Tyrell Blog#3 from Denmark

Hey everybody did it snow yet? No, us neither but it rains at least every second day. But that is why handball is an indoor sport and this week had a lot of handball. School wise we were still in the intro week but everything is regular starting tomorrow. This means that I start Danish lessons, this could be a problem. Speaking of problems I got some of the Icelandic guys calling me “the problem” (my jersey shore name). Let’s start this week off with Monday morning.
Monday morning was by far the roughest morning of my life. We had an assembly for like an hour and a half. Then we got a ten minute break and had Sports Theory. It was a class about injuries and preventing them that was at least two hours. Maybe it was shorter it’s just hard to keep track of time when your falling asleep. It was like high school all over again. After that we had lunch and after that it was time for handball practice. It was the best thing all day. The rest of the day was just hanging around the school. Then Tuesday started off with breakfast then practice. Then the afternoon was sports theory 2. Thank god it wasn’t like the first one at all. I learnt the most important equation of my life (food+sport+sex+sleeping+drinking=paradise). Coincidence that is what the school is. Later that night I practiced with a div3 club. I don’t remember the name cause I can’t remember any of the Danish names they’re all so hard. Anyway div3 practice was pretty good most of the players were a year or two older than me. They level was pretty much equal to the schools handball level. Next day was a day off. I had our first workout class which is way too early. It’s for all the academy students and I’m sure they all agree with me because it’s at 7:30 in the morning. After that I don’t remember what we did in the morning but in the afternoon the whole school went to play beach volleyball that was a blast. Now Thursday was a good but loooooonnnng day.
So all week I was planning on going to another city about a 100km away to visit and practice with my homie Casper. No Mackenzie not the friendly ghost, my friend from team Canada that plays div1 here in Denmark. Now there’s something everyone has to know about Thursday and Friday. I like to call them the best days because practice doesn’t start till 9:30 even though I still have to get up for breakfast get to go right back to bed after. So after my early morning nap I went practice and there was a new coach that I haven’t seen before and that practice was awesome lots of decision making and shooting (my favourite kind of practice). After practice it was lunch time and right after that I had to leave for Frederica (Casper’s club about a 100km away). Catching the train there was difficult but I finally got to where I needed to go. It was bad cause I was half hour late for practice but I made it. The gym they train in was only about a 10-15 min walk from the train station. When I first walked in the gym I was like why is everyone so big and they're fast too. Maybe I was a little intimidated but whatever they aint shit (don’t tell them I said that). Practicing with them was awesome. I wish I could practice at the level everyday buts it’s just way too far.
Then it was Friday one of the best days. Except for that Friday cause they cancelled practice and called it recuperation day. So everyone from the handball academy just slept until lunch. And then we had a little assembly before the weekend. After that we had the afternoon off and of course there was another party. Well they call it a café. Of course it was a lot of fun. Saturday morning was awkward cause when I woke up the school was like dead there was no one around. Once everyone woke up it was a nice relaxing day. And today is a chilling day but I gonna have to do some laundry and now its time for breakfast. Until next time world and enjoy the heat I know da snow is coming real soon.

Tyrell Johnston Blog#2

Hey what’s up world? First of all let me start with I love it here and the food is so good I’m coming back fat. Everyone here is super nice and very open. It seems like everyone is just here to have a good time. Even though it was a journey to get here, I finally made it. Before I tell you guys about my week let me start with getting here.
So it all started with the stupid airport rule with 50 pounds max; but, how do live for 4 months with that little of stuff? But that was whatever because I just carried 2 carry-ons and it wasn’t even a problem. After a nice 8 hour flight I arrived in London and got on my next plane. Super tired I went to sleep before take-off and woke up 3 hours later still on the ground. Yeah that’s right the plane broke so I had to stay the night in London and miss my connecting flight. The next day we finally left and they didn’t book my connecting flight to Arhus from Copenhagen. So once I got my flight for that I made it to city. So now im taking the city transit and I was the bus driver which way to catch the bus and he says catch this one (I wish I knew he didn’t speak English before). After finding out I was going the wrong way I got off the bus got on a new one and found a new bus driver that actually spoke English and brought me to the school. I think that whole day was the best part of the trip. Not.
Anyway so this week was more of a meet and greet. The first morning the whole school met in the gym for some physical activity. It was very easy just some games and dancing so people could meet each other. After that we had an assembly where we met all the teachers (I still can’t pronounce their names). Then it was time for lunch and then the best part of the day handball. Practice was good after the coaches walked up to me and was like ``you are from Canada, they have handball in Canada``. They then told me I was a good player and that were impressed. So the first practice went pretty well. Tuesday was almost the same thing except we had practice in the morning and we went for a walk around the city and went for a picnic. Wednesday we had the option to go for a jog or to go to yoga. Not wanting to run I went yoga but I don’t think I’ll be doing that ever again. Later that day we found that we were going camping for Thursday night and that there was an amazing race and we had to bike all over the city. Thursday was super fun and it was good because we were in teams so I met a few more people. Friday morning we woke up and it was raining pretty hard but we had leave so we could meet the other teams for breakfast so we biked in the rain. After breakfast we bike like 6-7kms in the rain it was fun. After we all went swimming and the teachers organized a welcome dinner for us with a little party after. All’s I can say is Danish people party hard.
That pretty much sums up my week Saturday and Sunday are just rest days so ill work out a little. Next week will be more handball but I don’t think the school seriously starts until the week after. And this week I should be practicing with a club team. Stay tuned to find out how it goes. Take care.

Tyrell Johnston Blog#1

Hey everybody
This is my very first blog for my journey to Denmark. Although I’m not there yet I feel like the trip starts before I leave. The hardest thing about getting ready to leave was packing. Like how do you pack for 5 months and I’m almost positive I forgot something. I hope mommy loves me enough to send it. Actually the hardest thing is saying bye to everyone.
So for my final week of Edmonton I tried to see everyone except for all the haters. I also finished my last couple of days of work (which was so much fun). On Saturday my parents let me have a few people over for a bbq so I could say peace out to my homies(why is spell check trying to tell me homies isn’t a word?). I then spent the rest of the week just hanging out having a good time before I left. Except on Wednesday Janet threw a going away bbq for my handball family. That was a good time still can’t believe radio wasn’t there tsk tsk. On my last night I had to kick with papa and the boys. I think he still pretty upset that I slapped him in nhl. That’s right I’m leaving Canada a winner. That pretty much brings me up to today. What do I have planned today? Visiting the fam and doing last minute running around so I can finish my packing.
Now it’s time for me to hit the road but before I do that I have thank all of my supporters and my fans, especially my #1 fan (whoever that is). I’d also like to give a special thanks to mike and Janet because without those two this opportunity wouldn’t even be possible. Until next time Alberta.