It's Always Sunny in Denmark!

This trip, I supposed that it would go just like any other trip to Europe. For the most part, I was right. However, I found that the Scandinavians have an excellent airline. Maybe it’s because conditions were ideal, and we had nothing but blue skies the whole way, but this flight was so smooth. I swear, sitting on that plane, one could’ve thought we were cruising along on the ground. It was brilliant. Nothing was really negative, except that I accidentally spent like $10 on a coffee in Copenhagen. But I really didn’t care; I needed that Starbucks so bad.

The country I’m visiting is just gorgeous. There are so many fields, but unlike back in Illinois, it’s not all corn. There’s rapeseed, wheat, potatoes, barley, rye, things like that; and they’re all so interesting to look at. And the land is more interesting, hilly and all. I must note, something that I find really surprising about this place is the fact that everyone is such a patient driver. I’m not sure how to explain it, but everyone I’ve driven with is just so content to wait for another car to move. Back home waiting more than a minute, or a few seconds extra when you miss a break in traffic to turn makes people flips out. Not here. It’s so refreshing. I’m staying in a town called Viborg. It’s such a charming little place. There are two lakes that it’s sitting on, and flowers everywhere. I’m renting a room, sharing a house with two other girls. One’s named Eva, she’s from Spain; the other is Annie and she’s from Burkina Faso. They’re both very interesting people are sure to make my stay here very interesting. People here in general are just so earnest and cheery. I’ve never really seen anything like it, it’s spectacular. They’re always so optimistic. Even a ‘no’ sounds positive when a Danish person says it. Today, we were out in the barn collecting blood samples from the cows when it starts totally pouring outside. Everyone just shrugs and mentions how you gotta love the weather in Denmark! I thought it would suck to have to work outside today, or ride home on your bike. This one woman I’m working with, Anne, laughs and says, ‘There will be a beautiful rainbow after, at least!’ What charming people, I hope this optimism catches on to me.

Mostly, what I’m looking forward most is getting more involved at Foulum. Everyone here is really great. They’re so eager for me to learn everything and to work with them. Also, I met the cows we’ll be working on throughout my stay here. They’re absolutely adorable, but they don’t like me so much. I’m looking forward to building up some trust with them too, haha. As they keep telling me, we’ll soon be ‘good friends’. I also hope to get my bearings a little bit better. I’m totally confused when I go anywhere. I get lost in Foulum at least 3 times a day, and let’s not even get me started on Viborg. I tell everyone I’m working with, if I don’t show up to work one day, you’ll know I’m lost and wandering around the fields somewhere, so send a search party. We’ll see how that works out!

There’s something so weird that happens here in Denmark. The sun comes up before 5am, and goes down after 10pm. Like, it’s 10 to 10 right now, and it’s still bright as day outside. It’s really odd when you’re trying to sleep. It’s going to take me a while to get used to it. On that note, I should get to bed. TGIF tomorrow, there's a 3 day weekend coming up! Everyone is very excited =)