Goodbye school - hallo physical work

Grunden til at jeg har "sagt op" på gymnasiet er, fordi jeg har brug for at komme ud og bruge min krop. Jeg vil ikke længere sidde på skolebænken, og derfor er de nye udsigter; en tømreruddannelse. Desuden var udsigterne med en gymnasial uddannelse flere års arbejde i skole, bag bøger og eksaminer, hvilket vil tage flere år, og derfor ville der også være endnu længere tid til, at jeg vil kunne komme ud og rejse. 

Tømreruddannelsen starter den 21. oktober, så jeg har god tid herhjemme til både at finde et midlertidigt job, en læreplads og ikke mindst hjælpe herhjemme, hvilket allerede startede lørdag - i går. Min far og jeg har brugt nogle timer på, at grave den ene side af huset op, for der skal isoleres udvendig, så vi er fri for fugt i kælderen. Arbejdet kræver: en masse jord der skal flyttes, isolering og derefter skal vi stampe alt jorden tilbage igen.

* The reason I quit the gymnasium is because I need to get out and use my body instead of sitting down all day long behind books and papers. Therefore I am planning on starting at the carpenter education. Besides the future with a secondary education would be more years of books, more school and exams and my wish of traveling would be more years away.

The carpenter education begins the 21st of October so I have plenty of time at home finding a temporary job, a apprenticeship and last but not least plenty of time to help my dad and mum at the house which already starter Saturday - yesterday. My dad and I, we began digging up one side of the house to get to isolate exterior to avoid moisture in the basement. 

Carpeting is hard work for sure and I know it is going to be hard as h*ll but I also know that carpentry is going to lead me to my goal: traveling. With carpentry I can work wherever and live wherever and with that in my mind I am going to get through the hard times!

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Gay Pride Amsterdam 2013

Vi havde læst, at paraden ville starte klokken 14:00, så vi planlagde at smutte fra Amersfoort så vi ville være i Amsterdam en time inden, for at få en god plads, men fordi vi kom for sent ud af huset, kom vi der til tiden. Jeg vil råde alle til at tage afsted så i er der klokken 10:00. Paraden vare 4 timer, og det er bare en stor fest, men festen er fedest når der ingen mennesker er foran dig. Da vi kom der var der sort af mennesker ved lige nøjagtig denne kanal. Til sidst endte vi med, at blive på samme plads, og folk foran os blev trætte af min skubben for at komme frem af for at tage billeder, at de flyttede sig, så vi faktisk kom helt yderst, Amalie og jeg, og jeg lever jer for det var noget af en oplevelse. 

Der kom nogen og 70 både forbi os, og de var pyntet med alt mellem himmel og jord. På hver eneste båd var der kæmpe fest, og alle på bådene blev endnu vildere når vi, publikum, vinkede til dem, sang med på de sange de spillede eller dansede med og piftede af dem. Der var både med Captain Morgan tema, Bondage tema, Ørenrenser tema, Homolulu tema og... Jeg kunne blive ved.

* The day before Gay Pride Parade we checked when the parade was going to start which was at 2PM. We planned to jump on the train to be in Amsterdam an hour before to get a great place where we could see everything but because of a late departure from the house we arrived in Amsterdam at 2PM. If you are going to the Parade next year arrive at 10:00. The parade lasts 4 hours and it is one big parteeey but the party is the best in front row! When we arrived at the canal you could not see a thing for all those people. We ended up staying at one place and we got lucky after an hour or something, probably because my camera was in the face of the people in front of us, and we ended up in the front row Amalie and me. I tell you it is amazing to be at the canal watching all the boats floating by you. 

There is about 70 boats floating in the canal and they are all decked with crazy colors, balloons and dancing, dressed people. The people on the boats go even wilder when we, the audience, wave at them, sing along their songs or whistled at them. There were themes like Captain Morgan, Bondage, Homolulu.. I could keep on.

Jeg endte op med 1230 billeder fra dagen, selv efter at have slettet nogen. Det var helt vildt, og virkelig fedt at opleve! Alle er farverige, alle typer er ude denne dag og alle nyder bare at være afsted, og sådan burde det jo være til så stor en fest som denne!

