The rain finally came...

VSU president Dr. McKinney and wife Dr. Dacia Charlesworth

Pulled pork and coleslaw - so American, so good!

Her er et par snapshots af dagens begivenheder - der har været et "par" stykker i dag :-) 

I dag fik vi også den første regn i ca. 7 uger. Det blev dog ikke til meget vand selvom der både var varslet for storm, torden og tornado. 

Jeg har efterhånden fået flere anbefalinger om at prøve "The Smokin' Pig", som er en lokal restaurent her i Valdosta specialiseret i...... Ja, gris.. 

Miss Joyce Aigen fra Rotary havde tidligere inviteret Alyssa og jeg til frokost for at møde hendes barnebarn, Heather, som også går på VSU. Derudover inviterede hun en ven, Eric Nielsen, som er ansat ved VSU, men i øvrigt har danske rødder :-) 

Vi fik snakket lidt om højtider og danske traditioner, og så fik jeg en rigtig god pulled pork burger med coleslaw - så ved man hvad man har med at gøre!

Et andet sjovt indslag var en "Faculty Roast" hvor blandt andet VSU præsidentens kone blev grillet af blandt andre, præsidenten ham selv. 

Vigtigst af alt, så er det i dag lykkes at få transporten mere eller mindre på plads til weekendens tur, takket være Alyssa. Da det er Thanksgiving på torsdag i næste uge, har jeg ferie fra torsdag eftermiddag, og vi er derfor en gruppe GRSP'ere som skal på en lille tur. 

Der er afgang torsdag, jeg er tilbage tirsdag, og køreturen er omkring 14 timer..

Kan I gætte hvor jeg skal hen?

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Here are a few snapshots of today's events - and there has been quite a few :-)

Today we had the first rain in more than 7 weeks. We didn't get a whole lot even though there were warnings on both storms, thunder and tornados. 

During my time here I have heard a lot of good stuff about one of the Valdosta local restaurants, "The Smokin' Pig", who specialize in.... Yes, pork...

Miss Joyce Aigen from Rotary had earlier invited me and Alyssa for lunch to meet her granddaughter, Heather, who is also attending VSU. She also invited a friend, Eric Nielsen, who besides working at VSU, happens to have Danish heritage :-)

We talked about the various holiday traditions, and I had a pulled pork burger with coleslaw - so American, but so good! A couple of years ago we had a small invasion of pulled pork in Denmark, so this was an obvious choice.

Another fun event of the day was a "faculty roast" where the VSU president's wife was roasted by none other than the president himself. 

Most importantly though, thanks to Alyssa, it was finally possible to secure transportation for this weekends trip. Since Thanksgiving is coming up next Thursday, I will be off from school after this 

Thursday afternoon. I'll be departing Thursday, coming back Tuesday, and the drive is around 14 hours each way.. 

Can you guess where I am going?