Imagine leaving everything you have known for the past 20 or so years behind, moving to a country where you can only say "hello" and "thank you" in the native language, and spending 30 minutes trying to figure out your shower. Welcome to Denmark.

Over the years of vacationing with my family I have seen some new and interesting sights. From the bidets of France to the lack of washcloths in most European countries, the showers in Denmark take the cake.

Let's set the scene. The bathroom attached to my dorm room is so small I can stand in the middle, stretch my legs out to touch either wall, and touch the other two walls with my arms. At only 5 feet 3 inches tall, this should be impossible.

Inside the bathroom are the normal items: toilet, shelf, sink, and showerhead, but no actual shower. Instead the showerhead is just sticking out of the wall.

I decided to ask the guy who met me at the train station to give me a tour around town what happens when you turn the shower on.

He simply said, "Everything gets wet."

Standing completely naked in a bathroom, I had been outsmarted by the Danish shower systemThe next morning was the big day for figuring out the shower for the first time. With no instructions or labels, I walked into the bathroom and discovered the lack of knobs for turning on the water. Standing completely naked in a bathroom, I had been outsmarted by the Danish shower system.

I looked under the sink, beside the toilet and I tried the sink knobs for about 30 minutes before I found the secret. It was a small, silver piece of the faucet that you pull up in order to make the shower turn on.

Freezing cold water suddenly poured out of the showerhead as I fumbled to adjust the knobs on the sink.

As I stood in the bathroom proud of myself for overcoming my first obstacle while in Denmark, I noticed a very sad sight.

The few tissues I had been saving to use as toilet paper were now sitting in a puddle of water.

My Danish tour guide was right: Everything gets wet!