The challenges were in the personal development / soft skill area, and I expected them to be more work-related than circumstance-related, but I let it go months ago. If I keep this in mind, I can say it totally worked: I passed the C1 level exam with 12 in both reading and writing (A in the ECTS system) and 7 at the oral exam (C in the ECTS system), so I am really happy with that. My original expectation was to come to Denmark, do whatever work there is, challenge myself a bit and study Danish. If I look back at my project so far, I can evaluate like this: is working, so I gonna try with some retrospective posts. I am on 5 days holiday in Croatia, and I have time to relax while A. June has come to its end, the long term students left last week, and some of the other volunteers already finish their projects (as theirs are only 10 months long). Just always stay open and ask people about their lifeĪnd by their interesting stories let yourself be inspired. You often have to go wih the flow and not with what you want. Randomly end up in a factory visit during AFS lunch Or feel at your limits, wish to just stop and say ‘goodbye’. Still you will have time to reflect on your life Guitar, sewing, cycling, forest walks and Danish You will have to choose from knitting and parties Inspiring teachers and colleagues to talk withįellow volunteers to visit and share with In Brenderup Højskole there is food all the timeīut the bureaucracy is challenging in Middelfart.įinally you can start your language schoolĪnd to hang out in Odense is pretty cool. – and ‘how do you feel’, sometimes noone asks. If you feel bored with your everyday lifeĮven when you don’t want more new things to try.ĭenmark is a nice but strange little countryįrom whom to ask help and who will give you tasks

This is what I wrote – with less artistic value, but a good overview of my first few months and feelings, and some humour (I hope): In our 2nd AFS seminar in December we got the task to tell about how we feel in our project in a picture – or a poem, if we are really not visual (like me).

Ravnenes hvisken by Malene Sølvsten