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Aabenraa Rotary Klub

Briony Murhpy

Udvekslingsstudent fra Australien. Ankom januar 2005.

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Indhold:

Mailhilsen d. 12. jan. 2007
Maílhilsen d. 5-2-2006
Farvelforedrag d. 29-11-2005

Første møde
Mailhilsen d. 8-3-2005

Mailhilsen d. 12. jan. 2007

Hej Leif!

God Jule og Godt Nytaar! Det lyder som i har haft en rigtig travlt sommerferien med alle jers 25 aar jubilaeum og saadan noget! Jeg havde en fantastisk Jule sammen med alle min soeskende som har kommet hjem fra Melbourne, fordi vi har saadan en stor familie sa er det rigtig svaeret at faa alle hjem paa det samme tid saa Julen er faktisk den eneste tid i aaret at alle i familien er hjem.

Jeg har ogsaa haft en rigtig god sommerferie hvor jeg var i Bali i et uge sammen med min mors soester. Bali ligger lige taet paa den nord af Australien saa det er kunne en 5 timer flyvtur fra Melbourne. Det var en dejlig tur fordi vi var ud og shopper (alt er rigtig billiligt derover) og ligger paa stranden og faa massage.... Dejligt!!

Saa er det kunne 3 uger tilbage af sommerferien foer jeg skal starter paa min sidste aar i skole! Efter jeg er faerdig med skole jeg vil gerne tage paa University i Melbourne og studie criminology eller psychologi... men jeg skal faa en rigtig god skore for det saa... vi maa se.

Naa men ellers jeg haaber i har det rigtig godt! Hils Birte og rotary klubben og tillykke med at vaere praesident af klubben det er ogsaa meget spaendende!

Jeg skal ogsaa hils fra min familie, godt nytaar allesammen!

Knus Briony

P.s (Leif du maa ogsaa put denne mail paa rotary hjemmesiden hvis du har lyst)

Briony BJ Murphy

 

Mailhilsen d. 5-2-2006

Hej hej!

Saa er jeg hjem nu og det har jeg vaeret i 14 dager nu, og det er stadig meget maerkligt at vaere hjem. Jeg har lige set en afsnit af rejseholdet sammen med min familie fordi at denne afsnit var i Aabenraa, saa familien synes at det var meget interessante.

Det har vaeret rigtig rigtig varmt herned, siden jeg kommet hjem har det vaeret aldrig mindre end 35 grader! Det har ogsaa vaeret mange store brander i sydoest Australien saa det er meget trist for dem landmaend som har mistet hele af deres gaar. Men heldig for os brander er ikke taet paa hvor jeg bor endnu, men det kunne godt ske.

Ellers har jeg det godt, jeg keder mig lidt fordi at jeg har ikke startet i skole endnu, jeg starter foerste paa torsdag saa jeg har tid nok for at goere rent paa mit vaerlse! Det er udtroligt lige nu paa grund at jeg fik lige min pakker fra Danmark i dag saa nu har jeg masser af ting at jeg skal orginiserre.

Jeg har ikke vaeret til en rotary moede endnu fordi at det er stadigvaek sommerferien saa sker det ikke saa meget. Men jeg skal snart holde en tale om mit aar i Danmark saa har jeg lidt at laver indtil videre.

Ja men, jeg haaber i har det godt og taenker paa mig herned i rigtig varmt Australien mens i froeser derover!

Mange kaerlig hilsener, Briony

 Briny BJ Murphns<

 

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Briony og Lotte

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Briony, Ina og Anne-Sophie

Mailhilsen d. 8-3-2005

Hej Leif, this is for the website:

Well i have been in Denmark a little over a month now, and i have gone through some ups and downs already but i am having a great time. My host family are so nice, they have made me feel really welcome in their house. And i love my school here, it's so different to my school in Australia. It's very relaxed in school here, there is no uniform so you just where what you like and you call the teachers by their first name which i think is good because it creates a more friendly relationships between the students and teachers. And i love my friends, they remind me of my friends in Australia. I already feel like if i leave now, i would be missed and i would miss a lot of people. The language is still the biggest problem, and i am feeling more pressure now to learn it quickly. Because i had an excuse in the beginning i had only been here a matter of weeks so it was okay that i couldn't speak Danish but now the time is turning into months and i am expected to speak danish more often. But it's not like a switch i can just turn on and be able to speak a whole other language. So i have Danish lessons three times a week, and at least now i can feel it progressing, at first i thought i would never be able to understand what these people were saying but now i can actually understand full sentences and it amazes me.

I have had a couple of Rotary get togethers so far, the first was an introduction course in Odense where i spent a week with all the other rotary exchange students from the southern hemisphere who had come to Denmark in January. We had danish lessons every morning and then spent the afternoon doing activities or sightseeing and then spent the evenings having 'hygge' a danish word meaning something like cosy. I had so much fun, it was the best week i have had here so far. And it was so good to compare my experiences with the other exchange students and find that i wasn't the only one who was shocked by something or noticed something different. Then i have just spent this last weekend in Vejle where i met up with not only the exchange students who were in Odense but also the ones who have been here since August or July last year and are almost at the end of there stay when we are just beginning ours. We call them the 'oldies' and they are supposed to teach us all the things they have learnt about living in Denmark.

Now i am back at school and i am part of the choir. This week is very busy for me because the choir is singing in a musical of Jesus Christ Superstar. So we have our first performance tonight, and so far i have only been to 3 choir rehearsals so i hope it goes well because i have no idea what i am doing. Plus i am a soprano and i can't even scream as high as some of the other girls sing! But i am looking forward to when the choir goes on a trip to Berlin for a week, that is going to be so much fun.

So overall i am having a fantastic time here in Denmark and i cannot wait until May when i go on the Euro tour with all the other exchange students. Vi ses!

Fra Odense turen:

 

Første møde d. 26. jan 2005


Første tale - og på dansk.
Briony er 16 år.

Foto: Finn Hove

Ajourført d 12-02-2007