With the good news that our classes were cancelled on
Monday, Kate and I took the opportunity to try and discover more of Aarhus. We
had heard about the Docks east of Aarhus and were advised to visit whenever we
got a chance so that’s what we decided to do.
Right on the waterfront was a massive library, I’d never seen anything
quite like it. There were areas around the library for children to play which
seems to be very common here in Denmark. Nearly every establishment open to the
public has a child friendly area, which I favour greatly as an Early Childhood
Studies student. Another thing I found interesting was that the parents are
very trusting of these particular areas, the children are free to run around
and play without having the parents always standing over them, telling them to
be careful, it’s a very rule-free environment. Which I think is great as it
gives the children so much independence.
Later that day my NHD class had decided to meet in a
traditional Irish pub - Tir Na Nóg
before going to the cinema. As soon as I walked into the pub I felt an overwhelming sense of home, just the little things like the smell of the pub
reminded me of Ireland and it was such a comfort. We introduced our class to a
classic Irish Coffee, which was received very well fortunately for us!
'When overseas you
learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting' –
Clint Borgen
On a high from Monday, Kate and I were both happy, content and ready for a day at the Natural History Museum, however this quickly changed! After being in such a rush from nearly missing the bus we took to our seats and tried to figure out where we were supposed too be heading, unfortunately it had slipped our minds that we hadn’t gotten bus tickets and sure enough the next stop from our halls location the ticket wardens jumped on our bus and we were the first ones to be asked for our tickets. Since we didn’t have any, we were hit with a fine of 750kr (around £75), not something that was welcomed at half 8 on a Tuesday morning, and to make things worse, Kate and I sat in shock and managed to miss our stop and so spent around an hour trying to find the museum. Eventually we arrived and tried to forget the misfortune of the morning and enjoy the museum and despite our low moods we actually managed to. We even had the opportunity to watch an otter being dissected which was interesting but maybe not the best thing to watch right after eating lunch!
On Wednesday we visited the forest beside the Moesgaard museum, here we worked in teams to create rafts that had to be able to float and using one of our phones film it travelling on the raft along the river. After some attempts and altercations to our original model we managed to build a fully functional raft.
We gladly welcomed our day off on Friday and later that
evening we went to our Belgian friends’ halls of residence where they hired out
the common room and each member of our class brought a dish from their home
country. We got to try Croatian meatballs, Belgian stew and carbonara made by a
real Italian! But of course the Irish dish stood out by a mile, shepherd’s pie
and scones with jam and cream for dessert. Later that night we arrived back at our halls,
Skjoldhøjkollegiet and continued the party at the Skjoldhøj bar, which turned
out to be a great night and I’m sure many more are to come.
A journey is best
measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
References:
Tim Cahill - https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/25126.Tim_Cahill
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