We went to the Royal Danish Ballet and saw Romeo and Juliet. It was beautiful.
The queen came to the performance. Here she is in her special box up to the top right. Not very good seats in my opinion. It was interesting because every time she would enter her box, everyone stood up in the whole theater. And then at the end of the ballet, the dancers each bowed to her first, and then the audience second. It made for a lot of bowing! It is funny how having a queen is normal to them.
It was Ally's first ballet. She was excited :) We had floor seats, too!
The next day we went to the zoo! The elephant house there was designed by Norman Foster, but it was a little of a let down. Other buildings there (like the giraffe and hippo buildings were more interesting). I guess being famous doesn't mean you are a good designer.
Here is my polar bear pose. ROAR!
They played a lot! It was fun to watch them jump off rocks and into the water and chase each other.
The penguins were so close! There wasn't even glass around them. adorable.
heehee.
The giraffes were my favorite. I could stay there for hours and watch them. They are such peaceful animals....at least in their domesticated form!
This last weekend I spent most of my time in studio, since our project was due this week. My host parents were out of town though, and the grandparents stayed here. They do not speak English at all. So it was fun trying to communicate. Because they are old, they did not know how to do anything in this house. I had to show them how to answer the phone and turn off the tv--all with gestures.
I had the most tragic event of my Danish life so far this week though. I finished my project at 2:30 am on Wednesday morning, and the trains stop running at 12:30. So, I had to take a night bus. It is a very long story, but I ended up never seeing my stop on the bus, and I ended up in a farm town far north of Copenhagen. (type in helsingor on google maps if you want to see)
It was 4:30 in the morning and very cold out and I was getting sick. Not fun. And to top it off, the one person awake in the town at the gas station couldnt speak English, and had no interest in helping me....she locked me out of the gas station. So I had the lovely experience of wandering around in the dark without knowing where I was.
Finally, I flagged down a car and found out directions to the train station. And at 5:15 in the morning was able to take the train back to Copenhagen. I finally landed in my bed at 6:30. It was a long, lonely, somewhat scary, and very frustrating night. But I suppose if that is the worst thing that has to happen to me while I am in Denmark, then I can survive. This is probably not the story my mom wants to read, however.
Birgitte made me tea and fresh orange juice the next morning when I woke up. My host parents have definitely taken every opportunity to tease me about this though.
I feel the need to share the vaccuum cleaners at this house with you. This one is a new one I discovered in the cabinet today cause I needed to clean my room. It means business.
This is the one they normally use. It is a robot...like the ones in the skymall catalogs.
Well, I am headed off for my 3 weeks of traveling tomorrow morning. I will be in Germany and the Netherlands for the first week with my school study tour.And then the next 2 weeks I will be with friends in Italy and Czech Republic. Hopefully I won't be too exhausted from traveling after all this :)
Sara! I can't wait until you are here!
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