“Follow the
cobble stone road, follow the cobble stone road, follow, follow, follow, follow
the cobblestone road! “ That is how I
feel now that we have arrived in beautiful Denmark!
It
is so crisp and fresh here in Europe and it is the exact breath of fresh air
that our cast needed after our fun and exhausting tour in Mexico. To fly from
the Americas over to the lovely continent of Europe, we ended up flying in 3
different flight groups, which we called “ the great migration!” By the time we
all flew over the big pond we were reunited on Wednesday morning in Roskilde
Denmark. My flight group was all U.S. passport holders and we had driven to the
Mexican border in Nogales and walked across it with our suitcases. Next we got on another bus to head to the
Phoenix airport for a flight to London and then eventually onward to Roskilde
Denmark where we all became Cast B together again!
Meeting my first Danish host family
was wonderful and their house was so welcoming and cozy. I have had an
incredible week. My roommate this week is Mie from Italy and it has been a joy
getting to know her as well. Throughout the week we enjoyed cozy dinners and
great discussions and on host family day we took a 15 min train ride to Copenhagen.
Here we were able to sight see, enjoy typical Christmas Danish drinks and food
and enjoyed the Christmas lights that decorated the city of Copenhagen. After
some shopping, eating, talking, sight seeing, and yes even roller coaster
riding, we made our way home to our last dinner with candles and wonderful
company!
In UWP it was a shorter week
considering we were not all together until Wednesday morning. When we were back
together we had an internal day where we had rehearsal and then had lunch with
the mayor before finishing up our day with some educational workshops. On
Thursday I had study abroad and then on Friday and Saturday we had shows. On
Friday we had a few alumni join us from my last cast so I was very happy, but I
was overwhelmed with tears of joy when on Saturday another 10 alumni showed up.
I performed my heart out for them and so did all the other second semesters. We were all crying by
the end as we watched their faces in the front row well up with tears during
almost every song. It was one of the greatest feelings ever to hug someone who
you’ve been longing to see for months and then all the horrid feelings of
saying goodbye 4 months ago rush back when you have to say goodbye again. It was
as if we were all in a dream being surrounded by people from Cast A. We were on
a cloud and then all of a sudden we would have to pop out of it to be back in
Cast B mode. It was a very odd feeling and we were all shocked at how easily we
fell back into that comfort and ease of friends and cast mates with everyone.
It felt like just yesterday that we had said goodbye. It was wonderful and yet
very surreal as well. Also on Saturday we had Expression Session where we
shared our talents with one another and let me tell you we are a talented cast!
It was super enjoyable and Brekken and I sang a song together where we both
almost cried. The end is coming so soon and it is not going to get any easier
to say goodbye. I succeeded in my goal and was able to perform “Song of Peace”
for the big group of alumni that were there and it felt so good!
Tomorrow we head to Sweden for two
weeks and the second semesters head off for a few days on our own to debrief
the last year we had just spent together! It is going to be a whirlwind last 3
weeks and I just hope I am ready for everything that is going to come at me! I
can say though that I am so happy to be in Europe right now in this pre- Christmas
season! The spirit is all around me!
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