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Mandag den 25. januar tog seks motiverede og spændte lærerstuderende af sted fra København for at starte deres lille eventyr i Grønland. Efter en 4-timers stop i Kangerlussuaq ved -25°C, fløj Andrei og jeg med en 50-persons flyv videre til Maniitsoq, en 2.600 indybygger by på Grønlands vestkyste. Vi anede ikke endnu, at vi ville blive her indtil søndag eftermiddag. Selvom vejret stort set var fint hele ugen med solskin og ’kun’ -15°C i Maniitsoq, kunne vores skib ikke sejle og vi blev nødt til at finde på ting at lave i byen. Vi aftalte med skolen at observere to dage undervisningen, som var meget spændende. Dejlige mennesker gjorde det let for os hurtigt at komme ind i kulturen. Vi fik lov til at være med til grønlandsk undervisning (sproget er utroligt svært!!!), fodbold, træne i fitness center, var i museet og fredag aften var vi til koncert ved ’Rainbowband’, en lokal band fra Maniitsoq. Vi blev introduceret til mange mennesker, grønlandsk folkedans og fire øl til 100kr. i Happy Hour er heller ikke så dårlig, vel?! J Lørdag nød vi det fine vejr og stod på langrendsski. Jeg faldt kune en gang, men blev overhalet cirka tusind gange. Søndag nåede vi næsten ikke vores skib, da det sejlede halvanden time tidligere end planlagt og vi var på en gåtur udenfor telefondækning. Men vi nåede det og efter fem timer på skibet ankom vi endelig i Atammik, hvor alle af skolens børn, samt læreren Karina tog imod os med grønlandske flag – hvor sødt! Jeg glæder mig til at komme i gang! =)

 

One-week-journey

On Monday Janurary 25th six motivated and anxious students left Copenhagen to start their adventure in Greenland for a six-weeks internship. After a four hour stop in Kangerlussuaq with -25°C Andrei and I continued our journey in a small 50-person airplane. We arrived in Maniitsoq, which counts 2.600 inhabitants and is located on Greenland’s west coast. Just now, we didn’t know how long we would end up staying here... Even though the weather seemed fine in Maniitsoq, mostly sunshine and ‘only’ -15°C, our ship couldn’t sail and was postponed to Sunday instead of Tuesday, so we had to find something to do. We arranged with the school to observe two days of classes, which was very exciting. Wonderful people made it easy for us to get into the small society. We were able to participate in a Greenlandic class for foreigners (the language is so hard!!!), soccer, training in the gym, visiting the museum and Friday night we went to concert of the local ‘Rainbowband’. We were introduced to many friendly people, Greenlandic folk dance and four beers for 100kr (around $15) during happy hour wasn’t too bad either.  Saturday we enjoyed the nice weather while skiing. I only fell once, but was overtaken about a thousand times by the fit Greenlanders. On Sunday we almost missed our ship, because we were on a hike out of cell phone coverage and they suddenly decided to leave one and a half hours earlier than scheduled. But we made it and after another five hours we finally arrived in the small settlement Atammik, where we will teach English, Maths and Danish. Almost all children from the school and the teacher Karina were waiting for us by the harbor with flags – what a welcome! I can’t wait to get started :-)