Abroad in Denmark: Two Weeks in Denmark

I'm awful at posting apparently, but Denmark has been my home now for just over two weeks, and I'm so in love.
I started school last week, and let me tell you, Danish Gymnasiums are very different from American high schools. There aren't dress codes here, but nobody abuses it. And I personally think American schools could take a leaf or two, because everybody learns the same, if not better, without dress codes and the constant fisheye from cynical school officials. And instead of having eight different classes that you go to on your own, you follow one class to the different rooms, and there's no specific schedule for what rooms you go to from day to day.
It was pretty overwhelming at first, and my first few days were really stressful, but things started looking up later in the week. I'm just so thankful my class speaks really good English, it makes communication a little easier for me... for now. I was also pretty relieved to find that my classmates are actually very friendly (I was scared that they didn't like me at first, which is probably normal for any exchange student). School is another motivation for me to learn Danish, I don't expect everyone to baby me with English forever, or even more than a couple months, especially considering that it isn't their first language, so it isn't too easy for them. I really believe that this school year is going to be great, everyone is really sweet once you break the ice, and everyone has a really interesting personality.
All my classes are in Danish, except for probably English, but I haven't had English yet, so I don't know.
Another cute thing that Danish schools do that you'd probably never find in the states is this thing called an Introfest. The gymnasiums (and I think efterskoles do this too, though I'm not entirely sure) hold this party for all the "first graders" to break the ice. Each class gets a color, and they have to decide a theme to dress up as and decorate their tables using the letter of their class. Our color was blue, so we decided to all go as blue fairies/fere. It's so creative, and I really enjoyed seeing what the other classes came up with. They played a lot of American music, which surprised me, though I wasn't complaining, I could sing along:). It was a lot of fun for me, and I love how these schools incorporate fun into their students' time there. School is actually a thing to look forward to.
I'm also with my first host family now, they came back from holiday a few days after my last post. I really like it here, their home is in such a convenient area (about 10 minutes from my school/centrum on bike) and the neighborhood is really beautiful. They have an 11 year old dog named Vera, and trust me, those 11 years have nothing on her, walking her is an adventure in itself. I also have a host-brother, I'm going to have host-siblings in all of my host families, so it's a goal of mine to develop good friendships with all of them. My host parents are so sweet, and they've been so hospitable to me in the short time I've been with them, I can definitely say I look forward to the rest of my time in their home:).
We eat a lot of healthy foods, so that took quite a little getting used to, but I kind of enjoy it now. I'm probably going to make something really... Texas one of these days. I definitely want to make dirt pie (despite the name, its freaking delicious).
I think in the two weeks I've been here, I've bought enough clothes to fill up the carryon suitcase I brought. I have a feeling next July, I'll be leaving with quite a lot more luggage. On the topic of buying things, I found a Dr. Pepper in one of the shops in my city the other day. I was hanging with a few girls from my class at the time, so I'm wondering if they thought me freaking out and getting SUPER excited was weird or not. It upped my mood for the rest of the evening though.
This next week is the H.C Andersen festival in Odense (where I live, and also where Hans himself grew up). I'm really excited to see what's going on with it, and I'm wondering if I should just keep my camera handy 24/7.
I've gotten so many questions like, "Why Denmark?" "Why would you come here of all places?", and honestly, I can't say I understand why that's even a question. This country is beautiful, along with the culture and the people in it...and even the crazy fast, hard to understand language. I've probably said this a million times, and I know I'm going to end up saying it a couple million more, but I'm so in love with Denmark, I don't care if it's small, or that I'll have to work twice as hard to learn the language as I would other languages, I'm so glad I get to call Denmark home for quite a while. Even if things feel like they're looking down, they're constantly looking up, more and more.
If I don't post by next Sunday, bug me about it, I'm really good at procrastinating and probably won't get off my butt and do it without a little push. Annnnd, if my grammar is terrible, just know it's 00:46 here and I'm very tired:')