Georgetown - Part 2, Events

It was a long journey to travel all the way to Georgetown but we made it - and it was worth it. The first picture is taken at sunrise from Kastrup (Copenhagen) Airport. The second picture shows the cakes we ate Wedensday but I figured it was a good picture to my little intro. They were so pretty and they tasted very good too! When we arrived at Charleston Airpot they waved with banners and everything. What a fantastic welcome we got, and when we arrived at the High School in our personal classroom, the room was filled with banners, flags and ornaments they had made to welcome us. The picture on the bottom to the left was taken in the cafeteria. There was a banner in the cafeteria! Everywhere. So sweet!

This is the house where I lived together with Faith and her dad, mom, two younger brothers and Thomas from my class as well. We had a lot of plans on the schedule so we did not spend that much time at the house but I am very thankful that they took care of Thomas and me. I slept very well each night and felt very comfortable there together with my awesome buddy, Faith!

The food at the High School was... Well, not the most fantastic you could imagine. Very unhealthy and the fruit was not fresh. But the southern food with rise, chicken, coleslaw and green beans tasted SO good! Especially the food from the Celedonia Country Club in Pawleys Island! So delicious, yummy! We got it three times during the week.

This was such a "hyggelig" day. Faith and I together with some other awesome people went downtown to walk around, talk and just chill. We saw the fountain and the harbour. We went to the park and swung on the swings, took pictures, had fun, chilled and the super hero Caleb had his weapon with him! By weapon I mean his guitar. So Jeremy, he and I played on the guitar and sang songs. It was such a nice moment together with the coolest people on earth just to chill and have fun together. I will never forget this day. This day was the soul of "hygge"!

We visited Hobcaw Barony. Here we say the Museum, the Hobcaw House and the slave houses. The cultural experience was followed by delicious dinner at Kimbell Lodge (the picture of the "Georgetown Highschool" - and "Egå Gymnasium"cakes and the southern dinner plate was taken here)

We visted Huntington Beach State Park: The educational center, beach and Spanish-style Atalya Castle followed by a depart for Wacca Wache Marina in Murrells Inlet for a historical boat cruise on the Waccamaw River.

There was a lot on the schedule for Friday. First we vistited Coastal Carolina University Campus. Then we went for a short walking Tour of the University with commentary by a student representative. We left the campus a couple of hours later and arrived at Broadway (at the beach), Ripley's Aquarium, Shopping etc. which was very nice. It was sunny this day (it had been raining and the wind had been blowing almost the entire week up until Friday) and we got to walk around in groups and just have fun and chill. In the late afternoon we had dinner at Hard Rock Café, Myrtle Beach. The food was great and it was an awesome restaurant. I got a three days early birthday surprise. The waiters came with ice cream and a birthday princess hat. So sweet! In the evening we saw a concert at Carolina Opry called "Good vibrations". There were stepdancers, light shows, country music, funny sketches and a lot of good, old pop and rock music. I can assure you that we all were very tired on the way home at 11pm.

The timing of our trip to Georgetown was perfect cause we got to join the seniors at the big prom night. The preparations started early - for the girls. We had our nails done in a nail spa and a big group of girls together with me and Faith got our hair and make-up done at the Jones'. Miss Kathy and her helpers worked hard to make us ready for the big night. We put on our beautiful dresses and drove to two different, beautiful places to shoot a lot of portraits and group photos. We went to a thai restaurant with delicious, tasty food. I got the Key West Sushi Roll. Afterwards, we arrived at the High School to dance, eat snacks and drink punch. After the pronouncement of prom - king, queen, prince and princess, we were supposed to go bowling I think but we went to Jordan's house and had fun there instead. It was a very nice evening (and night!). We were awake almost the entire night. 

The next day the weather was amazing. Blue sky and sunny! We went to the beach to have fun. It was such a nice day and I did not want to leave the beach cause it was so nice to be there together with fantastic people and nice weather. I cound not ask for more. We ate late lunch at a mexican restaurant which was very yummy. In the evening there was youth group where we had fun. We cleaned up inside the building and played some ball. Before we left, I wanted to play some piano. So I played piano for Faith, Caleb, Thomas, Chuck and the leader of the youth group. Such a lovely moment! And while I played I realized that it was the last evening in Georgetown.

