From: Camilla (83.89.16.224)
Greeting: Greetings from Denmark
Date: March 21, 2005 at 9:27 am PST

Hi!

I am a 30 years old Danish woman, living in Odense, the native town of
H.C. Andersen, the famous writer of fairytales.

I have been a vegetarian for 4 years now and I am approaching
veganism. I still eat vegetarian at my parents hoúse when visiting,
but I eat vegan at home. When it comes to everything else I also go
for the vegan option. I hope soon to be able to call myself a vegan.
It was a dear cousin of mine who inspired me to become vegetarian and
then vegan. There have been no vegetarians in my family before and
that is why it is difficult to be the first, but it also feels great!
None of my friends are vegetarian (but they like my vegan dishes!).

I am a member of a Danish association for the rights of animals
(www.anima.dk), where I sometimes help campaigning against fur and
hand out flyers on vegetarianism.

I live in a house with my boyfriend, who is not 100 % vegetarian but
eats vegetarian at home (breakfast and lunch) and I make us a vegan
dish for dinner. Once in a while he eats fish when we are visiting
family and they have fish. He respects my choice of lifestyle and I
respect his choices.

I study French (4 years)and English (1½ years) at the Southern
University of Denmark and I finish my studies in a couple of months.
I dream of becoming a freelance translator (I would problably need an
extra job in order to gain enough money for a living). I would love to
translate books on veganism, for instance books like Jo's, because
there hardly exist any in Danish.

In my spare time I do a lot of bicycling with my boyfriend, even in
the cold months. We are members of a bicycle club - unfortunately not
many female members yet, but I get a lot of challenge from the male
ones! I am not at all competitive by nature, but I love this kind of
exercise (and it is exercise only). It is also a great way of enjoying
nature and getting some fresh air.
I also love making delicious vegan dishes and my boyfriend loves it
too (not the cooking part, but the meals!).
I enjoy various kinds of music, and reading too.

I am happy to have found this board and I hope you will feel free to e-
mail me, or contact me on the board.

Regards,
Camilla