My Exchange to Næstved Denmark: Week 12 & 13: Cheers to 3 Months :)

Week 12 & 13: Oct 26-Nov 8

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a couple weeks, I've had a pretty busy couple weeks, so I am just now getting around to it.

Week 12: This week was very different from any other week I have had so far, Monday was crazy as usual, then Tuesday, after lunch we went to the Næstved Kommune offices, and went up to the main conference room and got to hear a presentation from the mayor. That was fun. During this week I also finally figured out the online homework portion of the scheduling website that my school uses, and was finally able to figure out what homework my teachers had been talking about. Most of my teachers told me not to worry about it, however, my chemistry teacher wanted me to do as many of the online projects as I could, there were probably 7 projects that took each about 2-3 hours. I have been pretty much doing those over the past 2 weeks, that's partly why I haven't been able to write on my blog. Then, on Thursday and Friday I got to leave school very early both days, right after lunch on Thursday, and on Friday I was able to leave at about 10. This was because the Danish government decided to cut the budget to the schools of Denmark by 2%. This may not seem like much, but here that makes a big difference because all education is paid for by the state, even college. So, over the next 3 years this would cut the funding by about the equivalent of 5 million USD. Because of this decision the students decided to boycott classes on Thursday and Friday, and the teachers were on-board too, so none of us got counted absent either. It was really crazy to be in the middle of. One thing that was really funny about Thursday was that some of the students literally took tables and set up a Soccer arena in the middle of the main atrium of the school, there are some pictures below.

The weekend was really relaxing compared to the week, it was nice to just stop for a little while on Friday after I got home at about 10, and for the rest of the day I pretty much just messed around and did nothing of real importance. On Saturday and Sunday however I got a lot of work done. By the end of the week I had gotten through 4 of the 7.

Week 13:This week was much less crazy, Monday was usual, Tuesday was a good day, I got to go up to Copenhagen for free pizza, soda, popcorn, candy, and a free showing of the new James Bond Movie, Spectre :D. I had so so much fun, the movie was awesome, and the food was great. :) On Wednesday I went for a very nice long run, about 10 km. Thursday was pretty slow this week, I was a little homesick, Thursday was the 5th of November 2015, exactly a year and a half from when Kate and I had started dating, so I really didn't feel like doing much of anything that day, and I almost didn't go out with my friends the next day, but I decided I was going to make my self go out and have fun, so on Friday I was able to witness probably one of the weirder holidays in Denmark. "J-Day" is literally a holiday centered around the release of the Christmas Beer made by Carlsberg. I went out with some of my friends from track. First we went Bowling, we were pretty much playing Danes Vs. the American. It was a lot of fun :) The American did win one of the 3 games. ;P Sunday was November 8th, exactly 3 Months from when I left the US. I cant even really believe its already been 3 months, it has flown by so so fast.

As always here are all of the pictures from these past 2 weeks. Again sorry for taking so long.

Tuesday Oct27 :Ekskursion(field trip) and a beautiful view from my room :)