A Day in the Life of a Danish Exchange Student

I almost have almost settled into a routine in my new home. I go to gymnasium monday through friday, sit in my Danish classes and comprehend about 20% of the lesson, then have two hours of Danish lessons during my last two classes. The classes here are awesome! I have four to six classes a day depending on whether classes are cancelled. I also have all my classes with the same people, which is great, since I will get to know them very well. When classes are cancelled or we have a free period, we go down to the city or to McDonald's for an hour and just hang out and talk.

On Friday I went to my first Danish party. The student council at the gymnasium throws a party for the first year students, but they invited us to attend. Esther, another American exchange student, and I were offered free beer, soda and pizza for attending the party. The party was unlike anything I have ever seen before. By about 9:00 P.M. about four people came up to Esther and I and informed us that they had been afraid to come up and speak to us in English earlier, but now they were feeling slightly tipsy, so they didn't care. hahaha it was great! The best part, however, was when we went up to the school gym and danced Lanciers (the dance we learned the first week of school). Lanciers was a success even though some of the dancers won't remember dancing or falling in the middle of the dance.

Lars, Thomas, and I drove up to Rubjerg today. From the top of the Rubjerg, I could see Hjorring, which is about 20 kilometers away, in the distance. It was also super windy at the top of the mountain, but Thomas and I enjoyed creating situations consisting of what would happen if you flew a kite up here? or what if you had an opened parachute strapped to your back? When we got home, Thomas made us homemade pizza with pepperoni, pinapple, and corn. Delicious! I also had a rootbeer that Mette bought for me at Super Best. It was ok, but IBC Rootbeer is much better (hint hint mom and dad) hahaha Later that evening I went with Lars and Mette to the beaches in Løkken. The sand here was also very fine and great to walk in barefoot. Mette and I walked around in the North Sea, which is about as warm as Lake Tahoe. Well, tomorrow I depart for language school in Bjerringbro, for a fun filled week of Danish lessons, and meeting all of the exchange students in Denmark. So as they say in Denmark vi ses (see you).