WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31st

Woke up a little before 7. Had muesli and yogurt for breakfast. Talked with Jens, Ida, and Simon. Copenhagen won the handball game last night against Iceland (it was the quarter finals). Karen went for a run.
I did some reading for classes and then went for a run around Frederiksberg Have. It was rainy, very windy, and wet but not cold at all (6 degrees C). Didn't really see much of note. Noticed that all the cars have little clock things stuck on the front window. When you park in a metered spot you put the hands of the clock to the time it is so the police know and can yell at you when you've been there too long. Pretty trusting.
Took a shower. Read the NY Times online.
Had a lunch of the leftover buritto makings and milk (so there mother!)
Went into DIS. Did Danish listening HW on the computer and printed out an intro sheet to put up in the practicum site (Stenurten Bornhave) tomorrow. Went with Ashley and Elizabeth to a bakery b/c on Wednesday they have a special on cinnamon buns. It was delicious!
Went to Statens Museum for Kunst (I think that translates and the state art museum). There was a gorgeous museum that we went through to get to it. The museum has basically all Danish or Scandinavian art. I didn't love most of it and much of it was really disturbing but it was interesting to see. We went on a tour with a guy who had lots of interesting things to point out. I liked the art better after having it put in context. There was a very creepy room set up like a hospital room with real beds, radios, and outlets, and IV bags. Outside it said to be very quiet when you went in. Three of the beds had very lifelike models sitting in them. The guide said something about how they were homoerotic (?). One bed was left empty. It was very odd. Another really neat exhibit was a series of deformed or altered Venus de Milo's.
I watched some of the news in Danish. There was story about global warming grumping at Bush for ignoring it. There was also a story about a pig farm (with really cute pigs!). The meteorologists here don't stand in front of a green screen. There is not the same high quality radar we have at home. Uh oh to Mom and Dad whatcha gonna do! You would go crazy and have a million more hours of your life.
Dinner was nice because both Anders and Simon (the identical twin college age nephews of my host family) were visiting. We had chicken with a vegetable stir fry on top and mashed potatoes. It was yummy. For desert there were mini-cones filled with whipped cream and an undetermined berry sauce that is not strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, or rasberry. We talked about the quarter final handball game from last night, differences in the Danish dialect, and Karen's ski trip to the Alps next weekend. We were also talking about gang/hip hand signs for the areas of Copenhagen like for the East and West side of NY. Simon told a funny story about how they were trying to promote this innovative medicine program but you have to go to this random out of the way place in Denmark so 1/3 of the class got up as soon as they said where it was. It's easier to talk to Simon because he was in Australia for a while and thus is the most comfortable speaking English. The family is all very nice about either speaking in English or filling me in on what they were saying.