Lights Out

The power has gone off in the neighborhood, and luckily, my lap top still works! I’m actually really happy, though, cause it gives us a perfect opportunity to congregate. We’re forced to be together around the candles-haha! And it’s so romantic….we’re eating some yummy cakes (leftover from what I baked for my orchestra and what Linnea made in class) and some fresh apples from the garden. Jette and Linnea are reviewing Linnea’s hw and Niels is washing up for the night.

Today, I spent pretty much the whole day planning the two weeks of fall break with Merianne. It was a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to go. We have a pretty ambitious itinerary. After our school field trip to Poznan and Berlin, we would like to go to: Prague, Vienna, Athens, somewhere else in Greece, Milan, Rome, another Italian city (TBD- maybe Florence), and Paris. It won’t be a very detailed visit to each city, but it will definitely be a nice sampling of a lot of Europe!

I also watched a Danish movie called Festen (The Party), and all I knew about it going in was it was about a birthday party, and it was the first of the Dogma movies. I thought it was going to be a sweet and cute movie- ha! It’s quite the opposite. I won’t spoil it- and you should see it if you haven’t yet, but it was very surprising and nothing like I expected! It had a very twisted story line, and I spent a lot of time being confused. But it was worth it!