Football and Beach

Even though I have to make a very important essay by next Tuesday, I just couldn't stay at home again when the weather outside was more than great. So I went with a Latvian group I know here – they are Mara's friends – to play football at the beach. This wasn't only a good occasion to show off with my great footballer skills :))...but I also got to see another one of the World's waters – the Baltic See. Actually this is pretty close to where the North See and the Baltic See meet. It was really great – the weather was perfect and the people I went with were perfect. One of the girls didn't have a bike and you can only get there by car or bike....so because, as usual, I'm the smallest one, I gave her my bike and I rode at the back of a boy's bike. I'm not complaining because it was great...I still have sand on my feet..hi hi

On my way to school

It's always me and my bike.

The first big things I go by are City West and adventist church - which are also the things that make me happy when I return because I know I'm almost done pedalling.

Than I get to the hills (I only have a photo with the start because I'm too tired or pissed to ever stop and take photos on this part of the road).

And, ta-na the University, actually just the History Department because it's a campus and departments are spread everywhere (maybe when I will have my own camera I'll go around the campus because it's really nice and green).

20th - Discovering

I'm starting to discover a lot of intersting stuff. I guess life is full of surprises when you stay and listen and you don't try to get involved as much as possible. I was saying that I don't feel like socializing and I still have that mood...but to fool it and start living in Aarhus I've decided to substitute socializing with knowing. This week I tried some things I was to afraid to do before...eat stuff, do stuff...and what to you know I feel more relaxed and experienced already :)

Yesterday a classmate (a Danish classmate) invited me over to his house because he was meeting some other old friends too. I was enthusiastic when he told me....but then, as the moment got closer I was becoming sceptical and scared. I was thinking about inventing a good excuse not to go...This isn't my natural state so I was feeling weird to have this inner fight. I decided to go because I was bored of cooking, eating, reading and surfing on the Internet. People and communication can not be substituted in this way. I decide that this was going to be a gathering knowledge moment more than a social one. I'm saying this because the other people invited were from Guatemala and Chile. They were going to speak Spanish (which is good practice for me). So I went there with the idea of becoming more international...but also seeing how people have fun here?!After a vegetarian dinner (everybody here is vegetarian and loves to exercise) = healthy but not extremely tasty food...I was thinking that it will all turn up in a boring where are you from...how is your country...thing. But we started having this movie like evening - games, laughing, drinking. I had a lot of fun...and I loved the games we played. Foolish childish games that relax you but also make you think while having fun. I always liked this but I never did it with my friends at home...everybody (I think) would find this a stupid idea. I don't know, we prefer smoking and talking about people...I felt very international especially because we were speaking in Spanish, Danish and English.

And I found some movies I really want to see when I get home: Network (1976) and Once (a Czech movie Marketa told me about)...I think I should become more open and learn more stuff about different cultures - this whole international experience is overwhelming and I should let my guard down and become more receptive.