Short Study Tour and Parents!

Well, it has been an extremely busy few days, and I have some busy days ahead, but right now it is time to update, get some sleep, and breathe!

Last weekend I went on my first study tour for my psych program. We went to Odense (third biggest city in Denmark), Skandenborg and Legoland! This is supposed to be a somewhat "academic" trip, but during the 3 days, we spent a total of 4 hours on anything academic. Not that I'm complaining, the trip was a blast! We visited two schools - one was a preschool made up of mostly immigrant children, and then a school that tries to incorporate different learning styles. I won't go into the details that probably only I find exciting, so you can ask me about that later. In Odense we visited the Hans Christian Andersen museum, walked around, had amazing cappuccinos, and made some new friends in my program! I bonded especially with one girl who also works at a summer camp - I think we shared camp stories pretty much nonstop the entire weekend! Sorry to everyone else who had to listen to our camp talk! Anyway, after Odense we went to Skandenborg which was a beautiful lake. We had a huge bonfire, and roasted bread on the fire! That's right, we twisted dough around a stick and then roasted it on the fire, then roasted hot dogs, combined the two, and voila! The danes know how to have bonfires. In the midst of this eating, we also decided to jump into the lake in the freezing cold! The next day we went to a few more sights like the Jelling Stones which are stones with Runes written on them, we finally went to the main attraction - LEGOLAND! This was amazing, it brought out the 5 year old in all of us. Legos will always hold a special place in my heart - as a child I remember playing with my brother's legos and being fascinated by the castles he would build. I think I liked his legos way more than my own toys! Anyway, I was in lego-heaven, as you will see from the amount of pictures that I took there! I was so excited that it took me a while to realize that I had stubbed my toe and was bleeding all over Legoland! Overall, great trip. It was nice to see other parts of Denmark and get to know my psych group better!

As soon as I got back, I met up with my parents who are visiting for a week before they go to Russia! It has been very busy this week with school, essays, etc. but I've had some time to show them around, and introduce them to my host family and such. It has been great to see them, and I've got 3 more days with them in Copenhagen :) This weekend I'm going on a biking trip in Bornholm - an island off Denmark that is supposed to be very beautiful! Right now, time to get some sleep and relax.

Hej hej!