Saturday, April 6, 2013

Overdue Update - Jylland pics

A lot has been going on since my last post. For Easter break we drove up to Jylland to visit my family's grandparents and cousins. Then we driver further up to the northern most part of Denmark and to the summer house they have up there. We stayed there for a few days while Nikolai was playing in a handball turnament in central Jylland.
When we got back, Kristine and I started school again, but Nikolai did not. The elemetary school teachers were all locked-out due to a conflict with salary and union rights. It is reminding me a lot of Madison, except they are not allowed to protest, and instead of the teachers taking a stand, the government just locked them out before they could do anything.So there's not as much a sence of community with everyone, like there was in Madison.

Today I went shopping in Copenhagen with Kristine and her older sister, Malene. We were shopping for their brother/ my host brother, Nikolai. It's his birthday on the 14th.
There are 4 birthdays this April that I know of in Denmark. Nikolai(14th), my Grandma (19th), my friends Caroline's (28th), then mine (30th). My friend Meg's is two days after mine in May, and so we are hosting a party together at my house the weekend before our birthdays. The weekend after is the final party at Borupgaard School. I am very excited for all the happenings this April. It's going to be full and fun.


The gRandpaRents house in Jylland, the two little cousins. The family from my host dad's side aRe all very sweet.


 The Rainbow walkway in Ã…Rhus. Very cool and all the aRt inside the building was amazing as well.




 We saw the noRthern most point, the sand fields, the paRking lot, the waR bunkers and the noRthern most old chuRch. I got tiRed, and it was a lot of walking, but it was woRth it. The whole day was beautiful.



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