Preparation Day

Our Danish class looked rather abysmal today, despite the sunlight streaming through the grimy windows.  Just a few weeks ago we had so many that we didn't have enough chairs for everyone.....about 20 of us.  Today, there were four of us...at 12:05, including SK and me.  The teacher looked around, raised her eyebrows and launched right into the lesson anyway.

Within 20 minutes several more came in, including a man from Brazil.  He is a film maker and married to a Danish woman.   They have a little boy.  They met in Brazil while she was working there and have moved back because she was transferred home....but in the meantime his work is in Brazil and he is here for a few weeks and there for a few weeks.  It sounds like a hard way to live.  But he is trying to learn Danish.

I didn't tell you about Andruis from Latvia.  He and his wife are here so she can do graduate work at the university.  He has an absolutely wonderful latvian accent....similar to the guy in "Despicable Me" only much better.  We all still do a lot of communicating in English.  He has 3 children and sounds like he loves his family very much.

We talked about eating habits today.  We each gave a little speech.  I did just fine with saying, "I drink a lot of water and milk...I eat vegetables, fruit and grains and meat, and I love anything from Danish bakeries and chocolate."

SK gave quite a speech....with few class members understanding a lot of what he said.  Our teacher Heidi seemed impressed.  She and SK carried on a great little conversation, leaving the rest of us in the dust. At the end of the day when she assigned another short speech for Thursday, she said, "Keep it UNDER 2 minutes!"....and SK turned to me and whispered, "I think she is talking to me!"  None of the rest of us know enough to talk for more than that, but SK....well he's SK, even in Danish!

After class we walked home.  Can I just tell you how much I love walking along the streets here?  It is a pretty straight shot down one long street from our Danish class to our apartment, and the street is lined with small businesses.  There is nothing that even comes close to a Kohl's or a SportsWarehouse. They are all little shops....and some are tiny...usually no more than 20 feet deep from front to back. The window displays always catch my interest.  My mother would have loved to walk along the streets here and window shop.

The evening has been taken up with ironing and meal planning, and calendaring for March.....it is going to be busy.

Tomorrow is shopping day, so I had better figure out what to fix for this week at the center.
Sometimes making the decision about what to make is the most difficult part!!!!