Danish Folk Dancing!

Hi everyone! The last couple days have been very busy with more sightseeing and a cultural day put on by my school, Copenhagen Business School. We visited Frederiks Church, also called the Marble church or Marmorkirken in Danish. There is a picture of it here. It is modeled after Michelangelo's dome in the St. Peters church in Rome. We almost went to the top of a tower to get a view of the entire city which I've also included in the blog. We saw the changing of the guard in Amalienborg Palace where a little old man carefully explained to me what the guards were doing and their purpose. Supposedly he comes everyday at noon to watch, and I think he really enjoys speaking to tourists!

That evening we watched a traditional Danish folk dancing performance and got to learn the dances as well! They are as simple as Greek folk dances, but they use smaller circles and prefer to do a polka step in partner formations. Most of the members are older and travel all over Europe to perform. They told us that in total there are 800 Danish folk dances! I had a blast learning and was really happy that all of the exchange students were eager to learn as well.