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As you may have guessed or may know, I have been back in Copenhagen for over a week now. Though it is hard leaving my family in Florida, Copenhagen is really starting to feel like home so it is nice to be back.

(rødgrød- a berry dessert that is an indicator that you are not in Florida anymore - in case you missed signs like the language, weather, historical places etc)

My classes have started, and my calendar is already filling up with due dates, trips and other events. As always, my favorite part of being here is my host family. Ole, Birgitte and I have already continued on our quest to watch all episodes of Matador (we are on episode 12 of this classically Danish TV show) and the three of us are sure to be in front of the television on Friday when Denmark is playing Spain for the Semifinal round of the World Handball Championship!

Here is Copenhagen it is still most assuredly winter, snow is still on the ground (it just snowed yesterday), the canals still have ice.

Yet, though it may be cold I still find Copenhagen quite charming, and love to walk around in wonder.
Here is a picture of the most famous Copenhagen canal called Nytorv. Note the Ice.

Nytorv canal again.

One of my favorite things about Copenhagen in winter is the little Danes, who walk two by two in their brightly colored snow suits with pointy hats.  

Most of the children are usually perfectly coordinated in their snow gear, from their body suit, mittens, boots, and hat they are usually bright enough to see from a long distance away... so they do not get lost in the snow. The neon vests that they are wearing is typically worn by school children this age when they are going somewhere with their teachers. In this case they were near a construction zone, so the vests were definitely a good idea.

Someone asked me why I haven't taken more pictures of the bikes in Denmark, and if there are a lot here...

Here is one of the smallest bike areas at Norreport train station. Needless to say, with this being one of the smallest sections for bikes... there is a big bike culture in Denmark.

As you can tell by this post I am still getting back in the groove of things again. Keep checking in though, for field studies(including Carlsberg brewery), my short study tour(to learn about anti piracy techniques), my long study tour (to Kosovo), some sports games, ballet, opera, a fishing trip, a sailing trip and much more. On this note, I can promise you that there will be much more to come this semester, especially with Michael and my Mom coming to visit!

 As always, if there is something you have heard about in Copenhagen and want to see or questions you want answered, just send me an email!

Vi Ses!