Sorry it's been a while... things have been crazy here! Learning Dansk is a lot harder than I expected. The written language is different from the way you speak it which complicates things. My language class is FABULOUS though. We have a great teacher and there's 16 of us from 12 different countries. We've learned a lot but we have a lot of fun at the same time. I know the very basics such as jeg hedder (my name is) and jeg kommer fra (I come from) plus how to ask if somebody has a girlfriend... that will be useful! I can count (sortof) in Dansk as well.
I've met a ton of people from Germany, Poland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, Italy, Spain... I could go on forever! There's only about 10 of us from the States but that's okay; all the exchange students speak English and they like to teach us their language too which is awesome.
There's a lot of exchange students who live at my Kollegium which makes things even more fun. We had a BBQ here Thursday which was really fun. A ton of people showed up including people from other Kollegiums. Friday one of the guys from the States threw a house party American style at his place. There had to be at least 200 people there, some Danish, lots of exchange students.. it was awesome. There was even beer pong!
Last night a girl from the States and I went out to a bar downtown with some Danish boys she knows. It was a blast even though they kept speaking in Danish and we had no idea what they were saying. They thought our accents were strange and it was entertaining listening to them try to imitate us. They were really nice to let us come over to their place and pregame and then let us tag along to the bar with them. I had soooo much fun! Danish music is better than American music by far. Everyone likes to dance, not sit at tables and hang out.. I definitely wasn't complaining! We left a little past 3am.. places are open really late and most people stay out until about 6am and just catch the first bus home. The boys stayed there but Nikki and I took a taxi home. It'll take some getting used to partying that late!
The weather here has been great. Only two days so far that it rained really hard for a long time. Usually it rains early in the morning for a little while and there's occasional pop-up showers but they don't last long. It's perfect weather for jeans and a t-shirt but you definitely don't go anywhere without a waterproof jacket or umbrella. I've gotten used to not having ice but I still miss it. I don't really miss drinks from home.. I've figured out where I can buy Diet Coke (Coke Light) and beer is actually really good. There's a huge variety of flavors including pear and apple.. definitely nothing like Bud Light or Coors. Lots of walking is involved though so I haven't gained any weight yet!
More to come in a couple days
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