Reports

on

3rd Students' Exchange 

in 

Denmark

On Tuesday the 30^th of September 2016 we, Paula Schnedl, Viktoria Petritsch, Michelle Steinkellner, Verena Fössl, Vanessa Vörös, Lisa Strohmeyer, Selina Stolz, Sabrina Sattler and our teachers Miss Prenn and Mister Fiechtl started the journey to our destination Aalborg (Denmark). We met each other at the train station Judenburg on the evening. The students said goodbye to the parents and the sisters and brothers, took the luggage and got in the train to Vienna central train station. Everyone sat down and the train started to move. We were really excited because no-one of us knew what we have to expect from Denmark.  During the drive we got in contact with everyone and we had much fun together. After the 2 hours in the train we were exhausted at the Vienna central station. We determined to bring the luggage in the hotel before we went for some food.

We started early on the next morning. We took the train at 5 am und arrived a bit later at the airport in Vienna. After our arrival at the Airport we reserved some seats in the plane. We took our boarding tickets and checked us in. We couldn’t believe that we were in Denmark in some hours. We were really glad to be a part of the Erasmus + project. We were sitting in the waiting room when suddenly the staff allowed us to go in the plane. We flew with the Austrian airlines. We stowed our hand luggage and sat down. The stewardess explained us the safety instructions and we rolled to the runway. Some of us felt really queasy, but the breath-taking view and the support of the others helped us. On board we got a delicious breakfast. The 1 ½ hours in the plane flew by.

We arrived at Copenhagen, took our luggage and headed for our Hotel. It was called Island Hotel. After we found our Hotel and checked in, we went by train to the centre. We had some free time to get some food and afterwards we walked along the streets. We were fascinated by the small, coloured houses and the harbour was incredible. A bit tired and exhausted we went back to our Hotel und took our luggage and brought it to the hotel room. The rooms were bright and beautiful and the best was the view to the sea. 

 This evening we had free time. Many of us stayed in the hotel, the others walked to the shopping mall next to our hotel and some just sat on the bench and enjoyed the beautiful view. 

 

 After a relaxing night, we woke up on Saturday to start our first day in “Kopenhaven” and went straightaway to the nearby shoppingcenter to have breakfast. As soon as we were awake and our hunger satisfied, we made our way to the city centre to get tickets for a sightseeing boat trip around Copenhagen. Shipping through the canals of Copenhagen, we saw attractions like the Opera House, the Playhouse, the Royall Palace and the famous Little Mermaid. After the boat trip, we decided to have a closer look at the Palace and its gardens. At the Royal Palace, we were lucky to see the end of the shift and how the guards left the palace for the weekend. Afterwards, we visited the modern museum, which was part of the palace, and walked through the royal gardens to have a closer look at the “Little Mermaid”. After taking many photos, we decided that it was time for lunch, so we went to the street food market, where they offer different kinds of food throughout the year. When we had finally found our favourite food, we sat down by the sea and watched the seagulls. Again, we took some photos, and then we finally got back to our hotel, where most of us fell asleep for a few hours, because we were so exhausted. In the evening, we all met at the mall again to grab something to eat and drink. Back at the hotel, we sat together till late at night, until we finally went to bed. Exhausted, but also excited for the next day, we fell asleep.

 

   

 

 

On the third day we get up early and went after a good breakfast to the train station. After six hours in the train we arrived in Aalborg. All host families were waiting there with little Denmark flags as exhausted as us to meet their exchange student. Finally we all went to the place where we will live four the next few days.

On our fourth day we went to the school for the first time.  We all met in the assembly hall of the school. The headmaster was waiting there for us and welcomed us to Denmark. Then our exchange students show us the whole school. The school in Aalborg is very big. They have a lot of places for sports also a swimming pool. After that we do some games were we get to know each other better. The games were at the same time a little brain training and also the rhythm of our Erasmus+ song. In the afternoon we went to a building in the centre from Aalborg called “Nordkarft”.  We got split in groups there and afterwards some students showed us famous places from their city. We went to a park, called the “singing tree Park”, where under every tree is a button from a popular singer who has been in Denmark until now. If you press the button you hear the song which the star sang at his concert in Denmark. They also showed us the popular “Limfjordsbroen“ bridge, a street with popular bars, the “aalborgtårnet” and the house of music. After the tour our host families had picked us up and we spent the evening with them.

