I'm so behind with this!

Luke and I at St. Andrews

So, since I should be writing a paper now :( I have decided instead to update my blog! I haven't updated it in so long and have been to so many new places since I last posted. In early March my class and I went on a school trip for the week to Scotland. We visisted Edinburgh and Glasgow. Scotland is definitely one of my favorite countries so far. It was so nice to see so much green and so many hills! Copenhagen is so flat so it was nice to see a little contrast. I also went to St. Andrews University to visit my dear friend Luke who has been attending the university since freshman year. Also a little royal wedding fact for you, St. Andrews is where Kate Middleton and Prince William met. They have given the school so much publicity which is funny.

Soon after I got back from Scotland, Andrea, my best friend from Scripps, came and visited me and then I visited her the next weekend in Berlin. It was so nice to have her get a view of my life and then see hers in Germany. I had never been to Germany before so it was pretty cool to see how my neighbors live :) Berlin was too cool because the history and the heartache that the city experienced still feels so fresh and present. The first time I have ever seen history so alive.

Well... then I just had my spring break which was incredible. My two friends from DIS and I visited London, Madrid, and Lisbon. We wanted to keep our traveling pretty light (in comparison to my last tour) so that we could just relax and have an amazing time. London-best food ever! Not the pub food but they had so many incredible markets with fresh veggies, cheese, and anything you could ever want! Madrid-definitely better than my last trip to Barcelona. We were right in the center of town so we were really a part of the action. We went to a local bar where they had a buffet for free (but you had to buy drinks) so we definitely lived the Spanish lifestyle while we were there. Lisbon-incredible! The Portuguese people were so kind and almost everyone spoke English. We stayed at an unreal hostel and lounged on the beach and rode bikes. I definitely got sunburnt too but I had to suck up the sun while I could! I still need to upload pictures from the trip so I will definitely put up more later.

Hope all is well at home!
Much love

Just so you know

The World Cup in handball has been very exciting for Denmark because we are in the finals! We play France tonight and everyone is so stoked because this is the first time Denmark is in the finals since like 1967 or something. Will post if they win. Apparently everyone in town is going to go insane tonight if they do :)

Also, here is another awesome song that has been playing all over the radio. Her name is Adele and this is from her second album. Not sure if it is already playing at home but it is an amazing song I think :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

New Jam!

Since I am trying to become more blog involved... expect some cool/weird music posts! This is Robyn from Sweden and she is absolutely incredible. She is becoming really big in the US too! Her new album made it in Rolling Stone's best albums of the year list! Top ten too :) Just for fun, here is my jam of the day. Halia loves her now too haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY6XYkDqiNc&feature=autoplay&list=MLGxdCwVVULXcVqb6b55ODLpd-r_cAtb0u&index=5&playnext=1

Just good fun pop music

Back to blogging!

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Hej fra København!
Jeg savner dig men jeg er super glad for at være hjemme i Danmark :) Google translate that! I'm back and had the best birthday ever! Martin (min kæreste) threw me a surprise birthday! I had no idea and I kept trying to make my own casual pizza night arrangements. All of the new Americans and some of my Danish friends surprised me by decorating my room and our kitchen. We had pizza, some beers, and best of all LAYER CAKE! Layer cake is for Danish birthdays and it is basically layers of cake and cream with jam and frosting. My Danish friend Louise made two of them because it was also another American girl's birthday too. Very sweet.
Classes are going really well. I am taking Danish 2 (which is super hard actually), Human trafficking, Gender and sexuality in Scandinavia, and Positive psychology. I am so excited about my HT and sexuality courses because they definitely pertain to my work with sexual assault victims and I am trying to find some volunteer opportunities over here. It is hard because I am only here for one semester so, so far no luck...
Thank you so much for all of the birthday wishes and I am going to put some money on my skype account so I can make some calls soon!
Much love and here are some pictures from my birthday :)
oh, and the guy in the black sweater is my boyfriend... for all of you who are curious haha