My host family (Erik and Enni, both 60) is great, they are very welcoming and warm and I feel lucky to have them. I live in Ejby (good luck pronouncing it). Their house is hands down the cleanest and most organized house I have ever been in. Nothing is out of place, and clutter is completely non-existant. I obviously cannot be the slobby American who comes in and takes over so I will try to imitate them. So far everything unpacked well (I maybe should have brought less stuff...), and I will try to stay clean. Unfortunately, anyone who has ever lived with me is probably laughing right now. I know, I know, but I'm going to try
For dinner we ate roast chicken and linguine with a buttery onion sauce. Everything was so delicious and they had candles lit on the table and the light in the dining room was dimly lit. Very hygge. I had read in my DIS packet that the danes consider it childish to cut your food and then switch forks to eat it, so I tried my best not to do it. It was much more difficult than I would have thought, especially when eating the pasta. Their forks never left their left hands, and generally I eat with my fork on my right hand. I hope I didn't look too incompetent. Anyways I think they like me and I know I really like them so this is good.

Random observations:
-I had my first mini Danish healthcare system lesson. They know I'm a pre-med student and they asked if I hoped to learn more about Danish healthcare system. I said yes, and they shook their heads and said that their system has a lot of problems. And that the nurses just finished their two month strike for more pay and during that time no one could have any surgeries performed and now there is a huge backlog. And that the nurses didn't even end up getting their pay raise.
-I met a lot of people I really liked in my program today just at the airport.
-the Denmark is pretty! The sky had big white fluffy clouds, it looked straight out of one of those Denmark guide books.

Tomorrow I have the Welcome Ceremony followed by a tour of Copenhagen. My host dad is taking me in the morning to help me buy my train pass for the semester and then showing me how to get there.

hi,hi! (that's pretty much only Danish I know. I think it means goodbye)