This morning I SHOCKED my host family by getting up at 9am (they almost choked on their muesli and yogurt!) but alas, I had a busy day ahead of me, and I went to bed at like 11pm on Friday! After possibly the first Saturday breakfast I have had with my family, Anne and I headed to the gym together (she had a step class, I was going to do my usual workout). Unfortunately her step class was cancelled so she left the gym to go for a run outside (the weather has been surprisingly nice, though it was a little rainy this morning). After the gym, I showered, helped unload groceries, ate lunch with the fam, and then headed to Røldovre to go shopping (indoors) with 2 of my friends.
The trains were being super slow/messed up for no apparent reason (my train decided to stop halfway into the city so I had to get off and transfer to another train), so I didn't get to Røldovre until about 3 in the afternoon. But, we were not to be deterred so we started our shopping trip, went to like 3 stores, and then found out that the malls all close at 4pm on Saturdays (velkommen til Denmark!). So, we decided to go grocery shopping for our wine, cheese, and hygge night and start cooking early. For dinner we made tzatziki dip which is a Greek thing, plus the usual apples, strawberries, cheese, bread, and cookies. It was quite the feast (we had a TON of food) but you'd be shocked at how much 7 girls can eat over the course of 4 hours! After our little picnic, we hung out, watched YouTube videos, and then headed home.
Sunday:
Sunday I had to get up early for the big birthday party preparations! Again, for a record weekend, I had breakfast with my family at 9, which was nice because we had a special breakfast for Henrik's birthday. The table was decorated with Danish flags (apparently an essential birthday decoration) and we had pastries, rolls with butter and jam, tea, and fresh squeezed orange juice!
After breakfast we cleaned, set up the table for our 17-person lunch, and cooked! At 1pm the guests started arriving (Danes as SERIOUSLY punctual people) and we mingled a little before sitting down to eat! Lunch was of course fantastic, Danish meatballs, 2 types of salmon, eggs, about 6 different kinds of herring in various sauces/preparations, liver pate (which, by the way, was disgusting), and this spread thing that was apparently caviar (which was AMAZING!). Of course everything was served on a Danish smørrebrød, or open-faced sandwich (eaten with a fork and knife). After lunch, the boys/men had a soccer tournament and the females and older men walked the dogs (yes, keeping with the tradition, everyone brought their dogs to the party). After our walk we had cake and tea. We also sang the Danish birthday song with is about as long as Stairway to Heaven, super intense (it is a lyrical narration of what a birthday is supposed to be like - there is lots of cake-eating involved...), and (obviously) in Danish. I knew the first 2 lines, but after that I just sat there and looked pretty.
After the party we cleaned up and relaxed. Had leftovers for dinner, watched a little TV, and just chilled out!
Monday:
Originally I was going to go to the gym and then write my last paper before Spring Break, however I couldn't find any outside sources online so I had to skip the gym and head down to the DIS library to use the reserve materials. Since I was already down there I was just going to write my paper at DIS, but because there is such a rush before Spring Break, the library was a. PACKED and b. noisy because it was so PACKED!
So, I photocopied what I needed and went back home to write my masterpiece. I cranked out that paper pretty quickly (for me at least) and then had dinner (leftovers again) with my family. After dinner we sat and talked for a while, watched some TV, and then turned in!
Tuesday:
Pretty standard Tuesday (except I got to sleep in until 7:45am because my first class was cancelled). Class all day, shwarma with the girls for dinner, and then to Wall Street Pub for still overpriced, yet cheap for Denmark beer! The bar was surprisingly busy because there was this big group of Swiss people there (they are on their Spring Break) so we talked to them for quite a while.
Hmm, I'm trying to thing if anything memorable or exciting happened, but I think it was a pretty normal/chill day...OH, but because the weather is getting really nice we saw all of the ice cream stands starting to set up which is very exciting (which means you will inevitably be hearing about all of the different ice creams we will have to try- I would be remiss to miss out on this cultural experience just in case the ice cream here is different from the ice cream in the US!)
Today:
Another pretty boring day! I woke up at about 8 and couldn't fall back asleep for anything so I got up, had breakfast, and headed to the gym. After the gym I came back here, did some homework (though all of my classes are pretty much done until Spring Break), and took a nap. When my family got home we cooked, ate, and then my host family went to a neighbor's house to hear about their trip to Lapland (they stayed in an Ice Hotel a la James Bond). I just stayed here and watched Confessions of a Shopoholic (we all have guilty pleasures, don't judge!)
Tomorrow I am meeting my friend in the city for nutella and banana crepes, and then am studying for my Danish oral exam (woo hoo, this language is soooooooooooooooooooo hard!!!)
Food Log:
Breakfast: Toast and Jam
Lunch: weird sandwich...I have no idea what kind of lunch meat my family bought, but it is pretty gross...
Dinner: SURPRISE...pasta with mussels lol!
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