Thursday, February 15, 2007

Calling all sheep...

Kulning: "Kulning is an archaic style of singing/cattle call, traditionally employed outdoors in the grazing pastures of Scandinavia from the Middle Ages to this day. It consists of shepherdess's tunes, calls and tones of enticement, mainly used to keep contact with, and to call the cattle, but also to communicate with other people over long distances". Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Setteling in...

So you have probably noticed that things have slowed down a bit... this is by no means an indicator of the level of fun/learning going on, just a little laziness on my part.
I just spoke to my adviser back at Marquette and have found out that I don't have to take two of the courses listed on my schedule, so I'm pretty excited about that. The course on Law has been very interesting, because a)I've never had a Law course before and b)it is interesting to learn about law outside of the sue-happy-states-of-america. The professor often makes little jokes about American law, and we're the only two that laugh. I also had to settle a class wide debate on the meaning of the word "indications," which I'm sure won't be the last time this happens. On the social front, we attended a high school party last night at "What about Bob's," and I'd say the future of Denmark is in good hands. I was wondering why every time I walked past the building labeled "gymnasium," there were bells ringing and beautiful girls everywhere with backpacks, but I learned that "gymnasium" means High School in Danish. Another Danish word I have learned is "Moin", which is in fact not Danish at all, but German. Since we are so close to the German border, people say "moin" when they meet, and "moin moin" when they part. These two words, plus "Skoal" and "Tak" will be a good base for my Danish language course which starts in a few weeks!

Monday, February 12, 2007

Sports Excitement

So you have the SuperBowl... big deal, we have the Bunny Jumping Danish Championship! See the attached video to settle once and for all if Sir Wiggles McFurry can comeback again!

Århus


What better to do for a weekend than go on a college road trip (dare I say EuroTrip). We all packed into Fabian's Peugot and hit the road for Århus. The pictures look terrible, as I was taking in all the beauty instead of the camera, but the drive was truly amazing. Going 200km/h on a misty day through the Danish countryside is something that can't be described. Beautiful is a start... The city contains 300,000 Danes, making it the second most populous city after Copenhagen. If I haven't said it enough times, Danes are a beautiful people! There is a direct correlation with the distance north you are from Sonderborg (i), and the attractiveness of the women, from i+sweden, where i=incredibly beautiful. (see.. I am paying attention in school!) We did the usual sightseeing in the city, and ate Kebab before the sun went down. From there, we went to a local pub to watch the Real Madrid match. It just so happens that the pub we were in was owned by Danish National Football star Stig Tofting. He was a really cool guy, and we had a round on the house when we said we were big fans of the Danish National Team (which in theory we are). No road trip would be complete with a visit to the local Discotek to soak up the atmosphere among other things. We concluded the evening sleeping in the car, as should with any road trip.