We're Finally Here!

After what feels like weeks of traveling, we are finally here! We had no trouble on the way here (except a problem with the plane in Brussels, which I think most of us were not conscious enough to care about) and after several planes and trains, we have arrived. The train was a wonderful opportunity to see the countryside, the old homes, and windmills, which are here in abundance.

We are staying at the Kolding Byferie, which is beside a beautiful frozen lake. There is still quite a bit of snow here, and it is definitely cold enough to snow more this week. Today was sunny and very nice, but COLD!




The apartments are nice, very minimalist. The Danish people are very into clean, modern designs (and do not design closets for Americans who bring everything they own). :) We hope to post pictures soon, but the camera cord seems to be the old thing that did not make it into the bag. So we may have to keep you in suspense until we return.

We also celebrated Aaron's 22 birthday today with a loud rendition of "Happy Birthday" on the train, which may or may not have prompted an announcement about being quiet on the train. We ended the night at a nice little Pizzera/Turkish Restaurant. We are learning some Danish words for pizza ingredients and learned the only word that we may remember all week, "Tak", which means thank you in Danish.

Tomorrow we plan to take the train to a nearby town (we aren't sure where yet). About an hour away is the home town of Hans Christian Anderson (writer of fairy tales) and in another town is a Viking Museum. Tomorrow night is the "opening ceremony" for the Case Competition. We will meet our hosts and all of the other teams tomorrow. More updates later on our adventures.

Just as an update, none of our phones work here. We do have access to email so if you need to get in touch with any of us, please use our regular emails.