Happy Februar!
You're probably wondering how my life in Copenhagen is now that I've been here a few weeks (or maybe I'm just being self-assuming). In a one word answer: great!
...oh, you want more detail?
I didn't realize how hard it would be to describe my life in my blog posts when I agreed to do this. Trying to explain my life in writing really doesn't do anything justice. Now that I've officially been here two weeks, I can say that I'm starting to feel much more at home. I can manage the public transportation system pretty well now (although we won't mention that I missed my bus stop today because I was too busy talking...) and I feel like I'm starting to blend into the city now instead of being an oblivious newcomer.
The day to day routine isn't too exciting, but I will say it once so I don't have to again... wake up (far too early), make my lunch and grab something quick for breakfast, walk to the bus stop and hope I haven't missed the most recent bus, wait in the frigid cold, take the 10-15 min bus ride into the city, walk to the DIS buildings, go to class, maybe do some homework in a study room, buy a pastry at a nearby bakery and have 2 minutes of bliss, take the bus back home in the afternoon, procrastinate on the computer (some things never change), attempt to do homework, have dinner with my family, more homework, go to bed far too late.
Boring, eh? Well, not really. Since I've been here I have:
- seen Kronborg Castle and the town of Helsingor
- wandered around the biggest H&M in Europe
- been to a discotheque
- watched handball (Denmark made it to the world final and lost against France. Booo.)
- made new Danish friends
- experienced Danish nightlife and almost froze to death at 2 in the morning
- eaten weinerbrod almost every day (Danish pastries = AMAZING)
- visited Roskilde Cathedral
- gone to a Viking museum and seen 900 year-old ships
- seen the changing of the guard at the royal palace
Sunset over Roskilde
And much will be added to that list after this week! On Thursday morning I'm leaving to go on my short study tour to Western Denmark, where we'll be visiting a folkehojskole, a castle, and an open prison, among other things. I'm sure I will have much to update next week.
Until then, venlig hilsen!
almost froze to death at 2am? I think that deserves a bit more of a story!
ReplyDelete...lovely sunset picture!
nothing too exciting--all the bars were too crowded so we couldn't get in anywhere and were outside for far too long in 20 degree weather. it took me a long time to thaw!
ReplyDeleteAgree on the picture. Now where are the pictures of the Viking ships?!? o_o
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