This post will be epic (part 2)

So we got up around 7:45 on Friday, gathered up our things, for the most part, and went to get breakfast, which was cereals, the was stuff for sandwiches, etc. We left on the bus around 9 for Kolding and the castle there. It was okay, but our tour guide was repetitive and the structure had been restored in a way that didn’t really preserve it. I think it would have been much better looking as a ruin. We also had time to get something to eat in Kolding, so Caitlin, Anna, and I did that at a coffeehouse/sandwich shop, which translated to English as The Golden Oven.

Got back on the bus for the ride to Odense, and we actually arrived at TV2 – Denmark’s largest television network – about a half an hour early. This was definitely the most interesting academic visit. We had a lecture and discussion with a man who I believe was a producer of some sort. After that, we were given a tour of the studio. The building was impressive, I believe it was at one time a place for selling cattle; they even kept the old Danish phrase on the wall directing people not to lead their cattle through the square. We were able to go into the studio where they film their sports broadcast, and the array of technology suspended in the ceiling was crazy. We also walked through the new wing of the building and into the newsroom! We were able to stand in the newsroom during the short four o’clock broadcast. The anchor joked around with us a little bit before he went on air.

Kathryn, Caitlin, Anna, and I checked into our room in the second hostel, which was so much better than the first. We had our own bathroom in the room, it was not as clinical, there were carpets, and we all got our own key card. We weren’t even disappointed in the first hostel until we got to this one! We had about an hour before a group dinner, so we made our beds and relaxed for awhile.

We went to a restaurant called The Ugly Duckling (but in Danish, of course – I think it was Den grimme Ælling). It was just a buffet style place, but it was also really nice and we were able to get a glass or red or white wine or beer paid for by DIS. We headed back to the hostel after dinner and ended up hanging out with the girls who were staying in the room next door to us, just talking and sort of watching Friends on someone’s laptop. I ended up taking a shower and working on the study tour assignment, and I went and paid 10kr. to use the Internet for 15 minutes, but I was glad I did because I had so many emails. Bed early again, by 12:30 I think, and got a good night’s sleep.