STORM HITS DK

On the 28th of October there was a storm. It hit multiple places in Europe, and Denmark was once of them. It was the worst storm in 60 years. Here is a video (not by me) of what it was (sort of) like:

It was nuts. Trees fell across the train lines, so the trains all stopped. Signs had been put up the weekend before for the various candidates for the local elections, so they were flying all over the place. It was impossible to ride a bike: if the wind was against you you just went backwards. Windows were smashed, bits of trampoline went flying everywhere, it was INSANE. I was extremely lucky and managed to catch THE last train home from school, and was inside before the worst hit but boy oh boy, it was nasty.

Sadly, one person died, but fortunately he was the only one. He was also a bit dumb: went down to the harbour to take a video of the waves without putting on any protective gear and got hit in the head by a roof-tile.

Our house was fine, apart from our rubbish bin, which lay out in the middle of the road when I got home - but that was easily fixed! Apart from Molly missing out on her afternoon walk and Simon's soccer getting cancelled it didn't affect us at all. Lucky we are :)

Italy

In the last holidays (our week-long autumn break) I went with my host family to Italy. I figured out that Italy is the sixth country I have been to this year - crazy!

The reason for the trip was this: Mormor and Morfar (my host grandparents) had their wedding anniversary. I think it was their 45th, but let's forget specifics. It was a big number anyway. So, they decided to rent a giant house in Tuscany for six weeks to celebrate. Throughout the time they were there, they had different people come to visit and come the October holidays, it was our turn. Pretty much all Danes go overseas in the autumn break  in search of some place warm, and fair enough because this country is really depressing at this time of year - rain, rain, wind, cold, rain. Let's just say despite the ridiculously early hour of the morning we arrived at the airport, it was not at all deserted. However, Copenhagen airport is expertly organized so we got through the kilometre long queue in no time at all! The same cannot (unfortunately) be said for Milano airport, where we had to wait an hour and a half for our rental car - but hey, in Italy, time is a non-existent concept, so when in Rome...

We were extremely lucky to have the company of not only MM and MF but also Eleonora and Hans-Christian (HC). HC is my host mum's brother, and Eleonora is his girlfriend, who just happened to be Italian! She was an absolute sweetie and such a great ambassador for her country. She showed us all kinds of Italian food, events, and taught us so much about the culture she grew up in. She was so passionate about it - and we were all so grateful for her marvellous company.

I made a little video compilation of the week. Click here to watch it!

So that was Italy. Unfortunately, Mormor and Morfar got sick at the end of the week so the ending was a little bitter-sweet. When I woke up the Monday morning after we got back, I was also sick. Bugger. But after a week in bed I was well enough to take on the world again, and exciting things began to happen again....

To be continued....