Copenhagen was the world's stage for athletics, grace, and beautiful movement this past weekend. Participants from all over the world arrived to show their finesse, hard work, and determination. But, who's country would win? Who would show that they, indeed, were champions of the world? In fierce competition, enemies and friend were made, hearts were broken, and dreams did come true.

At this point, you're probably saying, "Caitlin, as much as you'd like to be in Italy right now for the Olympics, stop fantasizing and realize that you're in Italy's neighbor to the north, Denmark." Well, poo poo to the Olympics! I was talking about the International Break Dancin' Competition held in Copenhagen this weekend, FLOOR WARS. Teams of three competed in face-offs on an open floor as the DJ spun mad tunes in the background. Did you not think that Estonia was known for its break dancing? Well, me neither until I saw 3 Estonians doing back flips and head spins to blaring hip hop. What about Norway? Iceland? The Netherlands? Did they field teams? You bet, but they sucked. The South Africans were amazing, but lost out early because they had a face-off with a Copenhagen team (and despite the absolute awful dancing of this particular Danish team "Rumble Pack", home crowd advantage sealed their berth to the final round). China and another Copenhagen team were my favorites.

All in all it was an excellent evening. I must admit that I'd never seen so much urban American culture, especially in a room full of a thousand Scandinavians. I normally don't like hip hop, rap, or anything related disc spinning and baggy clothing, but I had an amazing time. Who would have thought I'd have to go to Copenhagen to see my first break dancin'?

The weather is definitely getting warmer and I was able to walk outside with only a long sleeve t-shirt and down vest today. Hopefully this trend will continue.