I got a
whooping three to four hours of sleep this morning woken interchangeably by
barking dogs and “kykliky” (as we would call it in Denmark, Word wanted to
spell it like this), pots and pans being thrown around and best of all,
laughter. It turns out that my host mother, though she is more of a
grandmother, has lived in Aarhus, Denmark for six months one time! So she knows
a bit of Danish. Today I really meet everyone in the family, or at least the
ones that live in the same house as me or nearby. Grace, the grandmother, has
eight children and 13 grandchildren so it is a busy house. This morning Grace
went to take care of one of the newest members: 3 weeks old Brighton, he has a
six years old big brother by the name of Brison, so they have been very
original. Brison is a very sweet boy and we played a bit together and he came
with us back, he didn’t want to leave so he ended up spending the night though
it only takes two minutes or less to walk to his house. Aika, who lives at the
same house as me, showed me a bit around, she’s really nice. Normally she
attends a boarding school. Grace has a Day Care center or kindergarten where
there are about 30 children in total; many of the children have single mothers.
They are in the age group of one to five. The house is kind of fortress like
with a big wall surrounding it on all sides, I have an ensuite toilet, though
no sink, and a very big bed. There is coming another the 18th or 19th
of August and she might be from Denmark whom I will share my room with.
Word of the
day: chakula = food!
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