Sooooo, I have been a huge slacker on updating my blog. Sorry all to all my fans that I know have been crying every night when they check for a new update. Don't worry, I am still alive and having fun. The other Wednesday I had a field study for Danish class. We went to the Museum of the Danish Resistance. It was a smaller museum that talked about Denmark's behavior in WWII. They were occupied by Germany pretty quickly during the war, and eventually started doing acts of sabotage. Their biggest accomplishment was helping the Jewish population, about 7000 people, escape to Sweden when the Nazi's were going to take them to concentration camps. It was a nice museum and we then got coffee afterward, on DIS which was awesome.
Other major things from that day, I have officially found out contact solution is one of the hardest things to find in Denmark. You can only buy it in eyeglass stores, and then in really tiny and expensive bottles. This was after I bought two bottles of the wrong types of solution and almost burnt my eyes out.
Other cultural observations:
Doors in Denmark open the opposite way than in the U.S. This is something someone else pointed out to me, and it explained why I spend 30 seconds trying to open every door.
7-11 is everywhere, and one of the only places open all the time. It is amazing. It also has some great food, especially these chocolate muffins that I want to eat constantly but don't because I would come back 50 pounds heavier. They are literally dipped in chocolate, it is awesome.
Milk comes in way too small of packaging, I have to buy it almost every other day.
The Danes do not say excuse me, which is something I have to keep myself from doing all the time when I bump into someone on the bus. They also have no word for please, but don't think this means they are rude. They just feel like all this politeness is fake.
Danes do not jaywalk. This sometimes feels stupid, but makes some sense since you have to watch out for all those bikers. There is also a $200 fine, which is a pretty big reason not to jaywalk.
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Nice to see you're back in the blog saddle Michelle, perhaps I can sleep peacefully tonight knowing all is okay in Copenhagen. We talked with your Dad tonight, Dean and your dad discussed Jack Bauer from 24-they're obsessed! Have a chocolate muffin for me! Love ya, Aunt Kathy
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