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...

Busy weekend/Vikend na roztrhani

Friday is a public holiday in Denmark (the Great Prayer Day- 17.4.) and we´ve planned a dinner for our teacher Jette, our buddies and some other Danish friends to say to them how grateful we are to them for all they´ve done for us here...We Erasmus students meet in the afternoon to make everything ready and start cooking for the evening...
The menu consists of pasta salad, salmon with spinach, meat balls with rice, cheese, "drownies"(utopenci:-)), salad, deserts (chocolate mousse, fromage blanc-cream-fruit desert), crisps etc.

We had a very nice evening not only chatting but also playing "activities" in two teams;-) On Saturday we´re going to the centre to buy some more presents for our buddy Thora since it´s her birthday today..the overcrowded shopping street assures us again that Saturday is really the most important "shopping day" in Denmark, which also seems to be a kind of "social event" and occasion to meet other people...In the evening there is the celebration party in Thora´s flat where we meet some of Thora´s friends too. Sunday and our compensate my "eating sinns" from the last night. The beginning of the new week means start working on our final presentations that will take place the next week. We discuss our topics we´ve chosen for our final paper as well as the general course of our presentations..and we can´t wait till evening because we´re having a special plan- bowling and buffet!;-)a Our taste-buds come into their own (frikadella, salads, chicken, French fries, fish, ice cream,..)and after we finish our "gustation" I simply think I will die because my stomach has never been so full before...:-) The first minutes of bowling are quite hard considering our present "overfull state" but we still enjoy this time..;-)

Tak nam skoncila praxe a jsou pred nami tri sladky dny volna, protoze v patek je tu svatek (Velky modlitebni den-17.4.)..vecer nas ceka spolecna vecere, kdy varime pro nasi koordinatorku, buddies a par dalsich danskych studentu, se kteryma jsme se tu seznamili..vsechny tyhle lidi jsme pozvali, abysme jim vyjadrili jakysi "dik" za vsechno, co pro nas udelali, takze je to v podstate i jakasi rozlucka s nima..sejdeme se odpol, abysme vcas stihli navarit- na menu jsou zeleninove a testovinove salaty, masove kulicky s ryzi, losos se spenatem, nase ceske syrecky a utopenci od Kati, jako dezerty coko mousse, jogurt.-smetan. dortik s jahodama, kuskus s ovocem a dalsi dobroty..po poradnem nadlabnuti se si zahrajeme "Aktivity"- je to sranda.., ostatnim dame taky ochutnat nasi Becherovku a slivovici od Kati, nestaci se krenit (takovou silu asi neznaji:-)).. a celkove je to prima vecer..V sobotu dopol jdeme s holcinama dokoupit posledni darky pro Thoru, ma narozeniny..ulice jsou precpany, si pripadam jak na Vaclavaku..to nam jen dokazuje, ze soboty patri v Dansku k hlavnim nakupnim dnum..zda se, ze do ulic vyrazi i cele rodiny, jakoby tenhle volnej den byl pro ne jakousi spolecenskou udalosti, kdy maji prilezitost potkat se se znamyma, prateli atd. (v tydnu clovek nema sanci potkat v obchodech tolik lidi..)vecer jsme pozvany na oslavu Thorinych narozenin (23:-)) k ni do bytu..sejdou se tam i nekteri jeji kamaradi, tak se tak ruzne povida, rozebiraji se videoklipy v TV a samozrejme se papka..:-) V nedeli uz bezim do posilky, abych odcinila sve hrichy z vecera..Zacatek pracovniho tejdne je pro nas doslova zacatkem prace, kdy se mame pripravovat na nase zaverecne prezentace, ktere probehnou pristi tejden..s Jette rozebereme nase temata, ktera jsme si vybrali pro nasi seminarku a celkove zjistujeme, jak ten celej "teatr" bude vubec vypadat..a pak uz hura do prace! Jeste ze se mame vecer na co tesit, mit pred sebou jen povinnosti, to je hrozna predstava.. a coze nas to na konec dne ceka? BOWLING S BUFETEM! hodujeme celejch 90 minut a ze toho casu poradne vyuzijeme..na konci mam pocit, ze umru z prezrani (takhle nafoukly "bruch" jsem snad jeste v zivote nemela:-)), ale musime vydrzet, protoze ted nas ceka samotnej bowling! prvni minuty jsou docela krusny vzhledem k nasemu stavu, ale pak uz to jakztakz rozdejchame a cely dve hodky hrani si uzijem..

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...

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...

