On
the 28th of March, only five days after returning from my Manchester trip, I
found myself on a bus headed to Prague with about 50 other Støvring Gymnasium students. The
12 hour bus ride, was nearly killer, but totally worth the 4 days we had in
Prague! There was no one in my class with me on the trip, so for the first time
in almost 8 months I was pushed way outside the comfort zone I didn't realize I
had created here in Denmark. I knew a few people from my music class, and one
of the other exchange students at my school was going, but other than that, I
found myself branching out and meeting people that I would have otherwise never
met. I loved getting to know them because we had something in common, music.
And everyone knows that when you have something in common it becomes much
easier to talk! Over the course of the 4 days I spoke so much Danish that it
started to feel weird when I did speak English. It was one of the most
incredible feelings in the world, and one that I definitely knew was a
milestone for my exchange.
Even though
as students we just wanted to have fun, the real reason we were there was for a
music competition called YoungPrague. My school entered two groups, one choir
and one folk band. Since I can't really sing, and I brought my clarinet with me
to Denmark, I was apart of the folk band. There were many other groups in the
competition from the United States, Serbia, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Russia,
Britain, the Chzech Republic and Scotland. The choir ended up sounding really
good, and I was really impressed! And our folk band didn't do too shabby if I
do say so myself. My gymnasium is definitely full of some talented people… The
weekend was full of events for the competition, that really were for us to get
to know the other groups in the competition. We had an introduction night,
where we all introduced ourselves and where we came from. We had a large parade
through Pargue's city center, all of us chanting for our countries and carrying
flags and signs! At the very end we had
an awards ceremony where our choir received bronze level and second place and
the folk band received silver level and second place. Even though we of course
would have liked to win, we were very pleased with ourselves and had a
wonderful time, so we headed home with our heads held high.
Even though
we were there for the competition, we still had plenty of time to see the city
and take it all in. We got to visit several churches and I was absolutely blown
away by the archetecture and the artwork inside them all. They were all just
breathtaking. They also had their Easter market going on. So there were little
huts lines along the walking streets that were selling all sorts of food and
trinkets, and they were covered in bright ribbons and little chickens. It was
absolutely adorable! But by the end of the weekend we were all exhausted from
our long days running around Prague and almost everyone slept on the 12 hour
bus ride home. I can't wait
to go back on EuroTour!
Vi ses!
<3 Kelsea Jo
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| First time getting Starbucks in Prague, surprisingly they pronounced it right, despite the crazy spelling! |
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| CREPES! Om nom nom. |
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| Late night hot chocolate run with the girls! |
