The Danes do it differently

Well folks, I made it to Denmark. It only took 40 hours travel, 100 pounds of luggage, and nearly 10,000 miles to do so. That's the price I pay for living in Hawaii.

Before I continue, let me promise that I will never, ever again complain about the price of food in Hawaii. Groceries here in Denmark are astronomical. 6 bucks for the smallest jar of peanut butter. 3 dollars for the cheapest liter of soymilk. 10 bucks for a block of cheese. 5 bucks for a loaf of bread. (But the cheese and bread are so worth it. I've basically been living off of delicious rye bread, flavorful Danish cheese, and baked liver paste, which sounds nasty but it quite possibly the tastiest thing I've ever experienced).

So far I've learned that the Danish oatmeal is quite possibly the best oatmeal on the planet, that heated bathroom floors are awesome, that the shiny thing on the street is not a puddle but black ice, that I have exactly 45 minutes of exposure time before I lose all functionality in my fingers, and that only having the sun between 8:30am and 3:30pm does suck as much as it sounds.  My first morning I went for a 4 mile run. It was brutal. There was snot, there were tears, there were awful sounds emanating from my lungs. I'm pretty sure I was running by the beach but since it was 4:30am I could barely see beyond the beam of my flashlight. I got home and wanted to spoon the heated bathroom floor. Yesterday I opted to do my paper plate workout in my room instead of a 4:30am run. This means tomorrow I *should* run. Shall we place bets on whether it actually happens?

Seeing as how it's 6:30pm and I'm still awake and somewhat coherent, I think I'm getting over jetlag. The past two nights I actually skipped dinner due to exhaustion. I'm tired tonight, but want to rally to stay up till 8. I'm calling it the war on jetlag.

Aside from my complaining about the temperature and the cost of food, I'm loving my experience so far.  The Danes are amazingly friendly and have such a beautiful country. I'm here for a research project which means I'm planning to work 7 days a week, but I'm hoping for one day off so I can get a run in during the daylight and have a change to go explore the world's largest Ikea.