Tea and Tivoli

Hello once again. It has been about a day since I've posted so I will get you all caught up on what I have been doing. When I posted last I was about to go to my counselors house for dinner. That was a very nice time, he picked me up at my house and brought me to his and I got to meet his family, he has two daughters that are 11 and 13 and a lovely wife. They made a delicious dinner that consisted of lasagna (not very danish) and salmon and a salad. Very good and we ate outside since it was a beautiful day. After dinner we had tea and chocolate and talked for a while and briefly watched the Olympics. Denmark has only won 9 medals! Oh no! After dinner I came home to my house and had some more tea with my host family and discussed music, traveling, and the differences between our countries. One of the most interesting differences is the way that Denmark's government uses there taxes. Each family must pay taxes that go to letting EVERYONE in Denmark have a free education (university included), free health care, and many other things including giving money and support to the poor. If you are homeless in Denmark and you have been born there the government will give you food, a house, and a job. So basically, if you are homeless in Denmark you are choosing to live that way. A very interesting idea. Well the day after dinner, yesterday, I got up semi late and hung around with my host sister and her friend and watched some movies that we had rented. I started to feel sick later in the day with a bad headache, stomachache, and fever but I had planned to go to a very nice art museum called Luisiana with my host mom so I just drank a lot of water and was on my way. The museum was beautiful, located right on the ocean with lovely view! It consisted of all kinds of art from sculptures to photography and paintings. It was mostly modern art and was very interesting to look at. I enjoyed that trip very much. Today I am watching Tin Tin with my host sister right now and of course drinking tea, which I do verryyyyy often in Denmark. Good thing I love tea. After we finish this movie we are going to go to a very old and beautiful amusement park in the middle of Copenhagen, its called Tivoli. It was actually Walt Disneys inspiration for Disneyland I have heard. So I am very much looking forward to that. I will let you all know how it goes over there. I have been having a very good time and I feel like a Dane already. Hope everyone back home in the US is doing great. Sending love!