But anyway, long several days. First a goodbye to my absolutely wonderful FMBS members, who carried me from one end to the other of my journey - not literally, but you know what I mean. Then on up to Denmark!
The flight was full of white-blonde haired Danish kids who were giggling over ipads or plushies (strange folks these Danes), and then into the airport at Copenhagen. First thing to note - people not checking your passport when you land = odd. Second, train tickets are freaking expensive here - almost $60! And then, while waiting an hour for my train, I munched down on a Polser. If you're not Danish, you don't understand the delicious of a Polser (there is a different 'o' used, but my keyboard isn't fancy, so I'm not typing it) - Danish hotdogs - delicious. And yes, Anita, it was a Fransk Hotdog - you may cry, hehe.
Two hours on the train let me see a lot of the beautiful Danish countryside while heading to Odense, where I have been staying with my aunt. While on the train though, the most interesting person I saw was a girl playing her Nintendo DS. Normal you say - not while wearing a tophat and neon pink and black plaid crotchless chaps, it isn't. ^_^
Found my aunt instantly upon my arrival in Odense and met her boyfriend, who is very nice (he is, in fact, the man who is responsible for my webs. He picked me up a USB modem from work that I can use while in Denmark - yes, internet ANYWHERE - really really awesome). We drove home (saw a Dresden look-alike sulking down the street in a floor-length duster and a wide-brimmed hat... kinda weird). Coffee and Danish Pastries were had, dinner made shortly after. Jheez, Danish food is good - I forget after a long absence. And I got a phone call from my dearest parents during dinner to top off the nice day ^_^
Monday we went out to Helnaes (spelling note: blend the a and the e together to get the correct symbol) to my aunt's summer house and while she cut grass I picked blackberries and plums - yes, country excellence. It was a lovely warm (by danish standards) sunny day, so watching the clouds whip across the bay was amazing. Pictures - I will post them when I can.
Tuesday I went in to work with Tante Dorrit to bring lunch to her BF - we ended up staying around for a couple of hours working (she works for a chain of fabric/sewing stores, and her BF is in charge of stocking everything - so we're getting all of the magazines for the next several months divided up, stuffed with patterns, and shipped off to the right stores - 28 stores btw - LOTS of work). After that, we came home and had coffee with my cousin Stig (pronounced Stee), which was fun, as I haven't seen him in YEARS. And then I was dragged off to Ballstix, which is a 'sport' that was invented by my aunt's previous instructor. Basically, you take a medicine ball filled with air (rather than sand or water), put dull spikes all around it, paint it orange, and then use it to balance on and stretch on. Sort of a gymnastics of self-torture and massochism... yeah (shut up, redundance is allowed.) Incredibly painful, very good workout, and kind of fun - I'm terrible at it, and it doesn't really exist far away from Odense, so no, I won't be continuing with it, hehe. And we got home to the BF making dinner (my aunt found her a man who can cook REALLY well), which was followed by a dinner conversation in which I was speaking English to my aunt, German to her BF, and they were speaking Danish to one another. Yup, that's my family for you.
Wednesday we went out to an annual market/fair on the south half of the island - basically, take the cherry blossom festival, all of the mud you could possibly find, and make it a million times bigger. That was this. HUGE. And Danish. We had fun wandering, Tante Dorrit got me a nice rain slicker (in exchange for more slave labour at the warehouse tomorrow) and we had a great time just wandering in the mud and crowds. Good fun. Also, lunch was had in a big circus tent full of picnic tables, beer and a stage with a band singing country music... Danes have surprisingly convincing southern accents...
This evening, up to my cousin Anita's house to have dinner with her husband and daughter - excellent people, lots to say and fun was had. I really really have missed my family out here ^_^
Tomorrow, more work early early! So... since I'm back up in 6 hours, I guess sleep time should happen now... Woo! I shall check in soon, hehe.
NOTE: On the way home, my aunt pointed out an ambulance and said that ''That is the doctor's car.'' I almost died. No seriously - grabbing the wheel to follow crossed my mind... luckily for Tante Dorrit, I can't drive stick...
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