Today we met at the Sofiendalskolenschool at half past 8 in Aalborg, Denmark. There we heard a presentation about “Sirius”. The teacher told us, that there are special classrooms with less students to offer the children with a disability (for example ADHS) a good teaching. These classes are called “Sirius”. ADHS is a diagnosis where people cannot sit quietly or they cannot concentrate for a long time because they are hyperactive. 3 students with ADHS explained their daily routine to us and how “Sirius” helps them at school. After they had told us everything in detail we had a short break.

After eating our food, we got an “Artworkshop”. We went outside the school where 5 tree trunks were standing. We were divided into groups and got a protection for our clothes. After that we were told to spray the tree trunks with 2 different colours and put some utensils on them. So we were very creative and in the end the normal tree trunks became works of art. We carried them into the school and after that we got a very good meal from the school cafeteria. After this wonderful morning we went home and had some time to spend with our host families. 

On Thursday the whole Eramus group met at 8 am at the school. in order to head off at 8.15 to Arhus, the second biggest city of Denmark. Unfortunately, our bus was a little bit late, because there was an accident on the highway. When our bus arrived half an hour later, the teachers, as well as the students, were really delighted. A few minutes later, we set off to Arhus and reached the museum of the Vikings at around 10.30 am. After taking our jackets off, we got divided into groups. A short introduction of the tour guide and then we finally went into the museum. Once again, we had to split up into five people. Each small group got a key with a symbol and each one had to follow the story of one special person. There were different stops, where you could listen to some parts of the person’s life. In the end we had to sum up what we had learnt, while we were walking through the museum. After exchanging our new experiences, we were supposed to find one word that fits to the character we had learnt about. Our next step was to draw the word we had chosen before and how it looks like in the „Present“, the „Past“ and in the „Future“. When we finished our painting, we went to a hall, where you can watch a very old skeleton of a human.

Back in the bus, we headed off to the city of Arhus. While we were driving, we were eating our lunch paket, which had been prepared by our host family the day before. About twenty minutes later we arrived in the town. Splitted up into groups, we were allowed to walk through the streets for an hour.

Our next stop was a Modern Art museum with a huge rainbow on the top. There was a group for the Danish people and one for the other countries. At first, we watched some Mordern Art creatings, like a huge buildung of a human and a destroyed Lamborghini. Some time later, we went to the very top of the building. Our whole group thought that walking through the rainbow was the highlight of the day. You had a great view over Arhus in many different colours.

At 3 pm, we took our bus back to school. Our host families were already waiting for us, when we arrived there about two hours later. It was a great day in Arhus with many new experiences!

On Friday morning we started our day in school at half past 9. We got divided in 3 different groups. People from each country got combined with the people from Denmark. Further there were some kids from the Sirius project who also took part in the workshops. We composed songs with the melody of brother John and played different games. After the workshops we ate at school and the majority of us went home to get dressed for the evening. We met each other again in school at 2:45 p.m. to learn the Erasmus project song “colours of a butterfly”. The composer of this song Anders Hornshoj helped us so we were able to performed the song for the host parents. After we performed our song we ate, talked and laughed with our host families. Later each country had to show an activity. The Danish people began and Frederikke Hellerup showed an amazing performance of robe skipping. Then Iga Brzinska, a polish student, sang with a beautiful voice. The people from Spain showed a game and the Austrians showed a ball dance known as the “Walzer”. When all the activities were done there was a tearful farewell. In the end the Polish, Spanish, Danish and Austrian students met at the school club for a last goodbye.   

 

Texts by: Viktoria, Paula, Lisa, Vanessa, Verena, Michelle, Selina, Sabrina