, na druhy strane kouzelny nabrezni domecky- barevny...celkove Kodan nijak neprekvapi, vse uz tak nejak clovek zazil, videl, ale to nabrezi s kavarnickama a zakotvenejma lodickama je moc hezky...vsude kolem lidi na kolech, i na hlavnich silnicich, rano to je jako na zavodech, kazdej zene na kolech do prace, maji tu pro kola vsude stezky, ale sranda videt jak si damicka v poncu, s kloboukem a kabelkou slape rano do kancelare.-)), fakt na kole jede, kdo muze....-)dalsi poznatek, tentokrat co se tyka jidla:-) a konkretne pekaren!!!!:-)kdyz clovek na nakou natrefi, tak to stoji za to, oci jen prechazeji a chutovy bunky pracujou na maximum!:-)...a v kazdy ty pekarne maji ten stroj na listky na poradi..(jako to je u nas treba nekde v bance)...vsude jsme chodili pesky, da se to, druhej den k Male morske vile- malicka socha u brehu, tak jsme se nafotili, akorat prijel bus Japoncu s fotkama, tak jsme zavcas prchli:-), pak do muzei- vsude vstup zdarma...neuveritelny:-) narodni muzeum, rozsahly, historie Danska, krasne udelany jednotlivy oddeleni, az do soucasnosti...muzeum moderniho umeni...zajimavy...vstup chteli snad jen na jedny vezi, kam jsme chteli vystoupat kvuli vyhledu- 20DK...tak jsme to vzdali:-) no a ve stredu ze si zajdeme na obed do RizRazu! maji tam poledni a pak i vecerni bufet, coz znamena zaplatite 69DK(za ten obedovy bufet) a nabirate kolik chcete, tak si dokazete predstavit, jak jsme toho vyuzili!:-)..byla to stredomorska kuchyne, ale vegetarianska a fakt vyborna! no a pak jsme se vypravili do ulic, nakupni tridy- plna znackovejch znamejch i mene znamejch bchodu, jako v Praze, jen vic...maji tu neskutecne nadherny obchudky s vecma do domacnosti- barevny, originalni design, krasa...no a v jednom z tech kramu zjistime, ze Sylve ukradli penezenku..:-(tak rychle volat tem nasim dvema Danum, pak na policii vse sepsat a vyridit.. tahle kradez nas vylet hodne zneprijemnila, ale snad nam nezkazila celkovy dojem z Kodane...
Druhej den jsme chytli nadherny pocasko, cekala nas mimojine vymena strazi u kralovskeho palace Amolienborg...posezeni v kouzelne starodavne kavarne...Monica nam doporucila typicky zakusek, tak jsme s Katou neodolaly....pak do jedny hippies ctvrti Christiania, jakasi uzavrena komunita lidi zijici trochu jinym stylem zivota nez my...:-)
Kodan se s nami rozloucila slunecne...tohle mesto urcite stoji za videni, takze rada jsme te poznala, Copenhagen, a treba nekdy zase navidenou!;-)

From Prague to Haderslev 30./31.1.08

Well, the long expected day has come! It´s Wednesday afternoon and me along with other two Czech girls Sylva and Katka are heading for adventure in an unknown country...What will the whole stay be like? Will we be enjoying our Erasmus stay as our schoolmates did in the previous years? What is Denmark like? And what about our new mates? These and many other questions are running through our minds...our feelings are a bit mixed, we are looking forward to new experiences, meeting new friends etc., but it is also a step into the unknown...
The bus journey is running without problems, after some 5 hours we´re changing the bus in Berlin to get to Kolding- a historical town just a few kilometres far away from our final destination! However, waiting for the bus in this small town seems to be endless, mainly because of the terrible biting cold. It´s about 6a.m. when we´re leaving Kolding for Haderslev...we´re lucky we´ve changed our money and have Danish crowns, because as we are told by the bus driver we can´t pay in euros...
Finally after 15 hours long travelling we can enjoy the "smell of Haderslev":-)...but what surprise, nobody is awaiting us at the bus station...this misunderstanding is, however, subsequently explained and after a while we can happily follow our buddy Thora who´s going to accommodate us...

Tak, dlouho ocekavany den je tu! Je streda odpoledne a spolecne s Katkou a Sylvou mirime za dobrodruzstvim do nezname zeme...Jaky bude cely pobyt? Uzijeme si ho stejne jako nasi spoluzaci v predeslych letech? Jake to je v Dansku? A jaci budou nasi spoluzaci? To a dalsi se nam honi hlavou...Nase pocity jsou vselijake, tesime se na nove zazitky, pratele, ale je to taky krok do neznama...
Cesta busem utece bez problemu, po 5 hodinach jizdy presedame v Berline a nabirame smer Kolding- historicke mesto, jen par kilometru od naseho cile! Cekani je ale v tomhle malem meste nekonecne, hlavne kvuli strasne zime. Je asi 6 rano, kdyz opoustime Kolding a vyrazime smer Haderslev...mame stesti, ze jsem si uz predem vymenily penize a mame danske koruny, protoze, jak nam rekl ridic, platit v eurech by neslo...
Konecne, po 15hodinovem cestovani poprve nasajeme "vuni Haderslevu":-)..ale jake to prekvapeni, na zastavce na nas nikdo neceka...toto nedorozumeni se ale vzapeti vysvetli a po chvili uz spokojene nasledujeme nasi "buddy" Thoru, ktera nas jde ubytovat...