Hey guys! Quick post.

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm going to be away from my computer for the next two weeks! My adventure is such: London-Barcelona-Rome-Florence-Venice-Milan-Athens-Santorini-Paris. Will send updates when I get back!!!!

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Hello everyone!

Just got back yesterday from an awesome trip to Oslo, Norway. My friends Hannah, Lynn, Alyssa, and I boarded a huge cruise ship on Friday and landed Saturday morning. We could not have asked for a better day in Oslo! The sky was brightly blue and we had a beautiful sunny day. Sure it was freezing but we didn't mind too much. There was even frost all over the ground!

We only had a day to spend so we planned our day wisely. We first visited the Munch museum (the famous Norwegian painter who created "The Scream"), then an amazing statue garden and the world's largest small bottle museum (will explain!).

the world's largest mini bottle museum was crazy cool. We walked by it and had to go in. Not only was it filled with thousands of bottles but they had a slide, a "room of horror," and a fake brothel! Completely bizarre to say the least. They gave us mini bottles as souvenirs (non-alcoholic cognac) which was pretty funny.

Oslo was just an amazing city. So large and spacious. Now all I need is Finland and I will have conquered Scandinavia!

I leave for London friday which I am very excited about, but I have plenty of homework to keep me busy until then :(

Here are some pictures from my trip! Much love! Jeg eskler dig!

giant phallic statue. You can't really tell, but it is a pile of people

girl power

for real!

My favorite. Isn't she gorgeous?

Has it really been over a month?

Man, I am bad at keeping in touch!

Hello everyone! I just got back friday from a wonderful trip to Estonia and Sweden. The photo above is of me and my fabulous cape I bought in Estonia! Little old ladies sell sweaters and other knitted things in the streets to make some extra money (apparently they receive a really small pension). I wanted to buy sweaters to dress the whole family (especially Finny! They had a pink kitty poncho) but those old ladies were not to be bartered with haha.

I went to Estonia with my Child Development class to see how their special education programs are being formed and run. Estonia has only been an independent nation for 20 years! It was crazy to see the Soviet buildings and influence. Tallinn was such a beautiful city. Very medieval and historical. You would be next to a castle and then look over and see a sad sad looking Soviet building. Pretty crazy! There was a lot of prejudice towards the Russian children, but all and all Estonia is headed in a very "Scandinavian" direction of education.

After Tallinn we went on a huuuge ferry to Stockholm, Sweden. The ferry was full of casinos and nightclubs but I was soo seasick. Absolutely terrible. Sweden, however, was beautiful and perfect. Stockholm is so much more diverse than Copenhagen. So many different people! Not just blondes as expected haha. The Swedes were so kind and I ate so much delicious food. There was only one restaurant where they apparently have no idea what being a vegetarian means. Everyone had salmon or meatballs and I was served a "game casserole." GAME! But the potatoes I had were very delicious :)

As fun as the trip was (we also saw a Swedish opera...crazay), I was so ready to come home to Copenhagen. I love it so much here. Even if I don't understand what everything means or what people are saying, this really does feel like home. Landing in Denmark felt like such a relief...

I have a lot of adventures ahead of me though! the weekend of the 22nd I'm heading to Oslo, Norway on a "booze cruise" but I'm certainly worried about getting sick again. At the end of the month, I will be traveling for two weeks with my friends. We are heading to London, then Barcelona for Halloween, then Italy (Milan, Rome, Venice, and Florence), Greece (Athens, San Torini) and PARIS! I am sooooo excited!

I will try my best to write more soon and here are some pictures from my Estonia and Sweden trip :)

Much love everyone

Beautiful "Old Town" Tallinn, Estonia

Silly Swedish house

I love Autumn!

funny Swedish sign

Beautiful park and medieval castle

The "sweater market" in Tallinn

Women dressed as monks sold candied almonds everywhere. We had many samples

Guess I'm not good at this "blogging" thing

Hej and hello there!

I have to get better at keeping this thing updated... I swear every American here has a blog and posts every day. My bad :( Anywho, Denmark is fabulous and as wonderful as ever. The weather has been so nice (pretty hot and sunny actually) yet I am the ONLY one wearing a dress in the city. Apparently Danish style sticks to a pretty strict set of items. Scarf, boots, coat, and tights or pants. Shouldn't they be wearing their summer clothes for as long as possible? Totally stumped.

I have been having the time of my life! The city is absolutely gorgeous (I will take more pictures over the weekend), and the longer I've been here, the better life has been treating me.

I went to Christiana today which is such a cool place it is too difficult to describe. It is a hippy commune where they build their own houses, don't pay taxes, and all work very practical jobs like being a blacksmith or a carpenter. They consider themselves their own city and they have their own flag. They also sell hash openly in their marketplace. Now, Copenhagen is not Amsterdam so it is odd that this can go on, but the police really don't like confrontation (haha, so Denmark) so it seems to be okay. Here is a link for more info (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaau_-eD63g) , and I will take more pictures this weekend. It is so beautiful and creative.

OH! I went to Tivoli this past weekend! It is such a cool theme park in the middle of Copenhagen. It is said that Walt Disney got his inspiration for Disneyland from lovely little Tivoli :) My friends and I had such an awesome time and alcohol wasn't even involved! Though you can drink anywhere inside (contrary to Disneyland's rules haha). These pictures are from our Tivoli adventure.

Much love everyone! Hej hej ves ses! (bye bye, see you later!)

Lynn, Alyssa, and Hannah (my American lady friends)

Hans Christian Anderson ride

Moomins!! (originated in Finland however)

Tivoli entrance

A little architecture for ya

Copenhagen is brilliantly beautiful. I've seen quite a few American cities, but never before have I been so entranced with every single detail of a place. Each building is fantastically unique, ancient, and clever. Every Dane (Danish person) is so conscious about their consumption and being "green" so their surroundings represent such a cool combo of classic euro and mod. Here are the first few pictures I have taken...

The beginning! Well, maybe it is a little late...

Hello there! Or perhaps I should say "hej!" to be Danish appropriate... Anyways, this is my first attempt at being a blogger (someone I never thought I would be, haha) and I figured this would be a nice and easy way to keep you informed. Whether you are a friend or a family member, I hope you enjoy (and don't get too worried about) my adventures in Copenhagen, Denmark!