I don't even know where to begin! i haven't updated in two weeks and so much has happened!

I went on a short study tour with my Children with Special Needs class and it was fantastic. We looked at inclusive education and different examples of it working with students of varying ages. A cool video was shown to us, here's the link: i highly recommend this, it's about changing the system . We stayed in Odense and went to Hans Christian Anderson's museum and the Tinderbox. The Tinderbox is an interactive creative space where children can experience fairytales first hand. This time they had the Little Mermaid and it was super cool. Here are some pictures! We also dressed up : )

We went out in Odense the night before that and played some pool and did some dancing. We also got desert at a Turkish restaurant, it was a crepe with ice cream in the middle. it was delish.

It was a lot of fun! Classes are going well, I have a number of group projects but they are all under control. I'm currently reading Egil's Saga, which follows a viking named Egil and gives lots of

miscellaneous names and lineages. I love the book though, I would recommend everyone to read a Saga.

I finally did my laundry and cleaned my room! You guys know how messy I am so it must have been Really bad in order for me to do a massive cleaning!

It's dinner but i'll post later with landscape pictures and stuff

Side note: If anyone wants to catch up with me and actually see my beautiful, shining face, should fb message me or email me or leave a comment here cause we can skype! it's about a 6 hour time difference! 

Recent observations:
-Danes are extremely friends, make pretty terrible (lame) jokes, and love to party.
-Handball is not a joke. It is an extreme sport they take great pride in, and for good reason because it's an awesome sport!
- Getting lost in the city is more fun when you're by yourself. No one freaks out and asks you to figure out a map, you are your own guide and you have all the time in the world to wander and explore.
-The woods near my house are haunted by a spirit. He is male and I think it's his name engraved on a stone at the end of the path... but I'm gonna see if google brings anything up. But my hunch is that he is waiting for someone to return and is waiting at the edge of the woods in a clearing for them.
-I'm lame when it comes to drinking wine... I usually need to add something to sweeten it, usually some type of juice.
-Rules are extremely relaxed if they exist at all. I am currently in the library at school, at a computer, eating! Wow never thought I'd be allowed to do that. At home the only rule is that you can't enter or exit the building through a window.... Oskar broke that rule by knocking on my friends window and climbing in at 3 am on saturday. Alcohol is technically not allowed to be open on trains but it is a norm and allowed as long as you are behaving.
-Layers are the best thing ever! You can have a cute outfit underneath but you better have a fleece, hat, under armor, and gloves on too!
-Breakfast consists of cornflakes with yogurt or milk, or bread and cheese or jam. Lunch consists of a packed sandwich or more recently a tupperware with a strange mix of last nights dinner. Right now I have tomatoes and cucumber with a salmon/potato/carrot/squash/spinach quiche, which I must say is delicious! Dinner will sometimes but cold, sometimes hot, it depends on what was for lunch. Either way there is always food to be found. If you're late it's always available after in the kitchen, which I will be tonight.
-The Danes drink pretty much every night, there are different levels of drunk though, depending on everyone's mood. This weekend the majority were drunk from friday afternoon until sunday night... some even into monday morning! They are extremely hardcore and their version of Edward 40 hands involved saranwrapping 8-10 beers to their hand and drinking them all and stumbling around. Before bed when I go downstairs to make lunch I will usually run into people at various stages of drunkenness attempting to feed themselves. Some are definitely more successful than others but the place is usually left in disarray. The Danes are social drinkers and this behavior is not considered alcoholic... it never even crossed my mind as an option. It's simply a different culture and no one ever gets sick surprisingly enough. On weeknights most have one or two beers and we Americans sometimes partake but usually we have homework and early classes (i wake up at 7:30 every day) so we don't drink with them, but we do go to Choir Practice on Mondays and Stomp on Tuesdays and Danish Dancing whenever it's held. The students here don't have homework so they are free to do as they like after their classes. It's difficult being in such close proximity and not being able to hangout with them 24/7 and not being able to drink with them all the time- but I like the balance I force myself to make. It's a give and take relationship and I love it.

It's amazing here and life is so free and rewarding. my History of Copenhagen and Contemporary Issues class is teaching me all about what's under my feet and what I'm literally walking on as I go around the city. Churches from hundreds of years ago still stand and the wall that used to guard the city is part of the foundation of my school's main building. The metro line is currently being expanded and archaeologists have been given the opportunity to look where one of the walls used to be and excavate in the process of renovating the new station. History is being dug up!

If you're wondering why this post is so long it is explained by the fact that I still have two hours before class and am trying to keep myself occupied. I still need to finish my tour assignment in the city but it's cold and I'd much prefer to sit inside then wander right now. I wandered yesterday and my heart is satisfied with that trip for now.

Pictures are coming soon! I'm waiting for my friend to upload hers so I can add stuff.