Soft Landing Camp Day 2

The second day was more interesting than the first one.

After breakfast we had our first workshop. We started out by saying our name, our age, where we come from and the country we will be going to.
It was so interesting hearing that so many people from all around the globe are here in Kopenhagen to go to one of the nordic countries.

The first task was to draw a map of the country we will be going to. It was harder than I thought it would be. But my group had the best one I think because all the other ones were so weird. So my group had to present our map I got up, walked all the way to the front and presented it. It was a huge step for me, because I had to step out of my comfort zone.

After that we had to pick two questions and ask some of the other student for example 'What traditions would you like to show to your host family and why?'
That was pretty interesting even though I only talked to people I already knew.

Then it got interesting because we had to go into groups and find five things we all have in common. I'm not gonna lie it was pretty hard. We ended up with:

1. We all like Pop music
2. We all eat our ice cream in a cone
3. We are all single
4. We've all been to a beach before

We've got six things but I already forgot the last two.

Anyway after that we got into other groups and had to prepare a play for the next day. Our play was a good idea that actually could happen to an exchange student but it wasn't the best. It was really fun though.

After the workshop we had a few minutes to grab our bags and get ready for a walk through Copenhagen. At first we had some free time to get some lunch and then we all got on a boat for a little sightseeing trip. It was so beautiful! Just driving there on sea and seeing all the different parts of this amazing city. It was at that moment when I fell in love with Copenhagen.

When the boat trip was finished and we were at the beginning again, we followed the Explorius staff members to the houses of the royal family. For the first time in my life I saw these guards with the funny hats. I was so surprised to see them in Denmark! I always thought that only the guards of the royal family in England have these weird hats!

Behind us you can see the house one of the danish princes lives in.
You can see that he was at home, because of the flag on top of the building.

Soon we were back at the hotel and we talked again to so many different people from all over the globe about were they come from, about all the differences between for example America and Europe. So if you have the chance to go to such a thing... DO IT! It is worth it!

-Vanessa