Wrapping Things Up In Arhus

We got up early this morning. Kent went off to his lectures and I went for a final walk downtown, to different sections that I hadn’t made it too yet. Once I get a computer again that can process my images, I’ll post some. I store my images in Nikon RAW uncompressed format, so each image file is about 15 megabytes in total space. It takes special software to read them and to prepare them for web viewing.

We are probably going to walk over to “old town” this afternoon and see a different section of the city. It was a suggestion from the receptionist at our hotel. I told her that I loved her country and was reluctant to go back home because people are so free to express themselves here. She agreed, but said, “It’s all I’ve ever known. I wouldn’t feel right about putting others down for who they care for.” I told her, “Believe me, there are many people who have no qualms what so ever in doing that.” She said, “You should just stay here.” I told her, “It’s not that simple. I’m a United States citizen, so to live here would be difficult because I would have to become a citizen of Denmark.” She replied, “No. All you need is a job and a few papers filled out. As long as you have a job, you are set with Denmark. I happen to need someone right now. Want a job?” An interesting proposal. Of course, if I took her up on it, I would probably never be allowed into the United States again. I’ve heard that they are turning away people they know to be gay. Sadly, not really a surprise to me.

I am looking forward to getting home again to see Maxwell and Mimi. I miss them a great deal and by now, they have probably stopped wondering when I’m coming home. The thing that is really going to suck is that the day after we get home, Kent leaves for another conference. So basically, I will be home alone for a week. It’s really worse for him of course. He will have little time to even rest, and he’s gone again. And I probably have a ton of work waiting for me at my job.

But it was all worth it. I got to see some awesome things.