So much for October posts...

Well, we just skipped over October it seems.

Not too much is going on - I'm enjoying being with my aunt and uncle very much. I'm spending most days lazily doing research, studying or reading, but that suits me just fine. Life will return to being crazy soon, so this is a nice break. My stomach, however, is reminding me of real life by producing impressive amount of acid, so that's not all pleasant, but then again, life isn't always - so I roll with the punches and continue to enjoy the ride.

Classes continue to move along at a rapid, yet comfortable, clip. My class is full of fun people (the French guys like ranting about the ''totalitarian bastard dictatorship'' that we are living in here, due to bike laws saying you can't ride through a red light - makes my day every time it's brought up) and we enjoy the class and being around each other, though I'm the only person not working or taking classes, so their free time is in the very very middle of the night. To which I say 'see you next class!' - I'm not much of a club girl anyway ;)

We trundled across the water to Odense to celebrate my cousin Tobias's birthday, which was fun. His mother's family also showed up, so most everything was in Danish, but it's good to listen to - I can pick up on much more than I could when I first arrived, so I'll count it as a success. The next day, my aunt, uncle and I went out to their summer house at Kerteminde and cleaned up there, shut down some of the house, and took a drive out to the top of the island. Absolutely gorgeous - that day was everything a Danish autumn day should be - sunshine with a tepid breeze blowing softly from the shores up across rolling fields... Absolutely marvelous. I'm sad that I didn't think to bring my camera - it really was pricelessly beautiful.

And this past weekend, the city of Copenhagen had its 'Kulturnatten', or Culture Night, during which churches, museums, galleries, the palaces, and various other venues held special concerts or events, tours, exhibitions... basically, the city at its finest, open for the night wanderers to come and see. Everything was accessible by a single cover-charge, including trains and busses, so it was a great price for a very fun time. We went to have dinner at an old favourite of Per and his younger brother (passed away a while ago from AIDs, unfortunately), which had some magnificent curry, and then wandered off to see the palace, a church choir concert (at the best preserved church in Copenhagen - it was built in the 1400s), and to the old hard candy factory. All in all a delightful evening.

This week is a national fall break for most schools in Denmark, so my classes have been cancelled, leaving me with the responsibility of entertaining myself, working on vocab and homework, and cleaning the heck out of the house. Lovely, all in all! I'm enjoying this thoroughly, though I do miss my friends and family - my ticket home has been bought, and I shall see everyone upon that joyous day ^_^

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