Day Three

Today we woke up early to go to Legoland, an amusement park in Billund with a Lego theme.  It was pretty chilly outside, shockingly seemingly colder than the unpleasant Ohio weather, so I had to dress in layers.  A lot of people at Legoland were walking their dogs throughout the park, which was unusual to see as that typically wouldn’t be allowed in American amusement parks.  The first attraction we went to was the haunted house which had just opened this year.  I’ve always been very afraid of haunted houses so I was shaking while I was waiting in line.  When we got in, we saw that instead of people jumping out at you in costume, there were just Lego Halloween-like sculptures.  It wasn’t at all what I was expecting and it was hilarious.  There was a room that was filled with mirrors and you had to find your way through it which was really fun, and there was a ride that took you up very high and dropped you.  After the haunted house, we headed over to a water ride where you sit in a raft a float down a river and then plunge down a huge hill at the end.  It was freezing outside and I didn’t want to get soaking wet, but everyone convinced me to go on the ride so I did.  Katy and I ended up getting drenched and we had to dry ourselves off in the hand dryers in the bathroom.  Although maybe it was a bad idea to do a water ride in such cold weather, it was still a funny experience thinking back on it.  Afterwards, we warmed ourselves up by drinking hot chocolate.  Then we went on a rollercoaster and watched penguins.  For lunch we ate at a buffet that had all-you-can-eat pizza, pasta, and salad which was an amazing meal since I love Italian food.  After lunch, we went to this attraction where you create your own ride with a personalized sequence of flips, twists, and turns.  I had never seen anything like this before and I thought it was extremely cool.  We had so much fun that we went on it twice, it was definitely my favorite part of the amusement park.  Finally, we exited the park and I slept the whole car ride back.  It was a fun and exhausting day!  Later that night I relaxed with my host family, watching a movie and talking.