Maybe this is what Hygge feels like..

Almost in every talk we've had about Danish culture, they've mentioned "Hygge", which if I understand it right, is basically the "cozy" feeling that you get when you're with family and end up talking for hours after dinner and enjoy the company of your friends and family. I'm not sure if this is "hygge" but so far, dinners with my host family have been pretty entertaining as well as delicious.

exhibit A: Dinner today

Because the mom and the daughter do not speak much English, most of dinner was in Danish today. I don't mind it, it's pretty entertaining to listen to and try to guess what they are talking about. At one point, the dad apparently had had enough of listening to his daughter talk about her friend's mean ex-boyfriend while she is furiously texting her friends at dinner, and decides its time to play his music on the huge speakers next to the table. So he goes and turns on Pink Floyd, a live concert. The mom quickly pulls out her cell phone and starts playing a song by some Swedish artist that she likes. The daughter joins in with her own cell phone, playing "Low" by Flo Rida. I wonder if they know all about Apple bottom jeans and boots with the fur in Denmark? Anyway, pretty entertaining to watch this battle of the bands. The dinner ends with the dad going to his computer to download Kate Perry's new song "I kissed a girl and I liked it".
Another delicious dinner with my host family complete :)

I think for someone who is interested in psychology, living in a host family and watching the dynamics of another family (especially in a foreign country) is pretty freaking sweet.

I am also being film-educated, since my host brother owns pretty much every movie ever made. He was appalled at all of the movies that I have not seen. So far we've watched a Danish film called Adams Aebler, and Pulp Fiction.

I'm out! Time for a run, people here are active, not like me, the lazy American!