September

I'm sorry that I haven't updated my blog in a while. I have been very busy for the last 3 weeks. As far as school goes, I still don't understand everything yet, but it gets better everyday. I was very excited the other day when I actually knew that my biology teacher was talking about cancer and how it spread throughout the body. Danish class is keeping me very busy with all of its homework. I had to read a short story in Danish and then write a half page summary or longer about the story, in Danish. I also had to give a 5 minute presentation in my Danish class about my life in the USA in Danish. Even though it sounds like a lot, it is really helping me learn Danish as well as practice my speaking. My presentation actually went really well. I just pointed at the pictures I put on my powerpoint and described them in my best Danish. Jeg bor i Carson City. Der bor halv tres tusind mennesker i Carson City. Jeg bor i nord Carson City. Om vinteren jeg står på snowboard at Mt. Rose hver weekend. However, it got more difficult when my classmates asked me questions in Danish. Some of them I could understand, but it's hard to translate what they said in Danish to English while trying to think of a response in Danish. I also joined an after school volleyball club, and I play every Wednesday with some of classmates. It's a lot of fun, and I occasionally make a good play. I leave with my class for Prague in about a week on our study tour. I am so excited! We have been practicing rock climbing on a rock wall at a nearby gym in preparation for our study trip. It has gone pretty well so far. Except I am going to need more practice tying the climbing rope to my harness. I only epically failed at that. At least the climbing teacher is a very patient man. Tomorrow, Friday night, is THULE!! Thule is a huge school party. Almost everyone from the gymnasium goes and there is a lot of dancing including the formal dance, Lanciers. I can't wait for tomorrow! So that about covers everything school related.

Now for the non-school related events. A few weekends back, Lars and Mette went golfing and brought me along. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, and it wasn't too cold. After Lars and Mette played a few holes of golf, they let me try golfing at the driving range. Yeah my golf shot=not so good, but it was fun to try anyways. I have seen more of beautiful Northern Denmark since the last time I updated my blog. Mette and I went on a day trip to Ålborg and walked around the city. We looked in a few shops and purchased the best flødeboller in the world. Really the best flødeboller I have ever eaten. I also visited Hirtshals, Mette's hometown, with Mette one evening. We walked to the top of the Hirtshals lighthouse. Mette and I also walked around the German bunker museum that is nearby the lighthouse. The Germans would have definitely been ready if the English had decided to invade Denmark. Hirtshals is neat town that smells like fish. I enjoyed a soft ice with Mette as we walked around the town. Hyggeligt :) On Saturday, my host family and I went up to Skallerup klit, which is a vacation resort with about 200 summer houses, swimming pools, spas, badminton courts and such things located right next to the North Sea. The first thing we did was the Junglesti, which is like an obstacle course. It was quite challenging but super fun! Later we walked around and played on the outdoor exercise equipment, jumped on the trampolines, and climbed this huge rope structure. I made it to the top! My family took me on the tour of the main building of the resort. It was a super nice resort! There was several badminton courts and swimming pools as well as ancient Rome bath, restaurant, bar, billard room, bowling alley, gaming area, play place for small children, internet/gaming cafe, and an entire room set up to play Nintendo Wii. Intense! On Sunday, Lars and I "hiked" through the Hjørring mountains. He showed me where a ski jump was built on the mountain for the 1950 something Olympics. It was surprised at how steep the hill was where the jump was built, but judging on the size of the ski jump at the 2010 winter Olympics Hjørring will probably never host the Olympics again. On Tuesday of last week Julie came home. It was great to see her again. She started gymnasium in 2.w. On Saturday I went with Julie and her friends from gymnasium to a Friday night dinner at Sofie's house. Det var meget hyggeligt! We ate dinner together and talked. After dinner, we went to Postgarden, a place frequented by may of the gymnasium students. It was a great evening. This past week, I went with Lars to Tornby strand to watch the sunset one evening. The sunsets here are amazing. On Thursday I went to a performance at Ciffy Cafe by Thomas Buttenschøn with a few of my friends from the gymnasium. The music was different than anything I have heard before, but it was good nonetheless. Det var meget hyggeligt :) Well that's all for now. Vi ses.