MEETING NOTES

Hope Nutting introduced our long term exchange student, Johanne Ovesen.  Hope is one of Johanne’s host families.  Johanne is from Denmark and she gave the Club a power point presentation on her family and her country.  Johanne is a very poised and articulate young lady who has studied music, dance, and gymnastics.  She gave us a brief history of her family; her parents are a geologist and a nurse, and she has one older sister and younger triplet brothers.  She then brought us up to speed on the history of Denmark, which is home to both the world’s oldest monarchy and flag, as well as Lego’s, Skype, and of course, Hans Christian Andersen.  Johanne explained the differences she noticed between the U.S. and Denmark.  Although there is free healthcare and education, the taxes are very high – beginning at 25% and despite having smaller cars and houses, they are very expensive compared to the U.S.   That being said, Denmark is documented to be the happiest country on earth!