Wonderful Copenhagen

Well, I survived my first week abroad! My classes (Danish Language & Culture, Hans Christian Andersen and the Danish Golden Age, The European Union, Nordic Mythology and The Italian Renaissance) seem pretty interesting so far. I had a LOT of trouble finding spiral notebooks for my classes though since evidently any sort of paper product here in Copenhagen is ridiculously expensive and therefore much less accessible.  I finally found some ugly ones with hot pink skulls across the front, but beggars can't really be choosers so I have five not-so fashionable notebooks.

I'm slowly but surely beginning to settle into life here.  I've been meeting more of the students living in my kollegium as they move in.  There is only one other American in my sub-unit which is a little bit intimidating but I guess it forces me to really get to know the other cultures living here.  I've also mastered the train to and from class, as well as the walk to school, which cuts down my stress level immensely.  

This Friday, DIS held a big party for us at a really fancy club called Luux where we got free entrance and two free drinks.  It was pretty cool to see all the other 600 or so students partying in one club.  After we had had our two free drinks though, we decided we didn't feel like spending 10+ bucks (or 50 kroner) on one drink so we headed out to some local bars.  Some friends and I eventually found a bar called "The Happy Pig" where we met lots of other Americans.

That night, we also had to experience the night bus, which was not very fun. Taking the regular train home to Albertslund generally takes about 25 minutes, but the night bus took at least an hour.  Unfortunately, every night we stay out past 12:00 (or 24:00), we are going to have to take that night bus home.  Luckily, the Danish people were very helpful to us in figuring it out, as they have been with the numerous other confusions we experience daily!

I'm very excited because I just found out that there was some extra space on the Italy study tour that will take place from October 26-November 1.  We're going to go to Rome and Florence and visit places like the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica.  My teachers also announced that I'm going to be traveling to Brussels and The Hague from October 12-18 as required for my political science class, so I have not only lots of time to look forward to in "Wonderful Copenhagen" as they refer to it here but also some other places in Europe that I haven't yet visited!