This is probably one of my FAQ's. Everyone asks me: "Why go to Denmark, if you can go to a country where the weather is hot?"
*sigh* Well, I've chosen not to. Because why should I choose a country where the weather is hot, but I don't like? I want to go to Denmark.
It is true, I've never been to Denmark, and I don't know how life is there, but that makes it even more an adventure!
I've chosen Denmark, because of a lovely family. This lovely family now lives in Brussels (not so far from where I live) and they are Danish.
When I first met those people (I think I was about 10 years old), I instantly loved them. They are so friendly, open and loving.
When they had kids, I loved those even more. These two cutiepies were (and still are) my favorite kids.
While visiting this family I (for the first time) heard Danish. And what a beautiful language is that!
And this would of course be my dream in Denmark, having a hostfamily like them...
And another question I get frequently asked is why I even take a gap year and why I just don't start studying.
Well, at first that was the plan. I would just end school and start studying. But then, my dear sister finished school and she took a gap year. She went to Argentina for a whole year.
Not that that changed my mind. It absolutely didn't. I missed her sooo much, that I was certain that I would never leave her again.
She now lives in Ghent (which is about 40 minutes by train from here) and I'm getting used to it that I don't see her as much as I used to.
I think it was in June 2013 that I started thinking about the fact that I would start my last year of school in September. And actually that is a really weird thing. After going to school for *counting years* 15 (?) years, it suddenly stops and you're like *BAM* a grown up...
I think I was (or am) scared to become an adult and start studying.
And I just think that you have to do things like traveling when you're young. Probably that's why I'm taking this gap year.
I hope that I made the right decision. But that's a thing I'll only know when I'm there and it is still about 217 days before my departure...
Love,
Justine
