Natl on Tour

  Dear Denmark,  It's me, the Austrian girl who weirdly calls you home.  I know that our relationship started problematically from my side. I was crying a lot in the beginning, overthinking and not knowing how to feel. I left everything to come to you and to be honest, I regretted it right after I did it. But you gave me time. Time to find myself in you, which luckily came pretty fast. You gave me all of the time I needed to finally call you 'home'. By being with you, I could leave a lot of struggles, anxiety and pain in the past. There were so many things I just could not understand, could not comprehend. You know best, how hard it was for me. But you also know, that you basically opened up my eyes and heart for the wild, wide world and everything it holds. Through you I found myself - and I accepted her. I found confidence and beauty and love from within, everything I barely experienced before.  And now, we both know I will have to leave you soon, very soon. From the begi

  The power of songs Music has always been one of the biggest parts of my life. No matter where I walk to or travel to, I have my headphones with me. Therefore, I want to capture some songs in this blog post, which I particularly connect to my Danish experience. There are, in fact, a lot of them, but I tried to collect the most powerful ones.  Call it a mixtape .    Marilyn Manson - The Nobodies Before I came to Denmark, I listened to his best of album all the time while driving my grandmother's car. It just reminds me of that feeling of freedom and excitement before coming here.  Volbeat - Lola Montez This is a special one. We heard it on my Goodbye Party and my childhood friend, Jenny, brought me a flower to put in my hair. "You look just like Lola Montez in the music video!", she said. It was a feeling, I guess. (And I later on learnt that Volbeat is a Danish band??????????????) Naked Lunch - Military of the Heart I just really love the song in general, but never knew

  Where the stress began As the title gives it away already - this month I realized that soon I will be going home, the country is opening up and I have the feeling to experience everything I can right in this second. It was quite hard for me to journal, as there was so much going on every day and I was too tired to do it. Thus, my mood was not that great at times, as this daily reflection was just gone. But no worries, I actually got into it again after some time. Connected to that, I had to remind myself to put myself first a few times. Being a people pleaser and stuff, it sometimes is very hard to me, but I'm getting better at seeing it and doing something against it.  I made those flowers for our mirrors at the office :) Anyways, the gods of the nordic weather were nice to us this month. It's getting warmer and warmer. Yes, of course it rains from time to time, but it's more like a summer-rain-thing. I'm sure you know what I mean: that sudden bursts of rain, that la

  4 seasons in 1 month Already on the first of April I moved in with my new host family. I was very nervous, as we will be five people, also 2 kids aged 12 and 15. As I have only lived with my mother in an apartment and I am an only child, this is a completely new experience to me. But, I have to admit, that I feel really comfortable and happy with them. It's their first time being a host family, so I feel honored. And honestly, I think they're doing a great job! (: my crazy host family After my arrival, we drove near Vejle in order to meet some of the family. It was a nice trip, which got us closer and thus I could also see some more of Denmark. Generally, we are doing something we call 'kulturtur' pretty often - it's where we just drive to nice places in the surroundings for me to see as much as I can before going home again. us on one of those 'kulturtur' Speaking of home: This month was a real hard up and down concerning this topic. Some days, I got a li