Friday night Martin and Anne came over (host brother & wife) along with a friend of theirs named Mark. So we were chatting about this and that ... why did I come to Denmark ... which is always funny, it happened in Chile also and of course it is a fair question but people in their own countries never seem to understand why someone would want to come and live there. I mean it's the Disneyland of Europe, why not come to Denmark? Anyways ... tangent ... I asked Mark about his job and he mentioned his time in the Danish military.
Interesting to know that service time in Denmark is mandatory. Four months!! Apparently it has recently been reduced from 12 months.
Ok, so the more interesting part ... Mark was a member of the Royal Guard ... meaning he was in the protection of the Queen force (uhh, probably not the official title) ... more importantly it meant he was one of the guards that stand with the big hats and parade around the city every day! How great right? How do you just meet a Royal Guard member at the dinner table?!
Queen Margrethe II
It was also neat to speak to him about his new position (no furry hat) as an engineer with the Danish oil and gas exploration services company (DONG) who was set to release their IPO but has now indefinitely delayed it following the market drop. They also stand amongst the greenest energy companies in the world.
The same evening we went to see the movie "3:10 to Yuma", of course this has been out in the states for quite a while (probably not in the theaters anymore?) but I had no idea what it was about before going. I tend to shy away from the "action/blood" genre and to a degree "westerns" fit right into that category but I really enjoyed the movie. If you haven't already seen it, you should!
--- fun fact: the first monarch in Denmark was Gorm the Old
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Yeah i never saw the Yuma movie... I feel sooo behind in pop culture since being abroad. I mean... I was never that ahead to begin with but... its gotten worse!
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