Week 5 | 01/02/16-07/02/16
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“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
On 01/02/16, my time had finally arrived to go and start my new adventure. After filling out a lot of forms, questions, talks, emails and google searches, the day had come to move to my new city, Aarhus. As the train slowed into the station, my body was filled with mixed emotions. I was excited, nervous and apprehensive all at the same time. After Anna and I collected our luggage, we made our way up the stairs, not knowing what lay ahead of us. We were greeted by Jonas, one of the buddies for VIA university. He introduced himself and explained that he would take us to our accommodation. He showed us to our flats and from there I dragged my heavy suitcase up the two flights of stairs to my new room which I would be living in for the next 4 months.
Personal
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
On 01/02/16, my time had finally arrived to go and start my new adventure. After filling out a lot of forms, questions, talks, emails and google searches, the day had come to move to my new city, Aarhus. As the train slowed into the station, my body was filled with mixed emotions. I was excited, nervous and apprehensive all at the same time. After Anna and I collected our luggage, we made our way up the stairs, not knowing what lay ahead of us. We were greeted by Jonas, one of the buddies for VIA university. He introduced himself and explained that he would take us to our accommodation. He showed us to our flats and from there I dragged my heavy suitcase up the two flights of stairs to my new room which I would be living in for the next 4 months.
On Tuesday, it was our first day of classes and the day to meet our new class group. We travelled by bus (which was difficult to get used to in the beginning as I didn’t know where to go or how to pay for it). We began class at 8.50am and were greeted by our tutors, coordinators and the buddies. I remember sitting in my seat looking at everyone and assuming we all had similar emotions. Everyone was very quiet and reserved. After some speeches and talks, we played some ice breakers together. Our buddies looked after us very well as they answered any question we had and were always trying to help us. They sat with us during lunch and tried to give us more information about the city and some exciting activities to do.
On Wednesday, my new life style was becoming more familiar for example early starts and getting buses etc.. We had classes all day and most were short introductions to the module. The tutors approach to teaching was very engaging as they encouraged us to ask lots of questions and included short presentations that we discussed and gave our opinion about at the end. In the afternoon, we had a guest speaker in that was introducing us to democracy in Denmark. He explained key elements and compared it to other countries and how it was different both positively and negatively.
Thursday was a day that I enjoyed most in my first week. We went to Aros Museum and later we went to Godsbanen. In the museum, I saw some beautiful art and at the top of the museum it has a rainbow panorama which I was amazed by. It was so captivating and I didn't want to leave.
Marie then brought us to Godsbanen, an inspirational place that I had never seen anything like before. It is a public place with drop in workshops for anyone and also holds concerts and has a hang out place for youths.
On Friday, our class went to a party for VIA students, dressed as mimes. It was a good way to get to know each other and the norms of university parties.
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