Where Worlds Collide #HogsAbroad

This week I had the opportunity to go to Skagen, the northern most town in Denmark. At Aarhus University they have a program called Fiat likes U, where you are able to ‘rent’ a car for free. I couldn’t let this opportunity pass me by, so I jumped at the chance to get a car. The only downside is all of the cars are manual, and I cannot drive a manual, but it worked out because I have European friend who can!

Our ride for the day

We decided to go to Skagen because I had heard many people talk about how beautiful it was and that if I got the chance I should go. I had been trying to take a trip up there since I arrived in Denmark, but it is difficult to get there by public transportation, so this car was the perfect opportunity!

Just north of Skagen is a place called Grenen, this is a land area of mostly beach. At the very top of this peninsula is the northern most part of Denmark, as well as where the North sea and the Baltic sea meet. When you stand on the point and look at the water you can see the waves coming from opposite directions and crashing into each other. It is very cool to see, I could have stayed there all day just watching it. But it was cold and windy so we only stayed there for a little bit.

Touching where the two seas meet

After seeing the seas collide we went into the town of Skagen to explore and get some lunch. It was a cute and quiet little town, all the houses and buildings were the same color and style and I just loved it so much! There was only one short little main street with a few shops and restaurants on it, and very few people. Skagen is definitely a summer destination, but I am glad we went in November because it was not crowded and a unique experience not many people have had.

The little town of Skagen

Seeing the two seas collide I immediately thought of worlds colliding, and then I realized that these last three months I have been in Denmark have been nothing but different worlds colliding. The other four people I went to Skagen with have become my best friends here in Denmark, and we all come from different places and different worlds. But we have created our own little world here in Denmark, one that we all share.

If you had told me two years ago that I would be in another country making friends with people from all over the world I would not have believed you. But here I am now, with friends from all different places and I still can’t really believe it. I feel so lucky to have made friends like these to share experiences like this with. I don’t want to think about it yet, but I am dreading the time a month from now, when we all have to go back to our own world and leave this one behind. I will be forever grateful that our worlds collided this semester.

Laura, Tessa, me, Aina, Elena. My Denmark friends!

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To find out more about the Walton college exchange program in Aarhus, visit http://studyabroad.uark.edu/exchange/wcobaarhus/