Last Friday we had an organized trip to Odense - H.C. Andersen's home town. There was an annual Party/Ball for all the SDU (Syddansk Universitet) students. We left Esbjerg early in the afternoon and did not participate in the reception (welcome speech from the Royal family + dinner), but we had the best intention to explore the city. That's basically the main reason why we went in the first place. But, as we were fortunate with nice worm sunny weather in the last couple of days, this day came as a shock! First we wanted to search for the cheap "20Krn All you can eat" asian buffet, which one of our colleagues recommended; but we couldn't find it. the reason for that might be that we didn't even know the name of it and the tourist office was closed. Btw. here tourist office closes at 1:00pm. Do I need to repeat this sentence? Tourist office in Odense (3rd largest city in DK) closes its doors for the tourists at 1:00pm. 1:00pm. Well, we asked a couple of people on the street and everyone gave us a different answer but we didn't back down. We were hungry but determined to find this place! Along the way we ran into a sign that said: Pljeskavice i cevapcici (traditional Bosnian dish). We understood that as a sign hehe. There was eight of us all together, four of which are Serbia (2), Slovenia and Croatia. After a 10 minute discussion what to order, everybody ordered nice chicken kebebs and they were really the best. Why? Because the guy who runs this place is Bosnian Eros Bosanderos (Kifla). Once we realized that we are all ex-yu here, this sudden flow of joy and laughter overwhelmed the whole place. He even has a small statue of our Yugoslavian president Tito next to the cash register. And a Bosnian flag and a huge paysage on the wall. Kifla was a nice funny guy telling us stories where he had been living across Yugoslavia and a bit of experience from all around. Ive heard before how Bosnians are really nice genuine people who will always bring out the positive atmosphere and help you if you are in need. Definitely a place to visit in the near future. Strange how I haven't seen so many places that are right next door to my home (Well maybe because I'm not home any more :)
Anyway.. this "Ball" thing was pretty interesting. TheUniversity is just mega huge, I think I could easily get lost over here. If you are late for your class, I guess you can just forget about it and skip it. Last time it took us forever to get from the entrance to the hall where the presentation was, and I thought its just a coincidence, but no.. It is a really big big building. They have placed some signs, so it looked identically like an airport. Thats how big it is! We danced a bit at the beginning and just walked around and chilled at the end. It was pretty cool to see so many different people at one place. Yes, Im talking about clothes and fashion. Here you could have seen everything. And I mean everything. Folks here are just being themselves. Not what I was used to see back home or in the States. There were so many different styles and characters: Latest fashion, gothic, casual, fancy schmancy, hillbilly, alternative, eccentric.. And no one cares about what the other person is wearing, that's the point. And the professors were dancing together with the students, showing off their rock moves. at the end we met this danish guy, who was so high on life, overwhelmed by everything but that was funny to see. We started talking and surprisingly he knew where Croatia is. And all the other european countries. Thats a strange experience. The other day, one of the Italian guys did not know where Croatia is! And you think you've heard it all in the States - "Oh yes.. Croatia is a part of Russia, Oh yes, I know Yugoslavia" Oh yes, this and that.... Even though... What I've been hearing a lot lately is: "Wait a minute.. How come Croatia is not a part of the European Union?!?!" I guess that's better than the first option?
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