Officially back in Copenhagen!! It is so amazingly different being in this city than it is traveling to western Denmark and being on the mainland.  As soon as you get outside of Copenhagen its like you step into a whole different world.  It suddenly becomes farm country interspersed with little historic towns.  

Our short study tour was basically just a time for us to get closer with our core course class and go on both academic and cultural visits.  Among the many awesome places we visited were Egeskov slot (another beautiful castle), we went on a monkey trail (aka a ropes course where I some of the time feared for my life), and a scavenger hunt in the town of Ribe (the oldest town in Denmark- oh and we won the scavenger hunt)!  While in Ribe we also visited the Cathedral and the Kunstmuseum (art museum).  

Ribe Harbor

A cemetery/body they found during the Ribe Cathedral remodeling

The Ribe cathedral (sorry he was too tall to be able to cut out!)

This cathedral shows how it was remodeled during the Romanesque, medieval, and Rennaissance architectural periods

Inside the Ribe Cathedral

DIS' booth at Copehagen International Day

Copenhagen International Day

Eating lunch at Egeskov slot

Egeskov Slot

The moon over the harbor in Svendborg

Egeskov Slot (second oldest remaining castle with a moat in Scandinavia) 

These were the cultural visits, and throughout these we visited the Svendborg Kommune (which is like a municipality building).  The Kommune was starting "The Brain Injury Project" which focused on rehabilitation of brain injuries.  This allowed us to see more of the policy and administrative aspects of medicine in Denmark.  The entire system is so unbelievably different from anything we have in the States, it's hard to believe.  We also went to Kolding Sygehus which is the pediatric ward of a hospital, and along with learning what its like to be a pediatrician in Denmark, we also got to learn how to do CPR, both on adults and children, and then use some other emergency equipment.  They're a lot more hands on than we usually are allowed to be in the States, especially with patient interaction (definitely not complaining about that)! Our last academic visit was to Rødding Lægehus, which is a private clinic for General Practitioners.  This was interesting because GP's are viewed completely different in Denmark- they are like the gods of the medical field.  I loved this trip because it really allowed me to see just how different Denmark's medical system is from the United States and how it's better and worse: there are obvious benefits and flaws to both, and I truly think both systems could learn a lot from each other.