Denmark thus far

Aside from all the cakes, pastries and chocolates Kirst and I have been eating, we've also been wandering around Odense endlessly (at least when I am not napping; taking a mafar.) On Saturday, the rest of the family went to a birthday party leaving the two of us to entertain ourselves in downtown Odense. There was so much shopping! I tried on lots of clothes and wanted to buy ALL of them but I could not. (If anybody reading this would like to make a donation to my wardrobe budget, please contact my parents for the appropriate bank account. JK.) We also found a fabric store - I see Mom already commented on the photos - with beautiful and colorful choices. But honestly, if I lived here I would look good all the time because all the clothing options are so cute! I could never go wrong!
We stay up late almost every night talking to Jorgen, Ruth and their children Andreas and Jonna, and their significant others, Mai and Thomas. The younger adults live in Copenhagen and we are spending a few days with them next week; they were just visiting this weekend. Anyway, everyone here loves Obama and we've discussed healthcare programs SEVERAL times. I believe tomorrow Kirst is writing a blog specifically on that subject so stay tuned :) They also find it interesting that anyone can own a gun in the USA. Politics is a constant conversation that allows both Kirsten and I to see how a completely different government system works. ( But don't worry, Mom and Dad, neither of us are coming home sociolists.)
Today Jorgen drove us all over Denmark to get ice cream and visit a castle built hundreds of years ago. It was even surrounded by a moat!
Funny story: Kirst fried our converter today (it was poofing out smoke and melted, lol) so we have no way of using electronics until tomorrow when we buy another one. Hopefully our cell phones make it until then!
Xoxo
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