My Danish teacher from the UW and I at the Ny Carslberg Glyptotek! It's a small world!

A 3 kg clump of amber displayed at the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen. This amber was found on the beach on Fan�! Maybe when I'm at the summer house sometime I will get lucky to find another such clump! ;)

Nick, Morgan and I with Rosenborg Castle to the right.

Danish camp friends, Morgan and Nick, in Kongens Have in Copenhagen.

While giving Mrs. Sundeen and her husband a quick tour of Copenhagen, we popped into Vore Frue Kirke, the church where the crown prince and princess got married last year. This is only a block from my old dorm!

Me and Mrs. Sundeen in front of Skt. Peders bageri across from my old dorm in Copenhagen.

Maren and Thomas visiting me in Aalborg! We are enjoying a rhubarb crisp and Starbucks coffee! :) Aug. 9

The Summer Comes to a Close

Oh, it's so sad that my summer vacation is nearly at an end. On September 1st, I must begin to change gears and think academically...I'd rather not, but I gotta! I have signed up to be a buddy for an exchange student at Aalborg University, and my buddy is an American, so hopefully I can introduce him to the Danish ways from another American's perspective.

I have a thesis writing seminar on the 2nd, which I definately know I have use for. I really am not sure how to get started on such a big project, but I think a good topic would be a good place to start! I have 4 months to write 50-100 pages....I get exhausted just thinking about it.

I just spent the week in Copenhagen, where on Tuesday I met up with my 4th grade teacher from Bollinger Canyon Elementary in San Ramon, California. Mrs. Sundeen and her husband were on a trip of St. Petersburg and Scandinavia and definately wanted to make me part of their tour! It was really great to see her again! She was my favorite teacher and we have kept in touch since I left California. I actually went to see her at Bollinger in 1997 when the Husky Band had stayed in San Ramon for a football game at UC Berkeley. They also stopped by Mukilteo to visit my parents last summer on their way to Canada. Pretty cool, eh?!

Then on Wednesday, I met up with Danish camp friends Morgan and Nick! They were finishing up a two month tour of Europe, so we enjoyed a day walking the streets of Copenhagen and enjoying a Onsdagssnegle (wednesday's cinnamon roll) from the Skt. Peders bakery...the one across from my old dorm! And then when we were walking by Rosenborg Castle, and I ran into the Sundeens again! That was fun! :) And later on we were at the Ny Carslberg Glyptotek and we ran into my Danish 101 teacher from the UW! Copenhagen is such a little place! ;) It was great talking to Trevor and catching up with some of the politics from the Danish Foundation in Seattle!

I was so terrible to forget to mention about my visit from another Danish camp friend, Maren (and her boyfriend Thomas)! It was so nice to see her again and her British bloke is a hoot! They drove up the day before I left for southern Europe, but we managed a little tour to the old viking graveyard and then after our delicious vegetarian thai food and rhubarb crisp for dessert, we went on a quick bike ride into the center. You can learn more about Maren via her blog (see the links)!

So, that's the update on my life here! Oh, and I'm looking for a job. I need money! Go Dawgs!

The HUGE statue...of I'm not sure who.

The monument at the spit where the Mosel and the Rhine rivers meet in Koblenz.

On the Mosel in Koblenz

Starbucks in Heidelberg

A quick stop in Heidelberg Germany on the way to Koblenz.

The boys in the Basel Starbucks, Thursday morning.

The hut

The hut and the view of the Swiss mountains

The fields beyond the hut where the fictional character, Heidi, played and frolicked with the goats.

Grandfather's hut

"Heidiweg" means Heidi trail. You can follow the red signs through the village up to Grandfather's hut.

In Maienfeld, the village famous for being the setting for the children's story, "Heidi".

This dummy waves his flag to make you slow down...the first time we saw him, we thought it was a real person!

Back in Switzerland, looking south.

Italian village close to the border of Switzerland.

Sunrise on Lake Como.

Packing up the tent on Wednesday morning.

A view of the hills close to where we camped in Domaso

Along the lake in Domaso

In Domaso, 16th of August

Rock sculpture

Rock sculptures on Lake Como

Wine on the beach

Lake Como, Northern Italy

Streets of Menaggio

Italian beer

Me and Carsten waiting for Italian beer in Menaggio

On Lake Como in Menaggio, Italy.

A Lamborgini...Italian style camping.

Hanging up wet clothes at our campsite in Italy on Lake Como.

Looking back at the mountain we had just driven through...San Goddard Tunnel at 17 km.

Breakfast on the otherside of the pass

A glacier over Grimselpas

Where we camped

Fresh snow on the mountains.

The Brienzer Rothorn Bahn station

Swiss houses on the hill

Cold passengers in the train on the way back down the mountain.

Wildflowers in the clouds

The view from the very top of Brienzer Rothorn at 2350 meters.

Wildflowers

At the top...notice the clouds coming in...not good.

Me at the top of Brienzer Rothorn with the Alps behind me and the Brienzersee below.