Week 17- Personal Development

Week 17-  18th-24th May 2012

Looking back over my blogs from the last four months, I can hardly believe the time has come already to write the penultimate entry! I have had the opportunity to see and do so much over my time in Denmark and it truely has been an incredible experience.

This week the sun has come out, and we have finally got the weather we have been hoping for! This week has averaged at least 20 degrees every day, and due to this Ali and I have been making the most of our last two weeks to try and do all the things we had been putting off due to the cold! We have finally had our first BBQ, gone to the beach and visited Hamlet’s castle in Helsingor amongst many other things! These last four months have been some of the greatest experiences of my life, but naturally it hasn’t all been easy, but I am impressed with how well I have managed to cope with all the changes I have faced and the difficulty of being away from home and from my friends! There have been times when I have wanted to go home, or felt like I was missing out on everything back in Belfast, but looking back over my time here I realise that although these feelings are natural I am so glad I came away on ERASMUS.  Before coming I wouldn’t have described myself as an overly confident person, and would have come across quite shy and quiet, but due to being thrown totally out of what I was used to I have had to change and have discovered that I am now much more confident in my abilities and have developed so many important skills while being here. I have become a lot more independent, and enjoy being able to do everything on my own time and when it suits me! I almost think it is going to be strange to go home again, and not have to make my own dinner every night or do my own washing! (Not that I won’t welcome that again though!)

I have met some incredible people during ERASMUS, some of who have already left and more that I will have to say goodbye too over the next week. I am dreading having to say goodbye to the friends I have made here, but I know that from this experience I will always have friends all over Europe who I can visit, contact and talk to. We have all made plans to try and meet up over the next year, and I really hope this happens, as from talking to them I have not only learnt so much about their different countries and their views but also about their universities and their schools!

With only a week left in Denmark, it is going to be busy, but with assignments handed in, and only a day or two more in college, it is definitely going to be a good last week, a great ending to four months I will never forget!

Night time concert at Tivoli!