The beginning of a new journey

In case you happen upon this blog and have no idea what I'm blabbering on about, here's a little background:

I'm Jen and I'm a junior at Denison University--I'll be in Copenhagen, Denmark for the next semester. Why Denmark, you might ask? Actually, I originally planned to study abroad in England, but when it came down to it, I decided I wanted to go somewhere new that I'd never been before and probably never would go to otherwise. DIS (Danish Institute for Study Abroad, for future reference) is a popular program that Denison often goes through and it really appealed to me, especially because I'm a history major and they have a history track that sounds awesome.

One of the things I love most about history is BEING where history actually HAPPENED. I get (a little too) excited when I'm standing somewhere historical. Considering the rich history that Europe has to offer, and the fact that I've taken a lot of European history classes already, I'll probably be spazzing all over the place the whole time I'm there. Just to warn you.

Places I'll be going to besides Denmark (hopefully): France (Paris, Verdun, Reims), Germany, Austria, Italy?, England (London, Oxford, Bath), Sweden. It'll be a busy four months, that's for sure! I hope to keep this blog as up-to-date as I possibly can, and hopefully I'll be posting videos sometimes, too.

This is the state of my packing right now so I still have a bit of work to do before Saturday....

P.S. Technically the name of this blog, "The Copenhagen Interpretation," is something to do with quantum mechanics (just wikipedia it). BUT that's not why I chose it (if you know me, you know I HATE physics...with a passion). It's also the name of a fictional band in a book I read by Libba Bray called "Going Bovine". The name stuck in my head after I read the book and I thought it had a nice ring to it. So, interpret it as you will! No pun intended.