My First Day in Denmark

It is now the morning of my second day in Denmark, and it is Freezing. This morning it was raining, not snowing, but the rain was painfully cold as we walked from home to the bus, and the bus to school. Yesterday, after a long sleep in, my host sister and I  ventured into school, but we only stayed for an hour, as we had to go to the shops and get a transport card for me. We then spent a few hours at home, in the warm, before going out for a walk around the town, Dalmose. That evening, after a nice dinner, we had scouts. The scout group that I will be a part of for the next 7 weeks are the 'Green Girl Scouts'. They are very lovely, but very different from scouts in Australia. They start off their meetings with a song, and close with another song, where you must hold hands with the people on either side of you by crossing your arms right arm over left. At scouts the girls were taking a badge, the badge required them to do something that they do not like, so the mother of one of the scouts brought in some snakes that we all got to hold and touch, as well as some of the various bugs and insects that the snakes eat. Some of the littler girls ate some of the bugs, that I think were meal worms. I got to hold one of the snakes, and luckily it stayed very still, so it wasn't too bad.  At the end of the meeting they presented everyone with a badge, and were very kind and also presented me with a badge. They have a very interesting process of presenting badges, and as they are Girl Scouts they salute like Girl Guides, as though they are creating the Scout sign rather than the salute being up near the head, like ours at Scouts. I will post photo's of the snake later. 

Denmark is very different from Australia, it is very cold and the sun doesn't rise until around 8:00 am, and sets very early around 4:30 pm. The days are very cold outside, and even inside a long sleeve shirt and jacket bring warmth. The nights, however, are boiling hot because of all the heating inside the house.