Nature and funny project/Priroda a vtipnej projekt

Sunday and a walk around the local dam in the afternoon activates our still a bit drunk minds after yesterday´s party..:-) We get to a hostel where we come across Finnja, who stays there during her 14-day practice in Denmark..and she joins us on our "exploration tour through Haderslev"....Originally we wanted to go to the fiord to see the real sea:-) but after we find out it´s about 10kms far away we give up this intention for this moment...not because we wouldn´t be such great sportsmen( of course we are!.-)), but the thing is we´re not mentally prepared enough...:-))) Still we have seen pretty much, especially nature and not only the paved streets we are surrounded by all the time on our ways to school... we also start working on our project for music/arts lesson on Wednesday...the task is to listen to a piece of music and make up a story/dialogue that would fit in it and finally to accompany it with a painting/photograph/collage...after 10minutes of listening the same song again and again we start hating it..:-)but well, homework is homework...finally me and Daniel think up a kind of funny dialogue between a married couple of a very young woman interested in shopping and her husband, an elderly rich man fairly bored running the whole day with hands full of bags behind her wife...quite a usual scene, what do you mean?!:-) we´ll see on Wednesday how we´ll act it then!


Nedele, cas odpocinku, my ho vyuzijeme tak, ze se vydame na prochazku, aspon si trochu provetrame nase jeste trochu omamene mozkove bunky ze vcera..Vyrazime smerem ven z mesta, puvodni plan je dojit az k fjordu a videt moooore!ale jakmile zjistime, ze tenhle nas plan ma vzdalenost asi 10km, rychle od toho upustime...ne snad, ze bysme to jako neusli, ale nebyli jsme na to dostatecne psychicky pripraveny (plus chybela poradna svaca:-))..tak aspon dojdeme k mistni ubytovne, kde narazime na Finnju (bydli tady behem svy 14-denni praxe v Dansku), provede nas trochu po ubytku a pripoji se k nam...pozname taky neco jinyho, kus pekny prirody, kterou je clovek obklopenej, jen vytahne paty trochu vic z tech precpanejch nakupnich ulic...
pak se vrhneme na nas projekt, kterej amme pripravit na stredecni hodinu...nasim ukolem je poslechnout si jednu skladbu a vymslet na ni pribeh/dialog, kterej by jako do te hudby pasoval... a cele to doprovodit obrazkem, fotkou nebo kolazi...kdyz uz tu skladbu slysime asi posty a porad nemuzeme prijit na to, co jako ze teda vymyslime za dialog, zacneme tuhre vaznou music trochu nenavidet..ale ukol je ukol...konecne se hneme z mista..s Danielem nakonec vymyslime radoby vtipnou "nakupni scenu" mezi manzelskym parem- mladickou nakupni maniackou a jejim postarsim zazobanym manzelickem, kterej je ponekud uz znudenej celodennim pobihanim po kseftech...no dat tohle dohromady s vaznym kouskem hudby je kumst, ale tak jako sranda a snaha byla..:-)...uvidime jeste, jak to vsechno ve stredu sehrajeme...

Celebration Party!/Narozeninova party!

Getting up after five hours of sleep has a big effect on me for the rest of the day:-)...pity that we´ve got just history lessons in the morning because we´re not able to concentrate on anything, not even on the interesting topic: local history ( Southern part of today´s Denmark-the area where also Haderslev is situated:-)- used to be a part of Germany in the past and there were some fightings all the time solving problems connected with it...We finished school already around noon and spent the day somehow hanging around....I was so exhausted after the yesterday going out(Crazy Daisy) that I almost fell asleep while watching the movie in the evening...and another "long night" is coming tomorrow!!!
It´s Saturday morning and I wake up with a terrible headache...I need to write to Kate I won´t be able to go to the gym with her as we settled yesterday...I must recover till tonight because I don´t wanna be missing at the main event of the day which is the CELEBRATION PARTY!!! Who celebrates? Three people at once- Tim, Daniel and Charlotte (having their birthdays one/two days after each other)...Then I still have to get out of the bed and meet girls to wrap our birthday presents, blow balloons and to "cook" pudding with jelly teddy bears:-)and shopping in Netto, Lidl and Kvickly..it´s raining, quickly home and nobody will take me out today anymore...:-) The three "honoured persons" have decided to prepare a dinner for all of us so they come to our place and the "hard job" starts and I´m involved in it as well, but voluntarily..:-) On the menu stands : tomato soup with cream and baguette, cold pasta with pickles and mayonnaise as starters followed by main dish- meat balls in curry sauce with rice as a side-dish and baked slices of squash and aubergine with a delicious mixture of black olives, almonds and vegetables on the top...and afters: chocolate mousse, "kekse cage" and cookies...sounds delicious, doesn´t it?!;) at 7p.m. the first "guests" start coming and the party can begin...There are 11 people in total (together with two German students and Kate-Boriess´s girlfriend and Gerard- Charlotte´s boyfriend)...it´s a pleasant evening...the end of the party is however ended in a bit unusual way- all of us finding out if we are drunk or not..:-)



