Wednesday was our last day of competition. We are so proud of the team! They really reached that next level of success: they walked in for the last presentation (which was on Netflix) ready to rock and roll, so to say. They had remedied the weaknesses from earlier in the week and did a great job. They were poised, confident, and had an excellent strategy.
Yet, the scores didn't reflect the excellence that the TTU team exhibited and they received a five out of 11 yet again. The team was disappointed, but knew they had done well. The TTU team represented the USA proudly and we are so pleased with them.
Last night was the NIBS Olympics where the students were charged with making traditional Danish smørrebrød, which are open faced sandwiches with some pretty weird stuff on them. They also had to navigate a ball through a large labyrinth in which they had to work together to tilt the board to get the ball through. But the team dominated everyone in the music trivia challenge (thanks to some help from Dr. David Barger!).
Today we went to Arhus which is about an hour north of Kolding where we are now (Arhus is pronounced something like "Ourhoose" and Kolding is pronounced "Kolling"). We stopped at the "Old Town" which is a collection of traditional houses and stores from all over Denmark which they moved to make a little historic village. It was really cool! It looked exactly like what you think of when you think of Denmark. Then we had a few hours to shop around town.
On the bus ride back to Kolding, we stopped at what "used" to be the highest point on Denmark. There was dispute about which of these two hills were the highest point and when they finally got around to measuring, it turned out neither one was the highest! But the pretty cool part was that you could see Germany from the hilltop (Northern Germany looks strikingly like Southern Denmark). ;) Also when Germany and Denmark were fighting each other in the old days, they would light a fire on this hill to let the citizens know that the "Germans were coming" or that the "Danish were coming" whichever the case happened to be at the time. Honestly, it was not too exciting in and of itself, but the captivating part is the way in which the Danes tell stories. They are wonderful and very funny storytellers and can make even the most uninteresting location seem important and mysterious. Of course it is the land of Hans Christian Anderson.
Tomorrow, the team will attend the semifinal and final competition rounds to support their favorite teams. The teams in the competition are Memorial and Bishops (from Canada) and KH Leuven (Belgium) and the Dublin team (Ireland). Then the banquet will be held in a 13th century castle which is just around the corner from where we "live" this week. We are VERY excited to party in a castle. We plan to travel to Copenhagen to spend the night on Saturday night and will be ready to head home on Sunday morning. With the traveling and partying, this may be the last official trip time entry, but we will get our loyal readers caught up when we return to the states.
Please pray for safe travels!
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