Tuesday, May 8, 2007
9:31:47 AM

Well, we arrived to Roskilde last night before 6:30. We had our allocation meeting and we met our host families. This Week, I’m staying a little ways out of town with Scott Koogle, the cast dance captain. For host codes, we had to perform a song and our host families were given the names of musical groups. We were given “Dancing Queen”, Scott sang the words while I did an interpretive dance. We’re staying with a host family about 20 minutes out of town; near to where the world famous Roskilde Music festival is held. Every year around the first week in July, about 70,000 people invade the area and rock out for a week. When we got to their house, we were shown to our room. Where we are staying essentially amounts to their old office. Which is great for internet, but its really close quarters. I’m sleeping on the floor on a futon because the fold out cot-couch wasn’t really big enough for him and a tall person like myself. For supper we had wine and lasagna an it was all good.

Breakfast this morning was a bitter strawberry yogurt with some candied oats type things and then some bread and cheese. It was all good. We finished with a cup of coffee and then was were off for the day. Another cast member is being hosted in the same community as us so we got a ride in with them this morning. I do notice that things are different staying with staff, it certainly limits your free time. Anyhow, its been raining so far today; a rather welcome weather phenomenon considering that we’ve only had perhaps 3 or 4 rainy days during this entire 5 months. After morning meeting, the entire cast walked back to the place where we had first been dropped of the bus yesterday. There we had brunch with the mayor of Roskilde. I had lots of chocolate, cider, and fruit. In the afternoon, we walked back to the facility where we had been in the morning and we had a few seminars. The first was on the “Muhammad Crisis” here in Denmark with regards to the publication of cartoons. The next two sessions I basically slept through. There was something about wearing different coloured glasses to see the world in a different light; I don’t know, anyhow. For supper we had pork chops and probably the best Greek salad I’ve ever had. It was all good.







The Mayor Dude
Mmm Viking Burgers