So last night I went to see the ballet of Romeo and Juliet (Danish version) and guess who was there: The Queen of Denmark!! It was very exciting! When she entered to sit in the box seats, along with her sister and the former Queen of Greece, everyone stood up and then sat down after she sat down. The woman sitting next to me said that the Queen goes to such shows quite often. The Danes admire their Royal Family very much, everyone seems to look up to them, so it was pretty cool to finally see her in person! The ballet was in the Royal Theater which is also the old Opera House and it is gorgeous. The ballet itself was quite long, 3 hours!! but it was fun. Danielle and I bought the tickets through DIS at a subsidized price. Because they forgot to send us our tickets, we got bumped up to Orchestra seating, though Danielle and I were sitting in the last row of the Orchestra and of course my left field of vision was obstructed by a pole/ column holding up the theater. But I manged to be able to see! Through DIS we were able to buy tickets to three shows: the next one is in April and is the Phantom of the Opera. Though Danielle and I just realized that it might be in Danish, so we have to rent the original before going so that we have a basic understanding of the plot. Then the last show is a new Danish opera, I believe it is called The Royal Physician, about a Danish doctor who tried to overthrow the Royal family. It sounds interesting and it's at the new Opera house, which is primarily why we bought the tickets. The New Opera house cost millions of kroners to build, and the money was donated by one of the wealthiest guys in Denmark, or the wealthiest man. The exterior is all glass and it sits right on the water, so I'm excited to get to see the inside of it.

This weekend I am going to Lollandia with my host family. Lollandia is this resort place in Southern Zealand (the island that Copenhagen is on), in which there are rental cottages and all sorts of activities: bowling, ice skating, swimming, etc. It sounds like it is very similar to Lake George. My host grandparents take their grandchildren every year for a weekend, and this year I'm invited! The grandkids leave with the grandparents on Fri night and the adults join Sat afternoon. I will be arriving with the adults.

Next weekend my fabulous 3 week break begins!! I leave for Holland on Sunday with my core class, then I come home the following weekend which is my host brother's confirmation, then my mom comes for a week and we are going to Prague for a few days (soo excited to see her!!), then the week after that I am going to Berlin, Vienna, and Budapest with some friends by train and taking a 24hour train ride home from Budapest to CPH (I'm not sure if that's going to be really cool to see that part of Europe by train, or if that 24 hour ride is going to kill me and I'll be in the worst mood ever. I'm trying to stay positive though). Needless to say I am very very VERY EXCITED!! :-) While I am excited to be here in Denmark, I realized that I've gotten caught up in the routine of everyday life here, so a break is much needed!

Talk soon! Visces(Danish for "see you")