* I ended up with 1230 pictures even after I deleted some of them. The day.. The arrangement was absolutly crazy, beautiful and totally worth it. It is an unforgettable experience! Everyone is colorful, everyone different expose them selfs and everyone enjoys every single minute of the parade and that is how it should be, right?

 Over and out

Amsterdam & a Gay Pride kick start

Amsterdam, byen med flotte kanaler, husbåde og vindskæve huse ved kanalerne.

Vi tog alle til Amsterdam fordi vi skulle mødes med Willemien, som skulle være vores guide.

Godt at vide:

Når du skal til Amsterdam, fra hvilken som helst by (vil jeg tro), kan du kun købe billet ved Billet Kontoret, og kun med kontanter. De har lavet meget om igennem årene, og dette er en af dem

We gik direkte til kanalbådene til at starte med, for at få et andet perspektiv af byen, og desuden er bådene en rigtig god måde at få set byen på. Det koster 9 euro for en voksen og kun 5 for et barn. Turen vare en time, og vær klar på, at der er varmt inde i båden, da den er overdækket. I båden er der højtalere, og i bådene snakker de både hollandsk, tysk, engelsk og fransk.

*Amsterdam, the city with all the beautify canals, houseboats and cock-eyed houses along the canals.

We all went to Amsterdam to meet up with Willemien once again because she was going to be our guide for today.

Good to know:

When you are going to Amsterdam, from any city (I imagine) you can only buy a ticket from the Ticket Office and only with cash. They have changed a lot of things the past years and this is one of them.

We headed to the canalboats at first, just to get a different look at the city, and the canals is a great way to do that. It costs 9 euros pr. adult, only 5 pr. child and the trip lasts one hour. In the boats there are speakers and they speak dutch, german, english and french. It was unimaginably hot in the boat because it was roofed but you come by a lot of beautiful places.

Efter bådturen gik vi rundt i De 9 Gader. Amalie og jeg gik også lidt alene rundt i området. Vi kom forbi Gay Monument tæt ved Anne Franks hus, og vi var begge rigtig glade for, ikke at skulle stå og bage i den lange kø, som går ind til museet. Efter et frokost hvil i skyggen af et træ, lige ned til en af kanalerne, valgte vi alle at tage til Eye, som er en ø tæt ved Amsterdam Central Station. Det er gratis at komme derover. Didde og hendes veninde tog hjem, da de ikke havde det så godt.

* After the boat trip we walked around in the 9 streets. We split up and Amalie and I just wondered around as much as possible. We ended up at the Gay Monument and at Anne Franks house. The line was very long and luckily for us we did not have to stand there and wait. The weather was so hot today and after lunch in the shadow from a tree, by the canal we went for the island Eye. It is free to get to the island Didde and her friend went back home because they did not feel good.

På Eye slog vi os ned ved en container cafe, med en lille strand tæt ved hvor både Willemien, min far, min mor, Amalie og jeg sprang i for at blive kølet af, og det var bare fantastisk efter en lang varm dag inde i byen. Efter at have hoppet i vandet nogle gange satte vi os ned, nød en øl og blev tørre i vinden og af solen. Vi var ved den fine cafe i nogle timer, og så tog Amalie og jeg ind til byen igen for at dufte lidt til alt hashosen der kommer ud fra de små coffieshops.

* On the Eye we went to a container cafe with a sort of beach where both Willemien, my dad, mother, Amalie and I went for a swim in the water. After a hot day like today we were so happy to get cooled down. After a few jumps into the water we had a beer and sat on the side and got dry in the wind. It was very nice. We were here for more than two hours and Amalie and I went to Amsterdam city again just to look around and smell all the hash from the coffieshops. 

Da Amalie og jeg kom hjem, var der en mindre gay pride fest i gang, i midten af Amersfoort, som vi selvfølgelig gik hen til for at opleve. Selv efter aftensmad gik vi derhen, denne gang med Didde og hendes veninde, hvor vi dansede, snakkede med søde homoseksuelle folk og havde en masse sjov.

When we arrived home there were a smaller Gay Pride thing going on in the middle of Amersfoort so we went there of course, after dinner too with Didde and her friend. We danced, talked with a lot of gays, had fun and came home and went straight to bed. Almost ;)

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