liza goes to denmark.: mmm Danish Kage (cake)

I finally feel fully settled in my house and routine here and get lost less and less frequently. School is starting to pick up with lots of reading as well as impossible Danish homework. From all of the languages that I know, Danish is definitely one of the hardest. There are many sounds that they make that I didn't even know humans were capable of making. They also have no rules for some of their grammar, meaning everything must be memorized. I am continually impressed with how amazing everyone's English is here, I have never had a problem with someone not understanding me or not speaking English, and most of the time they barely even have an accent when they speak to me! According to my host family the reason for that is that because no one else speaks Danish anywhere in the world and Denmark is such a small country (the population is about 5 million), it is necessary for everyone to be fluent in English. One way many people improve their English is through TV and movies - TV here is not dubbed, so it is in English with Danish subtitles! Makes it easy for me as well :)

This weekend my good friend Chris from Scotland (who I worked with at camp) came to visit me with his friend Magda. We had an amazing time walking around the city - we got some great weather. On Saturday we took the train to Malmo, Sweden. Malmo is pretty nice - theres a big city center and lots of parks. Saturday night, my host brother had his birthday party which we were invited to. He had about 20 friends over for a HUGE fancy dinner. I was very impressed, he had spent the whole day preparing with a friend. They set a beautiful dinner for 20 with a velvet tablecloth, candles, flower centerpieces, and delicious food! It was nothing like an American 21st birthday party, it was MUCH classier and more sophisticated. Though a bit awkward at first, Chris, Magda and I had a great time talking to his friends and making fools of ourselves. Overall, it was an incredible weekend full of good food, not so good and expensive beer, sunshine, and British friends!

Now it's time to get back to school for 2 days (yeah school doesn't take up too much of my time here...haha) and then Thursday I go to Western Denmark for my Psychology class! Hej Hej!

me and Chris reunited after a whole year!