Annes blogs

Hiii everyone! 🎃🍂✨

Time is flying by and things keep happening all the time. How is it already November?! Well autumn has officially arrived, the leaves have turned orange, and the pumpkins are out. 

Coming back from the on arrival training, we had a lot to do because Eventyrlig Efterårsferie week was just around the corner. But first we had our very first metal concert! There were three metal bands, the atmosphere was crazyyy and it was a huge success! 🎸🔥

And then it was time for Eventyrlig Efterårsferie! There were four different workshops every day, one of which we had organised ourselves (Guna, Katrin and me). Our workshops mainly involved glass jar painting, sewing cotton-filled pumpkins, making paper moths and mushrooms. The atmosphere was sooo cosy and it was really fulfilling to see every child (and adult) being so excited about their creations! 🪡🧵🍂☕

To finish off the week we had Emma, another volunteer friend, visiting us overnight! Together we had a cosy dinner with Katrins delicious pumpkin risotto and lots of yapping. And the next day we went to the Medieval center in Lolland where two other volunteer friends got us in (thank you Ausrine and Elvira). So cool to see the trebuchet being fired and the knights' tournament! ⚔️🐎

But the biggest surprise was yet to come... Because the following Tuesday at work, Mette was back yayy! 🎉 We were all sooo happy to see her and had a lovely team meeting all together again. And speaking about our team, it is growing, because we actually got a new colleague this month. Welcome Sune! 🎉

Continuously, that Friday we actually had a day off, because we were invited to Mette's house! It was simply beautiful, we had tea and cake and walked to the beach. Afterwards, on the way back we picked pumpkins from a field to use for pumpkin carving. I had never picked up or carved pumpkins before, but it felt like such a cool autumnal activity to do. 🎃🍁☕

And then, we got another visit! Katrin's partner came to visit for a week. It was really fun to meet them, show them around Kulturfabrikken and play board games!

On top of that, these past few weeks have included lots of trips! Firstly, we have been to Copenhagen a couple of times with Katrin, once for our SIRI appointment and another for a daytrip. The sun was shining during our daytrip so we explored Indre By and Christianshavn and ate delicious pølser, drømmekage and spandauer pastry. Have I mentioned how much I love Danish pastries? 😋

And the day after that daytrip, I went to Copenhagen again, this time for an ice hockey match with Danish ICYE. And it was soo fun! We had pølser, pommes and faxe kondi to get the full danish experience. 🏒❄️⛸️🌭

Additionally, I took a trip to Roskilde to visit Emma over a weekend. I got to see the Roskilde cathedral where all the danish royals are buried, walked around in the historic center and saw Gimle, the music venue where Emma volunteers. But the journey didn't stop there, because on Sunday we took the train from Roskilde to Odense, to join a Día de los Muertos event organised by ICYE Fyn. And it was such a cosy get-together in one of the cutest cafés, called Bronx! We cooked enchiladas all together, talked about our traditions, created remembrance altars and learned a lot of royal family gossip. 🤭🪅🌮🏵️

Apart from the above, the last couple of weeks have included seeing a handball match, visiting the Museum Obscurum, some bouldering and swimming. Yes, I have started bouldering for the first time in my life and even though it's not easy, it's very empowering and the climbers are so supportive! It generally feels soo refreshing to start moving my body again and be active, so I really want to stick to it. 

And that's all for now! Soon we will start preparing for Jul på Fabrikken, so we have some busy weeks ahead of us. Until then, byeeee 😘