Vstavani po peti hodinach spanku mi jeste porad dela problemy, ale do skoly se musi a noc stravena v Crazy Daisy za to stala:-) Cekaji nas tri hodky dejin...i kdyz posledne to nemelo chybu, dneska nejsme zrovna v tom nejlepsim stavu sledovat energickyho Jörna, jak nam zaujate vypravi o mistni historii...kolem poledne si docela oddychneme, ze uz muzeme padit domu a dospavat predeslou noc...vecer se jeste rozhodneme zhlidnout s Charlotte filmik ("Catch me if you can"), ale v pulce uzname, ze uz dyl nevydrzime udrzovat se v bdelem stavu a zabalime to...zejtra nas ceka dalsi jizda..:-)
Je sobota rano a ja se probouzim se silenou migrenou, v noci jsme kvuli tomu ani moc nespala...sakra, zrovna jsme chtely jit s holkama do posilky, ale to holt budu muset ozelit a misto toho se dat do vecera dokupy...udalosti dnesniho dne je totiz narozeninova oslava!!! Kdoze slavi? Mame hned tri oslavence- Tim, Daniel a Charlotte- maji narozky za sebou s odstupem 1,2 dni...Po nejakym to vyvalovani se v posteli s rucnikem na hlave jsme prece jen nucena vstat a naklusat k holkam, abysme zabalily darky pro oslavence, nafoukly balonky a udelaly pudink s gumovejma medvidkama...mnam:-)pak jeste vlitnout nakoupit do Lidlu,Netta a Kvickly a rychle domu, prsi..ven uz me pro dnesek nikdo nedostane...kolem 17h zacneme varit- oslavenci se totiz rozhodli, ze pro vsechny uvari veceri, a ja jim vydatne pomaham..:-) Na jidelnicku je jako predkrm uvedena rajcatova polevka se smetanou a bagetou, studena misa testovin, jako hlavni chod masove kulicky v kari omacce s ryzi, pecene platky cukety a lilku s vybornou smesi nadrobno nakrajenych cernych oliv, mandli a zeleniny navrchu...a dezert: coko mousse(pena), kekse cage a susenky...prvni "hoste" prichazi kolem 19h, takze party muze pomalu zacit...popijime, papkame co hrdlo a zaludek raci, az jsme vsichni k prasknuti, poslouchame music (Belgicani nam na youtube ukazou jak se tancuje dneska v Belgii- znali jste "tectonic" styl?-neco jako machani rukama na vsechny strańy, ale pozor clk k tomu musi mit i zvlastni ohoz a uces- uzky kalhoty a vystajlovany delsi vlasy:-)))...celkove to byl moc prijemnej vecer, kterej jsme zakoncili ponekud nevsedne...pokousejice se zjistit jestli jsme opili nebo ne...:-)

Three "Czech days":-)/Tri "ceske dny":-)

Friday morning and me lying in my bed as a corpse:-), totally exhausted after those three days in Copenhagen...it´s great because there is a holiday at school the whole week, so I really enjoy that possibility not to hurry anywhere and just to "exist on my own":-) Charlotte and Daniel have gone to visit their "dear halves"...what about me? I decide to use free time for stretching my body:-), so do Sylvi and Kate... (well, our boys aren´t so passionate fans of a gym and pilates exercise- I forgive you this, Manu and Tim:-) The evening- we three Czech girls and a romantic comedy Knocked-up- a perfect movie for women´s audience;-) Saturday comes along with the search for birthday presents for our two Belgian and a German mates:-) (all three have their birthdays next week, that´s a kind of coincidence, isn´t it?;-)) The end of weekend and our "Czech women´s drive" goes on, though this time on a more serious basis:-)- joint work on a presentation about our country for a Tuesday lesson...quite a hard job to look up all necessary infos and pics for our project but we find it exciting and are quite motivated to do our best so that our European mates could make a more precise idea of our republic..( still many foreigners have a false image of life in our country, or better to say a bit finite view...so we wanted to show them that the Czech Republic doesn´t only mean Prague and beer, but much more..:-)) ...we´ll see on Tuesday how we´ll succeed to prove it...

