Sunday, February 13, 2011

Beginning of week 3

I do not have a ton to say so this will be a short post. Next week I have my first real full week of classes. On Wednesday night if I have time I may go curling (yep that's right that silly sport the Canadians love) with some people from my collegium. Next saturday I have plans to visit the city of Arhus. It is the second largest city in Denmark and has a section called the "old city." The old city is a collection of houses that range in age from 50 to around 500 years old that have been brought together as a living museum of sorts. Denmark has managed to stay out of most of the wars during the 19th and 20th centuries which has preserved it and prevented historic building from being destroyed. This means that many cities have old cobble stone roads- there are a few even in Aalborg with traditional small cozy Danish homes. So we will take the train to Arhus and spend the day there.
Another benefit of living in an international collegium is the food. I have been doing my best to watch and see all the different types of food being prepared in the community kitchen that is shared by all the residents of my collegium. I have even enjoyed eating some of them. For instance tonight I ate with a bunch of the french residents who were eating galettes which are salty crepes as well as regular sweet crepes for desert. The galettes were filled with egg, onion, ham, cheese etc.. and then we had the sweet crepes for desert.  So now I just need to star writing down the recipes for these so I can make them myself. Tomorrow I have 8 hours of class starting at 8:15 so that will be fun...

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