MY LIFE IN DENMARK: Before it all started

(I'm changing and censoring so many things from the original version, to protect people's privacy) 

(And yes, contains many mistakes, useless worries, and a toxic note)

So. Denmark. Why? Well... It was the only nordic country on the list. So I choose it.

Originally, I was supposed to go with a friend of mine. But even though she was chosen, she changed the university eventually. So I ended up alone. And it was only for the good.

Actually, Erasmus exchange was probably the biggest reason why I did not stop trying at school. Like, I hate the school a lot, just like I strongly dislike many teachers, students, subjects and most of all the stupid system. So I had a pretty huge motivation to stop trying. If my parents did not want me to go to that uni I would have never gone there. Or I would drop it after the first months. Or maybe not. 

So to sum up – every time i wanted to give up, i just thought „suck it up, you’re doing it for the Erasmus“.

Now here I am. Writing about my experience from the adventure that I have been expecting for so long. 

Why Denmark, then? Well, I've always wanted to go to a nordic country. Sure, it was always Sweden and Norway where I wanted to go the most. And I never really thought of going to Denmark before. But on the other hand... why the hell not?

Waiting to go was exhausting. I just wanted to get out, go go go. Pack and go. But. Instead I've spent my whole january studying as crazy, to go to the last exam the day before leaving, getting a 4 (=fail) and upsetting the teacher about not going to Germany. (All german teachers wants you to go to Germany... except the Austrian ones, they want you to go to Graz.)

And also I was saying bye to my family and friends. That way I kinda got used to seeing people and being with them more often. Because I knew if I go to Erasmus exchange, I need to work hard on my extrovertish social skills. Which were and are not really good.

Say what you want but Erasmus is not made for introverts. Well... the society doesnt seem to be made for introverts, right?

Aaaanyway. Before I came, I needed someone to pick up my key, since there was no possibility to pick it up on the weekend. And I was about to arrive on saturday evening. So.

I decided to reach out to the other czech girls. Unfortunately, they also arrived late. But they were nice.

I asked my future roommate    . Actually it was funny to be paired with the only itatian person there, since i have italian friends already. Whatever.

I was a little confused, but she was quite kind and helped me a lot so... Nothing to complain about. I was happy.

MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS ABOUT MY COLLEGUES BEFORE COMING?

Well, I don’t remember all of my feelings from back then. I basically just checked the profile pic and where they were from, cuz the nations interrested me a lot.

We are five people of my nation in the group of 16 people. In total there were 8 nations in the class.

Here I didnt write nations and I replaced names with +++ , so noone should be able to recognize who is who. It is not meant to offend anyone, just to share my feelings about my class before I even met everybody... The feeling of what I was going into.

+++. Looks sweet and kind.

+++. Pretty. But not a bitch. S/he has eyes of a good person. 

+++. Old and popular. 

+++. Hella popular. 

+++ Somehow I got the feeling s/he will not like me. That s/he is a bit bitchy and popular, has the image of a kind person.

+++. I thought that s/he will probably be that kind of person that thinks s/he’s better than others, especially the opposite sex. 

+++ – I really dont remember. So that’s the Belgian people. 

+++. I don’t remember anything specific, just the feeling that I don’t want to talk to him/her. 

+++– actually I don’t remember. 

+++ – I really don’t remember. 

+++. We gotta be friends.

+++ introvert, who will probably not want to discuss their with me. 

+++ a bit prince/ss, not that iniciative, younger 

+++ I don’t remember much, just a feeling that s/he’s older than me.

+++ I hoped for her/him to be that kind of strong self confident person, a bit like my  friend +++.

And that’s all. I guess i didnt have much of an opinion of many people, mostly if they had a picture from a distance, but i managed to remember nationalities at least.

Talking about nationalities... Before seeing the list of students i expected myself to be the only czech person there (not forseeing the vicious plans of Hradec Králové), so I was kind of ashamed of my background, since Czechia is not that high in standards as many other european countries. So, when I saw Finland, Belgium, Netherlands... Well, I felt a bit less. Cuz those countries are concidered to be pretty good. And then: Italy, Japan and Taiwan – so fancy, come on. 

I didnt have too much time to worry about this because: boom boom four another czech girls who knew each other from university, so I will be excluded not only internationally but even in the czech group. How nice, can’t wait. 

Sounds foolish but somehow i didnt expect myself to find friends in Denmark at all. I have not concidered that thought, not even once. I don’t know why. (Though I was advised by my grandparents to find there a rich danish or english guy there to marry... I mean that's what erasmus is for, right)

Were my first impressions right? Well, some. But we’ll get to that later, I promise.

A toxic note from the original version: Belgian is the adjective for Belgium, not Belgium, that is a noun. If someone could explain it to all people I've met in denmark, I¨'d be really grateful.