Day Five

Today we ventured out of Herning and into Aarhus.  When we arrived, we walked throughout the university and the city, which looked a lot different from Herning.  The city was full of colorful, short apartments that were all smushed together.  Our first stop in the city was at ARoS Aarhus Mueseum of Modern Art.  The museum consisted of modern art and I thought it was absolutely fantastic.  We saw a huge sculpture called The Boy that looked so realistic, it was crazy.  We also saw an exhibit by artist Wes Lang who is from New York City.  Prior to today I had never heard of him before, but his artwork was absolutely amazing and unlike anything I had ever seen.  Unlike art where you have to interpret what the author meant, his paintings and drawings had writing scrawled over them that explained what he was thinking.  His art took me deep into his mind and I thought it was brilliant.  Lastly, we went to the top of the museum which had a circular hallway with windows colored like the rainbow.  It was fun to look down on the city from up there and take pictures.  After we were done looking through the museum, we walked downtown to get lunch and shop.  We arrived back at Herning around 4:30 and met up with our hosts.  Louise and I went to the movies with Katy, Helena, Alayanna, and Simone and watched Noah, which was in English with Danish subtitles.  I learned that they don’t dub the voices for American movies in Denmark, they just use subtitles instead.  When we got home, Louise and I rehearsed a scene from Macbeth aloud as part of her English homework.