I invited all my female friends in Aarhus for an evening out to celebrate a few things: yes, to mark the fact that I was getting married, the summer holidays are here and some of us won't be in the city over the summer, and also to celebrate the fact that I've met such a nice bunch of people during my first year in Aarhus! I suggested meeting in
Løves bog og vin café for drinks and see what happens after that. I have passed by this place many times and never had the chance to pop in. To my surprise, two friends said that they were going to collect me earlier in the day for a surprise, and then we'd meet everyone else at the wine bar. So Nora, Kristina and I drove along on a gorgeous summer's day out of Aarhus - it was great; I love surprises, and I really had no idea what we would be doing. The girls had planned for us to go to
Outdoor Xplore to do an afternoon of archery, abseiling and quad biking! It was such a cool idea, and we couldn't have gotten better weather. Martin (from Newcastle, England) was our instructor and we started off with the archery. Kristina, who says she does not play any sports, was like Robin Hood's teacher. She nearly hit the bulls eye on her first go!! Then we headed over to the abseiling wall - we all did the regular one, where you go down backwards. And then the real challenge came - who would do it 'Australian style'? Basically, going down head first. In my head I wanted to do it. But in reality, I knew that they would have to prise me off the wall after I had stopped screaming. So on my second go, I went down backwards again, but it was such a great buzz. Kristina and Nora both walked down frontwards - wow, it looked so cool! For everyone's sake, I'm glad I enjoyed watching them and didn't decide to do it. And lastly, we tried quad biking. As there had been loads of rain the few days before, there were quite a few puddles around, but that's half the fun. Most embarrassing moment? Me crashing after driving 10 meters - I swear I have a driver's licence! What an afternoon - we're all going back next time to do the paint balling :o)
After a quick pit stop at my place (don't think I've ever changed that quickly), we got the bus into town to meet the rest of the girls. It was such a lovely evening - not everyone had met each other before, so it meant that everyone met someone new. I was so touched by everyone's kindness - I was given such lovely presents, and they are exactly what I would have picked myself. I really hadn't expected any presents, so the whole day and evening were such a wonderful surprise! And the presents were given to me in the sweetest old-style picnic basket - perfect for when my family come over to visit next week. Linda also had a little surprise of a devil horns/veil for me to wear. Matched my dress too! Thanks girls for a very memorable hen party in Aarhus, and it was the perfect start to the wedding build-up celebrations....now I'm getting very excited :o)
