Everything IS Bigger in Texas!

I know, I know...I need to blog more. The sad thing is, my computer is STILL MIA! I got the CDs to install a new system, but the computer is being shady and won't accept them. In the meantime, I'm using my host sister's computer and uploaded some pics for your viewing pleasure. Let me start by introducing you to my friend, the Fransk Hotdog (and Mary too!)When you've been out bar hopping, this is the food of choice. Its basically a hotdog that you eat vertical...ok nevermind its too hard to describe. Just trust me. This next pic is of ice skating on Kongen Nytorv, right by the harbor. It had actually just snowed that day, so it made ice skating even cooler. My host family gave me some hot chocolate for the road, and I learned that their hot cocoa is reallyyyyy rich, but reallyyyyy good. Since my last post, I've learned some random facts about Denmark, such as honking is illegal. Yeah, even if you are about to have a head-on collision because some idiot isn't paying attention, if you honk you can be fined. Isn't that crazy? Oh, and I've also joined the International Choir! We meet every Tuesday from 5-7 pm, it's so much fun and most of the members are Danes so its a great way to meet people too. Now I can get singing out of my system a little.

This past Thursday through Saturday I went on a short program study tour of Western Denmark. We went to Åarhus, Odense, Kolding, and Skanderborg. Got to see lots of neat places, including different preschools and culture centers, and got to bond with the people in my program.

The reason my title is about everything being bigger in Texas is because you can drive across the entire country of Denmark, by bus, in 4 hours. Yeah, you can't even get to South Padre Island in that time. This is a pic of us playing 'dress up' at the Hans Christian Andersen museum. We were like big kids the entire trip, so it was fun. When we got back Saturday, I went to Danielle's host brother and sister's 18th birthday party. My first Danish birthday party! Let me tell you, the pull out all the stops. They had cocoa,

cakes, a live band, mixed drinks (with a mixed drink 'menu' posted on the fridge...it was intense). As you can see by this picture, it was very festive with all the drinks having cute straws. On the left is me and my friend Annie, on the right is Danielle and Maria, my host sister. Then a bunch of 16 and 17 year olds! HAHA we were the old Americans. So I will leave you for now, but hopefully not for long. Here's a couple of pics to help ya out before I go.

This is right outside of the backyard where I live in Brøndby. It's the harbor to the beach, and it is filled with swans and ducks. It's so beautiful. These last two are of some bicycles and Copenhagen and of my backyard, because it snowed last night and the outside is so pretty and covered in snow (its unusual for snow to stick to the ground in Denmark, supposedly).