My first blog post!!!

Hej!
Let's just start out with, "Danmark is awesome!"
I finally arrived yesterday around nine (Danish time)! Hans Jorgen came to pick me up at the Billund airport. The slights were not that bad. The food, however much expect, could have been improved upon. Kudos on the coffee though, it twas delicious! All of my baggage cam through. Tak to the heavens for that!
Me, Hans, his father, and the dog then drove to the beach house. It took about an hour and a half to get there. The drive was very much worth it though. The beach house was beautiful! Well, that is to say that the view was beautiful. The house was your basic sand covered beach house. The room I stayed in was made of cedar or something, it was a very interesting and overwhelming smell. It took me forever to fall asleep!
The first thing I did when I arrived at the beach house was use the restroom. The second then being smashing my head against the bottom of the sink. You see, European bathrooms seem to be very small. I don't really have a problem with this, I just didn't know of this fact until I got a blistering headache from standing up in one of these small bathrooms. I am fully recovered now, because it was such a serious injury, except for a small bump on the top of my head.
Soon after my head injury Sara's goodbye party began. I decided to take a quick nap which turned into about a four hour nap. After I woke up I spent a few hours playing with the kids there and talking with the adults. I really wish I could remember everyone's name. The children that were there taught me how to say nice in Danish, "fent." Sara had driven back to town before I woke up to go see a play with some friends.
The party eventually died down long after I had awoken from my slumber. I then tried to fall asleep, which was going fine until a GIGANTIC moth attacked me! It was horrible, I think I'm traumatized for life! I finally managed to fall asleep. I woke up around midnight and went into the main house to use the restroom. To my surprise, everyone was still awake, including Sara's 82 year old grandmother. They offered me some food, so I ate. I finished and everyone went to bed around 1:30, I didn't fall asleep until 2:30. I woke up again around 7 and took a walk around the town, it wasn't a very long one but I got some great pictures of the Baltic Sea (which I'll upload later.) I went back to bed and awoke to Hans knocking on my door around 10. All of us had breakfast outside, which was fent, the food was delicious! Eggs, ham, and bacon, along with bread with jam and butter, and of course COFFEE! They serve so much coffee in Danmark! I'm had at least 2 cups today which is about 3 more than usual.
After breakfast Pia, Pia's mother, and I drove into Odense, back to their apartment. The ride was pleasant and I noticed that they play a ton of American music. We were all in the car when Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas came on. Pia's grandmother was singing along. We drove Sgt. Kunds Gymnasium on the way in, it seems smaller then Wayzata, but still big.
I supposed to start school in 10-12 days. I still need to go see my counselor and figure out what classes I'm taking and everything. The skole is only about a 15 minute bike ride away from the apartment by bike. I'll be riding my bike to and from skole everyday.
Rotary is going to be giving me 750 kroner a month! This is way more than I expected! for those of you who don't know that's about $142.40. They are also paying for language lessons twice a week, a one week language camp, and lessons for a sport of my choice.
I am currently sitting in the living room of their apartment. It's on the fourth and top floor of their building. I had three suitcases and one back pack. In case you were wondering there is no elevator.
Not much has happened since we arrived back at the apartment. I took a walk around the city before dinner. It is very nice but a little dirty, there's a lot of graffiti everywhere. I love the placement because if you go to the left out of the apartment there is a quiet park with long trail and sculptures, along with a river. However, if you go to the right there is a ton of shopping and there are a bunch of bus stops. It's a great place to start my exchange.

Mojn da!

~Jasmine H