Things have been quite busy around here! Last Thursday we left for our Short Study Tours with our core class (mine is Public Health in Northern Europe) and we got back Saturday night. My group traveled to a few places in Western Denmark - it was part academic, part cultural. Anyway, here's a few pictures to document my travel adventures...
Rockclimbing on the Swedish coast - it took us about 2 hrs to get to Kullen, Sweden. It was a perfect day - definitely one of the warmest since I've been here. (Also I have a whole series of these pictures...let me just say that 99% of the shots are less than attractive.)
The Swedish coast! We saw some kayakers who ended up docking right by where we were climbing to stop and have lunch. I secretly wanted to steal one of the kayaks so I could paddle out and see the bridge from Denmark to Sweden. Didn't happen though.
This was the first academic stop on our study tour. Sex & Sundhed means Sex & Health. It's somewhat like Planned Parenthood in America, but they sell condoms instead of giving them out for free and they are very involved in school sexual education, HIV counseling, and alcohol awareness.
Denmark's version of sexual education. I was so tempted to buy that "Make love - not babies" postcard...
Wall of condoms! Every size, shape, color and flavor you could imagine. Two favorite condom names: Peasant King XL and Euroglider. HAHA.
Altar in the church where Hans Christian Andersen was confirmed. So beautiful! The organ in the back was absolutely amazing.
This is one of the most famous Hans Christian Andersen statues in Odense that we saw on a walking tour of the town. When we first got to Odense it was a very dreary, cloudy day, but as you can see here it was beautiful in the afternoon. Bipolar weather strikes again.
Pretty rainbow! This is the view from the top of one of the two mounds at the Jelling Stones. The Jelling Stones are considered the birthstones of Denmark.
This was the cemetery at the Jelling Stones. It was absolutely amazing - each gravestone had it's own little garden area (unlike in America where they are legitimately one on top of another).
For the second night of our study tour we stayed at a folk high school -
Yet another rainbow. This is the treat for all the rain Denmark gets.
This is the Round Tower - the oldest functioning observatory in Europe. It was built by Christian IV and when you walk to the top there are amazing views of the entire city.
View from the top! I think the clouds are my favorite part of this picture. (I swear the clouds move l0 times as fast here).
Trinity Church -- connected to the Round Tower. Even though it's beautiful in this picture, it started to rain approximately 2 minutes after we walked down.
That's all for now. My cruise to Oslo, Norway this weekend should yield many pictures so be prepared!
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