Danish Level 2

I've been completely ignoring all things non 'dansk' in order to prepare for my level 1 exam last week... and guess what? I passed! It felt good to have that under my wing... so on to level 2. Not much time in between courses though as I started again on Monday but I am giving myself the gift of time by reducing school to only twice a week instead of 4. This will give me more time to dedicate to my extra curriculars :-P

It's been amazing to see just how different our North American expectations are when it comes to shopping. I wanted to treat myself to a haircut the other day, found a place that I'd like to try, called them and found out it takes about 5 weeks to get an appointment!!! (IF you are flexible and can come in any time of the day). Chris and I decided that we would accept the fact that winter will be dark, cold and rainy and a TV would be nice to have. We went to the largest shop in the area to try to get the largest selection only to learn that there is a nation wide shortage of TVs and that only 2 out of the dozens of models are available at this time. Sales guy couldn't say when more stock would come in... We went to buy a lamp for the living room and same thing... they took my details and will call me when the one we chose is available... went to buy a coffee table and same thing... maybe they will make more before Christmas but maybe not.... he couldn't say when they'd have more... are you seeing the pattern? I felt like saying, what do you mean you are not able to sell me what you sell? And the overall impression I get from people is 'Oh well'. The other day I asked a store keeper about her rain coats, she had a small but nice selection. When I asked her about them she said "Oh, these, we'll I think they are too expensive, I am not going to sell them anymore."

On a nature related note, we recently went to the Deer Park. It's called that because back in the day it used to be used as a hunting ground (how sad!) but now it's a pretty park with hundreds of deer! They are all over the place, just chillin'.

Check them out:

The beach is also very close by: