Århus

[photo: If I had a dime for every bicycle I've seen over here I wouldn't need to go back to Bradley]

This may be a historic first.  I'm actually updating this thing on a Sunday as promised!  On Thursday my program (Migration and Identity) went on a study tour to Århus, the second largest city in Denmark.  We got to hear all sorts of people talk about immigration, integration, and what all this change means for the Danish society.  We had a lecture by a man named Mehmet Necef who tried to answer the question "is denmark a racist society?"  He was arguing that it was not, but nevertheless he managed to ruffle some American feathers during his speech.  
[photo: Our hotel, the Cab Inn, was located right along one of the canals]

We also stopped by the ARoS museum and got to see their new exhibit "Enter Action".  I'm not even going to pretend to understand modern art, but this exhibit was pretty nifty.  Everything was interactive and connected in some way to technology and its affect on society.  Check out a video of one piece called "Life Writer"
[photo: We visited Søndervang, a school with 80% non-ethnic Danes.  The staff and students described the challenges of having such a diverse student body.  In the teacher's lounge we found the quick solution to dealing with the issue: a beer machine]

The food on this trip was amazing, especially considering there were 40 in our group.  Buffets are pretty popular over here, and we hit 4 wonderful places.  I wish I knew the names of all the dishes, but I could barely pronounce them let alone spell them.  One dish was pretty familiar, though.  They served waffle bits with yogurt and some kind of heavenly chocolate sauce.  Next time you're whipping up some fancy breakfast I highly recommend this combo.  

This next week will probably be pretty busy as classes start to really kick into gear.  I hope all is well back in the motherland!