My year with the Vikings: 4 Months!

As I look back I do regret not posting much in the past month in a half. However I have been quite busy with everything in the exchange student life. I hope to keep up on it every two weeks.

This past weekend I was in Copenhagen with a friend of mine from Brazil named Luiz. He showed me all these wonderful sites like the Gefion fountain, Marmokirken, Amalienborg Slot (where the queen lives), City Hall, Glyptotek, and Tivoli at Christmas as well as Nyhavn! The Glyptotek is a museum full of collections from Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Egypt from Carl Jacobsen's (founder of Carlsberg's beer) private collections. We saw Egyptian tombs from 2,000 BC. I was amazed by all the history and important things that I was seeing first hand. I had read all about these statues and importance of the style that the Greeks and Romans used and I was now seeing them for myself. That night we went to Tivoli København (Copenhagen) which is the second oldest amusment park in the world! The oldest is also from Denmark but is just outside København. Sunday then came and there was talk of a snow storm and I thought if I left Sunday I could beat it but I woke up to find that they were not sure if the trains could run that day. Then I decided to leave on Monday. On my train ride I had 4 hours to think of my last four months. While time is flying and I want it to stop and stay in place I realized how lucky I am. I thought of all the teenagers who would love to be where I am but for some reason the can't whether it be money or family problems, etc. I thought of all the soccer matches I'd been to and how much I've practiced the beautiful game. I thought about the food, friends, language, and of course my love for this small but wonderful Country! As sad as I was that it's already 1/3 over at least it's happened and I'm so thankful for that.

Before I came to Denmark I didn't know so much about football (soccer) sure I knew the basic rules and knew that everyone except for the USA was in to the game. Now I'd say it's my second favorite sport just behind baseball. Here's why:

1. No sport has the drama and passion that football creates there are 90 minutes and in a close match the last 10 bring out every emotion.
2. It dosen't matter how tall our how big your biceps are you can play football.
3. You only need a ball.
4. It's the worlds sport (except for the US).
5. Football breaks down the barriers of language, creed, color, and race. We can all enjoy football no matter what separates us.

Now I know some supporters of American football says the sport is, "Boring" or, "There's not enough scoring." Sure a game can end 0-0 but it's all the almosts the chances and the strategy. Baseball fans still watch a 1-0 game and find that exciting American football fans watch a 7-0 game and find that exciting as well. Football is no different it is a game of passion that takes an extreme amount of skill and it's a sport that unites the world. If you still don't like football go to a game in Europe then you will see passion.

Here are some of my pictures from Copenhagen: