What do US students do after school ends in Denmark

So here is a quick summary of what most of the US students do after they are done with class, turned in their projects, papers etc. In short most will travel Europe to see the major sites, cities, attractions, or whatever sparks their interest.

So what have I done or plan to do. So far I've just been seeing the local area of North Jutland and Denmark in general as I've talked about in earlier posts. This past Thursday I took a day trip to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, one of the world’s oldest theme parks. I had a great time with friends and got to experience something that was truly unique to me, riding the world’s oldest rollercoaster build in 1914 called the Rutschebanen (literally The Rollercoaster), or as some people call it, Bjergbanen (the Mountain Coaster). It’s such an old design, there is a ride operate on the train with you using a hand break to slow  it down so it does not go to fast in the turns and hills of the ride. But I do have other trips planned coming up in other parts of Europe, more on those after I go.

Here is the link to Tivoli if you want to read more on it: http://www.tivoli.dk/#

Tell next time.

P.S. its seven weeks tell I go home now. 

Time is coming to an end and some more photos.

So its now only a little over nine weeks tell I leave Aalborg, Denmark and return home to the US. I have mixed feelings about leaving though. I have and do enjoy it over here and would like to stay, but I do miss home and doing a lot of the things that I cannot do here. For example, driving somewhere I want to go. It does sound weird but go almost six months without driving when you have for the past 8 years and you will miss it. Another thing I miss is the mountains and hiking in them. Unfortunately Denmark is very flat and nothing against them, but what they would call a large hill or event a mountain, we would call a sand pile in the open desert back home. There are a few other things I miss from food, family, culture, etc. but I know once I'm home I'll have all that again.

But on too cool things like photos from Skagen, Denmark and the summer over here.

Lighthouse in the sand dunes

Sand Dune lighthouse in the distance.

East coast of Denmark.

From the top of the sand dune lighthouse

German bunkers left over from World War II

This is the very tip of Denmark where the North and Baltic sea meet.

Lighthouse in Skagen, Denmark

Flowers and Spring time

That's it for now, until next time.

Grades are coming in!

Hey everyone, grades are coming in for the classes I've taken. Most of them are graded but I'm still waiting on my Scandinavian history class grade. But good news, the portfolio I've spent a couple of weeks working on got graded on Friday and I go a 10 on the 12 Danish grading scale. This equals about a B in the US system. You may be asking yourself "why is he happy about a B?" Here are a few of the big reasons. One, they write in Academic English over here which is similar to written British English grammar. Yes there is a difference in how we write in the United States which is accepted as official University work then what is over here and it was a steep learning curve. Two, they teach very differently here as mentioned in earlier posts, so it was a lot to take in and get used too. Three, they also grade differently here then in the US. For example in the US you can used examples to make your point in an argument in an essay, but here you have to do that then relate it back to the theory and methods behind it to the tiniest detail. But overall I've passed every class so far, and I will past the rest.

I'll upload some photos from my trip to Skagen, Denmark soon, but until later everyone.