Warning: Attractive People Everywhere

The rumors are true. Everyone in Denmark looks good all the time. I mean all the time. Every time I step outside, my eyes can barely scan fast enought to catch all the wonderful fashion choices these Danes make, not to mention their flawless skin and almost unreal blonde hair. Granted, it would be an overstatement to say that every Dane is like this, but they sure as hell look better than any American I see on the street on a daily basis. Especially the men. Danish men have great style. They pull off tight jeans, sweaters, pea coats, and scarves while totally maintaining their masculinity and making them that much more attractive. I swear something's in the water here. They all look so great all the time. I'll have to take some stealth pictures one day and post them here for you all to gaze in awe at.

Last week went by pretty fast and was fairly busy- as evidenced by my failing to do my usual Sunday blog post. I only had two days of class because we don't have class on Wednesdays, and Thursday morning, we all left with our core courses for our short study tours to Western Denmark. My core course is Communication and Mass Media, and we traveled to Ebeltoft and Kolding for the weekend. It was my first time staying in hostels, and they really weren't bad. I actually think we spent more time on the bus over the three days than anywhere else, but at least that allowed for a lot of napping. Thursday we stopped to see the historic Jelling Stones (pronounced Yelling) which were really anticlimactic and the second of the two was contained inside a big white box because apparently it's crumbling from within, so we couldn't even look at it, which I thought was pretty funny. Thursday night we got to spend at the European Film College and meet Danish and international students who go there. Their campus looked like a really depressing prison in the middle of no where. But it was interesting to get to see an international college experience. Plus there is a huge theater on campus that shows movies every night, and we just happened to be there the night they showed Twilight: New Moon, so that made my weekend. Haha. Friday we traveled to Odense to visit the headquarters of TV2, one of two broadcasting companies in Denmark. My friend Charlotte and I were pretty confused the whole time because the guy presenting to us was trying to explain how TV2 is funded through advertising but is also a public service network. Maybe something was lost in translation, but after two hours of lecturing, we still weren't quite sure why they were a public service channel that's privately funded.

Later, we drove to Kolding (pronounced Kolling) and had the night on our own. We went out to one of the bars down the street from our hostel and had a great time. I won't elaborate too much to avoid self-incrimination, but I wasn't feeling too hot the next day and I almost lost my leather jacket. Luckily, I went back to the bar and my jacket was hanging on a hook on the front wall. I was pumped to say the least, except now it's permanently infused with the smell of cigarettes from spending the night in the bar. We went to the Trapholt museum on Saturday morning and the castle KoldingHus- I wish I could remember enough about their significance to repeat it here, but unfortunately, I don't. I wasn't being a very good cultural observer on Saturday. We got back to Copenhagen that evening around 5 and I told myself I wasn't going to go out, but of course, I ended up at The Happy Pig.

I've never been the kind of person who likes/wants to go out all the time...but it's so accessible and part of culture here for people my age that I find myself out every weekend, Friday and Saturday. I even almost went out last night too because of the superbowl. A couple bars near our school downtown were showing it, starting at midnight. I don't even care about the superbowl! I never watch it even at home. Long story short, I didn't end up going, but still. I think I'm going to have to cut back eventually, for the sake of my wallet and my liver. But for now, it's always pretty fun to go out, and a great way to meet people and check out different neighborhoods.

I think that's all for now. Classes are super easy and I find myself with nothing to do all the time. It's kind of nice. Now I'm just waiting for all the damn snow to melt. Even though I've significantly improved my cold weather wardrobe, it's exhausting to be this cold all the time. It hasn't been above 0 degrees celsius (so 32 degrees farenheit) since I've been here, and it's usually lower. Today it was -5. So lame. Everything just looks grey and depressing. On days when the sun comes out, I get so excited because the city just looks so much prettier. Maybe I'm suffering from seasonal whatever disorder. What's that called? Hmmm can't remember. Ok I'm signing off!

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