Well hello everyone! Most of you probably already know what my past week or so has been like. On Thursday, March 15th, I flew out of Copenhagen. When I got there the security was on strike, the lines were so loooonnnngggg. Thankfully by the time I checked in my bags and was ready to go through security the strike had ended. So it was about a 9 hour flight from Copenhagen to D.C. I had a 3 hour delay in D.C. which was nice. I then flew from D.C. to Salt Lake. It felt like a longer flight than the 9 hour to D.C.. But I arrived in Salt Lake at about 10.30 where I was met by Mom, Papa, Colby, and Devin. It was really good. We then drove to Bountiful and stayed the night. The next day Devin and Torrie were married in the LDS Bountiful Temple. It was wonderful beautiful day even if the wind was blowing like crazy. After the wedding everyone headed to Olive Garden for a wonderful dinner, after dinner we headed to Green River. Saturday we had a reception in Green River, where Torrie is from. It was really fun. After the reception we drove home to little ol' Lander. It was nice to be back in my own bed. Actually, when I arrived and was with everyone it felt like I had never really left, like I had just fallen asleep and woken up. I was put in charge of the newest member of our family other than Torrie, Mak the dog. He is a springer spaniel, chocolate lab. He looks like a springer spaniel though. He is the cutest little thing int he whole entire world! So I spent the whole week doing all kinds of things such as getting my drivers license and taking a test and going to help in school, going on horse rides and many other things. It was a very fun busy though. On Friday night Colby had his Eagle Court of Honor which went really well. On Saturday I spent the whole day at the church setting up for the reception the night. The reception was beautiful. We had a great turn out. It was so good to see everyone. On Sunday I went to church and after church mom and I headed off to Salt Lake again. It was harder saying goodbye this time than when I said goodbye the first time. It was so hard leaving my family and that tiny little puppy. I hate goodbyes. But this was not a goodbye it was a "see ya in 3 months!" That's right! Only 3 months left. The plan is that I will go home on July 12th so that I am able to go on the trek. So on Monday I got up at 5 a.m. and flew out of Salt Lake at 8.30 a.m.. I flew to D.C. and then to Copenhagen from there. Everything went perfectly, no delays, no strikes, no problems. I got into Copenhagen at about 7.30 a.m. Tuesday morning. I then took the 9.30 train from the Copenhagen airport to Laholm where Matilda picked me up. I went to Ann's house because Katrine, Calle, and their family had already left to Norway. I will be in Ann's place until tomorrow then I will be moving the rotary councilors place in Halmstad on Thursday evening. I will probably only be there for a month then after that I have no idea where I am going. I am quite jet lagged but doing ok :). Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Crazy Life of an Exchange Student
Hej everyone!
Well life has been quite crazy lately in my world. A couple of weekends ago I went to Malmö with Rosie and another exchange student named Alessandro but I think I already told you about that. Anyway, the Friday after that I went to Malmö again but this time I was by myself. I had to go and get my residency permit. I had to walk to the place and I was a wii bit disoriented in the beginning but in the end I found my way there. I ended up in the very ghetto part of Malmö where the immigrations place. I made it and it took about 10 minutes to get the whole process done, and I met a guy from Seattle there, so I talked to him for a while. It was pretty chill. After I was done I sped walked all the way back to the center. haha. Made it out of there in record time haha. I got on the train and headed to Ängelholm and had fika at a chinese restaurant with Rosie. It was yummy. On Monday I went and "tested out" the next family that I might have. They live out in the middle of nowhere. So Monday everyone was gone except the 17 year old girl and me. She slept in till about 12.30 and then she had a paper to write so I didn't see pretty much all day. And I had no idea where anything was so I didn't eat anything until dinner, which was at 6.30. So I was a wii bit hungry. They are really nice people. I found out it would take me at least 2 hours to get to school from their house each day. Fun I know right :). Then on Tuesday I went to Rosies house in Ängelholm and hung out with her until about 9 pm. During the time that I was there I ended up cutting Rosies hair, which turned out good. My whole diet for that day was in the morning I had yogurt and a piece of bread, for lunch I had 2 brownies, then for dinner I had 1/2 a brownie. Very Healthy haha. The brownies did bring their revenge in the end haha. On Wednesday I was home and finished packing. And it is about 6.30 a.m. right now. I fly out of Copenhagen today! Leave Copenhagen at 12.20 and change planes in D.C. then get into Salt Lake at about 10.10 pm. I am so excited to see all the family! :) I will be home for 10 days! So excited. Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah
