Learning to Drink Coffee

The AFS year program to Denmark offers every participating student 334 days to discover another way of living. Along the way, though, something happens. Before you know, you can honestly say that you have friends from more than 10 different countries spread out all over the world, you've done some things never before would you have done, eaten things you don't even know the name of, and officially know how to make the most out of 100 kr. (20 bucks).

Now where did all of that come from, you might be wondering? Well, to be frank, over a cup of coffee. Back home, I didn't drink coffee unless it was a 5 dollar wonder from Starbucks. Now I drink the stuff black with a spot of sugar from time to time. Not only that, but I probably have a cup or two a day. I have found that coffee is to the danes what tea is to the brits. When you go visit friends of family, you drink maybe two or three cups of coffee and eat cake. Coffee and cake is the danish version of the british spot o' tea and cookies.

So what else have you learned? Actually, a lot. Most of them seem normal now though, but when I write them down, it just seems silly.

• Chocolate is perfectly acceptable for breakfast
• Your life is planned around the bus/train scheduals
• Don't expect to find what you are looking for in the supermarkets, because they are so small
• Ice cream is bought to be passed around and eaten completely, not for a scoop or two then put back in the freezer for later
• Walking around in leggings and a shirt, if fine - pants aren't necessary
• Riding a bike is essential
• Riding a bike is like driving a car - you must obey the bike stoplights, use your hand signals, and have all lights working
• It is illegal to not have a bell on your bike
• No one looks silly in a rain suit
• Having a 30 dollar pair of underwear warrents showing off the waist band (yes, I own a pair)
• Don't bother fluffing your pillow, because it will always be this flat, pathetic excuse of a head rest
• Learning new words in your own language is an every day occurance (brekkie all the way), while forgetting words happens just as often
• Using new words and pronouncing thing 'weird' evolves over time (what do you think of my new jumper?)
• Yogurt isn't ment to be eaten by itself
• Milk is drinken like water
• When in doudt, just push the door, don't pull, because if you pull it won't open (inside/outside doors open opposite here)

The list could go on and on and on, but I'm going to assume you have something better to do than read my blog. There are 171 more days that have yet to arrive, while 163 have come and gone. Time plenty for more discoveries, adventures, and blog posts.

AN: I'm going to go buy a camera! Then, before you know it, there will be more pictures than you will care to look at. Most importantly, though, I will finially do posts on the important things like where I live and what my school looks like. :D