Category: English
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December
December End Of The Year Pool Party As November came to an end, so did the school year, and our summer holiday started. It’s still weird for me, that December is summer, and that the colorful christmas light was hung on palm trees at the beach in 30 degrees heat. However I do have to…
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The Other Exchange Students
The Other Exchange Students Janice About a month or two after I arrived, my hostsister asked my family, if we would be interested in having another exchange student living with us for a month. Of course I said yes; the more the merrier right? and on the 29th of October she arrived. Her name was…
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Parties and Teenage Culture
Parties and Teenage Culture Teenage Culture It probably comes as no surprise, that along with many other things, teenage culture and parties are a bit different halfway across the globe. What I didn’t expect though, was just how many similarities there are too. Especially in todays world where the internet and social medias so easily…
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October
October The Election October was filled with so many wonderful and different things, that I don’t even know where to start. Things here are starting to feel like everyday life, and I’ve found a routine, although it still contains too many different things to be mundane. My portuguese has gotten to the point, where I…
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The School
The School After having been in the school for almost seven weeks, I think, it’s about time to finally talk about that. I started in the school a week and a half after arriving, and it was something I had been both looking forward to and was really nervous about. I didn’t know a lot…
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Rotary
After 6 weeks in Brazil my portuguese was put to the test, when I had to do my first presentation in my Rotary club. A big part of the Rotary youth exchange program is the cultural exchange, and every exchange student has a responsibility to that. We’re hosted by amazing families and clubs that show…
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Inbound Weekend in Aracaju
Inbound Weekend in Aracaju The 2nd of September after being in Brazil for a week and a half, it was time to go on the welcome weekend in Aracaju with all the other exchange students in the district and a bunch of Rotex and Rotary people. The Rotary district I’m in covers three states: Bahia…
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The Chaui Family
The Chaui Family Waking up on the 23rd of September was a weird experience. Everything still felt a bit surreal, like I never really left home, or like I at least would return within a week or two. My brain just simply couldn’t comprehend, that this was the first day of a whole year in…
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From Denmark To Brazil
From Denmark To Brazil The 29th of June 2020 I wrote my first application to Rotarys youth exchange program in Denmark. It didn’t take long before I was invited to a short interview along with three other applicants, and this was were I first met Henning; my future counsellor. In the weeks afterwards I anxiously…
Little Wanderer 