Well life has been quite crazy lately in my world. A couple of weekends ago I went to Malmö with Rosie and another exchange student named Alessandro but I think I already told you about that. Anyway, the Friday after that I went to Malmö again but this time I was by myself. I had to go and get my residency permit. I had to walk to the place and I was a wii bit disoriented in the beginning but in the end I found my way there. I ended up in the very ghetto part of Malmö where the immigrations place. I made it and it took about 10 minutes to get the whole process done, and I met a guy from Seattle there, so I talked to him for a while. It was pretty chill. After I was done I sped walked all the way back to the center. haha. Made it out of there in record time haha. I got on the train and headed to Ängelholm and had fika at a chinese restaurant with Rosie. It was yummy. On Monday I went and "tested out" the next family that I might have. They live out in the middle of nowhere. So Monday everyone was gone except the 17 year old girl and me. She slept in till about 12.30 and then she had a paper to write so I didn't see pretty much all day. And I had no idea where anything was so I didn't eat anything until dinner, which was at 6.30. So I was a wii bit hungry. They are really nice people. I found out it would take me at least 2 hours to get to school from their house each day. Fun I know right :). Then on Tuesday I went to Rosies house in Ängelholm and hung out with her until about 9 pm. During the time that I was there I ended up cutting Rosies hair, which turned out good. My whole diet for that day was in the morning I had yogurt and a piece of bread, for lunch I had 2 brownies, then for dinner I had 1/2 a brownie. Very Healthy haha. The brownies did bring their revenge in the end haha. On Wednesday I was home and finished packing. And it is about 6.30 a.m. right now. I fly out of Copenhagen today! Leave Copenhagen at 12.20 and change planes in D.C. then get into Salt Lake at about 10.10 pm. I am so excited to see all the family! :) I will be home for 10 days! So excited. Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Malmö
Hej Hej Hej!!!
How are things going down in little ol' Wyoming? Things are going really great up here! Last Saturday I went to Malmö for the day with Rosie and another exchange student that just got here in January from New Zealand, Alessandro. He's pretty cool. I woke up at about 8:30 and at 9 I walked to the train station which took about 30 minutes. It was a really nice day so I really didn't mind walking. It was one of the first sunny days in Mellbystrand since winter started so I was very excited! haha. It's funny to watch swedish people when the sun comes out. Let's just say they thoroughly enjoy it. So I enjoyed the sun. We didn't do anything special in Malmö the whole day. We walked around and looked in shops and watched people and fikad. We had a lot of fun. After that I came home and it was about 9:30 by the time I got to the train station and from the inside of the train it looked pitch black outside. I knew I had to walk home so I was kind of worried because it looked like I would even be able to see my hand in front of my face. But once I started walking there was a lot of light since it was clear skies and there was half a moon. So I was fine. But it only took 20 minutes for me to get home haha :). I was an amazing speed walker. Sunday I went to church, it was stake conference, so I didn't have to play the piano haha. When I got home I went on a walk and visited Ann. It was a very very nice visit. I miss the dogs haha, surprisingly they still remember me! :). Håkan brought back some semlor from MAXI so I got to have one of those and it was delicious. So it was a very good day. School is going good. Only one more week of school! Hope everyone is doing great.
Love,
Micah
How are things going down in little ol' Wyoming? Things are going really great up here! Last Saturday I went to Malmö for the day with Rosie and another exchange student that just got here in January from New Zealand, Alessandro. He's pretty cool. I woke up at about 8:30 and at 9 I walked to the train station which took about 30 minutes. It was a really nice day so I really didn't mind walking. It was one of the first sunny days in Mellbystrand since winter started so I was very excited! haha. It's funny to watch swedish people when the sun comes out. Let's just say they thoroughly enjoy it. So I enjoyed the sun. We didn't do anything special in Malmö the whole day. We walked around and looked in shops and watched people and fikad. We had a lot of fun. After that I came home and it was about 9:30 by the time I got to the train station and from the inside of the train it looked pitch black outside. I knew I had to walk home so I was kind of worried because it looked like I would even be able to see my hand in front of my face. But once I started walking there was a lot of light since it was clear skies and there was half a moon. So I was fine. But it only took 20 minutes for me to get home haha :). I was an amazing speed walker. Sunday I went to church, it was stake conference, so I didn't have to play the piano haha. When I got home I went on a walk and visited Ann. It was a very very nice visit. I miss the dogs haha, surprisingly they still remember me! :). Håkan brought back some semlor from MAXI so I got to have one of those and it was delicious. So it was a very good day. School is going good. Only one more week of school! Hope everyone is doing great.
Love,
Micah
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