I finally met my visiting family on Sunday (September 8)!! It took so long to get in touch with them because DIS had a glitch in the system, then the email I "received" was in my Spam folder, so I never actually found the email until a week after it was sent. My visiting family had known about me since August 1, which is a bummer because my family could have met theirs, but oh well what's done is done. I'm glad I found that email with their phone numbers and got in touch (after bombarding emails at the DIS visiting family department for so long.)
The Nielsen Family is so great! Helle and Jacob are my parents, they have 3 kids, Sofie (18), Mads (16), and Emma (13), and a huge Bernese mountain dog who is so adorable. I took a 40 minute train to Greve, which is a really cute rural town south of Copenhagen. Helle and Emma picked me up at the station, we did some grocery shopping for dinner, and then they drove me to their beautiful home which is a converted farmhouse. Right when I stepped in the door, they all greeted me with open arms and had fresh bread, zucchini spice cake, and tea all ready. After talking for a while about so many different topics, Emma had a swim lesson to get to, so Helle and I drove around the town. When we got back home, Helle began cooking a delicious lasagna and I talked to Sofie for a while. We found out that her classrooms at the University of Copenhagen are right next door to mine, so we will hopefully be able to meet up during the day in the city. I ended up staying at their home for 6 hours, and didn't get home until 9 (with a lot of work to do oops) but I had the best time! They also have a beach house 10 minutes from their home, so hopefully I will get to see that sometime soon before the weather gets too cold. Helle sent me home with some bread and cake which I'm so grateful for ugh so good. I'm excited for our next get together!
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