So this morning we went by S-toget (subway) and bus to go to the Denmark Technical University for our first crash course in the Danish language. In addition to a quick tour of the university, we learned some basic Danish phrases such as "What as your name?", "My name is...", "I come from (this place)." I also learned (the hard way) that Danish is a difficult language to learn. One particularly difficult thing is that the "d" is not generally pronounced like the "d" in English; instead, the "d" is pronounced kind of like the letter "l," but with less movement of the tongue. I hope to become better with this over the course of the week, but as far as I can tell, I won't have to speak Danish at all since a lot of Danes speak English very well. After the class, we ate lunch at the college, then we went to downtown Copenhagen and took a tour of City Hall and the Round Tower. We even got to walk to the top of the Round Tower and take pictures. The view of Copenhagen was pretty good; I got to see the top of the football stadium from there. After the Round Tower we went back to the apartment. Dinner was potatoes, veggies, and chicken (again courtesy of Hannah; if you haven't noticed by now she is an awesome chef). Soon after that, my roommates and I went to the walking streets around Norreport and walked around a bit. We even stopped at a place that made waffles on a stick, and Ian and I got those for dessert, while Ryan had churros. We went back home afterwards and called it a night. More language classes tomorrow, followed by a canal tour and then ballet! :)
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