A Dungen in the Dungeon

I've officially been here for a full week! So much has been going on, but I'll give a quick overview. On Thursday we went on a scavenger hunt and I took lots of pictures...like this one of the Harbor (its just like the picture on the top of my blog...only during the day and taken by me and not Google Images). And as you'll notice, there was actually sunshine that day, even though everyone told me I wouldn't see sunlight in January. That night, I caught the late train with Danielle, a girl living with a host family right down the street from me (so another DIS student DOES live in the 'ghetto' with me!) and we went bar hopping and met some local Danes. They were actually very friendly, and since then I've realized that most Danes are actually very open to talking to Americans (you just have to branch out and meet them!) I pretended to be lost the other day just so I could talk to a really good-looking Dane, and he helped me out and was very chatty. Who woulda thought? Now here's a pic of me in my typical daywear. As you can see, I look about 350 pounds, but everyone does so it's cool. This will be one of the only times you see me this layered...definitely not in Texas! Friday night was the DIS Welcome Party, 2 free drinks if you get there before 9 pm (which we did, of course) and then we went hoppin' around again. Then Saturday, I went on a castle tour of Elsinor, the castle from Shakespeare's Hamlet! It was totally worth it. I had this delicious chocolate croissant and chai tea in Helsingør, a cozy little town just outside of the castle, and then went on a guided tour and saw all of the old rooms and towers and DUNGEONS...the inspiration for the blog title. The castle had the stereotypical moats and dungeons which was pretty cool to see, and was built in the 1500s so definitely older than anything in the US.

You can see the coastline of Sweden from the castle! So maybe Sarah Palin was right about Russia...