Update on life

I am so sorry, I haven't posted in a while, I told you I would be bad at updating this, so really, I'm just staying true to my word. Lots has happened since my last post. So a small update on what has happened. We had a week long break two weeks ago, I believe. I was headed to Silkeborg for the holiday, and My host family was headed off to northern Germany. We brought my friend Haley along, and we spent the night at Mor Mors (Mothers mom) house in Odense, and her house was a castle. it even had a small tower with a spare room, that im pretty sure may have been the gateway to Narnia. The next day they put Haley and I on the train, and off we went. Some train rides are better than others. On the train ,you could be sitting comfortably in the seats by the window with your friend, and other times you could be waiting by the bathrooms with your suit case, because there is no seating, and there is a screaming child. Just be ready for anything. Haley and I made friends with a very lovely couple on the train, who we believe were teachers, but we weren't sure. She was singing some rap song and we started laughing, and that's how it all began. After two hours of train rides, we arrived, and I really needed to use the bathroom. Unfortantely bathrooms cost money at trainstations, and they just kept eating my money, so long story short, I went into the mens bathroom. And I proudly walked out, reeking of cigarettes and well, that normal bathroom smell. My friends were all standing there waiting for me when I walked out, and my friend Braden ran and bear hugged me, and that hug was one of my favorite parts of that trip. People here don't really hug a lot here, so when you do get a quality hug, its just amazing. The whole weekend was great, I bought a giant bag of candy, we watched scary movies, went out and ate at a Mongolian buffet, and made some good memories.

Other things that have happened; I went to a birthday party of one of my host families friends, and there, I met a scottish man, who has been living in Denmark for quite a while, and had quite a wonderful conversation about, well life, politics, religion, my future, and just about everything else. Its amazing how you can just have these amazing conversations with seemingly random people around the globe, and never meet again. We had never met before, yet we talked about more in that single conversation than I have with half the people back in the states. It just blows my mind some times. Also, half way through the party, half of us went upstairs to watch the premier of downton abbey(perks of living in Europe).

 My hosts dad's birthday party happened, and I helped serve food (three course meal), and I discovered, that unless you have the grace of a Russian ballerina, you should not be a waitress. Especially when you don't speak Danish, and can't say anything when you spill soup on someone. (In case you're wondering I'm about as graceful as walrus eating spaghetti) Yes that happened. I fled the scene quickly, but in case you forgot, there were three courses, and soup.... it was only the first course. So I  had to go back out there several more times. Awkward is an understatement.

I presented t my class, in Danish, about chaffing nipples. It was glorious. My class did this group project for a week and my group did our presentations on whether or not marathons are actually healthy in the long run(pun intended)  and one of the negative health factors, that I happily pointed out to them, is nipple chaffage. makes for a fun story(funny story, I thought nipple was spelled knipple for a long time. the silent k haunts me)

I had a hyggeligt girls night with my future host sister Astrid, and my friend Nadia, at Astrids house. we had a sleep over, and I introduced the to chocolate covered cookie dough truffles( they LOVED them) and we made a lovely dinner, and I showed them how to play Egyptian rat screw, which they also loved(they are both very aggressive) and we did face masks, and watched movies. classic girls night. Det war så hyggeligt.
Tuesday I skipped school and went to Roskilde with my host mom. I had my first Danish McDonalds, and they serve 9 chicken nuggets instead of ten. Way to be healthy Denmark. Afterwards we headed off to the Roskilde cathedral, where most of the old Kings and Queens are layed to rest. It left me in awe. So many grand tombs, made of marble and silver and gold, and it was just amazing. I love cathedrals.

Thursday, school was cancled because Parliament announced that they might be cutting Huge amounts funding, and we were encouraged to go to Copenhagen and protest the decision. I really wish I could of gone, because it was something I supported, and I think its good to experience stuf like this while you're young, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend.

On Friday, I went with my family to see the new james bond movie, and for all you poor americans waiting for it to be realased(this is aimed at my mother) Its not a disappointment. Bond movies are a Simple equation: Hot rugged james bond + expensive car chase+ exposion+bond girl*with an accent* +torture scene. everytime. Afterwards we went to a little Italian restaurant, and it was za best. Nice thing about being in Europe, the Italian food, is always authentic.

I also had a school party, which was a very fun event. IT was hawiian themed, and there was a rad dj and some great dancing,(not me, you all know how ''great'' I am at dancing), and at the end of the night something pretty magical happened to me, as some of you know, but that's not for this blog haha. If you really want to know just message me.

I also went to go see a very very boring documentary in Copenhagen with my class. ´We were let loose around Copenhagen, and it was really fun, I explored with Bibi and Jonas, and we went to the round tower in Copenhagen, which was quite fun, although my legs didn't enjoy the climb.  But the actual documentary was about four different peoples lives, and it didn't make any sense. and it was a in English, with English subtitles, so I am sure my class just loved it. but I had fun none the less.

Well that's a quick little update. Sorry aout the delay. My mom is putting together a Christmas package, and all I really want is letters, pictures and food. So if you feel like spreading some Christmas cheer all the way to Denmark, let her know. She also has my address, so if you really want to make an exchange student happy, you can get that from her. ¨Tomorrow I'm going to try and make my first vlog. That should be fun. Vi ses!