the thorup hansen family

today i met the entire thorup hansen family (my host family). but i forgot to take a picture of them. oops!

my address is kirsebaervaenget 8B, 2970 horsholm. try saying that!

knud arnum hansen | he is the father and is 54 years old. he likes to play bridge (the card game) and likes to watch handball
lene thorup | she is the mother and is also 54 years old. she is the most fluent in english and works part time at a nursery
grandpa hansen | he is an architect, engineer, and carpenter and he has his own wood shop where he makes really thin bowls and tables. it's amazing
grandma hansen | she's just wonderful
jakob thorup hansen | he is the youngest of three children at 20 years old. he is the only child living in the house and he works at a school with 3rd graders. he likes soccer and playstation 3
mads thorup hansen | he is the oldest son at 25 years old and he just graduated from college today (danish school system is completely different so don't ask)
katrine thorup hansen | she is the oldest child and only daughter at 27 years old (same as my brother) and she is getting married on the day that i leave copenhagen!

today i finally met my other fellow carnegie mellon students. yay! now i have friends :)
and look what i found today...

double yay!
and i have no class tomorrow... woo!

(fyi... there are 660 students in this program and 116 are in the architecture+design program and 30% are living with host families and there are 11 different programs to study)