When we got home I opened the presents I got with me from Denmark cause technically it was my birthday in Denmark because of the time difference. In the morning I got 4 tasty, Oreo muffins (I love Oreo and Faith knew that!), I made a wish and got a present from Faith. She gave me a cool, pink South Carolina t-shirt. I got a gift from the family as well. A beautiful group photo of the family. When we were about to leave the house, I got emotional. It was a tough birthday with a lot of tears but most of them were happy tears.

I drew this big heart in the sand at the beach Sunday afternoon. Georgetown - I will return!!

Georgetown - Part 1, Friendship

I have chosen to write the blogposts about my trip to Georgetown in english so that they can understand it if they want to read it. Unforgettable and fantastic are among other words my description of my experience and trip to Georgetown, South Carolina. 10 days as exchange student, a wonderful welcome, new friendships, new experiences, settled in a kind host family. I settled down in Georgetown, and Georgetown settled down in my heart. I guess you can call it a once in a lifetime experience. We were in New York too the last 4 days but it was nothing compared to the stay in Georgetown. I would honestly rather have spend the last 4 days in Georgetown in stead of New York. I have chosen to divide my story about my experience in 3 parts so that the blogpost won't be too long. The first blogpost will contain pictures of me together with the wonderful people I met in Georgetown. I get all happy when I look at these pictures. I miss them very much and I am so thankful for this amazing experience. The most fantastic thing was the new friendships which were attached and the fact that they were attached so fast. Suddenly you were a part of these peoples lives. Almost incredible. There were laughter, smile and happiness.

Unfortunately a goodbye was followed which got very emotional. I have never cried that much in my entire life. And unluckily it was my birthday that day! There were tears, smiles and a lot of hugs. It was hard to say goodbye, especially because we live so far apart. It was 10 amazing days which I will never forget. I hope from the bottom of my heart that I will meet the people from Georgetown again.

Here are some pictures from the last day... 

Faith sat on my lap while I cried (both tears of joy and sadness) which I did the entire day. She was my "american buddy". I stayed with her and her family and went with her to her classes at school. Faith is a fantastic girl and I hope that I will see her again! 
Aw, I just love this picture!

Caleb is her boyfriend - a crazy (in the funny way) yet kind and loving guy. Here we are hugging goodbye. 

I needed hugs that day. I got a lot of hugs! I hope we will meet again one day.

We saw a slideshow with background music. Did I cry? Yes, of course. 

And yes, it is Caleb in the background smiling. Gotta love this picture too!

Thank you for everything and God bless you!

Jeg er tilbage!

Hvor var du på studietur, Sandra?! Jo, nu skal I høre. Jeg var skam helt over i de forenede stater. Og I kan tro, at jeg har haft en fantastisk, god, uforglemmelig oplevelse. 10 dage i Georgetown, South Carolina hos værtsfamilier, ophold på GHS (Georgetown High School) samt 4 dage i New York. Det er naturligvis dagene i Georgetown, der vægter mest (det hele faktisk) og har givet mig en oplevelse for livet, et godt minde, en plads i mit hjerte.

Nu er jeg så er jeg tilbage i god behold og med en masse nye og uforglemmelige minder Jeg har lidt af jetlag siden jeg kom hjem fredag middag, men det er ved at være væk nu. Da jeg er træt, og da der er maaange billeder, kommer billederne fra turen først ind i løbet af ugen, så jeg kan få dem sorteret og valgt de vigtigste ud til bloggen. Der er også lektier, afleveringer og et manuskript der skal læres. Så begynder hverdagen igen. I kan dog lige som en start få nogle af billederne, jeg tog i flyet. Jeg elsker at flyve og at kigge ned deroppe fra. Det er som et eventyr, en vild fantasi, noget helt utroligt, som kan forestilles på billeder, men kun opleves med egne sanser. Jeg elsker skyerne og deres facon, markene der former et puslespil, at være over alle bjergetoppene og at kigge ned og vinke til de små biler. Det er helt ufatteligt og fantastisk. Ubeskriveligt, vidunderligt osv.