Je patek, zadna skola, protoze celej tejden tu jsou prazdniny...uzivam si, ze nemusim nikam chvatat a muzu si jen tak "existovat sama pro sebe":-) Charlotte a Daniel odjeli za svejma drahejma polovickama, takze jsme tu zustali my tri " ze stredu Evropy" a ti dva nasi blaznivi Belgicani:-) Nasledujici dny jsou vlastne takova ceska damska jizda, stravena castecne v posilovne, cvicenim naseho oblibeneho pilatesu a v patek vecer u romanticke komedie "Zbouchnuta"- dokonalej film, urcenej presne pro nasi damskou sestavu:-) Sobotu venujeme vybirani darku pro nase oslavence, vsichni tri maji narozeniny v jednom tydnu, docela nahoda, ze..;-)no a nedele uz se nese spise v pracovnim duchu- s holkama zasedneme nad prezentaci o nasi zemi, kterou mame prednest v utery...zabere to docela casu a usili vyhledat vsechny nezbytny info a obrazky, ale bavi nas to a myslim, ze nas docela zene i takova jakasi motivace ukazat tou nasi praci ostatnim, ze CR neznamena jen Prahu a pivo, ale mnohem vic (dost cizincu ma totiz porad zkreslenej, nebo spis omezenej pohled na nasi zemi, takze jim chceme trochu rozsirit obzory:-))..uvidime, jak se nam to v utery podari...

Relax

Another weekend! Ooh, the time is really running here... At least we can get up whenever we want and of course we use it! Then a short walk to Lidl to make provision of food...on this spot I can´t drop an experience on our way back home- just walking on the pavement and a girl is coming opposite us...not strange a bit, but she´s got a hammer in her hand and is hitting everything around her! Yeah, no joke....shocked and with eyes full of disbelief when we´re passing her we relieve having not been attacked by this probably "a bit" mad girl...ufff...Delicious dinner( salmon, rice, spinach and a glass of wine) compensates this strange experience and we feel alreadyquite relaxed watching "The Knight´s Tale". Sunday and relax is going on... a short walk thorugh the town on my own and taking some pictures, then our regular pilates with girls... yes, such a restful day..that´s what I needed...yet coming days will be demanding...

Wow, dalsi vikend je tady, ten cas tu ale leti... aspon si muzeme prispat a ze toho nalezite vyuzijeme....! Odpolko zajdeme doplnit zasoby do Lidlu...ale co se nam nestane na zpatecni ceste domu...si tak kracime po chodniku a naproti nam mlada cernoska s kladivem v ruce a boucha jim kolem sebe! fakt, zadna sranda...neverime vlastnim ocim a zkoprnely ji mijime a cekame, jestli se staneme i my tercem jejich utoku...koukne na nas silenym pohledem, neco si mumla a jde dal...jsme vysokovany, neverime...uz jen slysime, jak zas mlati do znacek...uaaaa, fakt hroznej to pocit prochazet kolem nekoho tak nebezpecnyho...vynikajici spolecna vecere (losos, ryze, spenat, vinko) nam tenhle adrenalin ale dostatecne vykompenzuje, a romantika na zaver dne, film " Pribeh rytire"

Weekend In Seven

The first day at school is over and two free days are before us...we decide to spend them together- all seven Erasmus students, not only getting to know each other but also the place that will become our "home" for next three months...our first steps are taking us to the nearest supermarkets (who likes listening to collywobbles?!;-)) to find the cheapest one- yet who would like to spend his fortune on food when there are many other more interesting things to be keen on (what do you say to that nice T-shirt in H&M, girls?!;-)). In the evening we practise our cooking abilities preparing pasta with sauce for dinner in our flat. Satisfied with a well- done job (it was really delicious) we spread ourselves on the sofas to watch "Lost in Translation".
Sunday passed in a similar way (walk through Haderslev- discovery of Lidl:-)), but the afternoon was a bit more active- we girls met to do sth for our bodies and exercised pilates in Sylva´s and Katka´s flat...Full of happiness from such a motion :-) we spent the evening together with boys watching a real good movie "Hurricane".<

Prvni den ve skole je za nami a dva dny volna pred nami. Rozhodneme se je stravit spolecne- nas 7 Erasmaku, nejen poznavajicich sami sebe ale taky misto, ktere bude nasim "domovem" na pristi 3 mesice..nejdriv jdeme obhlidnout nejblizsi supermarkety (kdo by rad poslouchal kruceni v brise:-)) a najit ten nejlevnejsi- kdo by chtel utracet za jidlo, kdyz existujou mnohem zajimavejsi veci, ze (co rikate, holky, to u hezkymu tricku v HM;-)). Vecer zkousime nase kucharsky umeni- kveceri v nasem byte delame testoviny s omackou. Spokojeni s dobre odvedenou praci (bylo to fakt vyborny) se roztahneme na gaucich a sledujeme "Ztraceno v prekladu".
Nedele se nesla v podobnym duchu (prochazka Haderslevem- objeveni Lidlu:-)), odpoledne bylo o neco aktivnejsi- my holky jsme se rozhodly udelat neco pro svy telo a cvicily jsme pilates u Sylvy a Kate. Stastny z takovyho pohybu jsme vecer stravily spolu s klukama koukanim na film "Hurricane".