• Denmark – Home and Final Reflections

    We have arrived back home now! It was a great trip full of memories we’ll hold fondly for year to come. Here are some of the final thoughts of the travelers on various aspects of their experience. (We may have two more entries to add later!) Campbell Spence One of my favorite parts of our…

  • Denmark – Our Final Day in School and Our Goodbyes

    Sigh. Another day waiting for a student voice on this Denmark blog! As we travel tomorrow, we’ll have some thoughts about our trip overall, but for now, here’s a brief rundown of our day. After all this time traveling and being out of school, it was easy to forget that our Danish hosts are still…

  • Copenhagen – Day 2

    Our second day in Copenhagen was as eventful as the first. As a result, the students have been unable to complete another day of blogs. They will chime in on their memorable moments in a future post. For now, I’ll provide a run down of the past few days. On Monday, we took a bus…

  • Denmark – Copenhagen Day One

    Today was so full of activity that we didn’t get a blog post in! We’ll update you on the days proceedings, but for now, here’s a picture of our tour of the government building with Hederslev’s own elected representative.

  • Denmark – Finley’s Day

    Today’s post is brought to you by Finley! Hi! It is Finley today. Today, everyone got a chance to do something with their host families, and I did something very special. My host student Ida coaches a dance team, children around 7 years old. Today in her town of Øsby, which is a tiny town…

  • Denmark – A day with our hosts

    Today, we spent our days apart a bit. Here are some photos from our days with our hosts. More updates to come on this day!

  • Denmark – Onward to Hamburg

    Denmark – Onward to Hamburg

    Fun fact: the hamburger did in fact come from Hamburg, but started its life as a fish sandwich. We learned about and explored Hamburg today. Henrik’s thoughts on the day are below. Today we visited the city of Hamburg with some of our hosts. Our bus left at 8:30 A.M from Haderslev and we arrived…

  • Denmark – A Day at School

    Denmark – A Day at School

    Today, our students had a day at school and experienced a school social event. Enjoy Colton’s thoughts on the day below. We started off the day as shadows to our Danish students, following them around their classes and school itinerary. We sat in subjects like math, science, and biology, a typical day of an American…

  • Denmark – Travel Day

    Denmark – Travel Day

    We have made it to Denmark after a long day of travel! We’ve said our goodbyes to the school, and even gotten to enjoy some time on the bus and at the airport with the Normandy and Spain travelers. Then, we took the long flights from Dulles to Amsterdam, then finally Amsterdam to Billund, Denmark.…

  • Denmark Exchange – 2024