Løver og Tigre og Bjørne, Øv Mig!

First off, I changged the color of the blog. I did some research and black text on an off-white background is easiest to read and is better for your eyes. I also changed the text to a more modern, sleek, read-friendly blog. And no one cares about this, so moving on...

The title reads, "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!" I really couldn't think of a clever title, hence my previous blog post's title of "Clever titles are hard to think of...", so instead I thought of something clever. Oxymoron?

I believe this is the first time I have blogged and it hasn't included over 3 weeks full of events. So, that is maybe a good sign? Honestly, I am bored, so I thought I would make use of the time I have and fill everyone back home in on my happenings.

Last weekend was really fun. We went to Tivoli and saw a play/musical in English. It was super funny and it was even more funny, because there was a lot of Danish humor. Actually it was more just stupid Danish phrases. They would say them in Danish and then translate them to English, where they make no sense. For example, "there are owls in the marsh", "to kill a parrot", "to be dog-hungry" and "to have a bank". There were also a lot of puns on the English language too. It was really funny. Afterwards we walked around the Tivoli Gardens and looked at all the Christmas decorations and other cool things. Then a few of us exchange students went around Copenhagen and just talked and walked and laughed. It was nice. We decided to entertain ourselves by going up to complete strangers and talking to them. Actually, we met more Norwegians and Swedes than we did Danes! That is the cool things about Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, is that if you speak slow and use your hands, you can communicate with any Scandanavian! It was really fun! Oh I almost forgot, there was a Danish girl who came with us to the play and she was an exchange student in WISCONSIN! It was so awesome. She sounded like she was from WI too. I even quizzed her with "bag", "couch" and "Milwaukee". Then we talked about Culver's, cheese curds, State Street and other WI insignia. (That doesn't really make sense, but I don't care!)

Today is Wednesday and it is a day I dread. 1) I am only halfway through the school week 2) I have Spanish (good in the US, bad in Denmark when you are trying to learn the language of Spanish instruction) 3) My night to cook food for the family. Okay, 1 and 2 were really weak reasons for not liking Wednesdays, but I needed to build up to the climax of reason 3. Anyway, I am a terrible cook. Back home, I made chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter and jelly sandwichs (which everyone in Denmark think sound disgusting), and pretty much everything else was made by my glorious mother. So, once a week I am all alone in the kitchen cooking recipes foreign to me and attempting to make something edible for the whole family. I dread this so much! But, when I actually doing it and cutting, slicing and dicing and disgracing the cooking gods, I really enjoy it. I put on some music and sing along and just cook. However, Wednesday evening is really nice, because I know that I will not have to cook again until next Wednesday. So far, I have made pizza, chili, tuna macaroni and cheese, burgers and frikadeller, a Danish beef patty, aka heartheart with ketchup. So good. So, if anyone has any yummy meals, send them to me. No "cream of..." cans; they're American!

Well the weather in Denmark is pretty bad and sad, sometimes it makes me mad or glad, but mostly it makes me wish I had my dad. It is so dark all the time! From 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. is complete in udder darkness. As I used to say when I was little, it is "peach black". I have to do everything in the dark! AHHH! But, when it is not "peach black", it is overcast and chances are that it is also raining. It is always, ALWAYS WET! ALWAYS! There hasn't been any snow here, but I don't feel bad because there isn't any in Wisconsin at the moment either. Snow in Denmark comes rarely and stays shortly. Inappropriate use of an adverb. Sorry, BRFHS English Department; I try my best!

This upcoming weekend is my Christmas dinner with my class. I am really looking forward to it. A blog post will follow, but it may be a few weeks late, as usual.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and enjoy the time with your families and friends. Because you never know when a family member might decide to be an exchange student halfway across the world in some unknown country where they speak some unknown language and live an unknown lifestyle, where they don't celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving. You just never know...