Today was our second day of language classes. I feel like I'm getting somewhat better at speaking. I'm learning more phrases each day, such as "I would like a cup of coffee," which is the title of this post. A bunch of my group members are now practicing their Danish, so that may motivate me into practicing my Danish, too. Also, during a break midway through the class, I discovered a coffee machine (similar to a snack machine) close to the classroom we were in, and I successfully managed to get a hot chocolate, which was really good. After class we took the subway and the Metro (note, they are not the same thing) to Nyhavn, where we were scheduled to take a canal tour at 2. When we arrived, however, we still had an hour before the tour started, so we walked into a coffee shop nearby and hung out. I bought a chocolate-chip scone and some Chai tea, both of which were delicious. The tour itself was awesome despite the snowy weather. I took probably 80 or so pictures from that alone. After the tour a bunch of us walked home and we had dinner. We then quickly dressed up and went to a ballet at the Royal Danish Theater. The ballet consisted of not two, but three, acts. Here's what each act was about:
Act 1: Basic plot creation. Boy from one kingdom meets girl from another, they fall in love, boy is supposed to marry other girl, first girl finds out and is unhappy. Pretty interesting so far.
Act 2: Mostly dancers showing off. Near end of plot, first girl finds out boy is married to that other girl and is killed by a snake. Boy realizes too late that he loves the first girl.
Act 3: Boy shoots himself, then boy and girl dance in heaven among the angels, then about an hour of other showing off after that, with many times where the act could have ended, but didn't.
Show finally ends, with several curtain calls, but not all the actors come out. Also conductor recognizes the soloists in the orchestra. By the time the show ended, it was 11pm, so we went back and called it a night.
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