So we are heading to Florida: D

At last the day came … Wuhuuuuuuuuuuu

Now we checket in, in Billund, waiting to board the flight to Amsterdam.

According to the plan we facilitate 12:15 from Billund and landing at Amsterdam 13.25. Here we have a couple hours stay before we go boarding and go on the long flying out to Atlanta. We should take off from Amsterdam 16.40 and land in Atlanta 20:20, however, local time, so we should just put 6 hours to and lands 2:20 🙂 We’ve got just a little stay in Atlanta where we need to facilitate 21:50 and 23:15 countries. That is, we land at 05:15 Danish time, and thereby, had us a 18 hour trip. Long trip but definitely worth it.

Our homes have been changed at the last minute and all indications are that we will be staying at Highland Reserve Golf and Country Club, a quick look at their website suggests that it is quite alright: D There will be an update tomorrow on a time when we landed and got little sleep 🙂

Hvor skal vi bo i Florida??

Da vi i September fik oplysninger om turen til Florida, var der lidt usikkerhed om hvordan og hvorledes vi skulle bo.

Det er dog langt om længe kommet på plads, og vi får lov til at prøve og bo som rigtige amerikanere 🙂

I Orlando er det blevet booket 3 huse til os i det man vel kalder en forstad, Kissimmee. 2 huse med 9 studerende i hver og det sidste hus med 6 studerende, samt de 2 undervisere der vil være med på den første del af turen derover.Alle 3 huse har 5 værelser, samt POOL 😀 Der skal da helt klart arrangeres en gang pool-party fredag aften, da vi jo har fridag om lørdagen. Så kan man jo også sige at man har prøvet det 🙂 Som tidligere skrevet skal vi selv stå for madlavningen mens vi er i Orlando, og tror derfor vi alle er glade for opvaskemaskinen som også skulle være at finde i alle husene.

De 3 huse i Orlando ligger desværre ikke lige op og ned af hinanden, men mon ikke vi overlever 🙂 De 3 blå markeringer er der hvor vores huse ligger. Der er ca. 20 km mellem de nordligste og det sydligste.

Når vi kommer til Miami skal vi bo på South Beach Hostel. I første omgang fik vi af vide at vi ikke skulle forvente ret meget af kvaliteten på South Beach Hostel, men efter at have været inde og kigge på deres hjemmeside, virker da nu ganske udmærket. (Link til South Beach Hostel findes over til højre) Her kommer vi til at sove på værelser med 4-8 personer på hvert værelse.

Uanset hvordan og hvorledes kommer vi hinanden ved derover, og man kan nok ikke undgå en enkelt uoverensstemmelse eller to, men det må vi jo blot tage med os.

Billeder af vores “bosteder” kan findes på vores side med billeder.

Skulle du nu have nogle gode fif til os, mens vi er i Florida, er du mere end velkommen til at kommentere herunder alt det du vil 😉

Where to live in Florida??

When we in September were informed of the trip to Florida, there was some uncertainty about how and where we should live .

However, it is finally in place, and we are allowed to try and stay as real Americans 🙂

In Orlando , there has been booked 3 houses for us in this one might refer to as a suburb , Kissimmee. 2 houses with 9 students in each and the last house with 6 students and the 2 teachers who will be on the first part of the trip over. All three houses have 5 bedrooms, and POOL: D There should definitely be arranged a pool party on Friday night, since we have the day off on Saturday. Then we can say that we have tried to be at a pool-party in America 🙂 As previously written , we need to be in charge of cooking while we are in Orlando, and therefore believe us, we are all happy that dishwasher is to be found in all the houses.

The 3 houses in Orlando are unfortunately not straight up and down on each other, but I think we survive 🙂 The 3 blue markings is where our house is located . There is approx. 20 km between the northern and the southern .

When we get to Miami we will be staying on South Beach Hostel . Initially we were given the knowledge that we should not expect much from the quality of South Beach Hostel, but after being looking at their website , it seems now quite excellent. (Link to South Beach Hostel located above right) Here we are going to sleep in rooms with 4-8 people in each room. Either way we come together at more , and you probably can not avoid a single disagreement or two , but that we just have to take with us.

Pictures of our ” settlements ” can be found on our page with pictures.

Should you have some good tips for us while we are in Florida, you are more than welcome to comment on everything you want 😉

Forventninger til vores studietur i Florida

Vi har en masse forventninger til turen, men generelt vil vi lære om staten Florida og deres kultur.

Dette land, der er på tværs af Atlanten synes at være forskelligt fra Europa og formentlig også deres turisme vaner. Lokalbefolkningen derover har en anderledes kultur og livsstil end vi er vant til.
En af vores største forventninger til vores uddannelse derover, er at få mere af vide om det lokale uddannelsessystem. Vi tror, ​​der er en masse forskelle, og vi forventer at opleve dem. På den gode måde, selvfølgelig. Det er også vigtigt at være opmærksom på, at vi vil mødes med og lære nogle nye mennesker at kende, og på grund af dette forventer vi at få nogle nye venner i USA.

Da vi med vejledere/undervisere er 29 af os, er det klart, at vi måske står over for nogle problemer, mens vi bor sammen.

Vi kommer dog stadig til at besøge mange forskellige steder sammen, og forventer, at få en stor oplevelse og  nogle nye erfaringer.
For at opsummere, vi håber alle på at lære en masse “overthere” og få det godt med hinanden.

Expectations for our study tour to florida

We have a lot of expectations for the trip but in general we want to learn about the state of Florida and their culture.

The country that is across the Atlantic seems to be kind of different from European ones as well as probably their tourism habits. Locals have different culture and different lifestyle over there.
One of the main expectations regarding education is to get to know local educational system. We believe there are a lot of differences and we expect to experience them. In a good way, of course. It is also important to be aware that we are about to meet and get to know new people and due to this we expect to make some new friends in United States.

As there are going 29 of us it is clear that we might face some difficulties while living together.

However, we are still going to visit many various places together and expect that to be the great time and experience for us.
To sum up, we all hope to learn a lot over there in United States and get well with each other.