Heading out for breakfast and then to learn about the Oresund Bridge that goes from Denmark to Sweden.  We are then going to lunch and to visit the Ingrid Jerpersen's Privatskole.  We will eat lunch at the school and learn about how the school encourages students in creativity and innovation  in Science, Math and Technology. 

I will be thinking about you. (Rodin's The Thinker)

Hey everyone,

Ms. Waller & Dewey Decimal the library Turtle are waiting in New York to fly to Copenhaagen.

We arrived in Denmark about 7:30am (1:30am your time).  We took the metro from the airport into the city of Copenhagen.

We left our luggage at our hotel, the Cab Inn City.  We have been up all night, but our rooms will not be ready until 3:oopm so we walk to a restauant.

  This is Matt one of our Tour Directors outside the restaurant.  Check  out our breakfast buffet. There was really thick fruit jam beside the fresh made yogurt.  Everyone put the jam in their yogurt.  The staff laughed at us. (nicely)  They said you put jam on bread not yougurt.  I had the best croissants in my life with honey.  They just melted in your mouth.

 We went to the Glyptoteket Museum next which is absolutely beautiful museum pf paintings and statues. The hippo and boy were in the atrium that had 100 foot ceilings.

 The Egyptian exhibit was cool!

The battery  in my camera ended up going dead, but after the Statue musuem. We stopped by the Christianborg Palace, and then went on a Canal Ride in the pouring rain.  The weather changes in Denmark literally every 15 minutes.  One minutes your cold, then the sun comes out, then it rains, then it stops and then it rains again.   You need to have a rain coat with you at all times.

Went shopping for some Souvenirs for the library. ate dinner and finally made it back to my room, below.  Hope you have a good week at Timber.  I am off tomorrow to see a bridge that was built from Denmark to Sweden!!!

  Good night! It doesn't get dark till 10:00 to 11:00 pm, but I have been up for 29 hours!!

1 Day to Go

This is the national flag of Denmark.  It is called Dannebrog (Danish pronunciation: [ˈdanəˌbʁoˀ]). The flag is red with a white Scandenavian Cross.  Dannebrog is the oldest state flag in the world that is still in use.

4 days to go!  Check out the map of Denmark!

8 Days to Go!   Here is my itinerary for my trip!!!

Saturday June 16              Departure on ­Delta Airlines from Charlotte and Raleigh

Sunday  June 17                Arrival Copenhagen at  7:15 AM

·         Visit ATM at airport

·         Metro from Airport to Main rail station (H)

·         Walk to  CabInn Hotel and  drop off luggage

·         Brunch

Afternoon Free                                Suggestions:

·          Glyptoteket Museum (free on Sunday and Highly recommended) (Dantes Plads 7, 1556 – Directly behind our hotel)

·          Canal Tour (http://www.stromma.dk/en/CANALTOURS/)

·          National Museum

Monday, June 18

7:00 Daily                            Breakfast buffet in basement of hotel

8:15                                    Meet in lobby

8:30                                 Walk to Femern A/S (Vester Søgade 10, 1601 Copenhagen V)

9:00-11:00                               Lecture on  Øresund Bridge and Fehmarnbelt Tunnel network

·         Tunnel  technical overview on the projects: Ajs Dam, Director, Corp. Communications

·         Professor Christian Wichmann Matthiessen on regional development as the consequence

11:00                                     Walk/public transportation to Ingrid Jespersens Privatskole

                                                            (Nordre Frihavnsgade 9  2100) Tel: 35 26 36 22

12:00-4:00                           Ingrid Jespersen’s Privatskole,  Otto Strange Mueller, Principal

·         Lunch at school 

·         Brief introduction to Danish education

·         Overview on how school encourages students in Creativity and innovation in many fields, including  study of Science, Math and Technology

4:00                                        Walk/public transportation to hotel

Afternoon                           Debriefing in hotel lobby or patio (upon arrival)

Tuesday, June 19            

8:45                                        Meet in lobby

9:00                                        Walk to train and take S-train to Osterport/  walk to Amaliegade 9:30-11:00                           Danish Energy Agency, Copenhagen, Hanne Windemuller, Head

                                              ·         Lecture on Energy Supply and Renewable Energy:

Vision for Denmark’s energy supply: Fossil free by 2050! How?

11:00                                     Board chartered bus for Roskilde

12:00 PM                             Guided Tour of Viking Ship Museum,

                                             ·         Lunch on your own following guided tour

·         Enjoy the town with a buddy and return to Copenhagen by train

Wednesday, June 20     

8:00                                        Meet in lobby

8:15 AM                               Board bus for Energy and Water workshop, 

9:00-11:00                           Energy and Water workshop, Valby

·         Demonstration of a program to teach primary school children how things are connected and how their own actions every day affect the environment

Afternoon                           Research for lesson plans

·         Participants follow their pre-planned agenda for gathering information to create a lesson plan for their students

·         Lunch on your own

                                                                                               

Thursday, June 21

7:45                                        Meet in lobby

8:00                                        Board chartered bus for Glostrup (

9:00                                        Vestforbraending Recycling & Waste Treatment Plant

·         Minimizing waste and pollution  by treating waste as a resource

o     In Denmark, 65% of all waste is recycled, 25% is incinerated, and only 10% goes to landfill. We’ll learn how they do it.

Chartered bus to Science Camp (Akademigrunden 8 - 4180 Soroe) Annika Christensen,

Tel: 5786 5786

                                                Science Camp Sorø 

1:00-2:00                              Lunch at Sorø Science Camp  (covered)

2:00:-3:00                      Presentation of Science Talents, and a tour of the Science Centre and the Science

                                    Hostel

·         Sorø  is a vacation camp for students aged 12-20 to promote talent and innovation in science and to learn more about modern technology

3:00                                        Chartered bus to Hotel

Afternoon                           Debriefing in hotel lobby or patio upon arrival

Optional trip with Matt and Angie to Malmö, Sweden (by train, self-pay)

Friday, June 22                  Individual Field study

All day                              Gather information to create a lesson plan for students and presentations

                                      ·         Lunch on your own

6:00 PM                                Meet in hotel lobby

6:15                                        Walk to Café Nytorv (Nytorv 15, 1450) Tel:  33 11 77 06

7:00 PM                                Group Dinner at Café Nytorv

Saturday, June 23            Depart for NC

7:15                                        Check out and leave key at desk

7:30                                        Meet in lobby with luggage

7:45                                        Walk to train station

8:00                                        Train to Airport

8:30                                        Check in at Airport

10:45                                     Copenhagen to JFK

Denmark Bound

I am going to Denmark through the UNC Center of International Understanding June 16th-June 23rd.  I will be traveling with 40 other educators from around North Carolina to learn more about Denmark.  Follow me as I travel through Denmark.