School and Scouts

Well hello again.

I've had the full Danish school experience now, and, it's pretty boring, cause I don't understand the language. On the other hand, the English teachers are really happy to have me. There's a lot of differences to Australian school, so here goes:

• No uniforms (One of the major ones)
• The teachers come to you, instead of you walking around the school (Just plain weird)
• You can leave the school grounds during lunch, which Australian health and safety laws will never allow
• Everything is in Danish (Not surprisingly)

The people at school have been really nice to me, and there's been a lot of questions about Australia.

We ride bikes to school every day, which is really cold, but nice, because I get to see the town. It is a nice little place, Randers, but it's too quiet. I can cope with the small town feeling, but the people are just so quiet. On the train here, Ryan and I were the noisiest people, and we got death stares from businessmen!

Aside from all that, I've been to scouts twice, once as scouts, and once as leaders. On Tuesday night, we went into the city for a sort of scavenger hunt thing, where we walked around, doing different bases. These were: making Christmas decorations (twice), and a blind taste test, where I got to taste lots of Danish Christmas lollies. On Wednesday, school was pretty boring, but Kristjan sorted out my internet, so I had Netflix!

At Scouts that night, we were leaders of what we would call cubs. We helped them to make a nesting box for birds, which involved a lot of saws and power tools. You could never get away with that at home, thanks to health and safety. Ah well.

It was pretty cold today, but thankfully, the central heating is AMAZING. The view out of my bedroom window across town is really nice, and it looked as though it might snow. It didn't, but there's a chance in the next few days. An observation: nearly every house has a flagpole. I made good use of Kristjan's, and flew an Aussie flag. Tomorrow afternoon, Kristjan and I will get the train to Copenhagen, and stay there for the weekend, so expect lots of photos.

Bye for now,

Jack Roberts

Here's the photo dump:

Kristjan's front yard

The Backyard

Come on Aussie!

Looking out the lounge room window

Looking out the lounge room window

The Scout Den (with a fire!)

View out my window

More view out my window

Copenhagen train station

Dubai Airport

Dubai Airport

Dubai Airport

Dubai Airport

On the way to Brisbane

An Aussie Christmas-my tree at home, put up before I left