Bérénice Rioux - Christmas, christmas, CHRISTMAS !

Hi friends!

I know, I should have written something on this blog a long time ago. But an exchange student life is just the busiest thing EVER!
After going back to France for two and a half weeks, time has gone by more than fast. Great news: i'm in the dance showcase at school! And don't forget, our performances are January, 27th, 28th, and 29th! That really is an exciting project, and i would be so happy if you could come!

Then, we had this amazing week end in Cheyenne! I'm not going to talk a lot about that, since Cornelia already did. But I just want to let you know, i convinced TWO kids to go to France!
Thanks to Kevin Kaminski, we had those great opportunities to go to an Avalanches game and then to a Nuggets game!
The hockey game was awesome! We got a tour of the Pepsi Center before the game. It was so much fun!

Pun, Cornelia and I in the Pepsi center!

Last week end, it was the Nuggets game! I'm not going to lie, i like basket better than hockey! So, it was for me a great experience. We had the opportunity to play on the court few minutes before the game. It was just AWESOME! Thank you so much to Kevin !

And of course, Christmas! American Christmas is not that different from French Christmas. A lot of food and a lot of presents. But i still like it! I totally got spoiled and I had so much fun with my new host family the Beaupré's. Even if i was sad leaving the Holloway's!
What have i been up to over beak? I've basically been skiing most of the time.

To conclude, I'm having a great time! I haven't been homesick, and the only thing i missed for Christmas was the food! So, i think i can get over it.
Bérénice.

Cornelia Pade - Almost 4 months!

Hello to who ever might be reading this.

I can't believe it has almost been 4 months, since i got here.

i have had a wonderful time here, and experienced so much.

Last weekend Berenice and I had the chance of going to the Rotary interviews in Cheyenne.

We helped interview all the students, that are being send out from the district.

We also helped by telling about our countries, to help them decide where to go for their exchange.

people were very interested in hearing about Denmark, and thought it would be a great place to go. They did have some concerns about the dark winters, with out much sun.

(My parents told me the sun now goes down at 3.30 in the afternoon, and starts coming up at 9 in the morning). But despite the lack of sun, a lot of them put Denmark on their list.

On guy even told me he really wanted to go to Denmark, cause it sounded so cool!

But his parents would not let him because of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam? that's not in Denmark, thats in Holland! oh well he didn't get to go to Denmark because of Amsterdam, but hopefully he got another good country : )

We also got to spend time with all the other inbound students, that we have not seen since the camp in september. All the girls had a sleep-over friday night, which of course was lot of fun.

It is a great thing to look around a room, and think of that every single person in that room, is from and different country, and still we are all friends.

The snow have been here for a while now (but I'm guessing that you all know that)

and never have i seen this much snow. I have gotten to go skiing, and I will continue to ski all winter.

So thank you to Rotary for providing me with ski equipment, I will use it a lot!

- Cornelia